Saint Louis Manuscript Collections

The Kathy McKemy Papers contain bylaws, meeting minutes, newsletters, booklets, and newspaper clippings primarily documenting her involvement with the National Organization for Women's (N.O.W.) St. Louis Chapter. Materials of interest include bylaws and correspondence for the North St. Louis County Chapter of N.O.W., one of the first St. Louis-area N.O.W. chapters.

The Hoover Family Papers contain correspondence, photographs, and scrapbooks documenting the lives of Samuel Christopher Hoover, Jr. and Geraldine Joy Hoover. Materials of interest include a scrapbook chronicling the Geraldine’s military service during World War II in the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve.

The Kim Jayne Papers consist of meeting minutes, correspondence, flyers, posters, pin buttons, photographs, slides, and cassette tapes that document the life of Kim Jayne, a prominent peace activist within the St. Louis Metropolitan Area. The collection contains information regarding her personal life and involvement in organizations such as the Forest Park Southeast Neighborhood Association, St. Louis Women’s Support Group, and Lentz Peace Association from 1979 to 2022.

The Care and Counseling Inc. Records contain meeting minutes, correspondence, newsletters, reports, and photographs chronicling the organization's mission to provide pastoral counseling to St. Louis-area residents and graduate-level training for clergy in counseling services.

The Reagan-Boegel Family Papers contain family tree charts, photographs, and newspaper clippings chronicling the history of the Reagan and Boegel families of Montgomery and St. Charles counties dating back to the mid-1800s.

The Woodruff-Stumpff family papers contain correspondence, photographs, diplomas, yearbooks, and family tree charts documenting the Woodruff and Stumpff families of St. Louis, Missouri.

The James Weldon Click papers primarily document his efforts to rid United Electrical Local 1102 of Communist influence and establish the new International Union of Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America-CIO, (IUERNWA). The collection contains meeting minutes, convention materials, correspondence, labor agreements, photographs, and a scrapbook.

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.

The Freedom of Residence, Greater St. Louis Committee Records chronicle the committee's activities in integrating housing in the metropolitan St. Louis area. The collection contains flyers, correspondence, grant proposals, pamphlets, case files, advertising material, research material, radio spots, photographs, information on Congressmen, mailing lists, educational brochures, and housing lists.

The Unity Christian Church Records contain bylaws, meeting minutes, church directories, church programs, and photographs documenting the church's mission to spread the truth of Jesus Christ as interpreted by Charles and Myrtle Fillmore through the United School of Christianity and the Association of Unity Churches.

This collection consists of interviews with Italian immigrants residing in the "Hill" neighborhood in South St. Louis, conducted by Gary Ross Mormino for his book, "Immigrants ON the Hill: Italian Americans in St. Louis 1882-1982."

The collection consists of oral history interviews conducted as class assignments in Elizabeth Kizer's Communication 242 class. The topics reflect St. Louis's history, including African Americans, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, immigrants, sports, and the Great Depression.

An oral history interview regarding the lives and experiences of Reverend Odis James and Ruby James while working in the Nazarene Ministry in St. Louis.

An Oral history conducted by Christi Fritsch on November 9, 1990 with Irving Dilliard, a long-time editor for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The interview has been transcribed.

The World War II collection is an artifical collection comprised of several small donations documenting the experiences of St. Louis-area men and women who served in the conflict. Included in this collection is correspondence, narratives, photographs, books, and oral histories.

The Marlin Perkins Papers consist of newspaper clippings, correspondence, zoo animal feeding records, business contracts, equipment lists, maps, archaeological records, publications, and zoological findings, conservation and ecological writings, scrapbooks, photographs, and film. The materials in this collection are related to Marlin Perkins’ involvement in national and international zoos, wildlife and nature conservation, Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom, Zoo Parade, and various other dealings involving wildlife.  

Robert A. Young (1923-2007) represented the Missouri Second Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 to 1986. He served on two major committees, Public Works and Transportation, and Science and Technology. The collection contains correspondence, reports, studies, newspaper clippings, and photographs. Topics of interest include agriculture, civil and human rights, historic preservation, including the Old Post Office in St. Louis, and the city of Kinloch, Missouri.

