NEWS AND TIPS FROM THE ST. LOUIS COUNTY LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT
VOL. 7, No. 1—JANUARY 2014 FOR THE RECORDS St. Louis turns 250 in 2014
As the story goes, in Feb. 1764, August Chouteau and a few dozen others founded a fur-trading post near the site where the Arch now stands, and thus St. Louis was founded. STL250 a volunteer-led, non-profit organization, was formed to commemorate the anniversary year and will act as Master of Ceremonies for a year-long, region-wide celebration throughout the 15-county bi-state region. The STL250 website
The Special Collections Department is excited to announce Portrait of Auguste Chouteau. Published in Shewey's Picto- that St. Louis County Library anticipates becoming a rial St. Louis, Past and Present (St. Louis: A.C. Shewey, 1892; call no. R 977.866 S554). Celebration partner in STL250. Look for special library events highlighting St. Louis history in the coming year. specific topics on St. Louis history. Check the online PastPorts will feature articles focusing on St. Louis history catalog or contact the Special Collections Department for with suggestions for further exploration in sources held by assistance. The edition of titles listed may differ from those the Special Collections Department. listed on the STL250 website.
STL250 recommended reading list 1.0 Historic texts Titles available in the Special Collections Department The STL250 recommended reading list
Contributed Largely Towards Making St. Louis the Francis, David Rowland. The Universal Exposition of Commercial and Financial Metropolis of the West, 1904. 2 vols. St. Louis: Louisiana Purchase Exposition Southwest and South. St. Louis: The Benesch Art Co, 1913. R 977.866 F818U Publishing Company, 1900. R 977.866 N899 and Gill, McCune. Women Prominent in the Early History of circulating copy St. Louis. n.p.: n.d. Cox, James. Old and New St. Louis: A Concise History of Hyde, William, and Howard Louis Conard, ed. the Metropolis of the West and Southwest, with a Encyclopedia of the History of St. Louis: A Review of Its Present Greatness and Immediate Compendium of History and Biography for Ready Prospects. St. Louis: Central Biographical Publishing, Reference. New York: Southern History Co., 1899. 1894. R 977.866 C877O R 977.866 H995E Dacus, J. A., and James W. Buel. A Tour of St. Louis: or, Johnson, Anne Andre. Notable Women of St. Louis. St. The Inside Life of a Great City. St. Louis: Western Pub. Louis: Woodward Press, 1914; reprint St. Louis: St. Co, 1878. R 977.866 D119T Louis County Library, 2005. R 977.866 J66N Devoy, John. A History of the City of St. Louis and Vicinity, Larkin, Samuel T. Who’s Who in Saint Louis. St. Louis: From the Earliest Times to the Present: The Pioneers Civic Union of St. Louis. R 977.866 W628. Library has and Their Successors. St. Louis: John Devoy, 1898. volumes for 1928 – 1929 and 1930 – 1931. R 977.866 D513H Lionberger, Isaac Henry. The Annals of St. Louis and a Brief Account of Its Foundation and Progress. St. Louis: Mound City Press, 1928. R 977.866 L736A Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed. The Book of St. Louisans; A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men of the City of St. Louis and Vicinity, 2nd ed. St. Louis: The St. PastPorts is published monthly by the St. Louis Louis Republic, 1912. R 977.866 B724 County Library Special Collections Department, located North St. Louis Business Mens Association. Who’s Who in on Tier 5 of the Headquarters location. North Saint Louis. St. Louis: North St. Louis Business Current and past issues can be downloaded from the Men‘s Association, 1925. R 977.866 W628 web at http://www.slcl.org/pastports. Orear, George Washington. Commercial and Architectural St. Louis. St. Louis: Jones & Orear, 1888. Contact the Special Collections Department R 977.866 O66C Special Collections Department Scharf, J. Thomas. History of St. Louis City and County St. Louis County Library from the Earliest Periods to the Present Day. 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd Philadelphia: Louis H. Evrets & Company, 1883. St. Louis, MO 63131 R 977.866 S311 Phone: 314-994-3300, ext. 2070 Stevens, Walter Barlow. St. Louis: The Fourth City, 1764- Email: [email protected] 1909. 3 vols. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Website: http://www.slcl.org Company, 1909. R 977.866 S846S and circulating copy Tours Stevens, Walter Barlow. The Building of St. Louis: From Many Points of View. St. Louis: Lesan-Gould Tours of the Special Collections Department are con- ducted on the first Wednesday and third Saturday of the Company, 1908. R 977.866 S846B month at 10:30 a.m. No registration is required. Group Thomas, William Lyman. History of St. Louis County, tours are gladly arranged with advance notice by calling Missouri. 2 vols. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing the Special Collections Department at 314-994-3300, Company, 1911. R 977.865 T463H and circulating ext. 2070. copy JANUARY 2014 | PAGE 3
2.0 St. Louis history Vexler, Robert. Saint Louis: A Chronological and Documentary History. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana 2.1 General overview Publications, 1974. R 977.8 V594S and circulating copy Gerteis, Louis S. St. Louis: From Village to Metropolis: Essays From the Missouri Historical Review, 1906- 2.2 Early colonial (1760S - 1850S) 2006. Columbia: Lindenwood University Press, 2009. Ames, Gregory P., ed. Auguste Chouteau’s Journal: R 977.866 S145 Memory, Mythmaking and History in the Heritage of Hagen, Harry M. This Is Our St. Louis. Charlotte: Knight New France. St. Louis: Mercantile Library, University Publishing, 1970. R 977.866 H143T of Missouri-St. Louis, 2010. R 977.8 A923 Primm, James Neal. Lion of the Valley: St. Louis, Missouri, Billon, Frederic Louis. Annals of St. Louis in Its Territorial 1764-1980, 3rd ed. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Days from 1804 to 1821. St. Louis: F.L. Billon, 1886. Society Press, 1998. R 977.866 P953L R 977.866 B599A and circulating copy Stadler, Frances Hurd. St. Louis Day by Day. St. Louis: Christian, Shirley. Before Lewis and Clark: The Story of Patrice Press, 1989. R 977.866 S777S and circulating the Chouteaus, the French Dynasty that Ruled copy America’s Frontier. New York: Farar, Straus and Van Ravenswaay, Charles. Saint Louis: An Informal Giroux, 2004. R 977.866 C555B and circulating copy. History of the City and Its People, 1764-1865, Candace Cleary, Patricia. The World, the Flesh, and the Devil: A O’Connor, ed. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society History of Colonial St. Louis. Columbia: University of Press, 1991. R 977.866 V274S and circulating copy Missouri Press, 2011. R 977.866 C623W
THIS MONTH IN ST. LOUIS HISTORY JANUARY1882 Beginning in January 1882, St. Louis and other cities More about the smallpox epidemic is described in articles across the United States were dealing with a smallpox published in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat for the follow- epidemic. Residents of St. Louis were flocking to be vac- ing dates and pages (available on microfilm in the Special cinated. By then, 80,000 people had been vaccinated Collections Department): and 4,000 deaths had occurred due to the virulent dis- ease. Health Commissioner Francis was in charge of im- Jan. 23, 1882, page 3 Jan. 29, 1882, page 6 plementing the procedures for handling this epidemic. Jan. 24, 1882, pages 3. 9 Feb. 1, 1882, page 11 Most victims and some families of the infected children Jan. 25, 1882, page 9 Feb. 4, 1882, page 9 were removed to the “Pest-house” located south of Jef- Jan. 26, 1882, page 8 Feb. 12, 1882, page 9 ferson Barracks, a facility described in the Feb. 12, 1882 Jan. 28, 1882, page 15 issue of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat on page 3. For more information about the quarantine hospital and The names of those who died from small-pox were listed cemetery, see Michael McDermott, “Quarantine Island: in bulletins published in the newspaper. With few excep- The Search for Quarantine / Arsenal Island” in the St. tions, most of those names do not appear in the St. Louis Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly, 34 (Fall 2001), pp. burial permit listings also found in the Globe. Bodies 69 and 70, call no. R 977.865 S145 V. 34. were interred at the Quarantine cemetery on the western part of the hospital compound. JANUARY 2014 | PAGE 4
