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VOL. 5, No. 7—JULY 2012 PastPorts is a monthly publication of the Special Collections Department FOR THE RECORDS located on Tier 5 at the St. Louis County Library A St. Louis miscellany—books for St. Louis Headquarters, 1640 S. Lindbergh in St. Louis history research on a variety of subjects County, across the street from Plaza Frontenac. Brewers Anheuser-Busch CONTACT US th Diehl, Digby. The Great American Tradition: The 75 Anniversary of the To subscribe, unsubscribe, Budweiser Clydesdales. St. Louis: Pestalozzi Press, 2008. R 636.15 D559G change email addresses, Krebs, Roland. Making Friends is Our Business: 100 Years of Anheuser Busch. make a comment or ask St. Louis: Anheuser-Busch, 1953. R 338.766 K92M a question, contact the Plavchan, Ronald J. A History of Anheuser-Busch, 1852 – 1933. North Stanford, Department as follows: N.H. Ayer, 1969. R 338.766 P719H Rose, Bob and Jean Buchanan, eds. The King’s Reign: Anheuser-Busch, the BY MAIL History of the Brewery in St. Louis. St. Louis: St. Louis Post-Dispatch Books, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd. 2008. R 338.766 K52 and circulating copy St. Louis, MO 63131 Other titles BY PHONE Herbst, Henry, Don Roussin, and Kevin Kious. St. Louis Brews: 200 Years of 314-994-3300, ext. 2070 Brewing in St. Louis, 1809 – 2009. St. Louis: Reedy Press, 2009. R 338.766 H538S and circulating copy BY EMAIL Lindhurst, James. “History of the Brewing Industry in St. Louis, 1804 – 1860.” [email protected] Thesis, Washington University, 1939. R 977.866 L745H
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Lippencott, Isaac. “A Century and a Half of Fur Trade at Healey, Jim. Westwood Country Club, 1908 – 2008: A St. Louis” in Washington University Studies 3, part 2, Centennial Celebration. St. Louis: Westwood Country no. 2 (April 1916). R 977.866 L765C Club, 2008. R 977.865 H434W Morrison, Andrew. The Industries of Saint Louis: Her Noonan, Troupe. A Youthful Hundred: Racquet Club St. Advantages, Resources, Facilities and Commercial Louis, 1906 – 2006. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Heritage Relations as a Center of Trade and Manufacture; Histories, 2007. R 977.866 N817Y Together with a Delineation of Representative Starbird, Adele. The Story of the Young Men’s Christian Industrial and Commercial Establishments. St. Louis: Association of St. Louis and St. Louis County, 1853 – J.M. Elstner & Co., Pub., 1885. R 977.866 M878I 1953. St. Louis: n.p., 1953 North St. Louis Business Men's Association, 1895-1970. Florissant, Mo.: American Yearbook Co., 1970. Veiled Prophet R 977.866 N867N Drew, John L., III. The Veiled Prophet’s Gifts: A Saint The Story of H.B. Deal & Co., Inc., Builders: A Picture and Louis Legacy, The Official Collectors’ Guide, 1878 – World History of This Organization Since 1922. 1984. St. Louis: Khorassan Press, 1985. R 745 D776V St. Louis: H.B. Deal, [1943?]. Spencer, Thomas M. The St. Louis Veiled Prophet Tolzmann, Don Heinrich, ed. The German Element in St. Celebration: Power on Parade, 1877 – 1995. Louis: A Translation from German of Ernst D. Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri, 2000. Kargau’s St. Louis in Former Years: A R 394.5 S746S Commemorative History of the German Element, National / ethnic organizations William G. Bek, tr. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 2000. R 977.866 K18G American Sokol Jubilee Slet, St. Louis, Missouri, 1865- 1955, June nineteenth, 1955: Souvenir Program. St. Trampe, Steven L. The Queen of Lace: The Story of the Louis: American Sokol Slet, 1955. R 977.866 A512A Continental Life Building. St. Louis: Virginia Publications, 2003. R 977.866 T771Q and circulating Deutsch-Oesterreichischer Unterstützungs-Verein: Feier copy des Fünfundzwanzigjährigen Bestehens, 30 Oktober, 1909 [German-Austrian Benevolent Society, 50th Year Book of the Commercial, Banking, and Manufacturing Anniversary Celebration]. R 977.866 D Interests of St. Louis with a General Review of Its Transportation Facilities and Business Progress. Seventy-fifth anniversary (Diamond jubilee) of the Societa' Howe, 1882 – 1883. R 977.866 Y39 Unione e Fratellanza Italiana. St. Louis: Societa' Unione e Fratellanza Italiana, 1941. R 977.866 S678S Clubs and benevolent societies (ask at desk) Social and athletic clubs Fischlowitz, Ruth. The “Y” Story, 1880 – 1964 [Jewish Center Movement]. St. Louis: R. Fischlowitz. Burkham, James C. The Raquet Club, Saint Louis, 1906 – R 977.866 F529Y 1956. St. Louis: The Racquet Club, 1906. R 977.866 B959F and circulating copy Other titles Cherry Diamond, 46: 10 (October 1953) [Missouri Athletic Carlson, Avis. The League of Women Voters in St. Louis: Club 50th anniversary]. R 977.866 C522. The First Forty Years, 1919 – 1959. St. Louis: League Glen Echo Country Club, 100 Years. St. Louis: Glen Echo of Women Voters, 1959. R 977.865 C2844L Country Club, 2001. R 977.8765 G558 A Century of Professional Service: History of the St. Louis Healey, Jim. Sunset Country Club Centennial Celebration, Section, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1888 – 1910 – 2010. St. Louis: Sunset Country Club, 2010. 1988. St. Louis: ASCE, St. Louis Section, 1989. R 977.865 H 434S R 624.092 A512H Kimbrough, Mary. St. Louis Country Club: The First 100 Golden Jubilee, Concordia Turn Verein, Saint Louis, Years. St. Louis: St. Louis Country Club, 1992. Missouri, January 1925. St. Louis: Concordia Turn R 977.865 K49S Verein, 1925. R 977.866 G618 JULY 2012 | PAGE 4
