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Special Collections - Alphabetical Listing

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Special Collections by collection number

• 1718 Louisiana Document
  
  M-186

   

• 1787 Freighting Document (Bill of Lading)
  
  M-184

   

• 1779 Oath of Allegiance
  
  M-194B

   

• 1856 Letter of Introduction
  
  M-197

   

• 1898 Philippines Document
  
  M-185

   

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• Adams, John Quincy
  
  M-001

   

• African American Images Collection
  
  M-244

   

• Alaskan Gold Rush Photos
M-219

 

• Art Collections of the St. Louis Mercantile Library

Paintings M-264

Sculptures M-266

 

• Astor, John Jacob
  
  M-002

   

• John James Audubon Prints
M-209

 

• Autographs
  
  M-003

   

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• Bankers & Exchange Dealers: City of St. Louis Records, 1852-53
  
  M-004

   

• Barbe-Marbois, Francious, marquise de
  
  M-005

   

• Barnes Glass Negatives
  
  M-167

   

• Bauman Papers
  
  M-271

   

• Beaumont, William Dr.
M-218

 

• Abraham Beck Journal
  
  M-246

   

• Ameren UE Collection
  
  M-282

   

• Bell, John
  
  M-006

   

• Adolphus Benedict Scrap Book Collection
  
  M-007

   

• McKinnley Bent
  
  M-261

   

• Thomas Hart Benton Collection
  
  M-008

   

• General Daniel Bissell Papers
  
  M-009

   

• Bixby
  
  M-141

   

• Blumenthal, Augusts A.
  
  M-010

   

• Emil Boehl Photographs of St. Louis
  
  M-169

   

• Books in Series Collection
  
  M-154

   

• Boone, Daniel
  
  M-011

   

• Botts, John
  
  M-012

   

• Boulduc Photostats -- Ste. Genevieve
M-215

 

• Breckenridge Photograph
M-214

 

• Brooks, Richard
  
  M-013

   

• Brockmeier Genealogy Collection
  
  M-253

   

• Donny Brook Collection
  
  M-291

   

• Bryan, John [Daniel Boone's nephew]
  
  M-014

   

• Bryant, William Cullen
  
  M-015

   

• Buchan, James
  
  M-016

   

• H. Buffman Auction Broadside
  
  M-225

   

• Burr, Aaron
  
  M-017

   

• Burr, Theodosia
  
  M-018

   

• Butterfield Stagecoach
  
  M-255

   

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• Calhoun, John C.
  
  M-019

   

• Robert Campbell Family Collection
  
  M-107

   

• Carroll, Charles
  
  M-020

   

• Matthew Casey Valedictory
  
  M-178

   

• Henry G. A. Casper's Journal
  
  M-021

   

• Chamless Print Collection
  
  M-120

   

• Chinese Portraits
  
  M-119

   

• Citizens for Educational Freedom: Part 1
  
  M-259

   

• Citizens for Educational Freedom: Part 2
  
  M-283

   

• City Hospital
  
  M-303

   

• Letters from the Civil War
  
  M-314

   

• Civil War Ship Journals
  
  M-306

   

• Charless, Joseph
  
  M-300

   

• August Chouteau Papers
  
  M-022

   

• Clay, Henry
  
  M-023

   

• Clemens, James Jr.
  
  M-024

   

• Colonial Dames Collection
  
  M-147

   

• Community Federal Savings and Loan Archives
  
  M-136

   

• Compton & Dry, Pictorial St. Louis
  
  M-168

   

• Confederate Civil War Document
  
  M-316

   

• Confederate Imprint Collection
  
  M-123

   

• Ernest Connally Papers
  
  M-252

   

• Crittenden, J.J.
  
  M-025

   

• Crockett, David
  
  M-026

   

• Cunningham, T. H.
  
  M-027

   

• Edward Curtis
  M-210
  
  .
  .
• Curtis, George William
  
  M-028

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• Felix Darley Illustrations Collection
  
  M-156

   

• M. B. Darrich Collection of St. Louis Jewish Genealogy
  
  M-159

   

• Howard Day Photograph Collection
  
  M-143

   

• De Pew Life Magazine Collection
  
  M-150

   

• Fr. Pierre Jean DeSmet Collection
  
  M-296

   

• P. Diaz 1899 Proclamation
  
  M-180

   

• Dickinson, Brig. Gen. Philemon and Brig. Gen. Wil Livingston
  
  M-029

   

• Arthur Digby
  
  M-198

   

• Irving Dilliard Journalism Collection
  
  M-137

   

• Dobyne, Nellie M.
  