This collection contains exhibition gallery cards, zines, handmade buttons, art, articles, art curricula, books, family photographs, and art pamphlets documenting Dail Chambers' involvement in teaching and producing art.

The St. Louis History Slide Shows contains three slide shows: a forty-minute presentation highlighting women who have made significant contributions to St. Louis, a slide show about the Western Historical Manuscript Collection (WHMC)-St. Louis Research Center’s labor history collections, and a slide show about the St. Louis Collection.

Founded in 1882 by German immigrant Frank Schwarz, Schwarz Studios passed through four generations to become the oldest taxidermy operation in the United States. Its clients have included L. Roos Fur Company, Adolphus Busch, Simmons Hardware, and special clients such as the Board of Education, the Boy Scouts, and the St. Louis Zoo. The collection contains scrapbooks, daily journals, and customer ledgers of the Schwarz Studio Taxidermy Company, 1882-1987.

Maury Rubin founded the St. Louis Labor Tribune in 1935 to help expose poor quality work on non-union housing projects in St. Louis. Rubin's nephew, Ed Finkelstein, became publisher in the late 1970s, and Rubin died in 1984. The collection primarily includes the paper's photograph negative morgue. Also included in the collection are correspondence, memoranda, and newspaper clippings documenting labor-related events and news stories.

The Wessel and Schaefer Family Papers contain correspondence, diaries, newspaper clippings, and photographs documenting the lives of Lillian Schaefer and Emil Wessel. The collection contains material both prior to and during their marriage, including family correspondence from 1954. The complete date range of the collection is 1907 to 1975, with bulk dates from 1917 to 1923.

The Lankford Family Papers contain family photographs, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra bulletins and tickets, a Turner Hall certificate, and family vacation journals. The materials in the collection date from 1904-1969.

The Mary Stakes Dines Collection contains a photocopy of a diary written by Mary Stakes Dines, the wife of Reverend Tyson Dines, a Confederate sympathizer Also included in the collection are photocopies of the history of the Stratton family and a C ivil W ar parole of Reverend Tyson Dines.

Michael Roberts was a St. Louis real estate and media entrepreneur of WHSL-TV, St. Louis' first African-American owned television station. The papers, which range from 1960-1991, photographs and newspaper clippings.

The St. Louis Metropolitan Reference Collection is an artificial collection containing newsletters, reports, brochures, and maps regarding St. Louis City and County government agencies and organizations.

This collection consists of correspondence between St. Louisan Philander Salisbury, a captain in the Mexican-American War, and his wife Mary, describing preparations for the invasion of Mexico, as well as letters between Ralph and Sephronia Coatsworth from 1855 to 1868.

Fisk Gore probably was born in Boston in 1831. When he was nineteen years old, Gore traveled to California and later to the Klondikeas part of the Gold Rush. During the Civil War, Fisk fought as a soldier in the Union Army while his brother joined the Confederate Army and eventually became a prisoner of war. The diary primarily documents Fisk Gore's experiences during the Gold Rush in California in the 1850s and in the Klondike in the 1890s.

Albert Lehnhoff was a World War I veteran and coal miner in Campbell Hill, Illinois. He was possibly involved in labor organizing that resulted in gunshots being fired at his house. Lehnhoff also worked as a musician at a local tavern and eventually became a restaurant owner. The collection Includes coins issued by the coal mine for spending in the company store; photocopies of Lehnhoff's WWI military records; and newspaper clippings on his family and a tornado that hit Campbell Hill in 1951.

The League of Women Voters evolved from the suffrage movement and was initiated to educate the voters of the United States. A non-partisan organization, the League has been involved in most of the political issues in St. Louis since the ratification of the nineteenth amendment. The collection includes correspondence, financial records, subject files, radio scripts, and publications relating to a wide variety of issues and personalities. Also included in the collection are photographs, films, audiotapes, and artifacts.

Leo A. Drey was an environmental activist and the owner of extensive tracts of Missouri land. Throughout his life, Drey was involved in many conservation projects, including the Natural Streams Act, Ozark National Scenic Riverways, and the Open Space Council. The collection includes correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, maps, legal materials, and newspaper clippings reflecting Drey's interests in environmental issues in Missouri.