Fausz, J. Frederick. Founding St. Louis: First City of the Coyle, Elinor Martineau. Saint Louis Homes, 1866-1916: New West. Charleston, S.C.: History Press, 2011. The Golden Age. St. Louis: Folkstone Press, 1971. R 977.866 F269F R 977.866 C881S Foley, William E., and C. David Rice. The First Sandweiss, Eric. St. Louis in the Century of Henry Shaw: A Chouteaus, River Barons of Early St. Louis. Urbana: View Beyond the Garden Wall. Columbia: University University of Illinois Press, 1983. R 977.866 F663F of Missouri Press, 2003. R 977.866 S145 Gilman, Carolyn. Lewis and Clark: Across the Divide. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society, 2003. 2.5 The World’s Fair (1904) R 917.8042 G487L Clevenger, Martha R. "Indescribably Grand": Diaries and Hodes, Frederick A. Beyond the Frontier: A History of St. Letters from the 1904 World's Fair. St. Louis: Missouri Louis to 1821. Tucson, Ariz.: Patrice Press, 2009. Historical Society Press, 1996. R 977.866 I38 and R 977.866 H687B circulating copy Hodes, Frederick A. Rising on the River: St. Louis 1822 to Fox, Tim, and Duane R. Sneddeker. From the Palaces to 1850, Explosive Growth from Town to City. Tooele, the Pike: Visions of the 1904 World's Fair. St. Louis: Utah: Patrice Press, 2004. R 977.866 H687R Missouri Historical Society Press, 1997. Hoessle, Maureen. Under Three Flags: Exploring Early St. R 977.866 F794F Louis History. St. Louis: Virginia Publishing, 2005. Porter, Carol S. Meeting Louis at the Fair: The Projects RJ 977.866 7-9 and Photographs of Louis Clemens Spiering, World’s Peterson, Charles E. Colonial St. Louis: Building a Creole Fair Architect. St. Louis: Virginia Publishing, 2004. Capital. Tucson, Ariz: Patrice Press, 1993. R 977.866 P844M R 977.866 P485C Rademacher, Diane. Still Shining: Discovering Lost Sayad, Elizabeth Gentry. A Yankee in Creole Country. St. Treasures from the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. St. Louis: Virginia Publishing, 2004. R 977.865 S274Y Louis: Virginia Pub, 2003. R 607.34 R127S and circulating copy 2.3 The Civil War Era (1860S - 1870S) Arenson, Adam. The Great Heart of the Republic: St. Louis 2.6 Prohibition, Depression, and World War II and the Cultural Civil War. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard (1910s - 1940s) University Press, 2011. R 977.866 A681G and Burnett, Betty. St. Louis at War: The Story of a City, 1941- circulating copy 1945. St. Louis: Patrice Press, 1987. R 977.866 B964S Gerteis, Louis S. Civil War St. Louis. University Press of Courtaway, Robbi. Wetter Than the Mississippi: Kansas, 2004. R 977.866 G384C Prohibition in St. Louis and Beyond. St. Louis: Reedy Rowan, Steven W. Germans for a Free Missouri: Press, 2008. R 977.866 C862W Translations from the St. Louis Radical Press, 1857- 1862. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1983. 2.7 Sports history R 977.8 G373 Broeg, Bob. The 100 Greatest Moments in St. Louis Sports. Winter, William C. The Civil War in St. Louis: A Guided St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society Press, 2000. Tour. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society Press, R 796.0977 B865O 1994. R 973.7 W787C Cash, Jon David. Before They Were Cardinals: Major League Baseball in 19th Century St. Louis. Columbia: 2.4 The Gilded Age (1870S - 1910S) University of Missouri, 2002. R 796.357 C338B Corbett, Katharine T. and Howard Smith Miller. Saint Louis Lange, Dave. Soccer Made in St. Louis: A History of the in the Gilded Age. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society Game in America’s First Soccer Capital. St. Louis: Press, 1993. R 977.866 C789S and circulating copy Reedy Press, 2011. R 796.334 L274S JANUARY 2014 | PAGE 5
Wolterman, Kim. Who’s Been Sleeping in my Bed(room)? Researching a St. Louis County, Missouri Home. St. Louis: Provenance Publishing, 2009. R 728.0722 W868W and circulating copy
3.0 St. Louis people
3.1 Biography collections Amsler, Kevin. Final Resting Place: The Lives & Deaths of Famous St. Louisans, 2nd ed. St. Louis: Virginia Publishing, 2006. R 977.866 A528F Christensen, Lawrence O. et al., eds. Dictionary of Missouri Biography. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1999. R 920.0778 D554 and circulating copy Faherty, William Barnaby. Centuries of St. Louis. St. St. Louis University, located at 9th St. and Washington Ave. Louis: Reedy press, 2007. R 977.866 F157C Illustration published in Shewey's Pictorial St. Louis, Past Shepley, Carol Ferring. Movers and Shakers, Scalawags and Present. and Suffragettes: Tales from Bellefontaine Cemetery. St. Louis: Missouri History Museum, 2008. 2.8 Specific historic focuses R 977.866 S548M Bosenbecker, Ray. So Where’d You Go To High School, vol. 1, Alton to Yeshiva: 200 Years of St. Louis Area 3.2 Immigrant group histories High Schools. St. Louis: Virginia Publishing, 2004. Detjen, David W. The Germans in Missouri, 1900 – 1918: R 977.865 S675 Prohibition, Neutrality and Assimilation. Columbia: FOCUS St. Louis. St. Louis Currents: A Guide to the University of Missouri Press, 1985. R 977.8 D481G Region and Its Resources, 3rd ed. St. Louis: Missouri Faherty, William Barnaby. The St. Louis Irish: An Historical Society Press, 1997. R 977.866 S145 Unmatched Celtic Community. St. Louis: Missouri Gravenhorst, Edna Campos. Historical Home Research in Historical Society Press, 2001. R 977.866 F157S and the City of St. Louis. St. Louis: E.C. Gravenhorst, 2003. circulating copy Hurley, Andrew. Common Fields: An Environmental Faherty, William Barnaby. The St. Louis German History of St. Louis. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Catholics. St. Louis: Reedy Press, 2004. Society Press, 1997. R 304.2 C734 R 977.866 F157S Horgan, James J. City of Flight: The History of Aviation in Forster, Walter O. Zion on the Mississippi: The Settlement St. Louis. Gerald, Mo.: Patrice Press, 1984. of the Saxon Lutherans in Missouri, 1839-1841. St. R 629.13 H811C Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1953. Herbst, Henry, Don Roussin, and Kevin Kious. St. Louis R 977.8 F734Z Brews: 200 Years of Brewing in St. Louis, 1809-2009. Harris, NiNi. Unyielding Spirit: The History of the Polish St. Louis: Reedy Press, 2009. R 338.766 H538S People in St. Louis. St. Louis: St. Stanislaus Kostka Wagner, Allen Eugene. Good Order and Safety: A History Parish, 2007. R 977.866 H313U and circulating copy of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, 1861- Huping, Ling. Chinese St. Louis: From Enclave to Cultural 1906. St. Louis: Missouri History Museum, 2008. Community. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, R 977.866 W132G 2004. R 977.866 L755C JANUARY 2014 | PAGE 6
Map of St. Louis in 1764 as published in Shewey’s Pictorial St. Louis Past and Present.
