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St. Louis Women's Choir Records, 1986-1990 (S0977)
0.25 cubic feet
The St. Louis Women's Choir Records contain concert programs, a philosophy statement, and retreat materials.
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St. Louis Women's Labor Conference Collection, 1973 (S0110)
0.01 cubic foot
The St. Louis Women’s Labor Conference met in 1973 to discuss working women’s issues such as organizing the unorganized, job training, equal pay and advancement, and daycare. Conference participants listened to speeches by prominent women unionists, attended workshops, and passed resolutions as part of a larger plan that was designed to further women’s positions in the workforce. The collection includes correspondence, flyers, a meeting packet, resolutions, and handouts.
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St. Louis, Missouri, Board Meeting Minutes, 1821 (C1993)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains a fragment of minutes of meeting of 5 May 1821.
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St. Louis, Missouri, Historic Markers Collection, 1941-1943 (C3533)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains newspaper accounts and illustrations of markers placed in St. Louis by the Young Men's Division of the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce to commemorate events in the city's past.
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St. Louis, Missouri, Papers, 1822-1825 (C1473)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers of St. Louis, Missouri, consist of positive photostats of an act passed by the General Assembly and approved by Governor McNair, 1822, to incorporate the inhabitants of the town of St. Louis and to establish election procedures, requirements and duties of the mayor and board of aldermen. A supplementary act was approved by Governor Bates, 1825, establishing qualifications for mayor and voters, city budget, assessor, and salaries.
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St. Louis, Missouri, Photograph Collection, 1817-1971 (P1151)
An artificial collection of photographs depicting the city of St. Louis.
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St. Louis, Missouri, Scrapbook, 1914 (C2492)
0.11 cubic feet (1 volume)
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, brochures, and one letter about the pageant and masque celebrating the 150th anniversary of St. Louis, May 1914.
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St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company Collection, 1920-1980 (R1491)
0.5 cubic foot (19 folders, 1 photograph)
The St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company Collection contains a sales kit, business records, and photographs for the St. Louis-San Francisco "Frisco" Railway Company. The collection includes train and freight schedules, specifications for rail cars and lines, promotional materials, maps, sales manuals, and images of railcars and stations.
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St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church Dedication Album, 1962 (S0031)
0.01 cubic foot, 1 folder, 200 pages
This collection contains a dedication album of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in St. Louis, Missouri, titled Partners in Progress. St. Nicholas created the album in 1962 to celebrate the addition of a community center to the church. The album documents the history of St. Nicholas's Greek Orthodox Church and the Greeks in St. Louis from 1870-1962.
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Frances Hurd Stadler Papers, 1917-2000 (S0329)
0.01 cubic foot
The papers contain a 15-page typescript titled That Was No Picnic, by Frances Hurd Stadler, recounting her experiences as a stenographer for Bechtel-Price-Callahan’s Canol Project, a $100,000,000 United States Department of War construction project to build an oil pipeline from Norman Wells, Canada, to Whitehorse, Alaska. Also included are photocopied newspaper articles and magazines about Bechtel and the Canol Project.
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STARFLEET, the International Star Trek Fan Association, USS Discovery Chapter, St. Louis, Missouri, Records, 1985-2017 (S0310)
3.25 cubic feet
The collection consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, newsletters, reports, and starship schematics documenting the USS Discovery's activities as a chapter of Starfleet: the International Star Trek Fan Association, devoted to the Star Trek Franchise and making creator Gene Roddenberry's vision of the future a reality.
George Stark Photographs, 1890-1903 (P0546)
3 photographs
Photos by Stark of steamboat William McClellan ca. 1903, cotton bales in a Pemiscot Co warehouse, and Washington Ave in St. Louis, ca 1890s.
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Max C. Starkloff Scrapbook, 1921-1931 (S0671)
0.25 cubic foot, 1 volume
Max C. Starkloff (1858-1942) was the Health and Hospital Commission Commissioner of St. Louis from 1895 to 1933. This scrapbook was born reflects health issues in St. Louis, including birth control, vaccination, smallpox in Kinloch, birth rates, and vaccinations.