Denslow, Ray Vaughn. A History of St. Louis Commandery EVENTS No. 1 Knights Templar, 1847 – 1947. St. Louis: St. Louis Commandery No. 1, 1947. R 366.1 D413H Events are sponsored by St. Louis County Library and are free and open to the public. Koetting, Robert A. St. Louis Rotary: The First 80 Years: 1910 – 1990. St. Louis: Rotary Club of St. Louis, 1990. R 977.866 K78S StLGS African American Interest Group Saturday, July 7, 11 a.m. St. Louis Burnsians: Their Twentieth Anniversary and Headquarters East Room Some Other Burns Nights. St. Louis: The Burns Club Join the AA-SIG in a roundtable discussion about of St. Louis, 1924. R 977.866 B967S the obstacles of Black Sheep Research. Educational institutions
StLGS Italian Special Interest Group Public schools Monday, July 9, 7 p.m. 125th Anniversary, 1857 – 1982, School District of Affton. Headquarters East Room Affton, Mo.: School District of Affton, 1982. Bob Hawkins will speak on the history of the R 977.866 S3720 Fratellanza Society, a Italian-American fraternal Alabach, Helen Lisher. The History of the School District organization in St. Louis. of Jennings, Jennings, Missouri, 1871 – 1960. St. Louis: Jennings Historical Society, 2008. St. Louis Genealogical Society R 977.865 A316H Tuesday, July 10, 7 p.m. Bruce, Tracey A. Reflections: A History of the Mehlville Headquarters Auditorium School District and Its Communities. Virginia Beach, Larry Franke will speak about sources for interna- Va.: The Donning Company, 2002. R 977.865 B8779 tional research in “Around the World in the Special and circulating copy Collections Department.” Pat Stamm will present “Facts Concerning One Hundred Years of Progress in the the “top ten list” of tips for overcoming research Public Schools of St. Louis, 1838 – 1938” in Public roadblocks in her presentation, "Breaking Through School Messenger 35, no. 5 (January 3, 1938). Your Brick Walls." R 977.866 L274F Franzwa, Gregory. History of the Hazelwood School StLGS German Special Interest Group District. Florissant, Mo.: Hazelwood School District, Wednesday, July 11, 7 p.m. 1977. R 977.865 F837H and circulating copy Headquarters Auditorium Gersman, Elinor Mondale. “Education in St. Louis, 1880 – "The German Immigrant Experience of the 1800s:" 1900: A Case Study of Schools in Society. PhD. diss., Using a costume and setting of the period, Gloria Washington University, 1969. R 977.866 G381E Perry will tell the story of a German family that arrived in St. Louis about 1835. Heaney, Gerald W. and Susan Uchitelle. Unending Struggle: The Long Road to an Equal Education in St.
Louis. St. Louis: Reedy Press, 2004. R 379.263 H434U StLGS Irish Special Interest Group Tuesday, July 24, 7 p.m. Phillips, Minne Belle. 100 Selma…100 Years [Webster Groves High School]. St. Louis: Reedy Press, 2007. Headquarters East Room R 977.865 P562O Bob Goode will present the latest updates to the StLGS website and will focus on what specifically St. Louis Public Schools: 160 Years of Challenge, Change may be of interest to the Irish-SIG members. and Commitment to the Children of St. Louis, 1838 – 1998. St. Louis: St. Louis Public Schools, 1998. R 977.866 S145 JULY 2012 | PAGE 5
LIBRARY HOLIDAY CLOSING Washington University Morrow, Ralph E. Washington University in St. Louis: The library will observe the following A History. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society Press, holiday closing: 1996. R 378.778 M883W Independence Day | Wednesday, July 4 O’Connor, Candace. Beginning a Great Work: Washington University in St. Louis, 1853-2003. St. Louis: Washington University, 2003. R 378.778 O18B Sherman School, Now Sherman E.C.E.C., 100 Years of Religious seminaries Service, 1898-1998. St. Louis: Sherman School, 1998. Brueggemann, Walter. Ethos and Ecumenism: A History of R 977.866 S553 Eden Theological Seminary, 1925-1975. St. Louis, Spector, Alan. University City Schools: Our First 100 Mo.: Eden Publishing House, 1975. R 230.5734 B889E Years. St. Louis: Reedy, 2011. R 977.856 S811U By His Grace, for His Glory: 50 Years of God's Williamson, Patricia L. Ritenour: Our First 132 Years. Faithfulness, Covenant Theological Seminary. Overland, Mo.: Ritenour School District, 1978. St. Louis, Mo.: Covenant Theological Seminary, 2006. R 977.865 W732R R 977.865 B993 Private schools Kenrick-Glennon Seminary. St. Louis, Mo.: Archdiocese of Brown, Gordon M. St. Louis Country Day School: St. Louis, 1993. R 977.865 K36 The First Fifty Years. n.p., 1967. R 977.865 B882S Laaser, Robert O. Our Beloved Eden: The Story of the Flaherty, William B. and Marie T. Ruthmann. Visitation Seminary. St. Louis: Eden Theological Seminary, 1993. Academy: Educating the Mind and Heart, 1833 – 2008. R 977.865 L111O R 977.865 F157E Hotels and ballrooms Parry, Martin L. A Way of Life: The Story of John Lossos, David A. St. Louis Casa Loma Ballroom. Burroughs School, 1923 – 1973. St. Louis: John Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia, 2005. R 977.866 L881S. Burroughs School, 1973. R 977.865 P265W O’Connor, Candance. Meet Me in the Lobby: The Story of Reinhard, Mary B. A Dream in the Process of Fulfillment: Harold Koplar & the Chase Park Plaza. St. Louis: The History of Community School, 1914 – 1979. Virginia Publishing, 2005. R 977.866 O18M St. Louis: Community School, 1979. R 977.866 R369D and circulating copy Treacy, Patricia. The Grand Hotels of St. Louis. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia, 2005. 977.866 T784G and circulating St. Louis University High School 50th Anniversary: Backer copy Memorial, 1924-1974. St. Louis, Mo.: St. Louis University High School, 1974. R 371.8 S145 Military sites St. Louis University Jefferson Barracks Adams, Rita G. Saint Louis University: 150 years. Fusco, Tony. A Pictorial History of Jefferson Barracks. St. Louis: St. Louis University, 1969. R 378 A216S and St. Louis: Tony Fusco, 1969. R 977.865 F993P and circulating copy circulating copy Hill, Walter H. Historical Sketch of the St. Louis Fusco, Tony. Historic Jefferson Barracks, Vol. 1. St. University: The Celebration of its Fiftieth Anniversary. Louis: Tony Fusco, 1967. R 977.865 F993H St. Louis: Patrick Fox, 1879. R 977.866 H648H Kollbuam, Marc E. Gateway to the West, Vol. 1, The Memorial Volume of the Diamond Jubilee of St. Louis History of Jefferson Barracks from 1826 – 1894. St. University, 1829 – 1904. St. Louis: Little & Becker, Louis: Friends of Jefferson Barracks, 2002. R 977.865 1904. R 977.866 M533 G259 and circulating copy JULY 2012 | PAGE 6
Other titles Orphanages McGruire, Randy R. St. Louis Arsenal: Armory of the West. St. Vincent’s Orphan Home Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia, 2001. R 977.866 M148S Andenken an das Goldene Jubiläum, 13ten Juni 1900, des St. Vincent Deutschen Waisen-Vereins von St. Louis, Medical institutions and professions Mo. [Souvenir of the Golden Jubilee of St. Vincent Jewish Hospital German Orphans Society of St. Louis, Mo., June 13, Gee, David A. A History of the Jewish Hospital of St. 1900]. St. Louis: n.p., 1900. R 977.865 G373A Louis. Chesterfield, Mo.: David A. Gee, 1981. Remembrance of the Diamond Jubilee, June 21, 1925, R 977.866.G297T German St. Vincent’s Orphan Society of St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis: German St. Vincent’s Orphan Society, 1925. Gee, David A. Working Wonders: A History of the Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, 1891 – 1992. St. Louis: The R 977.866 G373R and circulating copy Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, 1992. R 977.866 G297W Liebig, Emma T. “The History of St. Mary’s Home for Girls in St. Louis, Missouri, 1843 – 1948. Thesis, Other titles St. Louis University, 1949. R 977.866 L716H Hunt, Marion. A Goodly Heritage: St. Louis Children’s Luebber, George. Hessoun Bohemian Catholic Orphanage, Hospital Centennial History, 1879 – 1979. St. Louis: 1908 through 1954. Fenton, Mo.: Fenton Historical St. Louis Children's Hospital, 1981. R977.866 H942G Society, 2011. R 977.865 L948H Kneifl, Ray M. Our St. Louis Hospitals. St. Louis: n.p., Sartori, Glenn J. Still Caring: The Evolution of a St. Louis 1935. R 977.866 K68S Orphanage. St. Louis: Glenn Sartori, 2003. McGee, Carolyn. Malcolm Bliss: The Man and the R 977.865 S251S Institution. St. Louis: C. McGee, 2004. Stagg, H.I. History of the Founding and Progess of the St. R 977.866 M145M Louis Protestant Orphan Asylum. St. Louis: St. Louis Saint Louis Medical Society Centennial Volume. St. Louis: Protestant Orphan Asylum, 1891. R 977.865 S779H St. Louis Medical Society, 1939.R 610 S145 White, Frederic. “The History of Saint Joseph’s Home for Soule, Samuel D. Medicine in St. Louis: Our Medical Boys in Saint Louis, Missouri from 1835 to 1949.” Ancestors, 1764 – 1864. St. Louis: St. Louis Medical Thesis, St. Louis University, 1949. R 977.866 W582H Service Bureau, 1979. R 977.866 S722M Parks, gardens, and monuments Newspapers Forest Park Hart, Jim A. “An Historical Study of the St. Louis Globe- Forest Park and Its History. St. Louis: Visit St. Louis Democrat, 1852 – 1958.” Ph.D. diss., University of Committee, 1943. R 977.866 S145F Missouri, 1959. R 977.866 H325H Altman, Sally J. and Richard H. Weiss. Forest Park: The Hart, Jim A. A History of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Jewel of St. Louis. St. Louis: St. Louis Post-Dispatch Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri, 1961. Books, 2007. R977.866 A468F R 071.7866 H325H Loughlin, Caroline and Catherine Anderson. Forest Park. Saalberg, Harvey. “The Westliche Post of St. Louis: A St. Louis: Junior League, 1986. R 977.866 L887F Daily Newspaper for German-Americans, 1857 – 1938.” Thesis, University of Missouri, 1967. Gateway Arch R 977.866 S111W Harris, NiNi. Historic Photos of the Gateway Arch. The Story of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis: Pulitzer Nashville: Turner Publishing, 2009. R 977.866 H313H Publishing, 1954. R 977.866 R823S Mehrhoff, W. Arthur. The Gateway Arch: Fact & Symbol. Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University, 1992. R 977.866 M498G JULY 2012 | PAGE 7