Kargau, Ernst D. The German Element in St. Louis: A Mysliwiec, John Stanislaus. History of the Catholic Poles Translation from German of Ernst D. Kargau’s St. of St. Louis. St. Louis: St. Louis University Press. Louis in Former Years, William G. Bek, tr. 1936. R 977.866 M998H Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000. O’Laughlin, Michael C. Missouri Irish: The Original R 977.866 K18G History of the Irish in Missouri, Kansas City, St. Louis, Marfisi, Eleanore Berra. Saint Louis Italians: The Hill and Trails West, 2nd ed . Kansas City, Mo.: Irish Beyond. St. Louis: G. Bradley Publishing, 2008. Genealogical Foundation, 2007. R 977.8 O42M R 977.866 M326S Olson, Audrey L. “St. Louis Germans, 1850-1920: The Marshall, Howard W. and James W. Goodrich, eds. The Nature of an Immigrant Community and Its Relations German-American Experience in Missouri: Essays in to the Assimilation Process” (Ph.D. diss., University of Commemoration of the Tricentennial of German Kansas, 1970). R 977.866 O52S Immigration to America, 1683–1983. Columbia: Sommer, June M., ed. History of the Czechs in Missouri, University of Missouri, 1986. R 977.8 G373 1845 to 1904, Frank E. Frank, tr. St. Louis: St. Louis Mormino, Gary Ross. Immigrants on the Hill: Italian- Genealogical Society, 1988. R 977.8 H673 and Americans in St. Louis, 1882-1982. Urbana, Ill.: circulating copy University of Illinois Press, 1986. 2002. R 977.866 M865I JANUARY 2014 | PAGE 7
Schulle, Jennifer Marie. “Fashion and Fallen Women: The Apparel Industry, the Retail Trade, Fashion, and Prostitution in Late 19th Century St. Louis” (Ph.D. diss., Iowa State University, 2005). R 977.866 S386F
3.4 African American history Barnes, Harper. Never Been a Time: The 1917 Race Riot That Sparked the Civil Rights Movement. New York: Walker & Company, 2008. R 977.389 B261N Dowden, Priscilla A. Groping Toward Democracy: African American Social Welfare Reform in St. Louis, 1910- 1949. Columbia: University of Missouri, 2011. R 977.866 D745G Looker, Benjamin. Point From Which Creation Begins: The Black Artists’ Group of St. Louis. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society Press, 2004. Gratiot Street Prison. Illustration published in Shewey's Pic- torial St. Louis, Past and Present. R 781.65 L863P Lumpkin, Charles L. American Pogrom: The East St. Louis Race Riot and Black Politics. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2008. R 977.389 L958A Sullivan, Margaret Lo Piccolo. “Hyphenism in St. Louis, Uchitelle, Susan and Gerald W. Heaney. Unending 1900–21: The View from Outside” (Ph.D. diss., St. Struggle: The Long Road to an Equal Education in St. Louis University, 1968) R 977.866 S951H Louis. St. Louis: Reedy Press, 2004. R 379.263 H434U Wright, John A. Discovering African American St. Louis: A 3.3 Women’s history Guide to Historic Sites, 2nd ed. St. Louis: Missouri Carlson, Avis. The League of Women Voters in St. Louis: Historical Society Press, 2002. R 977.865 W951D The First Forty Years, 1919-1959. St. Louis: League of Women Voters, 1959. R 977.865 C284L 3.5 Religious group history Corbett, Katharine T. In Her Place: A Guide to St. Louis Archdiocese of St. Louis. Archdiocese of St. Louis: Three Women's History. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Centuries of Catholicism, 1700-2000. Strasbourg, Society Press, 1999. R 977.866 C789I and circulating France: Editions du Signe, 2001. R 977.866 A669 and copy circulating copy Giffen, Jerena East. First Ladies of Missouri: Their Homes Ehrlich, Walter. Zion in the Valley: The Jewish Community and Their Families. Jefferson City: Giffen Enterprises, of St. Louis. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1996. R 977.8 G457F and circulating copies 1997. R 977.866 E33Z Guinn, Lisa G. “Building Useful Women from the Depths Faherty, William Barnaby. Dream by the River: Two of Poverty: A Social History of the Girls’ Industrial Centuries of Saint Louis Catholicism, 1766 to 1997, Home and School in St. Louis, Missouri, 1853- 3rd ed. St. Louis: River City Publishers, 1997. 1935” (Ph.D. diss., Oklahoma State University, 2003) R 282.778 F157D R 977.866 G694B Jacobs, Robert P. Religions in St. Louis: A Strong Heritage. Ring, Lucille Wiley. Breaking the Barriers: The St. Louis St. Louis: Interfaith Clergy Council, 1976. Legacy of Women in Law, 1869-1969. Manchester: R 280.07 R382 Independent Publishing Corporation, 1996. R 340.023 R581B JANUARY 2014 | PAGE 8
Rosenkranz, Samuel. A Centennial History of Rosenfeld, Richard. Hidden Assets: Connecting the Past to Congregation Temple Israel, 1886-1986. Creve Coeur: the Future of St. Louis. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Temple Israel, 1986. R 296 C397 and circulating copy Society Press, 2006. R 330.9778 H632 Sandweiss, Eric. St. Louis: The Evolution of an American 4.0 Built St. Louis Urban Landscape. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2001. R 977.866 S221S and circulating copy 4.1 Urban studies and general architecture St. Louis City Plan Commission. History: Physical Growth Coyle, Elinor Martineau. Old St. Louis Homes, 1764 – of the City of St. Louis. St. Louis: St. Louis City Plan 1865: The Stories They Tell. St. Louis: Folkstone Press, Commission, 1969. R 977.866 S145H and circulating 1979. R 728.9778 C881O and circulating copy copy Fox, Tim. Where We Live: A Guide to St. Louis St. Louis County Historic Buildings Commission. Historic Communities. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society Buildings in St. Louis County, 2nd ed. St. Louis: St. Press, 1995. R 977.866 W567 and circulating copy Louis County Department of Parks and Recreation, Hannon, Robert E. St. Louis: Its Neighborhoods and 1983. R 977.865 H673 Neighbors, Landmarks and Milestones. St. Louis: St. Toft, Carolyn Hewes. St. Louis: Landmarks & Historic Louis Regional Commerce and Growth Association, Districts. St. Louis: Landmarks Association of St. 1986. R 977.866 S145 Louis, 2002. R 977.866 T644S Jones, E. Terrence. St. Louis Metromorphosis: Past Trends Tranel, Mark. St. Louis Plans: The Ideal and the Real St. and Future Directions. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Louis. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society Press, Society Press, 2004. R 306.0977 S145 2007. R 307.1216 S145 Jones, E. Terrence. Fragmented By Design: Why St. Louis Wayman, Norbury. History of St. Louis Neighborhoods. St. Has So Many Governments. St. Louis: Palmerston and Louis: St. Louis Community Development Agency, Reed, 2000. R 977.866 J76F 1978 – 1981. R 977.866 S145H. A series of 21 Mumford, Eric Paul. Modern Architecture in St. Louis: booklets about various St. Louis neighborhoods. The Washington University and Postwar American Special Collections Department has some circulating Architecture, 1948-1973. St. Louis: Washington copies. Check the library catalog for availability. University Press. 2004. R 728.9778 M689 4.2 Streets of St. Louis Constantin, M.M. Sidestreets St. Louis. St. Louis: Sidestreets Press, 1981. R 977.865 C838S Gass, Mary Henderson. Parkview: A St. Louis Urban Oasis, 1905-2005. St. Louis: Virginia Publishing, 2005. R 977.866 G251P Hunter, Julius, K. Kingsbury Place: The First Two Hundred Years. St. Louis: Mosby-Yearbook Publishers, 1982. R 977.866 H945K Hunter, Julius, K. Westmoreland and Portland Places: The History and Architecture of America’s Premiere Private Streets, 1888-1998. Columbia: University of Missouri, 1988. R 977.866 H945W and circulating copy. Magnan, William B. The Streets of St. Louis. Groton, The building that served as St. Louis’s first court house. Conn.: Right Photo published in Shewey's Pictorial St. Louis, Past and Press, 1994. R 977.866 M196S and Present. circulating copy JANUARY 2014 | PAGE 9
