Saint Louis Manuscript Collections

The Betty Sims Paper contains correspondence, newsletters, legislative materials, photographs, newspaper clippings, subject files, and a visitors log pertaining to Sims' career as a Missouri State Senator from 1995 to 2002. Subjects of interest include Sims' involvement with the passage of House Bill No. 974, which imposed sentencing guidelines and lifetime supervision for sexual predators.

This collection contains photographs of events sponsored by the Open Space Council of St. Louis, including Operation Clean Stream, which seeks to protect and restore the Meramec River and its tributaries.

The Paul Acsay Papers contain newsletters, program booklets, and flyers pertaining to Acsay's interest in historic preservation, including the redevelopment of the Hyde Park neighborhood. Materials of interest include issues of Landmarks Letter, published by the Landmarks Association of Saint Louis, and meeting minutes of Hyde Park Renovation Effort, Inc. 

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).

The Schroeder-Winkelmann Family Papers consist of correspondence, photographs, sheet music, and artifacts chronicling the lives of a German-Catholic family in St. Louis, Missouri. Joseph and Daisy Schroeder were married in 1918, and their daughter Pat married Jim Winkelmann in 1949. The materials in the collection document the family’s involvement in St. Louis’ Catholic community. Also of interest are items related to Missourians’ experiences during World War I, including a German alien registration card and Joseph Schroeder’s military papers and souvenirs.

The Maggie and Larry Peeno Papers contain correspondence, meeting minutes, curriculum guides, newsletters, reports, surveys, photographs, and VHS tapes documenting the Peeno’s 50+ year career in art education in Missouri and the United States. Items of interest include curricula developed by Maggie Peeno for the University City School District, including the “We Live in University City” booklet.

This collection contains three books regarding the St. Louis Tornado of 1896: The Great Tornado at St. Louis, May 27, 1896, 1896; St. Louis Chronicle’s Photographic Views of The Great Cyclone at St. Louis, May 27, 1896, 1896; and Pictured Story of the Tornado, 1896.

The Martha Baker Papers is a genealogical collection containing correspondence, photographs, family trees, family histories, and a marriage certificate pertaining to the Baker, Owens, Smelser, Dieffenbach, Eoff, and Grinstead families.

The Kenneth Balk and Associates (KBA), Inc. Records contain photographs, slides, newsletters, and reports pertaining to the company's mission to provide structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering and architectural, interior, and landscape design services to companies.

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.

This collection contains five diaries written by Evelyn May Whitcomb McGregor from 1892 to 1947. In the diaries, McGregor recounts her life in Boston, Massachusetts, her marriage to George McGregor, and their subsequent life in Maplewood, Missouri, where George McGregor owned and operated the McGregor Baking Company. Also included in the collection is a book, '"Then We Went to Powhatton's" Evelyn May Whitcomb McGregor Diaries 1892-1947,' which contains complete transcripts of the diaries.

The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, lesson plans, and newspapers documenting June Wuest Becht's career as a writer and lecturer focused on the Olympics, including the 1904 Olympics held in St. Louis, Missouri, women in the Olympics, and women in sports.

This collection is a record of the proceedings of the Albert Schweitzer Centennial in St. Louis, Mo, in 1975, to celebrate the life of theologian and humanitarian Albert Schweitzer.

Unpublished manuscript on St. Louis ethnic neighborhoods, 1900-1930.

The Story of the 138th Infantry Regiment Manuscript consists of an 82-page history of the 138th Infantry Regiment, United States Army, documenting its participation in World War II.

The collection contains correspondence, press releases, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the group's efforts to abolish the death penalty in Missouri.

The Fandom in Missouri Collection is an artificial collection consisting of booklets, newsletters, and pamphlets documenting St. Louis's fandom subculture, which includes devotees of science-fiction, comic books, and television and movie series. This collection continues to have materials added; new additions are added at the end of the collection.

The collection includes photographs, correspondence, death certificates, and newspaper clippings documenting the Schuermann and Droll families' lives in the Normandy, Missouri, area.

The papers contain correspondence, newsletters, surveys, reports, and flyers collected by Diane Kassel documenting her career as the principal of George M. Null Elementary in the City of St. Charles school district.

An Unpublished manuscript on the response of the Working Men's Party, St. Louis chapter, to the 1877 national railroad strike. Also included in this collection is an article by David Roediger entitled, "Not Only the Ruling Class to Overcome, But Also the So-Called Mob: Class, Skill and Community in the St. Louis General Strike of 1877," published in the Journal of Social History, Vol. 19, No. 2. Winter 1985.