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James Stebbings Photograph Collection, 1968-2008 (S0811)
1 cubic foot, 532 photographs
This collection contains photographs taken by James Stebbings between 1968 and 2008. The images depict the National Stockyards Company of National City, Illinois, St. Louis Soulard market, and Times Beach and Gray Summit, Missouri.
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Eileen Stein Scrapbook, 1933-1935 (S0714)
0.25 cubic foot
Eileen Stein attended Roosevelt High Evening School and Cleveland High School during the early to mid-1930s. The scrapbook contains school newspapers, greeting cards, letters, memorabilia, and event programs Stein collected during her high school career.
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Sondra Stein Papers, 1969-1978, 2000-2001 (S0508)
0.5 cubic feet (16 folders)
The Sondra Stein Papers contain correspondence, newsletters, newspapers, and flyers documenting Stein's experiences as a graduate student in Washington University's English Department and her involvement with the Washington University Liberation Front.
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Weldon Stein Papers, 1928-1946, 2016 (CG0008)
0.6 cubic feet
The Weldon Stein Papers include World War II correspondence with his parents, military service records, a personal diary, high school and college graduation programs, and genealogical information.
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Carl Stelzer Papers, 1980-1995 (S0994)
26 cubic feet
The Carl Stelzer papers contains files on Dioxin, Times Beach, Missouri, the Ville, and Soulard, Missouri. Stelzer was a reporter for the Riverfront Times.
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Step Up St. Louis, Incorporated Records, 1986-1991 (S0754)
0.4 cubic foot, 1 audio tape, 2 videotapes, 7 photographs
Step Up St. Louis established partnerships of local businesses, civic and community groups, private foundations, and individuals to implement neighborhood-oriented programs and services. Its projects included park improvements, beautification efforts, cultural activities, health, and human services. The records contain meeting minutes, pamphlets, and newsletters.
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E. McDonald Stevens Constitutional Convention Papers, 1943-1944 (C0029)
1 cubic foot (84 folders)
Letters and papers of a St. Louis lawyer and Republican delegate from the 25th senatorial district. He was chairman of the Committee on Suffrage and Elections and served on the Committees of the Judicial Department, Local Government, and Miscellaneous Provisions.
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Walter Barlow Stevens Scrapbooks, 1870-1937 (C1424)
8.0 cubic feet (61 volumes), 18 oversize volumes
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Goah W. Stewart Papers, 1864 (R0699)
(1 folder)
These are transcripts of two letters by Captain Goah W. Stewart of Company K, 1st Missouri Infantry (CSA) to his sister in Pemiscot County, Missouri. The letters briefly note his escape from Gratiot Prison in St. Louis, and the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee, in which he was wounded.
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William S. Stewart Papers, 1861-1864 (C2991)
1 roll of microfilm
Letters and reports by the captain of Company K, 11th Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Infantry, describing troop movements, engagements, and camps from January 1861 to December 1862. Includes ordnance reports from Iuka, Corinth, Vicksburg, and St. Louis.
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Judith Stix Papers, 1978-1999 (S0995)
3 cubic feet
The Judith Stix Papers contains poetry written by Stix. Titles of interest include two anthologies "City of Birds," and "Sweet Length of Days.
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Clem F. Storckman Papers, 1943-1950 (C3602)
4.2 cubic feet (268 folders)
Correspondence, committee reports, proposals, files, official journals and newspaper articles on the 1943-1944 Missouri Constitutional Convention and the 1949-1950 revision of the St. Louis, Missouri, city charter by the Board of Freeholders.
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Walt Stumper Papers, 1952-2020 (S0374)
7.3 cubic feet
The Walt Stumper Papers contain zines, flyers, and pamphlets, written and published by Science Fiction clubs and conventions in St. Louis and the United States. Materials of interest include issues of the OSFAN, the newsletter of the Ozark Science Fiction Convention, and early Archon program booklets.