Savage, Charles C. Architecture of the Private Streets of St. Norris, Amy S. Missouri Athletic Club: 100 Years of Louis: The Architects and the Houses They Designed. Excellence. St. Louis: Missouri Athletic Club, 2002. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1987. R 977.866 N853M R 728.37 S263A and circulating copy O’Connor, Candace. Hope and Healing: St. Louis Toft, Carolyn Hewes. Compton Heights: A History and Children’s Hospital: The First 125 Years. St. Louis: St. Architectural Guide. St. Louis: St. Louis Landmarks Louis Children’s Hospital, 2006. R 362.11 O18H and Association, 1984. R 977.866 T644C and circulating circulating copy copy O’Connor, Candace. Meet Me in the Lobby: The Story of Harold Koplar and the Chase Park Plaza. St. Louis: 4.3 Structures and institutions Virginia Publishing, 2005. R 977.866 O18M Coyle, Elinor Martineau. The Cupples House: A Turn of the Trampe, Steve. The Queen of Lace: The Story of the Century Romanesque Mansion. St. Louis: Folkstone Continental Life Building. St. Louis: Virginia Press, 1980. ‚R 977.866 C881C and circulating copy Publishing, 2003. R 977.866 T771Q Dosch, Donald F. The Old Courthouse: Americans Build A Forum on the Frontier. St. Louis: Jefferson National 4.4 Religious structures Expansion Memorial Historical Association, 1979. Faherty, William Barnaby. The Great St. Louis Cathedral. R 725.15 D722O St. Louis: Archdiocese of St. Louis, 1972. Faherty, William Barnaby. St. Louis University: A Concise R 726.6 F157G and circulating copy History. St. Louis: Gas House Books, 2009. Faherty, William Barnaby. Catholic St. Louis: A Pictorial R 977.866 F157S History. St. Louis: Reedy Press, 2009. R 977.866 F157C Faherty, William Barnaby. To Rest in Charity: A History of Feldman, Jody S. Faith, Family, Future: Shaare Zedek: the Alexian Brothers in St. Louis (1869-1984). St. The First 100 Years 1905-2005. St. Louis: Shaare Louis: River City Publishing, 1984. R 977.866 F157T Zedek Synagogue, 2005. R 977.865 F312F and circulating copy Franzwa, Gregory M. The Old Cathedral. St. Louis: Fusco, Tony. A Pictorial History of Jefferson Barracks. Archdiocese of St. Louis, 1965. R 726 F837O St. Louis: Fusco, 1969. R 977.865 F993P James, Kathleen. In the Spirit of Our Age: Eric Jackson, Patti Smith. The St. Louis Arena: Memories. Mendelsohn’s B’Nai Amoona Synagogue. St. Louis: St. Louis: GHB Publishers, 2000. R 725.804 J13S Missouri Historical Society Press, 2000. Loughlin, Caroline, and Catherine Anderson. Forest Park. R 726.3092 J27I St. Louis: Junior League of St. Louis, 1986. Stiritz, Mary M. St. Louis: Historic Churches & R 977.866 L887F Synagogues. St. Louis: St. Louis Public Library, 1995. McNulty, Elizabeth. Missouri Botanical Garden: Green for R 977.866 S861S 150 Years, 1859-2009. St. Louis, Missouri Botanical Schild, James J. House of God: The Historic Churches and Garden, 2009. R 580.73 M169M Places of Worship of the St. Louis Area. Florissant: Miller, Howard Smith. The Eads Bridge, 2nd ed. St. Louis: Auto Review, 1995. R 277.78 S334H Missouri Historical Society Press, 1999. R 624.67 M648E 5.0 St. Louis Neighborhoods Morrow, Ralph E. Washington University in St. Louis: 5.1 North St. Louis A History. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society Press, Kinloch: Yesterday Today and Tomorrow. St. Louis: 1996. R 378.778 M883W Kinloch History Committee, 1983. R 977.865 K55 Newmark, Judith. The Muny: Songs of St. Louis Summers. Mobley, Jane. Home Place: A Celebration of Life in St. Louis: St. Louis Post Dispatch, 2007. Bridgeton, Missouri. Bridgeton, Mo.: City of R 792.09778 N556M Bridgeton, Missouri, 1993. R 977.865 M687H and circulating copy JANUARY 2014 | PAGE 10
Smith, Irene Stanford. Ferguson: A City and Its People. Harris, NiNi. Bohemian Hill: An American Story, 1847- Ferguson, Mo.: Ferguson Historical Society, 1976. 1928. St. Louis: St. John Nepomuk Parish, 2004. R 977.865 S649F and circulating copy R 977.866 H313B Toft, Carolyn Hewes and Bailey, Charles, eds. The Ville: Harris, NiNi. A Grand Heritage: A History of the St. Louis The Ethnic Heritage of an Urban Neighborhood. St. Southside Neighborhoods and Citizens. St. Louis: Louis: Social Science Institute of Washington DeSales Community Housing Corporation, 1984. University, 1975. R 977.866 V728 R 977.866 H313G Harris, NiNi. A History of Carondelet. Tucson: Patrice 5.2 West St. Louis Press, 1991. R 977.866 H313H and circulating copy Beck, Jo. Wildwood. St. Louis: Reedy Press, 2009 The History of Sunset Hills: Sunset Hills, 50 years, 1957- R 977.865 B393W and circulating copy 2007. St. Louis: Sunset Hills Historical Society, 50th Bry, Charlene. Ladue Found. St. Louis: Virginia Publishing, Anniversary Committee, 2006. R 977.865 H673 2011. R 977.865 B915L and circulating copy Marfisi, Eleanore Berra. The Hill: Its History, Its Recipes. The City of Hazelwood: The Past Forms the Future. St. Louis: G. Bradley Publishing, 2003. Hazelwood: Jostens Printing, 1992. R 977.865 C581 R 977.866 M326H Harris, NiNi. A Legacy of Lions: The History of University Morris, Ann. North Webster: A Photographic History of a City, Missouri. University City, Mo.: The Historical Black Community. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana Society of University City Press, 1981. University Press, 1993. R 977.865 M875N R 977.865 H313L and circulating copy Start, Clarissa. Webster Groves. Webster Groves, Mo.: City Kodner, Barbara. Olivette: Chronicle of a Country Village. of Webster Groves, 1975. R 977.865 S796W Gerald, Mo.: Patrice Press, 1979. R 977.865 K76O and Toft, Carolyn Hewes. Carondelet: The Ethnic History of an circulating copy Urban Neighborhood. St. Louis: Washington Little, Judy. University City Landmarks and Historic University Press, 1975. R 977.866 C293 and Places. University City, Mo.: Historic Commission of circulating copy University City. 1997. R 977.865 L778U and Zanaboni, Ann. St. Louis Hills. St. Louis: Reedy Press, circulating copy 2008. R 977.866 Z27S Pratt, Carolyn Jolly. City of Ellisville. Ellisville, Mo.: P & R Printing, 1976. R 977.865 C581 and circulating copy 6.0 Literature, arts, and images The Story of Clayton. Clayton, Mo.: Clayton Public School, 1931. R 977.865 S887 and circulating copy 6.1 St. Louis personal memoirs Baer, Howard F. Saint Louis to Me. St. Louis: Hawthorne 5.3 South St. Louis Publishing Company, 1978. R 977.866 B141S Abbott, Mark. Tower Grove. St. Louis: Reedy Press, 2008. Benson, Sally. Meet Me In St. Louis. St. Louis: Virginia R 977.866 A133T Publishing, 2004. R FICTION Benson Sally Baker, Jim. Kirkwood: A Pictorial History. St. Louis: G. Fister, Jeff. Counting Chickens: Tales of Raising 8 Kids Bradley Publishing, 2002. R 977.865 K59 (and 4 Hens) in the City of St. Louis. St. Louis: Blann, Celeste Wagner. A History of Rock Hill. Rock Hill, Virginia Publishing, 2009. R 977.866 F543C Mo.: Blann, 1976. R 977.865 B642H Grant, Gail Milissa. At the Elbows of My Elders: One Bryan, John Albury, Wardwell Buckner, Philip Cotton, Jr., Family’s Journey Towards Civil Rights. St. Louis: and Mary M. Stiritz. Lafayette Square, St. Louis. Missouri History Museum, 2008. R 977.866 G761A St. Louis: Reedy Press, 2007. R 977.866 B915L Hotchner, A.E. The Boyhood Memoirs of A.E. Hotchner: Carondelet Historical Society. Carondelet Landmarks. St. King of the Hill–Looking for Miracles. Missouri Louis: Carondelet Historical Society, 2005. Historical Society Press, 2007. RB H832. R 977.866 C293 JANUARY 2014 | PAGE 11
Carson, William G.B. Theatre on the Frontier: The Early Years of the St. Louis Stage. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1932. R 792 C321T Fuegner, Rich and David Roth. Gaslight Square Illuminated: The Rise & Fall of St. Louis' Premier “Hot Spot.” St. Louis: Virginia Publishing, 2010. R 977.866 F953G McCue, George, David Finn, and Amy Binder. Sculpture City, St. Louis: Public Sculpture in the "Gateway to the West." New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with Laumeier International Sculpture Park, St. Louis, 1988. R 730.977 M133S Owsley, Dennis. City of Gabriels: The History of Jazz in Chouteau Pond, located at about 7th St. between Spruce St. Louis, 1895-1973. St. Louis: Reedy Press, 2006. and Poplar Streets. Illustration published in Shewey's Picto- rial St. Louis, Past and Present. R 781.65 O97C