Records of the St. Louis March on Washington Movement, which was founded in response to A. Phillip Randolph's call for a march to end discrimination in defense work. Executive Order 8802 established the Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC) in June 1941. The local
MOWM picketed businesses and industry, staged mass rallies and succeeded in bringing the FEPC to St. Louis in August 1944 to hold hearings.

Scrapbook of a Jazz musician and pianist. Eddie Johnson, a piano player on the riverboat Idlewyld, took over a jazz orchestra from Oliver Cobb when Cobb died in 1931. The new band, the Crackerjacks, played St. Louis and nationally toured until it disbanded in 1931. The Crackerjacks recorded its most popular song, "Ya Yas," for the Victor label. The band included saxophonists Tab Smith and Ernest Franklin, and trumpeter Harold Baker. The scrapbooks contain playbills and newspaper clippings.

Elijah"Lige" Shaw began drumming in minstrel shows at age 10 in Jackson, Tennessee. He traveled with Bowen's and Blondon's Dandy Dixie Minstrels, the Original Georgia Minstrels, and other theatre and dance orchestras until he settled in St. Louis in the late 1920s. He
worked as a drummer in St. Louis and served several terms as president of Musicians Local 197. The collection contains playbills, correspondence, advertisements, and newspaper clippings on jazz musicians and civil rights sit-ins.

Volumes 1-3 of Bushwacker, the official publicatoin of the Civil War Round Table of St. Louis, containing information on the association's activities and the history of the Civil War.

Weekly newspaper of the African American community in St. Louis.

The collection contains issues of the Alumni Courier, a Normandy High School Alumni Association publication. The newspaper features stories about Normandy area businesses, neighborhoods, schools, and Normandy High School alumni profiles.

The Shepley-Hill Family Papers contain correspondence, photographs, family trees, and a diary pertaining to the lives of Ethan A.H. Shepley, Virginia Hill-Shepley, and Michael Shepley. Materials of interest include Ethan A.H. Shepley Sr.’s World War I diary and correspondence between Virginia Hill-Shepley and Jay Landesman.

The Rae Mohrmann papers contain histories of Normandy, Missouri, and newsletters from the Normandy Area Historical Association. Also included are records from Mohrmann’s father Gilbert Schenkel, such as Beaumont High School newsletters, yearbooks, and a commencement program.  

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.

A paper on Edward Gardner Lewis (1869-1950), the founder and first mayor of University City.

The Mesker Brothers Iron Works Records were loaned for microfilming and document the founding and early development of the company and the personal lives of members of the Mesker family. The records include correspondence, company licenses, shares and checks, catalogues, a patent, an account book and publications relating to the building trades. The collection contains early correspondence between Frank and Ben Mesker from 1882-1886, biographical information, birth and graduation announcements, obituaries, and news clippings regarding members of the Mesker family.

The Ann Pittman Papers contain correspondence, program booklets, sheet music, and grant applications, documenting her efforts to preserve African American spirituals.

The collection contains photographs, correspondence, research notes, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the Labor Movement in St. Louis, including the Coalition for Labor Union Women. Included in the collection is correspondence between Marcia Cline and other women in the labor movement; topics of interest include implementing a mass socialist movement in the United States.

This collection contains scrapbooks, CDs, and VHS tapes, documenting the group's history as a volunteer women's chorus, with a specialization in four-part, a cappella harmony.  Materials of interest include scrapbooks containing photographs, program booklets, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and histories chronicling the group's yearly activities, including local performances and participation in choir competitions in the United States.

Masters thesis for the University of Missouri-St. Louis on the villages set up by sharecroppers in the early 1940's

The collection contains correspondence, photographs, reel-to-reel film, cassette and VHS tapes, and yearbooks chronicling Cimaglia's interests in photography, family history, and involvement with the First Baptist Church of St. John, Missouri.

Founded in 1903 by the Twelve Knights and Daughters of Tabor, a black philanthropic organization. The 13-acre cemetery served African Americans from Webster Groves and Kirkwood. It fell into disrepair in the 1960s. The Friends of Father Dickson Cemetery organized in 1988 to restore the cemetery and promote its heritage.