  M-030

   

• A. J. Donilich
  
  M-196

   

• Douglass MSS, Binder
  
  M-174

   

• Downtown St. Louis Collection
  
  M-130

   

• Henry W. Drinker Journal
  
  M-031

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• Early Paper Money, Coins, and Medals
  
  M-118

   

• Easton, Rufus
  
  M-032

   

• Edgewood Children's Center
  
  M-142

   

• Ron Elz / Johnny Rabbitt Collection
  
  M-281

   

• Emerson Transcripts
  
  M-182

• Episcopal Letters Collection
  
  M-320

• Exhibits Collection
  
  M-319

   

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• Fagg, Helen
  
  M-033

   

• Field PS 1667-LS 1889
  
  M-173

   

• Forcier Collection
  
  M-144

   

• Ford, John
  
  M-034

   

• Fort Belle Fontaine
  
  M-179

   

• Francot Scrapbook
  
  M-217

   

• Franklin, Benjamin
  
  M-035




• French, Juliet S.
  
  M-310

   

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• Galatin, Albert
  
  M-036

   

• Gantt, Thomas J et. al.
  
  M-037

   

• Alexander Gardner Photographic Prints
  M-211

   

• Gates -- St. Louis Bank Regulations
  
  M-193

   

• Gaty Register
  
  M-190

   

• Gay and Lesbian Publications
  
  M-228

   

• Genealogical Chart, 1911
  
  M-175

   

• General Life and Fire Assurance Company
  
  M-304

   

• St. Louis Globe Democrat Collection *Search database on-line*
  
  M-112

   

• St. Louis Globe Democrat Images
  

M-112

 

• Greeting Card Collection
  
  M-158

   

• Greve / Fisher Collection
  
  M-257

   

• Dan Groncy Collection
  
  M-227

   

• Leonard Gruggs
  
  M-269

   

• Gordon, General J.B.
  
  M-038

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• Hamilton, Alexander
  
  M-039

   

• Hancock, John
  
  M-040

   

• Hancock, Gen (Winfield Scott)
  
  M-041

   

• Heartman
  
  M-140

   

• Heil Chemical Company of St. Louis Papers
  
  M-043

   

• Hinchey, Paul
  
  M-301

   

• Hindenburg Collection
  
  M-145

   

• Hinton Rowen Helper Collection
  
  M-124

   

• Henderson, Richard
  
  M-044

   

• Hendricks, Gov. Thomas A.
  
  M-045

   

• Henry, Patrick
  
  M-046

   

• Don Hesse Political Cartoon Collection *Search database on-line*
  
  M-248

   

• Heughes, J.C.
  
  M-047

   

• Hill, Walter J., S. J.
  
  M-048

   

• History of Wine Collection
  
  M-278

   

• Ethan Allen Hitchcock Alchemy Collection
  
  M-108

   

• John Neal Hoover Collection of Agriculture and Rural Life
  
  M-105

   

• Horan Collection
  
  M-293

   

• Horton History of Sports Collection
  
  M-129

   

• Hunter, Will
  
  M-049

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• Illinois Glass Papers
  
  M-138

   

• 19th Century Illustrated Periodicals
  
  M-163

   

• Illustrated Travel Journals Collection
  
  M-318

   

• Images of American Indians & Popular Western Culture
  
M-212

 

• Immigration Cartoons, ca.1840
  
  M-229

   

• Irish State Trial Scrapbook
  
  M-240

   

  J Return to Top

  .

• Jackson, Andrew
  
  M-050

   

• Jefferson, Thomas
  
  M-051

  
  
  
• John B. Myers Co. Ledger
  
  M-275

   

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• Kammlade Collection of Ranching
  
  M-150

   

• Keller, Helen
  
  M-299

   

• Kienstra Gemology Collection
  
  M-251

   

• King, William R.
  