Schlafly, Thomas. A New Religion in Mecca: Starting an 7.0 Maps and pictorial collections Upstart Brewery in St. Louis. St. Louis: Virginia Publishing, 2007. 7.1 Pictorial collections Bartley, Mary. St. Louis Lost. St. Louis: Virginia 6.2 Literary collections Publishing, 1994. R 977.866 B291S and circulating Cuoco, Lorin, and William H. Gass. Literary St. Louis: A copy Guide. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society Press, Burnett, Betty. St. Louis: Yesterday and Today. 2000. R 928.1 L776 Lincolnwood, Ill.: West Side Pub., 2009. Early, Gerald Lyn. Ain't but a Place: An Anthology of R 977.866 B964S African American Writings About St. Louis. St. Louis: Drummond, Malcolm and Walter L. Eschbach. Down by Missouri Historical Society Press, 1998. the Gravois: The Photography of Richard Gruss, South R 977.866 A295 St. Louis, 1900 through the 1920's. St. Louis: Harland Jacobs, Elijah and Forrest Wolverton. Missouri Writers: A Bartholomew, 1976. R 977.866 G892D Literary History of Missouri, 1780-1955. St. Louis: Gray, Rockwell. A Century of Enterprise: St. Louis, 1894- State Publishing Company, 1955. R 810.9 J17M 1994. St. Louis.: Missouri Historical Society Press, Morey, Janet and Gail Schafers. Stories From Before: The 1994. R 977.865 G781C and circulating copy New Voices of Immigrants in St. Louis. St. Louis: Harris, NiNi. Historic Photos of the Gateway Arch. Missouri Historical Society Press, 2007. R 973.04 S924 Nashville: Turner Publishing, 2009. R 977.866 H313H Sandweiss, Lee Ann, ed. Seeking St. Louis: Voices from a Harris, NiNi and Esley Hamilton. St. Louis Parks. St. River City, 1670-2000. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Louis: Reedy Press, 2012. R 977.866 H313S Society Press, 2000. R 977.866 S451 and circulating Heagney, Adele and Jean Gosebeak. Historic Photos of St. copy Louis. Nashville: Turner Publishing, 2007. R 977.866 H433H 6.3 Arts in St. Louis Kilfoy, Michael. St. Louis Seen and Unseen. St. Louis: Bedford, Kevin. Devil at the Confluence: The Pre-War Virginia Publishing, 2006. R 977.866 K48D Blues Music of Saint Louis, Missouri. St. Louis: McNulty, Elizabeth. St. Louis Then & Now. San Diego, Virginia Publishing, 2009. R 781.643 B428D CA: Thunder Bay Press, 2000. R 977.866 M169S and JANUARY 2014 | PAGE 12
circulating copy Stewart, C.W. The Daniel Boone Home. St. Charles: Post, Eric. Ghost Town: While Saint Louis Sleeps. St. Lindenwood University Press, 2006. R 977.839 S849D Louis: Reedy Press, 2005. R 977.866 P857G Van Ravenswaay, Charles. The Arts and Architecture of Sharoff, Robert. American City: St. Louis Architecture: German Settlements in Missouri: A Survey of a Three Centuries of Design. Victoria: Images Publishing Vanishing Culture. Columbia, Mo.: University of Group, 2011. Missouri, 1977. R 709.788 V274A
7.2 Maps 9.0 Metro East / Illinois Dry, Camille N. Pictorial St. Louis The Great Metropolis of the Mississippi Valley: A Topographical Survey Drawn Abbott, Mark. The Making of an All-America City: East St. in Perspective A. D. 1875, Richard J. Compton, ed. St. Louis at 150. St. Louis: Virginia Publishing, 2010. Louis: Compton & Co, 1876; reprint, Hazelwood, Mo.: R 977.389 M235 McGraw-Young Publishing, 1997. R 977.866 D798P Chappell, Sally Anderson. Cahokia: Mirror of the Cosmos. and circulating copy Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002. Gordon, Colin. Mapping Decline: St. Louis and the Fate of R 977.389 C467C the American City. Philadelphia: University of Ekberg, Carl. French Roots in the Illinois Country: The Pennsylvania Press, 2008. R 307.76 G662M Mississippi Frontier in Colonial Times. Urbana, Ill: Reps, John William. Saint Louis Illustrated: Nineteenth- University of Illinois Press, 1998. R 977.3 E36F Century Engravings and Lithographs of a Mississippi Harner, Jennifer. Abandoned in the Heartland: Work, River Metropolis. Columbia: University of Missouri Family, and Living in East St. Louis. Berkeley, Cal.: Press, 1989. R 769.4 R425S University of California, 2011. R 977.389 H214A Iseminger, William R. Cahokia Mounds: America’s First 8.0 St. Charles and areas west of St. Louis City. Charleston, S.C.: History Press, 2010. R 977.386 I78C Drummond, Malcolm C. Historic Sites in St. Charles Pauketat, Timothy R. Cahokia: Ancient America’s Great County, Missouri. St. Charles, Mo.: St. Charles County City on the Mississippi. New York: Viking Press, 2009. Historical Society, 1976. R 977.839 D795H R 977.386 P323C Ehlmann, Steve. Crossroads: A History of St. Charles Theising, Andrew J. Made in USA: East St. Louis. St. County. St. Charles: Lindenwood University Press, Louis: Virginia Publishing, 2003. R 977.389 T439M 2004. R 977.839 E33C Kemper, Edward J. Little Germany on the Missouri: The Photographs of Edward J. Kemper 1895-1920, Anna Kemper Hess, ed. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1998. R 977.861 K32L Marshall, Howard W. Folk Architecture in Little Dixie: A Regional Culture in Missouri. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1981. R 728.67 M368F Schneider, Sue. Old St. Charles. Tucson: Patrice Press, 1993. R 977.839 S359O Shrader, Dorothy Heckman. Hermann, 1836—A Dream in Philadelphia; 1986—A Town in Missouri. Hermann: Graf Printing Company, 1986. R 977.861 S561H and circulating copy JANUARY 2014 | PAGE 13
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The following is a selection of new items added to the col- Tax Lists, 1827 –1841. 2 vols. 2003. R 976.9325 P385B lection. Additional items may have been received which are Tobacco Farmers, 1909. 2007. R 976.9325 A642B not listed here. The Department is grateful to the St. Louis Genealogical Society, the National Genealogical Society, Campbell County Julius K. Hunter and Friends, and our patrons for their do- Campbell County, Kentucky, History & Genealogy: nations. Due to processing and binding requirements, some Oneonta. 1999. R 976.934 C187 donated items may not be available in the library or listed Campbell County, Kentucky, History and Genealogy: Silver in “PastPorts” until several months after they are received. Grove, October 28, 1917: James Taylor, Mercer Patent 5000 Acres; General Hugh Mercer, Ten Mile Station; Print Hayfield Precinct, 1883. 1999. R 976.934 C187 Abbreviated titles unless italicized Cemeteries of Campbell County, Kentucky. 1999. R 976.934 C394 States and counties Early Days of Alexandria, Kentucky, Including Genealogies of Some of the Early Settlers. 1946; reprint, KENTUCKY 2000. R 976.934 C774E Bracken County History of Fort Thomas: The Highlands, 1867 –1914; Mt. Abstracts of Deed Books C & D… 1797 –1814. 2005. Pleasant, Mt. Vernon, Jamestown District, Guyville R 976.9325 P385A and Dale Communities thru 1867. 1994. Abstracts of Deed Books E & F… 1814 –1823. 2008. R 976.934 H673 R 976.9325 P385A Abstracts of Will Books A–C… 1797 –1834. 2006. Other Kentucky titles R 976.9325 P385A 1795 Census of Kentucky. 1991. R 976.9 S497 African-American Records… 1797 –1999. 2 vols. 1999. Abstracts of Deed Books B & C, Mason County, Kentucky, R 976.9325 A258 1795 –1800. 2 vols. 2005. R 976.9323 P385A Augusta, Kentucky Lot Owners, 1797 –1830 with Maps. Adair County, Kentucky: A Pictorial History, vol. 2. 2002. 2007. R 976.9325 L572A R 976.9675 A191 Births and Deaths. 2004. R 976.9325 A642B Newport Barracks: Kentucky’s Forgotten Military Declaration and Naturalization Records… 1797 –1906. Installation. 1999. R 976.9 D685N 2005. R 976.9325 L572D School Census. 3 vols., 1894 –1899. 2011 –2012. MARYLAND R 976.9325 P385B Along the Potomac River: Extracts from the Maryland Tax Lists, 1797 –1826. 2 vols. 2002. R 976.9325 P385B Gazette, 1728 –1799. 2003. R 975.256 S771A Chesapeake Conflict: The Troublesome Early Days of LIBRARY HOLIDAY CLOSINGS Maryland. 2008. 1995. R 975.2 W729C Colonial Records of the Upper Potomac. 2 vols. 2010 – The library will observe the following 2012. R 975.2 R497C holiday closings: Harford Homicides. 2012. R 975.274 P397H New Year’s Eve | Tuesday, Dec. 31—close at 5 p.m. Index to the Map of the City and County of Baltimore, 1850. New Year’s Day | Wednesday, Jan. 1 2004, 1989. R 975.271 S645I Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | Monday, Jan. 20 JANUARY 2014 | PAGE 14
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Land Grants in the Middle Neck Hundred of Anne Arundel Colleges of Medicine, Dentistry & Pharmacy, Kansas City, County, Maryland, 1650 –1704. 1989, reprint. Missouri: Names of 3400 Graduates, 1871 –1905. R 975.255 H178L [NGS]. 2013. 977.8411 T367C Maryland Prisoners Languishing in Gaol. 2 vols., 1636 – Cottleville: Where History Never Grows Old… 2011. 1800. 2013. R 975.2 P371M R 977.839 G941C Somerset County, Maryland Marriage References and History of Pulaski County, Missouri, Vol.3. 2005. Family Relationships, 1666 –1800. 2013. R 977.857 H673 R 975.223 E75S Ripley County, Missouri Records: The Personal Tax Lists, Western Boundary of Maryland. 1976. R 975.2 M878W 1873 and 1877. 1994. R 977.8894 M167R