The Pipkin Family Papers consist of correspondence sent to and from members of the Pipkin Family of Hillsboro, Missouri, including Philip Pipkin, a local attorney, his wife, Sophia Brickey Thomas Pipkin, and her brother, John Lilburn Thomas. Subjects of interest include the Civil War in Jefferson County, Missouri, land sales, and court cases handled by Philip Pipkin. 

This collection documents the founding of the University of Missouri-Saint Louis in Normandy. The materials include correspondence, committee reports, committee resolutions, meeting minutes, surveys and reports, press releases, newspaper clippings, publications, yearbooks, scrapbooks, and photographs related to UMSL (est.1963) and its predecessor, the Normandy Residence Center (est. 1960).

This collection contains meeting minutes, correspondence, financial reports, and flyers pertaining to the Freedom of Choice Council of Greater St. Louis, a pro-choice coalition formed after the Roe vs. Wade decision of 1973.

The records of the Endangered Wolf Center (formerly the Wild Canid Survival and Research Center), chronicle its establishment, growth, and administration. Founded by Carol and Marlin Perkins in 1971, WSRC bred wolves for reintroduction into the wild and fought for other conservation issues. The collection contains correspondence, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, articles, publications, legal documents, wolf studies, veterinary reports, conference proceedings, and government legislation.

The St. Louis Track Club Records contain correspondence, flyers, maps, newspaper clippings, race itineraries and results, medals, and membership cards documenting the organization's mission to promote running and walking in the St. Louis metropolitan area.

Arthur W. Proetz was a lifelong resident of St. Louis, a Washington University graduate, and a surgeon. He authored the book "I Remember You St. Louis," which was illustrated with many of his photographs. The collection consists of a variety fo St. Louis scenes and family portraits, including the Worlds Fair and the Veiled Prophet.

The records of the Illinois Pure Water Committee, Inc., document the efforts of Gladys Caldwell and the Committee in their legal fight against fluoridation, including their efforts to educate the public about the hazards of fluoridation. The materials in the collection consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, newsletters, publications, brochures, and flyers.

The St. Louis Naturalists Club originated in 1898 when several friends met to discuss topics related to natural science. The club was limited to twelve members and met on the last Saturday of every month at the home of one of its members. The host was responsible for a presentation related to the natural sciences for the edification of their fellow members. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, and a scrapbook.

The Ambassadors of Harmony Records contain correspondence, meeting minutes, photographs, and scrapbooks chronicling the group’s history as an acapella men’s chorus performing jazz, pop, and barbershop music. Materials of interest include scrapbooks dating from 1963 to 1981 that include early appearances by the group at competitions and television programs, including the Charlotte Peters Show.

Arthur Witman was St. Louis Post-Dispatch news photographer (1932-1969), who pioneered the use of 35mm in news photographs and Organized the St. Louis Press Photographer's Association in 1945. This collection consists of photographs Witman took for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

The Lisa Wagaman papers contain meeting minutes, publications, buttons, posters, flyers, t-shirts, and newspapers relating to her activism in St. Louis's LGBTQ community. Also included in this collection are early records of the Mid-Continent Life Services, Inc.

The Metropolitan Community Church of Greater St. Louis was founded on October 28, 1972, with a primary mission of spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the gay and lesbian community of St. Louis. Materials include administrative files, publications, artifacts, correspondence, and conference materials, which reflect many of the activities of the church and some of its members since its founding, as well as information concerning the gay and lesbian community in St. Louis.

The St. Louis Lesbian and Gay Pride Celebration Committee is responsible for the annual Lesbian and Gay Pride Fest in June. The records consist of Pride Guides from various North American cities, newsletters, local flyers, buttons, and other memorabilia. The microfilmed portion of the collection was loaned for copying and consists of general meetings and board of directors meeting minutes, correspondence, financial reports, and miscellaneous announcements. The microfilm is restricted.

This collection contains publications, t-shirts, buttons, flyers, newsletters, newspaper clippings, charters, by-laws of gay organizations, letters to legislators, and other ephemera documenting the activities of the gay and lesbian community in St. Louis. Included this collection are publications from other parts of the country and national organizations. Several of the St. Louis publications are complete, or near-complete runs.

