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Western Historical Manuscript Collection--St. Louis

WEB SITE:

http://www.umsl.edu/~whmc/

ADDRESS:

Thomas Jefferson Library
University of Missouri-St. Louis
8001 Natural Bridge Road
St.Louis, MO 63121

TELEPHONE:

(314) 516-5143

FAX NUMBER:

(314) 516-5853

E-MAIL:

zelli@umsl.edu

CONTACT:

Zelli Fischetti, Associate Director

HOURS:

Mon-Fri, 8am-4:45pm; Tuesday, 8am-9:00pm

ACCESS AND USE:

Open to all researchers; no fee for use.Collections only circulate to branches of the Western HistoricalManuscript Collection on the University of Missouri campuses atRolla, Kansas City, and Columbia campuses. Some microfilmedcollections available through interlibrary loan. Collectionsstored off-site may require a day to retrieve.

SPECIAL SERVICES AVAILABLE:

  • Interlibrary loan
  • Audio-visual equipment
  • Photographic services
  • Educational programs
  • Photocopying
  • Wheelchair access
  • Publications
  • Exhibits
  • Microfilming
  • Consultant services

GENERAL SCOPE AND CONTENTS:

Contains manuscripts relating to St.Louis and Missouri history, with strengths in the fields ofAfrican-American history, the environment, education,immigration, journalism, labor, politics, social reform andwomen's history. Also includes extensive photograph and oralhistory collections.

MAJOR COLLECTIONS:

  1. UM-St. Louis Black History Project Collection, 1911-1983, 140 folders, 27 tapes. Includes publicity files of NHPRC funded project that co-sponsored three conferences on local black history. Includes reports, correspondence, program surveys and biographical information of historical figures.
  2. Witman, Arthur, (1902- ), 1930s-1970s, @50,000 images. Post-Dispatch news photographer, 1932-1969. Subjects include women in World War II, labor unions, the March on Washington, Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech at Fulton, MO, the 1939 sharecroppers strike and the construction of the Arch.
  3. League of Women Voters of Missouri Records, 1911-1976, 438 folders, 9 tapes, 55 microfilm rolls. Contains papers of Missouri Equal Suffrage Association, 1919-1920.
  4. St. Louis Labor Tribune, Records, 1918-1987. Bound volumes of Indiana Labor Tribune, 1955-1973 and St. Louis Labor Tribune, 1987; correspondence and minutes of AFL-CIO Local 20711, 1937-1975; files of publisher Maury Rubin, 1958-1967.
  5. Sierra Club, Ozark Chapter (1971- ), Records, 1956-1977, 210 folders. Missouri and Arkansas comprise the Sierra Club's Ozark Chapter.
  6. Hecker, Friedrich (1811-1881), Papers, 1825-1986, 82 folders, 2 oversize boxes. Led revolts in Germany in 1848 and 1849, emigrated to America and commanded two regiments in the Civil War. Contains letters, certificates, and newsclippings.
  7. Dooley, Thomas A. (1927-1961) Papers, 1932-1986, 219 folders, 5 volumes, 85 tapes, 533 photographs, 10 videotapes. Physician, naval officer, humanitarian, best-selling author.
  8. Perkins, Marlin, Papers, 1905-1986. Photographs, scrapbooks, newsclippings, correspondence, itineraries, program listings, films and contracts of former director of St. Louis Zoo.
  9. Oral history Collections, 1975-1990, c.1000 tapes. Interviews with St. Louis immigrants, black leaders, jazz and rock musicians, union members, and labor and political leaders.
  10. Snow, Thad (1881-1955), Papers, 1921-1954, 86 folders, 2 scrapbooks. Charleston, Missouri planter, author, and reformer. Known as the Sage of Swampeast Missouri, wrote widely on farming politics, economics, foreign policy.
  11. Socialist Party of St. Louis and Missouri, Records, 1909-1964, 98 folders, 1 photograph, 7 tapes, 10 microfilm rolls. Includes correspondence, membership records, financial reports, position papers and publications.
  12. Theodore Lentz, (1926-1983), Papers, 1926-1983, 566 folders, 24 microfilm rolls. Peace researcher. Correspondence, articles, and manuscripts.
  13. Drey, Kay (1933- ), Papers, 1965-1989, 125 folders. Active in protesting the Calloway Nuclear plant.
  14. Broeg, Bob (1918- ), Papers, 1974-1986, 30 folders. Sports writer and editor for the Post-Dispatch, 1946-1985.
  15. Mallinkrodt, Edward, Jr. (1878-1967), Papers, 1798-1981, 1320 folders, 17 volumes. Industrialist, scientist and philanthropist, director of Mallinkrodt Chemical Works.
  16. Planned Parenthood Association of St. Louis (1932- ), Records, 1930-1975, 1099 folders, 12 oversize scrapbooks, 2 tapes. Collection traces group's early history and growth. Includes scrapbooks and tapes of informational broadcasts.
  17. Committee for Environmental Information, 1956-1977, 438 folders, 8 tapes, 4 scrapbooks.
  18. Dilliard, Irving (1904- ), Papers, 1922-1980. Post-Dispatch staff writer from 1927 to 1960.
  19. McCue, George (1910- ), Papers, 1948-1985. Post-Dispatch arts editor, 1965-1975. Author of several books on subjects related to art and architecture.
  20. Click, James Weldon (1917-1988), Papers, 1937-1963. Led effort to remove United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers 1102 from Communist influence.
  21. Preisler, Paul William (1902-1971), Papers, 1902-1971. Biochemist, lawyer, and labor leader. Correspondence, minutes, legal records, business papers, campaign material, newsclippings and photographs.

GUIDES:

  1. Subject lists to collection. Unpublished inventories orfolder lists available for all St. Louis collections.
  2. Guides on the World Wide Web

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