MISSOURI NEW YORK Abstracts of Cape Girardeau County Deeds: Books M –O, Confiscated Properties of Philipse Highland Patent, 1846 –1850. 2013. R 977.896 E21A Putnam County, New York, 1780 –1785. [NGS]. 2012. Argyle, Missouri and St. Aloysius Parish, 1910 –2010: 974.732 R914C From the Beginning. 2010. R 977.858 A695 New York in the American Revolution: A Source Guide for City of Century Homes: A Centennial History of Webster Genealogists and Historians. 2012. R 974.7 G889N Groves, Missouri. 1995. R 977.865 B811C NORTH CAROLINA
CLASSES Beaufort County Brides index, Vol. 1, 1847 –1909. 1994. Classes are free and open to the public, but registra- R 975.6186 C874B tion is required. Call (314) 994-3300 to register. Cemeteries. Book 1: Oakdale Cemetery and Pamlico Memorial Gardens, Washington, NC. 2003. R 975.601 B374 JANUARY Cemetery records. 1988. R 975.6186 B374 Genealogical Research: Getting the Most Death certificates. 2 vols. 1991. out of the Special Collections Department R 975.6186 D611A Delayed births through 1920, Vol. 1. R 975.6186 B433A Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2 p.m. Marriage register, 1867 –1872. 1990. R 975.6186 B374 Headquarters East Room Marriages and deaths of Extant Washington, NC Larry Franke, instructor Newspapers. Vols. 1 –2, 1815 –1904. 1991 –2002. Registration is now open. R 975.6165 B374A Record of marriages, 1851 –1868. 1994. R 975.6186 O23R Introduction to Ancestry Library Edition
Wednesday, Jan. 22., 2 p.m. Other North Carolina titles Headquarters Computer Lab Ashe County, North Carolina Marriage Abstracts, 1801 – Larry Franke, instructor 1879. 2005. R 975.6835 V886A Registration is now open. Breaking Loose Together: The Regulator Rebellion in Pre –Revolutionary North Carolina. 2002. R 975.6 K18B JANUARY 2014 | PAGE 15
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Chatham County, North Carolina, Marriage Abstracts, Mercer County, Ohio, Combined 1888, 1900 Atlases and 1782 –1867. 2012. R 975.659 V886C 1876 Map of Mercer County, Ohio. 1990. Edenton District, North Carolina Loose Estates Papers, R 977.1415 M554 1756 –1806. 3 vols. 1995. R 975.61 B811E Slavery in North Carolina, 1748 –1775. 1995. R 975.6 K23S FEATURED ACQUISITION OHIO The Architecture of Columbiana County Maritz & Young: Ex- Calcutta United Presbyterian Church Cemetery. 2002. ceptional Historic R 977.163 B472C Homes of St. Louis Early Reminiscences of Fawcettstown or East Liverpool. by Kevin Amsler & L. John Schott 1888; reprint, 2000. R 977.163 S664E Missouri History Museum, Fulton County 2013 Birth records. 4 vols., 1867 –1908; 1920 –1951. 2009 – With gracious residential 2010. R 977.1115 F974 boulevards, soaring ca- Civil War Soldiers Discharge Abstracts… 1993. thedrals, and some of R 977.1115 C582 this country's first sky- Death records. 4 vols., 1868 –1908; 1920 –1951. 2009 – scrapers nestled amid 2010. R 977.1115 F974 bustling city blocks, St. Marriage records. Vols. 3 –4, 1944 –1999. 2012. Louis is home to buildings designed by some of Amer- ica's best-known architects, including Cass Gilbert and R 977.1115 F974 Louis Sullivan. But no single architectural firm has Marriages, 7 Aug. 1864 –10 June 1927. 1996. shaped the style of the city known as the Gateway to the R 977.1115 F974 West more than Maritz & Young. Starting at the begin- Marriages, 10 June 1927 –21 July 1944. 1994. ning of the twentieth century, Raymond E. Maritz and W. R 977.1115 F974 Ridgely Young built more than a hundred homes in the Tombstone inscriptions. 2 vols. 1986. R 977.1115 T656 most affluent neighborhoods of St. Louis, counting among their clientele a who's who of the city's most Other Ohio titles prominent citizens. The Architecture of Maritz & Young is Abstracts from the Waverly Watchman Newspaper 1918 the most complete collection of their work, featuring World War I. 1999. R 977.1847 C752A more than two hundred photographs, architectural draw- ings, and original floor plans of homes built in a variety of Greater Toronto: Description of Its Industrial, Commercial styles, from Spanish Eclectic to Tudor Revival. Along- and General Interests. [Jefferson County]. 1899; side these historic images, Kevin Amsler and L. John reprint, 1999. R 977.169 G786 Schott have provided descriptions of each residence History of Van Wert and Mercer Counties, Ohio… 1882; detailing the original owners. Lovingly compiled from a reprint, 1991. R 977.1413 H673 multitude of historical sources and rare books, this is the Index to the History of Northwestern Ohio, History of definitive history of the domestic architecture that still Paulding County… 1995. R 977.177 I38 defines St. Louis. (From the publisher ). JANUARY 2014 | PAGE 16
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PENNSYLVANIA Alleghany County Burials in the Georgetown Cemetery, Beaver County, Alleghany County, Covington, Va. Birth Records. 7 vols. Pennsylvania. 2006. R 974.892 L841B 1994 –2002. R 975.5816 H496A Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Church Records of the Survey of Various Cemeteries… 4 vols. 1995 –2003. 18th Century, Vol. 4. 1994. R 974.815 W949L R 975.5816 S963 Wills, Inventories and Appraisement Bills… 1822 –1876. SOUTH CAROLINA 1998. R 975.5816 P449W Directories for the City of Charleston, South Carolina for the Years 1849, 1852, and 1855. 1998; reprint, 2002. Buckingham County R 975.791 H147D Death Records, 1853 –1868… 2000. R 975.5623 S859B Keowee Courier, 1849 –1851; 1857 –1861 and 1865 –1868. Land Tax Summaries and Implied Deeds. Vols. 1 –3, [Oconee and Pickens Counties]. 1979; reprint, 2001. 1782 –1870. 1993 –1995. R 975.5623 W262L R 975.721 K37 Military Monuments and Memorials in South Carolina. Clarke County 2012. R 975.7 S935M Cemeteries. 2005. R 975.598 R892C South Carolina in the American Revolution: A Source Green Hill Cemetery Tombstones and Burials, Berryville… Guide for Genealogists and Historians. 2013. 2011. R 975.598 R892G R 975.7 G889S South Carolina in the Mexican War: A History of the Cumberland County Palmetto Regiment of Volunteers, 1846 –1917. 1996. Court Order Books, August 1767 to December 1787. 2003. R 975.7 M612S R 975.5615 W262C Vestry Book of Southam Parish… 1745 –1792. 2006. TENNESSEE R 975.5615 B653V Greene County, Tennessee Deed Abstracts, 1785 –1810. Vols. 2, 4, 6 –8. 1996. R 976.891 M982G Henry County My Melungeon Heritage: A Story of Life on Newman’s Abstracts of… Deed Books 1 and 2, 1776 –1784. 1983. Ridge. [Hancock County]. 1997. R 976.8946 J68M R 975.5692 A214A Tennessee’s Indian Peoples from White Contact to Abstracts of… Deed Books 3 and 4, August 1784 –June Removal, 1540 –1840. 1979. R 970.0049 S254T 1792. 1984. R 975.5692 A214A
VIRGINIA Isle of Wight County Deeds, 1720 –1736, 1741 –1749. 1998. R 975.554 H796I Accomack County Deeds, 1750 –1782. 1995. R 975.554 H796I Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations… 1800 –1860. 2000; reprint 2007. R 975.516 M643A Loudoun County Marriage References and Family Relationships, 1620 – Lovettsville Union Cemetery… 1879 –1999. 1999. 1800. 2013. R 975.516 W336A R 975.528 H623L Tithables, 1663 –1695. 2001. R 975.516 N921A St. James United Church of Christ Church Register… ca. Sept. 17, 1789 –August 23, 1823. 1997, 1993. R 975.528 S143S JANUARY 2014 | PAGE 17