Story of the Gateway Arch: A Pictorial History. St. Louis, Schaper, Frank C. and Betty Burnett. St. Louis Fire Mo.: Jefferson National Expansion Historical Assoc. Department. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia, 2003. 1992. R 917.786 S888 and circulating copy R 977.866 S 299S and circulating copy Other titles Wagner, Allen E. Good Order and Safety: A History of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, 1861 – Baker, James. Glimpses of Meramec Highlands: “St. Louis’ 1906. R 977.866 W132G Only Exclusive Health and Pleasure Resort.” Kirkwood, Mo.: Meramec Highlands Books, 1995. Other titles R 977.865 B167G and circulating copy Beck, Bill. Laclede Gas and St. Louis: 150 Years of Bry, Charlene. A World of Plants: The Missouri Botanical Working Together, 1857 – 2007. St. Louis: Laclede Garden. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1989. Gas Company, 2007. R 977.866 B393L R 580.744 B915W Dean, John B. The St. Louis Municipal Waterworks System. Harris, NiNi and Esley Hamilton. St. Louis Parks. St. Louis: St. Louis Waterworks, 1936. St. Louis: Reedy Press, 2012. R 977.866 H313S R 977.866 D281S McCue, George, ed. Laumeier Sculpture Park: First Toft, Carolyn Hewes and Osmund Overby. The Saint Louis Decade, 1976 – 1986. St. Louis: Laumeier Sculpture Old Post Office: A History and Architectural Guide to Park, 1986. R 977.865 L 375 the Building and its Neighborhood. St. Louis: Landmarks Association of St. Louis, 1979. R 977.866 Public services and utilities T664 and circulating copy Libraries Sports The Central Library Building of the Public Library of the City of St. Louis. St. Louis: St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis Browns 1912; reprint, Shelly Print, 1979. R 977.866 S145C Borst, Bill, ed. The Brown Stocking, Vol. 1. St. Louis: Saint Louis County Library, 1947 – 1997: 50th Anniversary St. Louis Browns Press, 1985. R 796.357 B881 History. St. Louis: St. Louis County Library, 1997. Borst, Bill and George Walden, eds. The Brown Stocking, R 027.4 S145S Vol. 2. St. Louis: St. Louis Browns Historical Press, Police and fire departments 1987. R 796.357 B881 Israel, Benjamin. “Putting Black in Blue: The Struggle to Godin, Roger A. The 1922 St. Louis Browns: Best of the Put Uniformed African American Police Officers on American League’s Worst. Jefferson, N.C. McFarland the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. Thesis, & Company, 1991. R 796.357 G585N University of Missouri, 1988. R 977.866 I85P Mead, William B. Even the Browns: The Zany True Story Kimbrough, Mary. Friends of the Family: The Story of the of Baseball in the Early Forties. Chicago: Backstoppers and Their Mission to Aid Widows and Contemporary Books, 1978. R 796.357 M479E Children of Police Officers and Firefighters Killed in the Line of Duty. St. Louis: The Backstoppers, 2002. St. Louis Cardinals R 977.866 K49F Cash, Jon David. Before They Were Cardinals: Major Lampe, Bernard. “The Saint Louis Volunteer Fire League Baseball in Nineteenth-Century St. Louis. Department, 1829 – 1850: A Study of the Volunteer Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri, 2002. Age.” Ph.D. diss., St. Louis University, 1966. R 796.357 C338B R 977.866 L237S Claerbaut, David. Cardinals Essentials: Everything You St. Louis County Police Department 45th Anniversary, 1955 Need to Know to Be a Real Fan. Chicago: Triumph – 2000. Paducah, Ky.: Turner Publications, 2002. Books, 2006. R 796.357 C583C Q 977.865 S145 Craft, David and Tom Owens. Redbirds Revisited: Great Memories and Stories from St. Louis Cardinals. Chicago: Bonus Books, 1990. R 796.357 C885R JULY 2012 | PAGE 8
Feldmann, Doug. St. Louis Cardinals: Past & Present. Other titles Minneapolis: MVP Books, 2009. R 796.357 F312S Healey, James. Golfing Before the Arch. St. Louis: James Smith, Mike, ed. Busch Stadium Moments. St. Louis: St. F. Healy, 1997. R 796.352 H434G Louis Post-Dispatch Books, 2005. R 796.0687 O58B Jackson, Patti Smith. The St. Louis Arena Memories. Basketball St. Charles, Mo.: GHB, 2000. R 725.804 J13S Austin, Earl, Jr. The PHL in the STL: The Public High Lang, Dave. Soccer Made in St. Louis: A History of the League, A St. Louis Basketball Legacy. St. Louis: Earl Game in America’s First Soccer Capital. St. Louis: Austin, Jr., 2007. R 796.3236 A935P Reedy Press, 2011. R 796.334 L274S Healey, Jim. St. Louis Hoops, 1904 – 2007: Compendium Marecek, Greg. The St. Louis Hawks: A Gallery of Images of St. Louis Basketball. St. Louis: Jim Healey, 2007. & Memorabilia. St. Louis: Reedy Press, 2007. R 796.3236 H434S R 796.3236 M323S CLASSES Theaters and music Kiel Opera House (Peabody Theater) Classes are free and open to the public, but regis- Golterman, Ed L. The Mugging of Kiel Opera House: Civic tration is required. Call (314) 994-3300 to regis- Regress. St. Louis: Golterman Historics, 2008. 977.866 G629M ter. Space is limited. Golterman, Ed L. Saving Kiel: A Six-Year Battle. St. Louis: Golterman Historic Enterprises, 2004. Introduction to Fold3 and HeritageQuest R 977.865 G629S and circulating copy. Wednesday, July 18, 2 p.m. Headquarters Computer Lab Municiple Opera (The MUNY) Larry Franke, instructor Clifford, Charles V. St. Louis’ Fabulous Municipal Registration is now open. Theatre: Fifty Seasons of Summer Musicals. Midland Graphic Arts, 1969. R 782.6 C637S Genealogical Research: Getting the Most out Holderness, Marvin E. Curtain Time in Forest Park: A of the Special Collections Department Narrative of the St. Louis Municipal Opera, 1919 – Monday, July 23, 2 p.m. 1958. St. Louis: St. Louis Municipal Opera, 1958. Headquarters East Room R 782.6 H727C Larry Franke, instructor Kimbrough, Mary. The Muny: St. Louis’ Outdoor Theater. Registration is now