Pastports, Vol. 5, No. 7 (July 2012). News and Tips from the Special Collections Department, St. Louis County Library
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NEWS AND TIPS FROM THE ST. LOUIS COUNTY LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT 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 Business and industry Regularly scheduled tours Fivel, Sharon. From Carriage Trade to Ready-Made: St. Louis Clothing of the Special Collections Designers, 1880 – 1920. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society, 1992. Department are conducted R 391.2 F565F on the first Wednesday German Engineers of Early Saint Louis and Their Works. n.p., 1915. and third Saturday of R 977.866 G373 the month at 10:30 am. Jewish Progress in Saint Louis: Religious, Charitable, Educational, Social, No advance registration Mercantile. St. Louis: A. Rosenthal, 1904. R 977.866 J69 is required. Group tours Kargau, Ernest D. Mercantile, Industrial and Professional St. Louis. St. Louis: are gladly arranged with Nixon-Jones 1937. R 977.866 K18M advance notice. Please Kaser, David. A Directory of the St Louis Book and Printing Trades to 1850. New call the Special Collections York: New York Public Library, 1961. R 977.866 K19 Department at 314-994-3300, ext. 2070 for scheduling. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 The Special Collections Department presents Grace DuMelle Saturday, August 25, 2012 Headquarters Auditorium 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd. Doors open 9:00 a.m. Program begins 9:30 a.m. 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Unlocking the Doors to Your Home’s Past Satisfy your curiosity about your own home or one in the family. Learn techniques for dating a SLOAN LIZ residence, discovering the architect, and unearthing AND old photos and plans. You can also find out who NICK BOB lived there, what they did for a living, and other BY HOTO fascinating tidbits. P Grace DuMelle is a professional 11 a.m. – Noon researcher and serves on the genealogical reference staff at the Tools to Dig Deeper: Newberry Library in Chicago. She is Probate and Inquest Records the author of “Finding Your Chicago Ancestors: A Beginner’s Guide to It’s worth looking for a probate case even Family History Research in the City if you think your ancestor didn’t have money. You and Cook County.” can find relatives you didn’t know existed, a listing of property and furnishings, and bills from service providers. When you see a coroner’s signature on a death certificate, or have a newspaper account of an accident, obtain the inquest to open a fascinating window on the circumstances of the death. Program sites are accessible. Upon two weeks’ notice, accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities. Call 314 / 994-3300. www.slcl.org JULY 2012 | PAGE 3 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.