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Montgomery County Caroline County, Virginia Death Records, 1919 –1994 Montgomery County Virginia Early Settlers; 1810 –1850 from the Caroline Progress, a Weekly Newspaper Census. 1985. R 975.5785 D741M Published in Bowling Green, Virginia. 1995; reprint, Montgomery County, Virginia: The First One Hundred 2013. R 975.5362 C712C Years. 1946; reprint 2004. R 975.5785 C957M Chesterfield County Wills, 1774 –1802. 1986; reprint, 1992. R 975.5594 W427C Prince George County Early Wythe Settlers… 1810 –1850 Census. 1984. Prince George County, Virginia Miscellany, 1711 –1814. R 975.5773 D741E 1986; reprint, 1992. R 975.5585 W427P Essex County Marriage Records, Vol. 1, 1850 –1872. Records of Prince George County, Virginia, 1666 –1719. [NGS]. 2011. 975.534 D433E 2002. R 975.5585 D983R Greensville County Marriages, 1781 –1853. 1989. R 975.5572 V886G Pulaski County Guide to Bible Records in the Archives Branch, Virginia Early Pulaski County, Virginia Settlers, 1840 –1850 State Library. 1985. R 975.5 V817G Census. 1985; reprint, 2010. R 975.5775 D741E Guide to Genealogical Notes and Charts in the Archives Will Book 1 –2, 1840 –1871. 1983. R 975.5575 D741E Branch, Virginia State Library and Archives. 1983; reprint, 1988. R 975.5 H325G Surry County Hanover County Some Ancient Landowners in Saint Deeds, 1684 –1733. 1994. R 975.5562 H796S Martin’s Parish… 2001. R 975.5462 G823S Deeds and Estate Accounts, 1734 –1755. 1994. Henrico County Deeds, 1677 –1705. 1986; reprint, 1996. R 975.556 H796S R 975.5453 W427H Deeds and Estate Accounts, 1757 –1786. 1995. Marriage References and Family Relationships, 1721 – R 975.556 H796S 1800 (Spotsylvania County). 2013. R 975.5365 W949S Other Virginia titles Mathews County, Virginia Records, Including Executor’s 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). Bonds, 1795 –1825; Guardian Bonds, Book B, 1806 – 6 vols. 1997 –2000. R 975.5 W262E 1822; Marriages, 1827 –50, Performed by Rev. Abstracts of Wills, Administrations, and Marriages… 1759 William A. Billups; Marriage, 1817 –70, and Death, –1800 with Cemetery Inscriptions, Rent Rolls, and 1807 –90, Announcements from Virginia Newspapers. Other Data (Faquier County). 1978; reprint, 2001. 2000. R 975.531 G655M R 975.5275 K53A Orange County Order Book One, 1734 –1739, Part 1, 1734 Augusta County Abstract of Death Registers, 1853 –1896. –1736. 1996. R 975.5372 L778O 1995, 1983. R 975.5916 R329A Place Apart: A Brief History of the Early Williamson Road Bath County Abstracts of the Wills and Inventories, 1791 – and North Roanoke Valley Residents and Places. 1985; 1842. 1995; reprint, 2005. R 975.587 B899A reprint 2007. R 975.5792 P951P Battles in Culpeper County, Virginia, 1861 –1865 and Planting of the Presbyterian Church in Northern Virginia Other Articles. 1900; reprint, 2012. R 973.74 G865B prior to the Organization of Winchester Presbytery, Bedford County Will Book 1, 1759 –1787; Will Book 2, December 4, 1794. 1998. R 975.5 G739P 1787 –1803. 1988. R 975.5675 C538B Rockbridge County Death Register, 1853 –1870; Death Certificates, 1912 –1917. 1991. R 975.5852 R935R JANUARY 2014 | PAGE 18
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Rockingham County Men in Gray in Two Volumes. 1995. Virginia, Especially Richmond, in By –gone Days… 1860; R 975.5922 S767R reprint, 2011. R 975.5451 M834V Rocks of Ages: The Story of 300 Years of Family Burials… Wenches, Wives & Widows: Sixteen Women of Early (Northumberland County) [NGS]. 2009. Virginia. 2007. R 975.5 M157W 975.521 C953R Westmoreland County Court Orders, 1726 –1729; 1729 – Smith County Will Book A, 1832 –1844; Will Book 1, 1731. 2013. R 975.524 G643W 1838 –1898. 1987. R 975.5723 D741S Suffolk Parish Vestry Book, 1749 –1784, Nansemond WEST VIRGINIA County, Virginia and Newport Parish Vestry Book, Barbour County 1724 –1772, Isle of Wight County, Virginia. 1993. Cemetery Headstone Readings. 2 vols. 1994. R 975.553 H796S R 975.459 B239 They Called Stafford Home: The Development of Stafford Deaths, 1853 –1919 and Wills, 1839 –1889. 1994; reprint, County, Virginia from 1600 until 1865. 1997; reprint, 2007. R 975.459 C675B 2007. R 975.526 E16T Berkeley County 1774 List of Tithables and Wheel Carriages… 2006. R 975.497 R497S Aler’s History of Martinsburg and Berkeley County, West EVENTS Virginia… 1888; reprint, 2008. R 975.497 A369A and circulating copy Events are sponsored by St. Louis County Library and Wills, 1744 –1880. 2008, 1984. R 975.497 M883W are free and open to the public. Brooke County St. Louis Genealogical Society General Meeting Will Abstracts… 1797 –1849. 1986; reprint, 2002. Saturday, Jan. 11, 10 a.m. R 975.413 M143W Headquarters Auditorium Will Abstracts… 1850 –1900. 2003. R 975.413 M143W “Problem Solving Using a Cast of Characters” Ann Fleming, speaker Fayette County StLGS Italian Special Interest Group Cemetery Records. 7 vols. 2001 –2006. R 975.471 F284 Monday, Jan. 13, 7 p.m. Kaleidoscope of History. 1997. R 975. 471 K26K Headquarters East Room Look Back at How It Used to Be. 1996. R 975.471 K26K “Organizing Your Genealogical Records” Ken Webb, speaker Hampshire County Early Records… [NGS]. 1990. 975.495 S129E StLGS Irish Special Interest Group Springfield District Cemeteries… 1993. R 975.495 H823S Tuesday, Jan. 28, 7 p.m. Headquarters Auditorium Hancock County “Irish Church Records” Baptisms by George M. Scott, 1799 –1826. 1999. Ken Webb, speaker R 975.412 S426B JANUARY 2014 | PAGE 19
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Burials at Nessly Chapel, Including Obituaries and Deaths, Vol. 1, 1853 –1870. 1999. R 975.478 H141M Biographies of Some of the Persons Buried There. 2006. Early Monroe County Va. (W. Va.) Wills and Inventories, R 975.412 B947B Vol. 1. 2001. R 975.478 H141E Growing up in the Last Small Town: A West Virginia Revolutionary War Records. 3 vols. 1999. Memoir. 2010. R 975.412 B261G R 975.478 H141M Marriages, 1848 –1879. 1995. R 975.412 M982H Pocahontas County Rock Springs Park. 2010. R 975.412 C734R Above the Smoke: A Family Album of Pocahontas County Fire Towers. 2005. R 975.487 A361A Marion County African –American Residents of Pocahontas County, West 1888 Voter’s Registration… 1998. R 975.454 E34 Virginia during the 18th, 19th & 20th Century. 1997. Birth Records. Vols. 2 –3, 1860 –1880. 1996 –2000. R 975.487 L749A R 975.454 M341 In Loving Memory. 2006. R 975.487 I35 Cemetery Records, Vol. 1, Winfield District. 1983. In Loving Memory: Back Mountain Road Durbin to Cass. R 975.454 C323C 2008. R 975.487 I35 Fairmont District Cemeteries… 1993, reprint, 2010. In Loving Memory: Frost to Dunmore. 2010. R 975.487 I35 R 975.454 C323F In Loving Memory: Little Levels. 2011. R 975.487 I35 Grant District Cemeteries. 1988. R 975.454 C323M In Loving Memory: Mountain View Cemetery. 2011. Lincoln District Cemeteries… 2003. R 975.454 L736 R 975.487 I35 Mannington District Cemeteries… 2000. R 975.454 M284 In Loving Memory: Oak Grove Cemetery. 2012. Minutes of the Overseers of the Poor… Vols. 1 –3, 1853 – R 975.487 I35 1869; 1871 –1872. 1990 –1999. R 975.454 M668 Marriage Bonds, 1822 –1852 and Minister’s Returns, Paw Paw District Cemeteries… 1995. R 975.454 C323P 1822 –1871. 1988. R 975.487 W886P Union District Cemeteries. 1986. R 975.454 C323M McNeel Cemetery… 1992. R 975.487 M169 Monongalia County Sawdust on Leatherbark: The Mills at Cass, WV. 2012. 1803 Voters List… 1986. R 975.452 B674E R 975.487 F996S Batelle District Cemeteries… 2004. R 975.454 D912B Tales of Pocahontas County. 1994. R 975.487 M169T Births. Vols. 1 –3, 1853 –1876. 1989 –1991. Williams: A Historical View and Other Pocahontas R 975.452 C323M Memories. 2003. R 975.487 C976W Cass District Cemeteries… 2000. R 975.454 C343 Preston County Cemetery Readings, Morgan District… 1992. Aurora Community. 1999, 1950. R 975.482 A931 R 975.452 C394 Births. Vols. 1 –2, 1868 –1880. 1996. R 975.482 C323P Chronicles of Core. 2002. R 975.452 C797C Marriages. Vols. 1 –2, 1869 –1900. 1995. Clay District Cemeteries. 2000. R 975.454 C619 R 975.482 D912P Clinton District Cemeteries… 1987. R 975.454 C323M Raleigh County Grant District Cemeteries. 1998. R 975.452 C323M Cemeteries of Mount Tabor. 2011. R 975.473 C394 Marriages, 1794 –1861; 1854 –1920. 1998. Coal Marsh Church Records, 1838 –1861. 1999. R 975.452 C663M R 975.473 H141C Monroe County Early Births... Vols. 1 –4, 1853 –1900. 1984. 1816 Tax List… 2000. R 975.478 H141M R 975.473 H141E Election Precinct Boundaries of Raleigh County, Years of 1894 –1928… 2000. R 975.473 H141E JANUARY 2014 | PAGE 20