The Kuk Sool Won, St. Louis Records contain photographs, scrapbooks, and tests documenting the school's dedication to teaching Kuk Sool Won, a traditional Korean martial arts system founded in 1958 by In Hyuk Suh. 

The John Stuart Forrester Papers includes photographs, correspondence, fliers, scrapbooks, and St. Louis area rock concert posters documenting John Stuart Forrester Sr.'s career as a rock concert promoter and owner of Backstage Galleries, a vintage rock poster store. Also included are Forrester family photographs and correspondence. Items of interest include a poster and related promotional materials for the Ozark Music Festival, held in Sedalia, Missouri, on July 19, 1974.

The collection contains issues of the Insider, the official publication of the St. Louis Science Fiction Society, a local science fiction club that provides a forum for members to discuss Science Fiction literature and media. Also included in the collection are issues of the St. Charles Science Fiction and Fantasy Society's newsletter, The View from the Circle.

The Alexis F. Hartmann Papers contain correspondence, photographs, maps, and yearbooks documenting Hartmann's personal and professional life, including his career as a pediatrician at St. Louis Children's Hospital and a professor of pediatrics at Washington University.

Downtown St. Louis, Inc. was founded in 1958 by a group of St. Louis businessmen who were interested in the revitalization of downtown St. Louis. In the late fifties and early sixties, many sizeable suburban shopping centers were constructed in all areas of St. Louis County, which took away much of the commercial shopping and entertainment business from downtown St. Louis. Many businesses left the area, and large blocs of office space were empty. The papers consist of newsletters (1958-1974); subject files of correspondence, reports, maps and news releases; and photographs of some of the promotions arranged by Downtown St. Louis, Inc.

The YWCA collection covers the organization's activities from its inception in 1904 to the late 1970s. The constitution and bylaws, along with revisions and complete financial records are included. The St. Louis YWCA was divided into several branches, including a segregated club for black girls, and each of these groups is represented in the records, which include documentation on programs, summer camps, and clubs maintained by the various branches. The collection also includes a record of programs for which the YWCA shared responsibility with similar organizations, such as the USO, American Red Cross, and the YMCA.

The Institute for Peace and Justice records (1970-1979), document the operation of the Institute from its inception and contain material on the development of peace education courses, workshops, and seminars, including some reference material. The records also include literature and correspondence with affiliated peace groups and a small subjects file. The collection consists of correspondence, staff notes, board and staff meeting minutes, curricula syllabi, evaluations and progress reports, memoranda, textual teaching aids, literature, and some reference material.

1 article, 44 pages. "Vespers and Vacation Lots: the Early Years of the St. Louis Phyllis Wheatley Branch YWCA," by Jeanne Mongold, UMSL, 1979.

The Steven Louis Brawley papers consist of electronic files documenting Brawley’s efforts to preserve St. Louis LGBTQ+ history. Materials of interest include drafts of Brawley’s book, Gay and Lesbian St. Louis, and photographs of St. Louis PRIDE events and the Lambda Gay Car Club.

The Skip Gatermann papers contains correspondence, newsletters, curricula, reports, and newspaper clippings regarding Gatermann's career as a Social Studies teacher in St. Louis City Public Schools and as a writer for various publications focusing on St. Louis City history.

29-page unpublished report. "Women Workers of St. louis, Mo.," by Clara Menger, Ph.d. Based on 1930 census.

The Amy Newell Verseman Papers contain correspondence, meeting minutes, photographs, artwork, and posters documenting her involvement with Archon, a St. Louis-area science fiction and fantasy convention. Materials of interest include correspondence from noted Science-fiction authors Robert Bloch and Philip Jose Farmer. 

The collection contains correspondence, diaries, photographs, musical programs, military papers, vital records, and school papers chronicling the lives of Albert Martin Uljee I, Eleanor Gorges, Albert M. Uljee II, and Eileen Rue who lived in St. Louis. Materials of interest include correspondence to and from Albert M. Uljee II discussing his World War II experience, and materials documenting the musical career of Eleanor Gorges, who performed as a concert pianist under the pseudonym Olga Boris.

The collection contains site plans, sales brochures, floor plans, photographs, and appraisal reports for home developments in the St. Louis area, including LaSalle Park, Chateau Country Club, and Lake Saint Louis.

The collection contains meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, photographs, and VHS tapes chronicling LifeWise StL's (formerly Kingdom House) 120-year history of providing social welfare services to St. Louis's poor and immigrant population. Materials of interest include photographs of the Syrian Pioneers,' a LifeWise StL boy's club that catered to the Syrian youth in the early 1900s.