The St. Louis Blues Musicians Research Collection contains photocopies of newspaper clippings and magazine articles about blues musicians who began their careers in St. Louis, Missouri. Journalist, Kenn Thomas, gathered the research materials in the 1980s for a column in the Riverfront Times regarding St. Louis blues musicians.

The George Allen Shepardson Diaries contain sixty-five annual diaries kept by George Shepardson between the years of 1887 - 1952, during his time living and working in the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area and Illinois. Notable topics within the diaries include teaching in the rural Midwest and at St. Louis boarding schools; work at Cupples Station in St. Louis for the Missouri Pacific Railroad; St. Louis Streetcar strike of 1900; the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 (St. Louis World's Fair); and the World Wars.

The Dorris Keeven-Franke Papers contain correspondence, meeting minutes, brochures, and newsletters documenting her career as a public historian, including her involvement with the St. Charles County German Heritage Club and Washington Preservation, Inc. 

This collection consists of 35mm photographs taken by Arthur Witman during his career as a photographer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

The Patrick Dougherty Papers contain correspondence, pamphlets, photographs, and newspaper clippings regarding Dougherty's 28 year service in the Missouri Legislature.

The Dorothy Ferneding Diary consists of 98-page diary written by  St. Louis native Dorothy Ferneding (1896-1992) recounting her travel approad to Europe in 1914 during the outbreak of World War I.

The David M. Grant Papers document David M. Grant's career in St. Louis as a civil rights activist and lawyer. Beginning in 1931, Grant organized protests and demonstrations against racial discrimination. He was also active in the local Democratic Party, Labor unions, and a founder of St. Louis’ March on Washington Movement chapter. Grant also served on the U.S. Presidential Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. The papers include speeches, correspondence, photographs, political fliers, and newspaper clippings.

Ray Richmond was born in Fillmore, Illinois on June 5, 1896. He played minor league baseball for the Bloomers of Bloomington, Illinois before joining the St. Louis Browns in 1920 and 1921. Richmond played eight games for the Browns and had a lifetime record of two wins and one loss. He died in DeSoto, Missouri on December 21, 1969. Scrapbook primarily documents Richmond’s baseball career, with two letters from 1983 and 1984.

This collection provides an overall view of the history and operations of Grace Hill Settlement House, which was formed in St. Louis in 1939. The mission of Grace Hill Settlement House is to provide opportunities for individuals, families, and communities to be stronger, healthier, and more self-reliant. The collection includes histories, meeting minutes, annual reports, and correspondence.

Bernard F. Dickmann was the mayor of St. Louis (1933-1941). This collection documents Bernard F. Dickmann tenure as mayor of St. Louis from 1933 to 1941. The photographs include images of visiting dignitaries, groundbreaking for St. Louis Landmarks, the Mayor's Christmas party, and conventions held in St. Louis. The collection also contains a scrapbook of the Missouri exhibition at the 1939 Worlds Fair in New York.

This collection contains oral history interviews conducted with seven members of St. Louis' Chinese-American community in 1993 and 1994. The collection includes 12 audio cassette tapes, transcripts, and accompanying documents supplied by the Chinese Americans interviewed for the oral history project.

The Feely Family Papers primarily consist of correspondence, campaign materials, and bound St. Louis City Board of Alderman meeting minutes books documenting Edgar J. Feely's career as a St. Louis alderman who represented the 20th Ward from 1939 to 1959.

Established by the Higher Education Center of St. Louis on June 4, 1974, the Women's Program Council promoted an improved environment for women in higher education, through networking services, two annual conferences, and provided speakers to area campuses. The collection contains rosters, meeting notices, minutes, literature, and a history of the organization.

The Missouri Teamstes is a labor newspaper published in St. Louis. The collection includes photographs of strikes, protests, union events, charity shows, and union officials.

Robert O. Snyder served in the Missouri Legislature form 1960 to 1976 when he made an unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Congress. He was appointed to the Missouri Court of Appeals in 1977. The collection contains correspondence, reports, political buttons, and photographs of Robert Snyder.

The St. Louis International Salon of Photography program was an annual photographic exhibit sponsored by the Camera Club of St. Louis, a group organized to promote photography in the region. The programs include selection jury and salon committee names, exhibitors, titles of exhibited prints, and reproductions of prints.