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Marriages. Vols. 1, 3 –4; 1850 –1870, 1891 –1909. 1980 – Captain Beirne Chapman and Chapman’s Battery: An 1984. R 975.473 H141R Historical Sketch. 1903; reprint 2011. R 975.4 J66C Salute to the Veteran, Vol. 1. 1993. R 975.473 H141S C.C.C. Camps in West Virginia: A Record of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Mountain State, 1933 –1942. Randolph County 1992. R 975.4 H296C 1905 Obituaries from the Randolph Enterprise. 1996. Civil War in West Virginia: A Pictorial History. 1999. R 975.485 L676N R 975.4 C678C Cemetery Headstone Readings. 4 vols. 1995. Historical Anecdotes of Early Taylor County (WV). 2011. R 975.485 R194 R 975.455 H673 Deeds, 1787 –1806; Wills, 1787 –1860; Marriages, 1787 – History of the Pan –handle, Being Historical Collections of 1816, and Sims Land Grants, 1790 –1859. 2003. the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, R 975.485 S562R West Virginia. 1879; reprint 2011. R 975.414 N553H Elkins, West Virginia 1889: The Magic City of the Images of the Civil War in West Virginia. 2000. Wilderness. 2007. R 975.485 R497E R 975.4 L921I George McLean Diary, February 27, 1831 –April 15, 1848. Jefferson County Wills, 1801 –1899. 1982; reprint, 2005. 1966; reprint, 1992. R 975.485 M163G R 975.499 M883W Pioneer Index of Randolph County, West Virginia. 2007. Old Fields in Peace and War: Rebecca Van Meter’s Diary, R 975.485 P662 1855 –1865 (Hardy County). 2012. R 975.493 V262O Welcome to Glenmoyr (Glenmore). 2000. Pictorial History of Tucker County, West Virginia. 2011. R 975.485 M379W R 975.483 K46P Tales of Old Orlando: A Forgotten Railroad Town (Lewis Upshur County County). 2012. R 975.461 P254T Bailey Brothers Undertakers: Death Records. 2004. Tribute to the Coal Miner. Vols. 1 and 3. 1992. R 975.462 K53B R 975.4 H141T Banks District Cemetery Readings. 1993; 1999 reprint. Tribute to the Railroader, Vol. 1. 1992. R 975.4 H141T R 975.462 B218 Unpatented Land Records, Monongalia, Yohogania, & Births, 1907 –1916: Upshur County, West Virginia. 2007. Ohio Counties, Virginia, 1766 –1794. 1988. R 975.462 K53B R 975.452 C323U Buckhannon Presbyterian Church: 150 Years in Review, 1849 –1999. 1999. R 975.462 B922 German genealogy From Camp Rock and Cabin to Courthouse: A Survey of Ortssippenbücher Upshur County, Its Historic Sites and Buildings, Blochingen, Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg; Catholic, Pre –settlement to 1913. 1984. R 975.462 F931 1530 – 1900 (Deutsche Ortssippenbücher, Band 00.730). 2013. R 943.473 O86O Other West Virginia titles Jewish Families in the Horn of Alsace, France (Deutsche Buckskin Boys: A History of the Buckskin Council, 1919 – Ortssippenbücher, Band 00.749). 2013. 2004, Boy Scouts of America (Kanawha County). 2004. R 944.395 E77F R 975.437 W976B Elberfeld (Wuppertal), North Rhine-Westphalia, 1648 – Capitols of West Virginia: A Pictorial History. 1989. 1769 (Deutsche Ortssippenbücher, Band 00.745). 5 R 975.437 C678C vols. 2013. R 943.5532 E71F JANUARY 2014 | PAGE 21
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Enkirch (Traben-Trarbach), Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland Tracing Your Westmeath Ancestors. 2012. -Palatinate, 1632 – 1850 (Deutsche Ortssippenbücher, R 974.815 C752T Band 00.743). 2 vols. 2013. R 943.43 C342F Brossbliederstroff, Lorraine, France; Jewish Families Family histories (Deutsche Ortssippenbücher, Band 00.767). 2013. Barnhiser/Bernheisel Family Lines. 2002. R 929.2 B262B R 944.385 W732C Berghoff Family: Selected Histories. 2013. R 929.2 B497G Grosskomlosch, Banat (Romania); Catholic, 1793 – 1990 Burrous/Burris/Burroughs Lines & Records in Ohio & (Deutsche Ortssippenbücher, Band 00.733). 2013. Indiana. 2002. R 929.2 B972B R 949.84 H813F Butterfield and Johnson Families. 1998. R 929.2 B988S Laiz, Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg, 1413 – 1900 Cabell County’s [West] Virginia Empire for Freedom: (Deutsche Ortssippenbücher, Band 00.729). 2 vols. The Manumission of Sampson Sanders; Slaves. 2004. 2013. R 943.473 O86O R 929.2 S215E Pfalzgrafenweiler, Kreis Fruedenstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Craig Family History: Some Descendants of William Craig 1645 – 1925 (Deutsche Ortssippenbücher, Band 00.691 of August County, Virginia to Eleven Generations, ca. –00.692). 2 vols. 2012. R 943.464 O29O 1720 –2011. [NGS]. 2013. 929.2 C886J Pforzheim-Würm, Enzkreis, Baden-Württemberg; Eastlack Family: A Record of the Descendants of Francis Altstadtkirche, 1648 – 1738 and Würm Congregation, Estlack, of Devonshire, England, Who Settled in 1739 – 1903 (Deutsche Ortssippenbücher, Band Newton Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey in 00.725). 2013. R 943.464 S359F the late 1600’s. 1982. R 929.2 E13E Rouhling, Lorraine, France, to 1938 (Deutsche Genealogy of the Stokes Family: Descended from Thomas Ortssippenbücher, Band 00.739). 2013 R 944.385 R856 and Mary Stokes Who Settled in Burlington County, Temeschburg Frabikstadt, Banat (Romania), 1726 – 1843 N.J. 1903; reprint, 1993. R 929.2 S874G (Deutsche Ortssippenbücher, Band 00.766). 2013. Godlove: Three Generations. 2013. R 929.2 G586F R 949.84 A357O Grossnickle Descendants in Maryland and Indiana and Waldrach (Ruwer), Trier-Saarburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Other States. 1999. R 929.2 G878B 1681 – 1899 (Deutsche Ortssippenbücher, Reihe B, Washingtons and Their Homes. 1944; reprint, 2004. Band 253) R 929.2 W317W
Other German titles Other new titles Deutsches Familien Archiv, Band 159 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Employees, 1842 and 1852, 1855 and 1857. 1982; reprint, 2008. R 385.092 K16B Irish genealogy AA 2013 Big Road Atlas Europe. 2012. R 912.4 A111 Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters from Blue Steel, Timber & Steam: A Scrapbook of Tales from the Earliest Times to the Year 1616, Vol. 4. 1856; Boom-Era Allegheny. 2010. R 975 A735B reprint 2013. R 941.5 A613 But It Was Fun: The First Forty Years of Radio Astronomy Guide to Tracing Your Clare Ancestors. 2013. at Green Bank. 2007. R 522.682 B983 R 941.93 S643G Cherokees. 1963; reprint, 1988. R 970.3 W899C Tracing Your Ancestors in Northern Ireland: A Guide to Confederate Research Sources: Guide to Archive Ancestry Research in the Public Record Office of Collections. 1986. R 973.7 N338C Northern Ireland. 1997. R 941.6 M465T Dangerous Passage: The Santa Fe Trail and the Mexican JANUARY 2014 | PAGE 22
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War. 1994. R 978 C436D Tree Army: A Pictorial History of the Civilian DeKalb County, Alabama, Marriage Index, 1836 –1916. Conservation Corps, 1933 –1942, rev. ed. 2010, 1980. 2003. R 976.166 D855D R 333.72 C678T Durbin Route: The Greenbrier Division of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. Rev. ed. 2008, 1985. Electronic databases R 385.065 M169D New at Ancestry Library Edition Early African American Deaths in the Pittsburgh Courier. South Dakota, Cemetery Index, 1831-2008 Vols. 11 –12, 1933 –1934. 2013. R 974.886 B821E Vermont Birth Records, 1909-2008 Eduard Ludwig Nollau: Mission und Migration im U. S., Lists of Men Ordered to Report to Local Board for 19. Jahrhundert, eine Spurensuche / Eduard Ludwig Military Duty, 1917–1918, Select States Nollau: Searching for Traces of Migration and Mission France, Deportations from Internment Camps, 1942 in the 19th Century. 2011. R 285.834 E25 Oklahoma, Confederate Pension Index, 1915-1955 Five Fur Traders of the Northwest: Being the Narrative of Sweden, Indexed Birth Records, 1880-1941 Peter Pond and the Diaries of John MacDonell, Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982 Archibald N. McLeod, Hugh Faries, and Thomas Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932 Connor. 1965. R 977 F565 Georgia Courthouse Disasters. [NGS]. 2013. 975.8 G741G New at Fold3 Georgians in the Revolution at Kettle Creek (Wilkes Co.) Indian Wars Service Record Index (NARA M629—Index and Burke County. 1986. R 975.865 D263G to compiled service records of volunteer soldiers who served during the Indian wars and disturbances from 1815 Green Mountain Heritage: The Chronicle of Northfield, to 1858. Vermont… 2011. R 974.34 N874G Historical Atlas of Native Americans. 2010. Ancestry Library Edition and Fold3 databases can be used R 970.0049 B261H for free at any St. Louis County Library location. Fold3 can Milkweed Ladies. 1988. RB McNeill, Louise also be used remotely with a valid St. Louis County Library card (some restrictions apply). Muncie, Indiana, 1891 –1892: A Transcription of the Emerson’s Muncie Directory, with a Street Directory and a Post Office Directory… [NGS]. 2006. 977.265 M889M Name is the Game: Onomatology and the Genealogist. [NGS]. 2013. 929.4 B665N Palmetto Boy: Civil War –era Diaries and Letters of James Adams Tillman. 2010. R 973.782 T577P Polish Roots / Korzenie Polskie. 1993; reprint, 2006. R 929.1 C551P Scottish Regiments. [NGS]. 2nd ed. 1996. 941.1 H496S Texas Naturalizations to 1906: Cameron County. 2007. R 976.4495 W262T They Tasted Bayou Water: A Brief History of Iberia Parish. 2000. R 976.349 B496T Thunder in Arcadia Valley: Prices’ Defeat, September 27, 1864. 1986. R 973.737 S943T