The Jan Scott Papers contain correspondence, program booklets, photographs, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, and cassette tapes documenting Scott’s career as a flutist, educator, and founder of the National Women’s Yellow Pages of Greater St. Louis. Also included in the collection are materials relating to Scott’s involvement with the Women’s Policy Alliance (formerly the Alliance for the Status of Missouri Women), which dedicated itself to developing a proactive women’s policy agenda to empower and improve Missouri women’s lives.

Booklovers Club. Literary Club for Black women. 1978-1979 program guide.

The Griffin Brander Papers contain marriage certificates, deeds, and tax bills, reflecting Brander’s efforts to maximize his freedom as a free African American while living in the Antebellum South and post-Civil War St. Louis, Missouri.

The collection contains issues of Proud from 1970-1981. However, the issues do not comprise a complete set. Washington University holds copies of all back issues. Topics discussed include: African-American history, urban careers, religion, education, politics, housing, African-American community leaders, health, community organizations, music, and sports.

This collection consists of meeting minutes, correspondence, and a constitution of a Catholic men's group, documenting their mission to attain spiritual perfection based on the teachings of St. Ignatius of Loyola. 

The Charles Guenther Papers, 1899-1991, document the career of the internationally important literary translator and poet. Charles Guenther (1920-2008), nicknamed the "Poet Laureate of St. Louis" was a native of St. Louis and a widely published writer and poet, as well as a founding member of the St. Louis Poetry Society and past president of the St. Louis Writers Guild. The collection includes much of his translation work and poetry; notes and study materials; materials he used to teach and conduct workshops; minutes and newsletters from various Missouri and St. Louis writing and poetry associations; newsclippings on writing and poetry; and some family and personal correspondence and papers.

The collection documents the effort by the Legal Services of Eastern Missouri and Adult Abuse Remedies Coalition to promote the passage of the Adult Abuse Remedies Act in Missouri to protect battered women.

The Provident Behavioral Health Records contain annual reports, meeting minutes, press releases, scrapbooks, presentations, videotapes, relating to mental health and social services in the St. Louis Area. Found in 1860 by James Yeatman, Provident Behavioral Health's mission is mental health services to St. Louis area residents. The collection also contains the records of Provident's predecessor organizations: The Family and Children's Services of Greater St. Louis, the Family Service Society of St. Louis County, and the St. Louis Children's Aid Society.

This collection consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, and photographs documenting the First St. Charles United Methodist Women's mission to enable women to study and enact the gospel by responding to socio-economic issues ailing modern society. Subjects of interest include the group's support for establishing a Crisis Center for Women in St. Charles and LifeWise StL's (Kingdom House) annual bazaar.

The Meramec Basin Association Records contain brochures, maps, position papers, reprints concerning the proposed Meramec Dam near Sullivan, Missouri, on the Meramec River. This organization favored construction and worked to convince the public of its advantages.

This collection consists of correspondence, photographs, chapter yearbooks, program booklets, handbooks, and financial materials documenting the American Guild of Organists, St. Louis Chapter's mission to nourish appreciation and interest in organ music through education, mutual support, and networking for current and future organists.

The collection consists of meeting minutes, correspondence, applications, photographs, and newsletters chronicling Project Congregation + Offender Partnership Enterprise's (COPE) mission to assist prisoners with re-entry into society. Materials of interest include an autobiography written by Ted Schroeder, who helped Project COPE's founder, Hershel Walker, develop the organization.

This collection contains Daily strike bulletins, flyers, minutes, legal documents, newspaper clippings, strike information, and circulars pertaining to the St. Louis teachers strike of 1979.

The Ida Early papers contain meeting minutes, correspondence, program booklets, and reports primarily chronicling her time as President of the Junior League of St. Louis from 1996 to 1998. Other topics of interest include Dance St. Louis and the St. Louis Crisis Nursery. 

The collection contains meeting minutes, correspondence, schedules, vinyl records, and photographs chronicling the Gateway City Big Band's 50-year-plus history as a seven-piece dance dedicated to promoting the continued interest in big band-style music.  