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Survey of Equal Employment Opportunity for Women in the Junior College District, St. Louis-St. Louis County Report, 1972 (S0114)
0.01 cubic foot
A report commissioned by the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee, Women’s Group Women of the Junior College District of St. Louis-St. Louis County to determine the prevalence of discrimination against women with the Junior College District.
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Samuel H. Sutherland Papers, 1858-1861 (C0400)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Letters to Samuel H. Sutherland, a student at the University of Missouri, from his parents in St. Clair County.
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John Jacob Sutter Collection, 1865-1871 (R0624)
0.02 cubic foot (2 folders)
The John Jacob Sutter Papers contains photocopies of a notebook and travel journal by John J. Sutter, a native of Germany and resident of Saint Louis, Missouri. The memoranda book covers Sutter’s service as inspector of artillery in the Department of the Missouri in 1865, and inspections at Cape Girardeau, Macon, Rolla, and Springfield, Missouri; and Fort Leavenworth, Fort Scott, and Paola, Kansas. The travel journal documents a trip from Saint Louis to Germany and return in 1871. The travel journal is in German.
John L. Sutton Papers, 1881-1909 (C0172)
0.15 cubic feet (7 folders)
Deeds, receipts, shares of stock, and a few letters in connection with the Justice Gold Mining Company and Queen Mineral Ranch Company of Colorado.
Also papers on real estate in St. Louis owned by Sutton.
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Sverdrup & Parcel And Associates Land Use Report, 1976 (S0408)
0.01 cubic foot
A report commissioned by the St. Louis Port Commission.
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Nan Sweet HerStory Project, 1988 (S0865)
3 audio tapes
This collection consists of interviews Nan Sweet conducted with four politically active members of the St. Louis lesbian community, including Georgia King and Laura Ann Moore.
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Dr. William G. Swekosky Photograph Collection, 1894-1960 (P0806)
0.33 linear feet
Photos of St. Louis and notable St. Louisans. The bulk of images were photographed from 1940-1960 and show historic buildings and Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Fay Colleen Swyers Photograph Collection, 1885, 1925 (P0357)
2 photographs
Group photograph of Springfield, Missouri, firefighters, ca. 1885, and portrait of John Barry, a St. Louis firefighter
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James W. Symington Papers, 1965-1976 (S0433)
11 cubic feet, 72 microfilm rolls, 34 video tapes, 48 photographs
James W. Symington was the Democratic U.S. Representative from Missouri's second congressional district from 1968-1976. His papers include correspondence, legislative material, speeches, press releases, congressional statements, opinion files, district project files, military case files, campaign material, newsletters, clippings, photographs, video tapes and films.
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Stuart Symington Papers, 1953-1976 (C3562)
292 rolls of microfilm
Carbon copies of letters sent from Stuart Symington's office while he was a Democratic senator from Missouri. The files are arranged alphabetically by year.
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Stuart Symington Scrapbooks, 1945-1976 (C3637)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder), 6 rolls of microfilm (37 volumes)
Primarily newspaper clippings documenting Symington's years as a Democratic senator from Missouri, 1953-1976. Early volumes cover his activities while heading the Surplus Property Board, the Air Force, the National Security Resources Board, and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
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Taille de Noyer (Mullanphy House, St. Louis County, Mo.) Architectural Drawings, 1961 (C3216)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Measured drawings by the Historic American Buildings Survey including plans, elevations, and details. Original portion of house was built c. 1780. After 1790 the house was owned by John Mullanphy and his descendants. OVERSIZE.
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Talking Tapes/Textbooks on Tape, 1947-1995 (S0997)
4 cubic feet
The Talk Tapes/Textbooks on Tapes Records contain photographs, compact discs, and scrapbooks pertaining to the organization's mission to provide books to individuals with learning disabilities and visual impairments.
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Charlton H. Tandy Papers, 1868-1967 (S0135)
0.15 cubic foot, 7 folders
The Charlton H. Tandy Papers contain photographs, newspaper clippings, and biographical materials on Charlton H. Tandy, a prominent African-American Civil Rights leader. During his life, Tandy served as a captain in the 13th Regiment of the Missouri State Militia, helped establish Lincoln University, organized the St. Louis Streetcar Boycott of 1870, and assisted southern African-Americans who migrated to St. Louis.