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.

This collection consists of copy negatives of photographs of Union Station taken in 1894 by Bertram E. Atwater. Atwater was a professional photographer hired to take publication-relations photographs of the new Union Station. He was murdered in Webster Groves in 1896, resulting in the first double-hanging in St. Louis.

The Earlene Coburn Papers contain photographs and correspondence documenting her childhood and early adulthood in St. Louis, Missouri. Materials of interest include images of Coburn participating  Job's Daughters International events, a masonic fraternal order for girls and young women.

This collection contains secondary source material and notes Lowic accumulated for his book "The Architectural Heritage of St. Louis, 1803-1891." Subjects of interest include St. Louis neighborhoods, buildings, churches, and the cultural influences of the French and Germans on the city's built environment.

The Bill Elmore Papers contain correspondence, reports, memos, and photographs documenting Elmore's career as a veteran’s advocate, including his involvement with the St. Louis Area Veterans Service Centers and as the first associate administrator for the Veterans Business Development Program for the Small Business Administration.

The collection consists of subject files of the St. Charles bureau of the Post-Dispatch. Topics of interest include airports, ambulances, animal control, blight, City Council and it's charter, FEMA, fireworks, halfway houses, the Katy Trail, Lindenwood University, solid waste, and Weldon Springs.

Julian Sturtevant Rammelkamp was a journalism historian, history teacher, and one-time chair of the history department at Albion College in Michigan. He authored "Pulitzer's Post-Dispatch," published in 1967. Included in the collection are note cards from his study of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Post, correspondence with major writers, and rare books.

This collection consists of narrative histories written as part of Mallinckrodt Chemical Works' centennial. Included in this collection are "Mallinckrodt: A Company in Transition, 1867-1967," "Our Cake has 100 Candles," and "A Good Place to Work."

The Frank Eschen Collection contains correspondence, scripts, newspaper clippings, and photographs regarding the career of St. Louis radio and television broadcaster Frank Eschen. Also included in the collection is a copy of Frank Eschen’s son, Tom Eschen’s, dissertation titled, The Freeze and Beyond: The History of St. Louis Television, A Survey, 1947-1960.

The John Ramming Machine Company records contain daybooks, ledgers, billing books, check stubs, contracts, and tax documents of this company that was located on the levy. The company did repair and installation on steamboat engines and boilers as well as other machine work for the customers in the city.

The Clayvon A. Wesley Papers contain materials from Wesley's time serving in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. Items of interest include letters of recommendation, newspaper clippings, photographs, and a handmade award given to Wesley from the hospital he served in during the war.

The Iola Jasper Papers contain correspondence, photographs, histories, greeting cards, and a diary related to Jasper's interest in family history. Materials of interest include the correspondence and business papers of her Great-Grandfather, William Sumner Jewett, a Jefferson County entrepreneur who shipped fruit and sand to companies in St. Louis and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Roy Wenzlick was a prominent real estate analyst, appraiser, author, and publisher. His 1936 book, "The Coming Boom in Real Estate," appeared on the New York Times bestseller list. The collection includes correspondence, research files, photographs, and a complete run Wenzlick's newsletter, "The Real Estate Analyst."

The William S. Burroughs Newspaper Clippings Collection contains newspaper accounts of incidents from St. Louis author William S. Burroughs’s life.

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.

This collection contains record books of an African-American cemetery in St. Louis. Included in the collection are legal exhibits and maps, as well as student papers and photographs documenting efforts to preserve the cemetery.

This collection contains issues of Black Pages, a telephone directory of African-American businesses in the St. Louis area. Publisher Melvin Jones began Black Pages in 1984 and publishes the directory annually.

Born in Ellensberg, Washington in 1923, Robert Leroy grew up in the Tacoma area and became involved in populist-right political causes. He served as a paratrooper in the South Pacific during World War II and worked briefly as a public school teacher afterward. In 1962 he joined the Minutemen. LeRoy later split from the group and started another anti-Communist ministry, Christian Sons of Liberty, in 1970, in Liberty, Missouri. The collection includes correspondence, newsletters, photographs, and a copy of LeRoy's autobiography "From My Foxhole to Tokyo."