open. St. Louis: Bethany Press, 1978. R 782.8 K49M Newmark, Judith. The MUNY: Songs of St. Louis Summers. Introduction to Fold3 and HeritageQuest St. Louis: St. Louis Post-Dispatch Books, 2007. Wednesday, August 15, 2 p.m. R 792.09778 N556M Headquarters Computer Lab Peters, Laura, ed. The Muny 1919-1993: A History of the Larry Franke, instructor People who Have Made and Kept the Muny–Alone in Registration begins July 18 Its Greatness. St. Louis, Mo.: St. Louis Municipal Opera, 1993. R 782.81 M971 and circulating copy Introduction to Ancestry Library Edition Tuesday, August 28, 6:30 p.m. St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Headquarters Computer Lab Goodman, Stanley J. The Story of Powell Symphony Hall. Larry Franke, instructor St. Louis, Powell, 1993. R 977.866 G653S and Registration begins July 31. circulating copy JULY 2012 | PAGE 9
Wells, Katherine Gladney. Symphony and Song: The Saint Rolfe, William E. and Lucius H. Cannon. The Municipal Louis Symphony Orchestra: The First Hundred Years, Bridge of St. Louis: A Record of Municipal Effort. 1880 – 1980. Taftsville, Vt.: Countryman, 1980. St. Louis: St. Louis Public Library, 1922. R 785.06 W454S R 977.866 R747M Other titles Railroads Belford, Kevin. Devil at the Confluence: The Pre-War 50 Years of Transportation, 1894 – 1944: St. Louis Union Blues Music of Saint Louis, Missouri. St. Louis: Station and St. Louis. St. Louis: Simmons-Sisler, 1944. Virginia Publishing, 2009. R R 781.643 B428D R 977.866 T319F Hammack, James A. “Pope’s Theatre and St. Louis 1889-2004, Celebrating 115 Years of Terminal Railroad Theatrical History, 1879 – 1895. Ph.D. diss., University History. St. Louis, Mo.: Terminal Railroad Association of Iowa, 1954. R 977.866 H224P of St. Louis Historical and Technical Society, 2004. R 977.866 N714 Owsley, Dennis. City of Gabriels: The History of Jazz in St. Louis, 1895-1973. St. Louis, Mo. : Reedy Press, Barker, Lesley. St. Louis Gateway Rail: the 1970s. 2006. R 781.65 O97C and circulating copy Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia, 2006. R 977.866 B255S Strauss, Mary and David Naylor. The Fabulous Fox. St. Grant, H. Roger, Don L. Hofsommer, and Osmund Overby. Louis: Fox Theatre / Fox Associates, 1985. R 725.82 St. Louis Union Station: A Place for People, A Place F134 and circulating copy for Trains. St. Louis: St. Louis Mercantile Library, 1994. R 385.314 G762S Theatre Historical Society Guide to St. Louis Theatres. St. Louis: Theatre Historical Society, 1984. R 977.866 Montesi and Richard Deposki. St. Louis Union Station. T374 and circulating copy Chicago: Arcadia, 2002. R 385.314 M779S The St. Louis Union Station: A Monograph. St. Louis: Transportation Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, 1895; Eads Bridge reprint, St. Louis: Riverside Press, 1975. R 725.31 T3195 and circulating copy The Eads Bridge: An Exhibition Prepared by the Art Museum and the Department of Civil Engineering, Schultz, Robert G. The Street Railway Post Offices of Saint Princeton University. Princeton, N.J.: Trustees of Louis. Mobile Post Office Society Street Car Princeton University, 1974. R 917.7866 E11 and Monograph Series. Chicago: Mobile Post Office circulating copy Society, 1984. R 383.4977 S387S Jackson, Robert W. Rails Across the Mississippi: A History Stout, Greg. Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis. of the St. Louis Bridge. Urbana, Ill.: University of Scotch Plains, N.J.: Morning Sun Books, 2007. Illinois Press, 2001. R 624.35 J13R R 385.0977 S899T James B. Eads and the Great St. Louis Bridge, 2nd ed. Wayman, Norbury L. St. Louis Union Station and its St. Louis: The Engineers’ Club of St. Louis, 1982. Railroads. St. Louis: Evelyn E. Newman Group, 1986. R 977.866 V924J R 385 W358S and circulating copy Scott, Quinta and Howard S. Miller. The Eads Bridge. Street cars Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri Press, 1979. Cordes, Bill. St. Louis Water Works Railway. St. Louis: R 624.67 M648E and circulating copy Tower Grove Press, 2004. R 977.866 C749S Other Bridges Young, Andrew D. St. Louis and Its Streetcars: The Way it McCutcheon Street Bridge: Photographs, Written, Was. St. Louis: Archway, 1996. R 388.4 Y68S and Historical, and Descriptive Data. Omaha, Neb.: circulating copy Historic American Engineering Record, 2007. Young, Andrew D. St. Louis Car Company Album. R 977.866 M133 Glendale, Cal.: Interurban Press, 1984. R 338.76 Y68S JULY 2012 | PAGE 10
Young, Andrew D. The St. Louis Streetcar Story. Glendale, Cal.: Interurban Press, 1988. R 388.4 Y68S and circulating copy Young, Andrew D. Street Cars, Light Rail & Utility Cars of St. Louis, 1899 – 2003. St. Louis: Archway, 2003. R 388.46 Y68S Young, Andrew D. Streets & Streetcars of St. Louis: A Sentimental journey. St. Louis: Archway, 2002. R 388.46 Y68S Baker, James F. King Trolley and the Suburban Queens. Kirkwood, Mo.: Meramec Highlands Books, 2005. R 388.46 B167K Other titles Four Wheels, No Brakes: A History of the Early Development of the Automobile in St. Louis. Florissant, Mo.: Auto Review, 1990. R 977.865 F773 Meyer, Dolores J. “Excursion Steamboating on the Mississippi with Streckfus Steamers, Inc.” Ph.D. diss., St. Louis University, 1967. R 386.30977 M612E
MICROFILM GEMS Roll list provided by the St. Louis Genealogical Society, which filmed the records.