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A.G. Taubert Constitutional Convention Papers, 1943-1945 (C0031)
6 cubic feet (423 folders)
Letters and papers of a Republican delegate from the 17th senatorial district, chairman of Committee on Information, Submission and Address to the People, and member of Committees on Rules and Order of Business; Miscellaneous Provisions; Accounts, Employees, Services, and Supplies; Publications; and Executive Committee which operated after sine die adjournment.
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Florence Taussig Papers, 1891-1954 (S0590)
4.4 cubic feet, 97 folders, 1 oversize folder, 12 photographs
The Florence Taussig Papers contain correspondence, speeches, meeting minutes, peace publications, and reports pertaining to Taussig’s involvement with the women’s suffrage and peace movements in St. Louis during the early 1900s. Other topics of interest include Taussig’s friendship with Jane Addams, the founder of Hull House in Chicago, and Taussig’s involvement in the Women’s Peace Party and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom.
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Elizabeth Terry Papers, 2007-2014 (S1232)
3 cubic feet, 1 oversize box, 2.7 gb of born digital files
The Elizabeth Terry Papers consists of book drafts, CD-ROMS, cassette tapes, correspondence, manuscripts, interview summaries, photographs, and photocopies of correspondence and newspapers articles regarding Terry’s research and writing of her book Oysters to Angus: Three Generations of the St. Louis Faust Family. The book recounts the lives of Anthony “Tony” Faust (January 3, 1836-September 28, 1906), a prominent St. Louis City restaurateur and owner of Faust’s Fulton Market; his son, Edward Faust (January 13, 1868-July 5, 1936), founder of the St. Louis Boat and Engineering Company; and his grandson, Leicester Busch Faust (December 22, 1897-August 31, 1979), a prominent St. Louis County farmer, who along with his wife, Mary Plant, donated 200 acres of their land to St. Louis County for what eventually became Faust Park, in Chesterfield, Missouri.
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The Assumption Portrait Manuscript, 1989 (S0592)
0.25 cubic foot
The Assumption Portrait is a 121 page book commemorating the 150th anniversary of
the Assumption Mattese Parish in St. Louis, Missouri.
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The Case of the Ville Manuscript, 1975 (S0005)
0.01 cubic foot, 1 folder
"Symbolic Emergence of Community in an Historically Black Neighborhood: The Case of the Ville," or simply "The Case of the Ville," was an essay written by Charles Bailey. The paper was presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society in Chicago, April 9-12, 1975 and discussed the history of the Black majority neighborhood "the Ville" and the symbolic sentiments that have been attached to the neighborhood because of its history.
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The Cypher, Newsletter Collection, 1975-1983 (R1345)
0.25 cubic foot (3 folders)
The Cypher newsletters consist of the publications of the Greater St. Louis Chapter of the Organ Historical Society, Inc.
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The High School News Newsletters, 1898 (S0562)
0.01 cubic foot, 1 folder
This collection contains two issues of a newsletter published monthly by the St. Louis High School Literary Societies of St. Louis High School. Included in the newsletters are photographic images of the graduating class of June 1898.
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The Legal Aid Society of the City and County of St. Louis, 1956-1970 (S0458)
0.4 cubic foot
The Legal Aid Society of the City and County of St. Louis was formed in 1956 to provide indigents with legal representation in civil cases. The Society began representing community organizations in 1969 and lost its affiliation with the United Fund for defending non-indigents and militant groups. The collection includes newspaper clippings, a report of the Bar Association's investigating committee, independent contributions, correspondence, and committee memoranda.
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The Life Seekers Collection, 1973-1974 (S0130)
0.01 cubic foot
This collection contains correspondence and flyers documenting the Life Seekers mission to prevent infant mortality.
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The Palladium Newspaper, 1903-1907 (S0576)
3 microfilm rolls
The Palladium was African-American newspaper in St. Louis published in the early 1900s. This collection includes editions of the newspaper from January 10, 1903 to October 5, 1907.