The Bob Reuter papers consist of photographs, diaries, flyers, CDs, and a song lyric book, documenting Reuter's life and career as a singer/songwriter, musician, photographer, and host of KDHX's Bob's Scratchy Records. During his career, Reuter belonged to several influential St. Louis-area music groups, including the Dinosaurs (Punk), Kamikaze Cowboy (Alt-Country), and Bob Reuter's Alley Ghost.

The Flum Family Papers consist of program booklets, obituaries, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Paul and Nancy Flum's business and civic endeavors, including Paul Flum Ideas, Inc., the St. Louis Ballet, the United Nations Association, and Goals for Americans Foundation. Also included are photographs depicting family holidays, events, and vacations.  

The collection contains St. Louis-area published stripzines, comic books, and original storyboards documenting Don Secrease's career as a comic book artist and publisher. Materials of interest include issues of Swashbucklers, a comic book Secrease published with Rick Burchett and Paul Daly, and ran for four issues from 1980-1982. Also included in the collection are original storyboards Secrease created for Swashbucklers.   

The collection contains zines and comic books written, published, and collected by Walter Jaschek, a St. Louis-area comic book and Science Fiction/Fantasy enthusiast. Materials of interest include issues of Grafan that Jaschek helped edit as a member of the Graphic Fantasy Society of St. Louis. Also included in the collection are two issues of The Green Vomit, published by Bob Gale, a St. Louis native and co-writer of the Back to the Future movie series. 

The Advertising Women of St. Louis Records contains meeting minutes, correspondence, annual reports, flyers, photographs, and newspaper clippings, pertaining to the group’s mission to support women advertising executives in the St. Louis area. Materials of interest include files on the group’s Gridiron dinner and show, which the Advertising Women of St. Louis hosted to benefit St. Louis area charities, including the Barnard Free Skin and Cancer Hospital. The collection is divided into five series: General Files; Gridiron Dinner; Photographs; Oversize; and Scrapbooks and Newspapers. The materials in this collection date from 1916 to 1980.

The papers of Beatrice Adams contain correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, writing samples, and biographical data relating to Adams's career as an advertising executive at Gardner Advertising and her role as an officer of the Advertising Women of St. Louis.

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.

The records of the St. Louis Consumer Federation contain correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, bulletins, legal briefs, and newspaper clippings pertaining to its mission to act as a communication link between consumers and the government. Topics of interest include food stamps, the Standard Milk Ordinance, and the Poultry Inspection Law.

The records of the Citizens Council on Housing and Community Planning, Incorporated contain correspondence, bylaws, minutes, project files, notes, and reports. The CCHCP was organized in 1946 by leaders from civic, educational, religious, labor, veteran, and social welfare organizations. It later expanded to include members from architectural, planning, legal, building, and real estate organizations. The purpose of CCHCP was to aid in "Achieving adequate housing in well-planned neighborhoods for every citizen." The CCHCP exerted its influence through educational activities, including public forums, institutes, workshops, courses, newsletters, and meetings. Among other projects, CCHCP favored the development of the Pruitt-Igoe Housing Project.

The Dan McGinnis papers consist of photographs of St. Louis-area Star Trek and Science Fiction Conventions, including Galactic Trek Fest and Epsilon Alpha. Photographs of interest consist of Epsilon Alpha celebrity guests visiting young AIDs patients at Washington University's Department of Pediatrics in support of the convention's fundraising efforts for the Department. Also included is an anniversary program for the USS Hexum's anniversary, a Starfleet International Chapter based in Belleville, Illinois.

This collection contains convention and souvenir programs for the 60th Annual Convention of the National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc., in St. Louis, August 17, 1979.

The Hardy Salt Company Records document the company's founding as a salt packing and distribution business, through its growth into a significant salt manufacturer and distributor in the 1930s, to its sale in 1985 to the Diamond Crystal Company. The collection primarily documents the Manistee Salt plant operations from 1931-1971. It includes Board of Directors' meeting minutes, Profit Sharing Trust meeting minutes, financial statements, articles about salt production, correspondence between Thomas Walter Hardy Jr. and his father, and photographs of the Manistee Plant.

The Hardy Family Papers contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and research papers of the Hardy family, who founded a salt packing and distribution business in St. Louis in 1914. The collection primarily chronicles the life of Jane Tillman Hardy, Thomas Walter Hardy Jr., and the family’s involvement with Hardy Salt.

The Handley-Taylor Papers document the daily lives, business enterprises, and travels of the Handley and Taylor families as well as reflect 19th century social and political history of St. Louis, Missouri, and the Midwest. The collection contains correspondence, diaries, legal materials, newspaper clippings, and photographs.