Fee Fee Baptist Church Records A blank sheet of paper, positioned across the page and The oldest surviving Baptist Church west of the Mississippi progressively moved down to reveal each new group of River, this St. Louis County congregation is currently records next on the film, helps orient the researcher. A located at 11330 Saint Charles Rock Road in Bridgeton. detailed descriptive roll list for the film on page 11 Founded in 1807, the congregation lost its earliest records provides an in-depth analysis of the film’s contents. Having to fire. Although the inside of the front cover of the filmed a copy of the descriptive roll list at hand will help book is dated March 15, 1865, the earliest existing records researchers keep track of their location within the film. date back to January 23, 1864. Fee Fee Baptist Church records for 1864–1925 are on a single roll of microfilm, Contents FFBC–1 (formerly StLGS film no. 228) in Film Drawer 5 No index exists for the church records, but browsing the in Special Collections Department. records may result in finding ancestors. Person, place, and time are key elements of research, and these records readily Navigation supply such information. Names of members, sometimes The St. Louis Genealogical Society members who filmed separated by males and females, appear frequently. these records used the summary outline of the materials Beginning in 1884, the lists have the names divided (shown at right) to help orient the researcher as to the alphabetically by first letter of the last name and include location within the records. This summary divides the columns for “when received” and “dismissed.” The contents into three sections: dismissed column occasionally lists a person’s death date.
• Vol. I – Fee Fee Baptist Church For those interested in records relating to the religious life of the congregation, the film includes Articles of Faith, • Vol. II – Rolls and Record Book Rules of Decorum, Constitution, Declaration of Faith, and • Vol. III – “A Tree is planted,” 1897–1970, History Church Covenant. While these (CONTINUED ON PAGE 12) JULY 2012 | PAGE 11
Roll list, Fee Fee Baptist Church, St. Louis County, Mo. (film FFBC–1)
Note: This film lacks a title page. It begins with a series of DIVIDER SHEET HIGHLIGHTING “VOLUME I – “MINUTES “test strips” showing the same document with various OF ILLINOIS ASSOC. OF BAPTISTS, SEP. 16, 1815” camera exposure levels. Early records destroyed by fire. “Minutes of the Illinois Association of Baptists . . . VOLUME 1 1815” First page of record book reads: “Fee Fee Baptist Church VOLUME 2 Record, March 15th 1864” DIVIDER SHEET HIGHLIGHTING “VOLUME II – Names of members [various lists, some include ROLLS AND RECORD BOOK” notations] DIVIDER SHEET HIGHLIGHTING “VOLUME II – FEE FEE Membership, corrected Aug 2nd, 1868 BAPTIST CHURCH, PATTONVILLE, MO. 1908–1925 Names of members [some include notations] Letters [dismissal from other churches and notification DIVIDER SHEET HIGHLIGHTING “VOLUME I – of receipt from other churches] 1870 CORRECTION TO MEMBERSHIP” Booklet “Third Baptist Church, Grand and Washington Correction to membership (first page blurred and un- Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. [This appears within the letters just readable) listed.] DIVIDER SHEET HIGHLIGHTING “VOLUME I – Church membership, March 1944, 5 typed pages CONSTITUTION AND COVENANT” [names and often their addresses also] Articles of Faith Church Roll Record Book Rules of Decorum DIVIDER SHEET HIGHLIGHTING “VOLUME II – Names of members in separate groupings, some lists INDEX OF MEMBERSHIP” dated Constitution of Fee Fee Baptist Church. Note at the Index of membership very end says “Fee Fee Cemetery incorporates, Articles of incorporation filed May19 – 1896 number 490” DIVIDER SHEET HIGHLIGHTING “VOLUME II – CHURCH RECORDS, 1908–1925” Declaration of Faith Church Covenant Church records 1908–1925
DIVIDER SHEET HIGHLIGHTING “VOLUME I – DIVIDER SHEET HIGHLIGHTING “VOLUME II – CHURCH RECORDS, JAN. 23, 1864 – JAN. 1908” HISTORY OF POST BUILDING, 1956-1958” Church business minutes and membership rolls 1864 – History of Post Building from church minutes 1908 [First date is 23 Jan 1864 – records are clear and readable. The records only go to 1904 in this book.] VOLUME 3 Names of delegates attending anniversary 17 May 1905 DIVIDER SHEET HIGHLIGHTING “VOLUME III – [some from out-of-town] AS TREE IS PLANTED” Centennial Celebration of Fee Fee Baptist Church held “’As a Tree Planted:’ History of Fee Fee Baptist Oct 17, 1907 [Register of names that includes address Church, 1807 – 1970” for each] Church business minutes, 29 June 1904–1 Jan 1908 [notation of further minutes being recorded in new book dated 1 Jan 1908 appears at end of this book.] JULY 2012 | PAGE 12
Missouri towns and cities, some came from out of state. A history of the Fee Baptist Church, “As a Tree Planted,” appears at the end of the film, but is difficult to read. A print copy is available in the Special Collections Department at R 977.865 A159A. An index to this is included in the Special Collections Department’s online Local History Index
