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Alan H. Stricker Papers, 1935-2023 (S0643)
5.6 cubic feet

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The Alan H. Stricker Papers contain correspondence, photographs, VHS tapes, and LPs documenting his involvement with the St. Louis Ragtimers, a musical group dedicated to playing traditional Ragtime and traditional Jazz.

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Walt Stumper Papers, 1952-2020 (S0374)
7.3 cubic feet

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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

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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)

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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

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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

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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)

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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.

Florence Taussig Papers, 1891-1954 (S0590)
4.4 cubic feet, 97 folders, 1 oversize folder, 12 photographs

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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

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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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Ruth Thaler-Carter Scrapbooks, 1976-1979 (S0724)
0.5 cubic foot

The Ruth Thaler-Carter Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings and correspondence from Thaler-Carter's career as a youth editor and staff writer for the St. Louis Argus. Also included are publications from West End Word, Columbia Missourian, UMOJA, and The Black Scribe. Topics of interest include local politics, Civil Rights, Homer G. Phillips Hospital, student groups, Gerald Garrett, and community activities and issues.

 

The Assumption Portrait Manuscript, 1989 (S0592)
0.25 cubic foot

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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

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"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)

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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 memorandum.

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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.

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The Ville Collection, 1975-1990 (S0497)
0.4 cubic foot, 19 folders, 9 cassette tapes

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This collection contains oral history tapes, unpublished and published manuscripts, and articles pertaining to "The Ville," known initially as Elleardsville, a predominately African-American neighborhood in northwest St. Louis, where African American intellectuals and the elite lived before integration.

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Theater Programs of St. Louis City, Missouri, Collection, 1887-1892 (S1228)
0.5 cubic foot

This collection contains theater programs from Pope's, Grand Opera Houe and Olympic Theaters.

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Theater Programs, St. Louis, Missouri Collection, 1852-1953 (S0595)
0.25 cubic foot, 12 folders

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This collection contains play bills and programs of theater productions at St. Louis theaters from 1853-1917.

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Edward J. Thias Papers, 1954-2002 (S0742)
0.4 cubic foot, 11 folders

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The papers of Edward J. Thias Papers contain books written and/or illustrated by Thias, including works about his participation in World War II, Missouri architecture, Thias family genealogy, and collected pencil sketches. In addition, this collection contains many unbound, original pencil sketches of various St. Louis and Missouri landmarks and attractions.

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Kenn Thomas Papers, 1970-2007 (S1195)
43 cubic feet, 978 folders, 268 VHS tapes, 4 photographs, 1 audio cassette

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The papers of Kenn Thomas contain correspondence, business files, travel records, a collection of independently produced, small press fanzines, audio/visual recordings, and subject files documenting the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the Iran-Contra scandal, and Unidentified Flying Objects. Other materials of interest include video and audio recordings of Bob Dylan and the Band, performing in St. Louis area venues. The papers date from 1970 to 2007.

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Rosemary Hyde Thomas Papers, 1982-1996 (S0998)
6 cubic feet

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The Rosemary Hyde Thomas Papers contain photographs, oral histories, and research papers pertaining to the Landmarks Program, which encouraged middle and high school students to explore historical themes in their community neighborhoods. Materials of interest include oral history interviews students conducted with former Pullman Porters, Webster Groves, and the flood of 1993.

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William L. Thomas Collection, 1898-1901 (K0124)
0.1 c.f.

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Three volumes of newspaper and magazine clippings on Cuba and the War with Spain in 1898. A fourth volume includes articles Thomas wrote and published in his School and Home, an educational paper he founded, edited and published.

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William Lyman Thomas Papers, 1867-1906 (S0304)
3 cubic feet, 276 photographs, 2 scrapbooks

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The William Lyman Thomas Papers document Thomas's career in St. Louis as a publisher, author, and member of the Missouri Press Association, as well as the life of his family in Maplewood, Missouri. The collection contains correspondence, documents, ribbons, and the original photographs used in the publication of Thomas’ book, The History of St. Louis County, Missouri (1911).

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Elizabeth Remay Dabbs Thompson Papers, 1850-1932 (R0671)
0.25 cubic foot (5 folders)

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The Elizabeth Remay Dabbs Thompson Papers contain the personal and family papers collected by Elizabeth Remay Dabbs Thompson from 1850 to 1932. This collection includes photocopies of family correspondence, legal documents, and business papers for the Dabbs and Thompson families of Greene County, Missouri.