This collection contains a fourth anniversary sermon, three tracts, and lithograph of First Boatmen's Church of St. Louis.

The Phyllis Langsdorf Papers contains photographs, newsletters, and program booklets documenting Langsdorf volunteer work with the Craft Alliance Center for Art and Design and Barnes Jewish Hospital.

The St. Louis Music Zines Collection contains local music publications, including Noisy Paper, Voc'l, Rough Edges, and Night Times. Other items of interest include two issues of Confluence, a quarterly journal that covered environmental, urban affairs, social justice, and labor issues in the St. Louis metro region.

This collection contains correspondence, meeting minutes, contracts and strike files, publications, finances, and reports of the American Federation of Technical Engineers (AFTE), Local 23 and Midwest Council of AFTE and the AFTE itself. Most of the papers were collected by Maurice Wheeler, the president of Local 23 (1945-1960), secretary-treasurer of Midwest Council (1958-1968) and vice president of AFTE (1958-1960, 1966-1970).

The St. Louis Civic Orchestra Records contain correspondence, program booklets, financial materials, and photographs, documenting the orchestra's mission to preserve and perform musical creations in the St. Louis area.

The records of the Metropolitan Youth Commission of St. Louis and St. Louis County contain annual correspondence, meeting minutes, annual reports, and subject files pertaining to the organization's mission to research, study, and coordinate juvenile agencies in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Subjects of interest include curfew laws, gangs, and police techniques with youth.

The Anniversary Club is the oldest continuing black men's social organization in St. Louis. Members, who are from business and the professions, meet once a month to socialize and to hear talks on issues of concern to African Americans. The collection includes bylaws, meeting minutes, and two attendance books.

This collection contains newspaper clippings, flyers, and newsletters of the St. Louis branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Also included in the collection are fourteen issues of the St. Louis NAACP Citizen, 1957-1964.

The Raymond Kringer Collection consists of correspondence written by Krieger while serving as a cryptographer in the United States Army Air Forces in India during World War II.

The Auroran Club, Phyllis Wheatley Branch, YWCA Scrapbooks collection contains programs, histories, photographs, newspaper clippings, and invitations of the Auroran Club of the Phyllis Wheatley Branch of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) Metro St. Louis.

The papers of Alberta Slavin contain correspondence, newsletters, press releases, survey sheets, position papers, and photographs pertaining to her career as a consumer activist and her work with Save our Symphony and her campaign for Missouri Lieutenant Governor in 1976.

The Gerry Mandel Papers consists of correspondence, journals, photographs, and story drafts chronicling Mandel’s career in advertising and as a freelance writer and producer. Also included in the collection are video biographies of the elderly in St. Louis.

This collection contains correspondence, meeting minutes, newsletters, reel-to-reel tapes, and photographs documenting Kathleen Kinderfather's career as a physical education professor at Harris-Stowe State University and her involvement with the Missouri Association of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (MAHPERD); Phi Delta Pi; and Pi Lambda Theta.

This collection consists of meeting minutes, correspondence, financial records, and scrapbooks documenting the organization's mission to raise money for St. Louis children's agencies through Christmas caroling.

The collection contains correspondence, story drafts, photographs, and storyboards documenting Sam Maronie's career as a freelance photographer, journalist, and writer for various science-fiction fandom publications, including Starlog Magazine. Also included are original story boards for Maronie’s comics.

This collection contains the official records of a national festival of the performing arts, June 14-July 4, 1976, in St. Louis, Missouri, to help commemorate the nation's bicentennial. BHAM was sponsored by the St. Louis Spirit of '76 Bicentennial Committee. Events include music, dance, theatre, multi-media, opera, folk music, jazz, prose, poetry, and film.

The collection contains letters written to St. Louisans Elaine Landau and Erin Landau from relatives serving in the the United States Armed Forces during World War II.

The collection contains meeting minutes, yearbooks, photographs, and scrapbooks documenting Sigma Alpha Iota, St. Louis Chapter's mission as a fraternal organization to develop music appreciation and talent in the United States and the globe through education and philanthropy. 

The Bibliography of Material Pertaining to Black History in the State Historical Society of Missouri Library is a list of library and archival materials concerning African-American history that the State Historical Society of Missouri possessed in the 1960s and 1970s.