Museum Case: Documentation

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Title

Museum Case: Documentation

Subject

The Founding Documents for Saint Geneviève

Description

Father James Maxwell was able to organize the established donor relationships with the Chouteau family of St. Louis as well as other interested families, who ranged from St. Genevieve, New Bourbon and many mining districts around what is now Ironton, MO. Each recognizing the need to create a "suitable house for an Academy" in St. Genevieve and agreeing to donated $1,904 in cash and $814 in materials. In that first meeting of subscribers on September 26, 1807, 21 members Board of Trustees was elected and a constitutions was created to govern this future "Louisiana Academy".

Creator

Amy Surak

Publisher

Manhattan College

Date

2019-1-18

Contributor

Ariana Kaleta

Rights

Manhattan College

Format

digital surrogate, j-peg photo

Files

IMG_8228.jpg

Citation

Amy Surak, “Museum Case: Documentation,” Manhattan College Omeka , accessed November 22, 2024, https://omeka-pilot.manhattan.edu/items/show/217.