The St. Louis Media History Foundation Collection consists of local St. Louis publications and original artwork, chronicling the history of print, television, radio, advertising, and public relations in the St. Louis Region. Materials of interest include issues of the St. Louis Outlaw, a radical newspaper published in the 1970s. 

The Leo Soriano Papers primarily consist of 23 tapes containing Soriano's recounting his life story, including his military service during World War II. Also included in the collection are photographs of Soriano, dating from the 1930s to the 1980s. 

The National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, St. Louis Branch Records contain correspondence, meeting minutes, bylaws, and newsletters pertaining to the organization's mission to oppose the abuses of civil rights and oppression of minorities, the poor, laborers, and prisoners.

Charles Bannister worked as a photographer in his native St. Louis, Missouri. The collection contains thirty images documenting African Americans in St. Louis, civil rights activists, prominent entertainers, nightlife, and the Lamb’s Club on Delmar.

The Elmwood Park photograph collection consists of photographs of an African-American community in St. Louis County, featuring images of dance recitals, school children, and the First Baptist Church of Elmwood Park.

The Oscar Farmer Collection documents Farmer’s career working for the Saint Louis Police Department. It also contains an oral history interview and photographs related to his work at Club Riviera, a supper club that hosted prominent entertainers and served as a base for local politician Jordan Chambers.

This collection contains 8 photographs of the St. Louis Argus staff and its building.

The Joseph Peterson Papers consists of a memoir written by Peterson chronicling his life growing up in Texas, his service in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II, and his career in the Air Force and Veterans Affairs. 

Margaret Sheppard was an editor for "Action News" and "The Insider." The papers contain monthly newsletters from the Regional Commerce and Growth Association, as well as issues of Action News Newsletters, annual reports, and two cookbooks.

This collection contains writings by novelist Martin Quigley; Neurotica Volume 1, Numbers 1 (Spring 1948) 4, (Spring 1949) and Volume 8 (1951); Bound volumes of Midwest Motorist, 1971-1996; interviews with Bing Devine and Bob Costas; and writings by Fran Landesman.

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.

The Monsanto Texas City Explosion Collection contains the insurance claim for the
1947 Monsanto explosion in Texas City, Texas, and articles reflecting on the disaster 50 years
later. On April 16, 1947, the freighter S.S. Grandcamp exploded at a pier in Texas City, killing
between 500 and 600 people. The insurance claim's cover page calls the explosion "the largest
single risk loss in the history of insurance."

The Assumption Portrait is a 121 page book commemorating the 150th anniversary of
the Assumption Mattese Parish in St. Louis, Missouri.

This collection consists of correspondence and military papers of Illinois native Edmund C. Oakes (1916-1986) who served in the US Army at the Battle of the Bulge, where he received disabling wounds. He later became Illinois state commander of Disabled American Veterans. The papers include an emergency war-time teaching certificate of his wife Catherine Oakes and correspondence with political figures Otto Kerner and John F. Kennedy.

This collection contains retouched art prints of St. Louis landmarks, published by C. Witter and presented by the Business Men's League of St. Louis "to our guests Arkansas on Wheels, October 31, 1911." Included in this collection are twenty-four images of St. Louis, including Union Station, the riverfront, Eads Bridge, downtown hotels and skyscrapers, the Coliseum, and library branches.

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

The Ed Bushmeyer Papers contain correspondence, press releases, campaign literature, legislation, legal materials, notes, and newspaper clippings documenting Bushmeyer's career in St. Louis City politics, including his service in Mayor Vince Schoemehl's administration.   

The Paul Daly papers contain scripts, notes, comic books, and Archon programs documenting Daly's career as a local St. Louis graphic novel artist. His works include Terranauts, Swashbucklers, and Black Diamond. 

This collection contains an oral history project documenting the life of Ann Washington Pittman, an African American song folklorist and singer.

The Maurice and Doris Wheeler Papers contain correspondence, newsletters, publications, and reports documenting the Wheeler’s social activism and involvement in groups such as the American Federation of Technical Engineers, Eighth Ward Independent Democrats, New Democratic Coalition, Reform Organization of Welfare (ROWEL), and Socialist Party.

This collection contains a script for a slide show on the history of the St. Louis Municipal Opera building.