Supporting Sources Other Special Collections Department resources that will possibly expand information about members of the Fee Fee Baptist Church include the following: Members transferring their membership to Fee Fee Baptist Church commonly presented letters of dismissal from their Abraham, Ruth E. “As a Tree Planted:” History of Fee previous congregations. Fee Baptist Church, 1807-1970. n.p., 1970. R 977.865 A159A documents do not provide names, they do explain the Bridgeton Since 1794. Bridgeton, Mo.: Historical religious beliefs that gave the congregation direction and Commission of the City of Bridgeton, Missouri, 1968. held it together. R 977.865 B851B and Q 977.865 B851B The film also includes minutes, which provide an on-going Burials in Fee Fee Cemetery, Bridgeton, Missouri. n.p.: glimpse of the development of the congregation. They also E.E. Penning, 1961. R 977.865 F295B sometimes include requests for letters of dismissal and Mobley, Jane. Home Place: A Celebration of Life in records of members received. Bridgeton, Missouri. Bridgeton, Mo.: City of Anniversary celebrations play an important role in any Bridgeton, Missouri, 1993. R 977.865 M687H and church. Fee Fee Baptist Church records include documents circulating copy with names of delegates attending an anniversary on Parkin, Robert E. Overland Trails and Trials and Your 17 May 1905 and the register for a centennial celebration Community Today. Overland, Mo.: Krawll Printing on 17 Oct 1907. The attendees often listed their post office Co., 1956; reprint, 1977. R 977.865 P247O and or house address and included some out-of-town visitors. circulating copy Further in the film appear letters of dismissal and St. Louis Burials, Vol. 2. St. Louis: St. Louis Genealogical notifications of receipt, which document migration of Society, 2003. CD-ROM R 977.866 S145 church members. Although many letters came from JULY 2012 | PAGE 13
Fee Fee Cemetery, 1815-1914. St. Louis: St. Louis SAVE THE DATE! Genealogical Society, n.d. R 977.865 S145F and circulating copy SPECIAL PRESENTATION Finding your Ancestors in Old Cemeteries St. Louis County, MO. St. Louis: St. Louis Genealogical Society, 1983. R 977.865 O44 and the Draper Manuscript Collection circulating copy [Records for Fee Fee Cemetery appear Saturday, September 15, 9:30 – 12:15 mainly in vol. 1 on pages 55–61 and a few also may Headquarters Auditorium also appear in vol. 2 on page 101.]
visiting scholars, and the general public. The agency’s website includes finding aids to the agency’s holdings, WEB NEWS brief information about major commands, squadrons and organizations, timelines, photos, and more. Links to other Keep up to date with the 1940 census | A military historical agencies are provided on the home page. searchable index for about half of the states is now available for the 1940 census (as of this writing, Missouri is New on Ancestry Library Edition about 99% complete). Check the progress of the indexing project by visiting FamilySearch’s 1940 census website U.S. Consular Registration Applications, 1916–
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The following is a selection of new items added to the INDIANA collection. Additional items may have been received which LaPorte County R 977.291 are not listed here. The Department is grateful to the St. Louis Genealogical Society, the National Genealogical Marriage Index, 1921–1930. 2004–2005. Society, Julius K. Hunter and Friends, and our patrons for Naturalization Records: Abstractions from Second their donations. Please note: Due to processing and Papers… October 1854–April 1903. 2005. binding requirements, some donated items may not be Naturalization Records, Declaration of Intentions and available in the library or listed in “PastPorts” until Final Papers: Abstractions from Civil Order Books several months after they are received. A thru Mid-H, Common Pleas Book A, 1833 thru July 1854… 2008. Print resources LOUISIANA Call numbers follow each title. Complete bibliographic information for each item is available in St. Louis County New Orleans R 976.335 Library’s online catalog. < http://webpac.slcl.org>. Titles Forgotten People: Free People of Color in New are abbreviated unless italicized. Orleans, 1850–1870. 1976. New Orleans Genesis, Index to Vol. 7…, 1993. States and counties Ouachita Parish R 976.387 ARKANSAS Historic Ouachita Parish: An Illustrated History. 2007. Union County R 976.761 Other Louisiana titles Cemeteries. 11 vols. 1991–1999. Italian Immigrants in Louisiana’s Sugar Parishes: GEORGIA Recruitment, Labor Conditions, and Community Relations, 1880–1910. 1972; reprint, 2012. Research in Georgia. 2011. R 975.8 G312R R 976.3 S286I ILLINOIS MAINE Williamson County R 977.3993 Knox County R 974.153 Bits of News. Vols. 4 (1923) and 9 (1928). 2006. Vital Records of Vinalhaven… Prior to 1892. 1994; Other Illinois titles reprint, 2011. At Home in the Illinois Country: French Colonial MARYLAND Domestic Site Archaeology in the Midwest, Somerset County R 975.223 1730–1800. 2011. R 977.3 M476A Cemetery Records. 1989; reprint, 2011. MISSOURI Cole County R 977.855 New collection guide available Deaths from Local Newspapers. Vols. 5–6. 2000–12. “Women’s History & Genealogy,” covering sources in Laclede County R 977.8815 the Special Collections Department, is now available. Bear Thicket Cemetery, Phillipsburg Township. 2004. Free print copies can be obtained at the library, or download a PDF copy from the Department’s website Calvary Catholic [Cemetery], 1878 to 2002… Lebanon,