Anton A. Tibbe Collection, 1883, 1945 (C2048)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Correspondence with U.S. presidents, senators and congressmen, Missouri politicians, and other national figures. Basically an autograph collection, the letters are arranged alphabetically by surname of correspondent.

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Mark W. Tiedemann Papers, 1982-2016 (S0401)
4.8 cubic feet

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This collection contains correspondence, drafts of novels and short stories, galley proofs, and convention booklets for Science Fiction Conventions, including Archon, documenting Tiedemann’s career as a Science Fiction author.

Helen Todd Manuscripts, 1934-1942 (C0176)
0.2 cubic feet

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Original manuscripts for three stories, So Free We SeemA Man Named Grant, and The Roots of the Tree.

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Henry Tomas Papers, 1950-1985 (S0810)
5 cubic feet, 32 folders, 90 photographs, 43 volumes

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The Henry Tomas Papers include correspondence, sheet music, collections of stamps and postcards, and photographs. It also contains a series of newspaper clippings in Lithuanian. Henry Justine Tomas was born in Russia in 1918 and grew up in Lithuania. He worked as a translator for the United States intelligence services. He published Lietusviskasis Pamarys: Pakalnes ir Labguvos apskritys (“The Lithuanian Seashore: with local names and map”) in 1975.

 

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Lada Trabant Papers, 2020-2024 (S0704)
0.5 cubic feet

The Lada Trabant (Claire Wehking) papers contain appointment books, diaries, and art work documenting her school and work life in St. Louis and Denver, Colorado.

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Dante O. Tranquille Photographs, 1949 (P0148)
104 photographs

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This collection consists of 104 images taken by Dante O. Tranquille, a photojournalist who worked at the Utica [New York] Observer-Dispatch in the mid-twentieth century. He visited Missouri in May 1949, likely to attend the Missouri Photo Workshop, and photographed areas in St. Louis, McBaine, and Columbia.

Transportation Studies Collection, 1969-1970 (S1104)

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Transportation studies by the East-West Gateway Coordinating Council for the University of Missouri At St. Louis; Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville; Harris Teachers College; and St. Charles, Missouri Public and Parochial schools.

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Paul Travers Collection, 1926-1957 (S1101)
0.8 cubic foot, 12 folders

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The Paul Travers Collection contains scholarly articles written by John Dewey, as well as ephemera from the St. Louis Browns.

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Charles Trefts Papers, 1903-1963 (C3465)
0.2 cubic feet, 4 audio cassettes

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Business correspondence, financial papers, photographic salon stickers, prizes, and other items of St. Louis professional photographer Charles Trefts, organizer of the Advertising Slide Company. His photographic collection was presented to the State Historical Society in 1964.

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Charles Trefts Photographs, 1903-1963 (P0034)
3690 photographs

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This collection contains images from 1900 to 1963 depicting St. Louis City and County people, public buildings, riverfront scenes, bridges, churches, catastrophes, houses and parks. Trefts photographed many historic events such as the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition; the 1934 World Series; and aviation in St. Louis including the Wright brothers at Kinloch Field in 1908 and Charles Lindbergh's return from Paris in 1927. A number of images focus on Crawford and Iron Counties and the Lake of the Ozarks region in the early 1930s.

George Wesley Trefts Papers, 1936-1962 (C1422)
0.13 cubic feet (6 folders)

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Papers of a photographer and member of he United States 79th Fighter Group stationed in northern Africa and Italy during World War II. Includes correspondence, clippings, and photographs.

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Tuberculosis and Health Society of St. Louis Records, 1911-1960 (S0293)
10 cubic feet

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This collection contains bylaws, meeting minutes, and reports documenting the Tuberculosis and Health Society of St. Louis's mission to prevent, relieve, and control the spread of tuberculosis in the St. Louis area.

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Tuesday Literary Club of St. Louis Collection, 1931, 1974-1975 (S0115)
0.01 cubic foot, 1 folder

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The collection contains two program books from the Tuesday Literary Club of St. Louis, a women’s club dedicated to providing “mutual culture and fellowship” for its members.

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Turner Society Pamphlets, 1912-1945 (C0676)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Pamphlets and publications of St. Louis area Turner groups. Also a history of the American Turnerbund, 1924; an annual report of the national executive committee of American Turners, 1941; and copies of TURNER TOPICS, publication of American Turners.

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