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Obituaries, 1922–1924. 2000. Tapestry of Mercy: The History of the St. Louis Washington Cemetery, 1910 to 2004… 2004. Regional Community of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas. 2008. R 271.92 O11T St. Louis City R 976.866 Women and Their Families in Early Randolph and St. Louis Parks. 2012. Macon Counties. 1982. R 977.8283 N397E Other Missouri titles NORTH CAROLINA Civil War Records: Missouri Volunteer Infantry. Vol. 6: 41st–47th volunteer regiments; and Vol. 7: Bertie County R 975.6163 48th–51st volunteer regiments and miscellaneous Marriage Abstracts, 17551869. 2004. units. 2012. R 973.7478 W362C Burke County R 975.685 Marriage Abstracts, 1780–1869. 2005. Nash County R 975.647 FEATURED ACQUISITION Wills. 2 vols. [1777–1900]. 2010, 1992. Tyrrell County R 975.6172 By NiNi Harris & Deeds. [1735–1783]. 1991–93. Esley Hamilton OHIO St. Louis: Reedy Press, 2012; Defiance County R 977.114 164 pages Birth Records… 1 July 1867–19 December 1908. 5 R 977.866 H3132 vols. 2001. St. Louis City and Death Records Index, December 20, 1908 – December County possess an 31, 1996. 2004. amazing number and Marriages, 1855–1925. 2006–11. variety of parks, from humble neighborhood pocket Naturalization index. 2008. parks to the nationally renowned Forest Park that draws Knox County R 977.152 thousands of out-of-town visitors every year. Well-known local historians NiNi Harris and Esley Hamilton highlight Clerk of Court Records, Chancery Court, 1806–1861. 6 vols. 2000–2007. these urban assets in their new book, “St. Louis Parks.” An introduction by Missouri Botanical Garden Present Williams County R 977.1113 Emeritus Peter Raven provides an overview of the de- Death Records, 1867 – 1909. 3 vols. 2008–11. velopment of the city and county parks, emphasizing the SOUTH CAROLINA recurrent commitment that government and citizens have made to developing and maintaining these oases. Clarendon County R 975.781 The authors have presented the parks in chronological Cemeteries. 2008. order, which gives the reader a sense of how the parks Register and Session Minutes of Midway Presbyterian have been created and developed as vision and needs Church… 1801–1902. 2000. have changed over time. Each entry gives a brief history Session Minutes and Registers of Brewington of the park and the features that make it unique. City and Presbyterian Church… 1811–1927. 2000. county parks are treated together in separate sections of Sumter County R 975.769 the book, which also includes a bibliography. Echoes of Shiloh: Episcopal Church of the Ascension, Hagood, South Carolina. 1995. MONTH 2012 | PAGE 16
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Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Sumter, South WEST VIRGINIA Carolina. 1999. Monongalia County R 975.452 History of the First Baptist Church, Sumter, South Records of the District, Superior, and County Courts. Carolina, 1938–2000. 2001. Vols. 3–11, 1800–1822. 2000–07. Other South Carolina titles German Genealogy Research in South Carolina. 2011. R 975.7 G488R and circulating copy Ortssippenbücher (abbreviated titles) Ganzig (Nordsachsen District), Saxony, 1543–1800. TENNESSEE R 943.212 C754F Franklin County R 976.863 Mandern (Waldeck), Hesse. R 943.412 M595 Chuwalee: Chronicles of Franklin County, Tennessee. Mehlen (Waldeck), Hesse. R 943.412 M595 1973. Family histories Warren County R 976.8653 Warren County, Tennessee Genealogical Notes from Finding the Bad Inn: Discovering My Family’s Hidden the McMinnville Newspapers, 1880–1914. 2011. Past [Hughs and Thompson families]. 2010. 978.6 L629F VIRGINIA To Soar with the Tigers: The Life and Diary of Flying Amelia County R 975.5634 Tiger, Robert Brouk. 2011. 929.2 B875H Cemetery Records… 2001. Other new titles Chesterfield County R 975.5594 Céloron Expedition to the Ohio Country, 1749: The Marriages Abstracted from Microfilm, 1771–1854. Reports of Pierre-Joseph Céloron and Father 2001. Bonnecamps. 2008, 1997. R 977 C393C Veterans. 2011. Swiss Grütli-Bund in America, 1865–1915. 2011. Scott County R 975.5732 R 973.0435 S979 Birth Records, 1874–1895. 2001. Telling Our Stories: Oral and Family History: Cemetery Records. 8 vols. plus index vol. 1979–2011. A Bibliography. 2011. 907.2 F596T Consent & Bonds of Marriages, 1815–1853. 2001. Traditional Blacksmithing: The Fine Art of Horseshoeing and Wagon Making. 2012, 1904. Death Records, 1853–1896. 1997. R 682 H753T General Index to Marriages… 1999. Warning Out in New England, 1656–1817. 1992, 1911. License and Returns of Marriage, 1815–1853. 2002. R 974 B478W Marriages, 1815–1945. 1996–2000. Who Will Write Our History? Emanuel Ringelblum, the Warsaw Ghetto, and the Oyneg Shabes Archive. Other Virginia titles 2007. R 940.5318 K19W Pioneers of the Virginia Bluegrass (and Their Descendants). 2007. R 975.5 G676P Virginia Papers. 5 vols. 2003–11. R 929.3 H437G Vital Records of Three Burned Counties: Births, Marriages, and Deaths of King and Queen, King William, and New Kent Counties, Virginia, 1680– 1860. 1995; reprint, 2006. R 975.5352 F536V