  M-052

   

• Knox, R.
  M-053

   

• Koran Manuscript ca. 17th Century
  
  M-226

   

• Kyse-Manley-Barnett Families Collection
  
  M-233

   

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• Lafayette, G.W.
  
  M-054

   

• Lafayette Square Restoration Committee Papers
  
  M-128

   

• Harold F. Langenberg Economics Collection
  
  M-232

   

• John Tate Lanning Collection
  
  M-132

   

• Lee, Richard Henry
  
  M-055

   

• Lee, Gen. Robert E.
  
  M-056

   

• Lemen Collection of St. Louis Photographs
  
  M-170

   

• Eugene Lewis
  
  M-260

   

• Lewis Genealogical Charts
  
  M-191

   

• Life Association of Missouri
  
  M-057

   

• Little Shield Sketchbook
  
  M-058

   

• Locke's Common-Place Book
  
  M-059

   

• Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
  
  M-060

   

• Early Lottery Broadsides
  
  M-206

   

• Louisiana Territory Legislative Journal
  
  M-061

   

  M Return to Top

   

• McElwee Genealogy
  
  M-187

   

• McNair, Alexander
  
  M-062

   

• Hogh McPheeter
  
  M-270

   

• Mallinckrodt Company Advertising Scrapbooks
  
  M-135

   

• D. W. Mar Collection
  
  M-166

   

• Marbled Paper Collection
  
  M-127

   

• Martin Family Materials
  
  M-262

   

• Mathur in St. Louis 1817
  
  M-202

   

• Madison, James
  
  M-063

   

• Manley Family Papers
  
  M-315

   

• Don Marsh Collection
  
  M-280

   

• August F. Marty Scrapbook
  
  M-230

   

• Meachum, Rev. John B.
  
  M-313

   

• Merchants Exchange of St. Louis
  
  M-305

   

• St. Louis Mercantile Library and Association, Archives of the
  
  M-117

   

• Mid-Coast Aviation Photograph Collection
  
  M-236

   

• Monroe, James
  
  M-064

   

• Marianne Moore
  
  M-183

   

• Morgan, Daniel
  
  M-065

   

• Morris, Robert
  
  M-066

   

• Morrision, James
  
  M-067

   

• Muhammed Temple of Islam Scrapbook
  
  M-243

   

• James Myers Indian Artifact Collection
  
  M-295

   

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• John Henry Nash Fine Print Manuscripts
  
  M-308

   

• National Black Economic Developement Conference, Detroit, Michigan, 1969
  
  M-302

   

• Netsuke Reference Collection
  
  M-155

   

• Historic Newspaper Collection
  
  M-126

   

• Nott, Elizabeth
  
  M-068

• Frank Nuderscher Collection
  
  M-288

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• John O'Fallon
  
  M-172

   

• E. Phillips Oppenheim Collection
  
  M-110

   

• Osecola, Leader of the Seminoles
  
  M-069

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• Paintings (Art Collection)
  
  M-264

   

• John Mason Peck Collection
  
  M-111

   

• Pegler-Bisch Letter Collection
  
  M-247

   

• >Peter-Clemens St. Louis History (Membership Receipt)
  
  M-189

   

• Charlotte Peters Collection
  
  M-279

   

• Peyton, Caroline
  
  M-071

   

• Pierpont, T.H. [Pierpont]
  
  M-070

   

• Philipson, Jacob
  
  M-072

   

• Joseph Philipson Business Account Book
  
  M-073

   

• 19th Century Photographically Illustrated Book Collection
  
  M-134

   

• Pinkney, William
  
  M-074

   

• Pitt, William
  
  M-075

   

• Planters House Broadsides
  
  M-205

   

• Political Cartoons by st. Louis Weatherbird Artists
  
  M-284

   

• Polk, James K.
  
  M-076
  

   

• Pop-Up Book Collection
  
  M-157
  

   

• F. E. Porter
  
M-213


 

• Postage Stamp Collection
  
  M-161

   

• Pregaldin Papers
  
  M-268

   

• Presidential Election of 1824 Collection
  
  M-077

   

• Press Women, Mildred Planthold Michie
  
  M-290

   

• Finely Printed Poster Collection
  
  M-254

   

• Fine Printing / Private Press / Book Arts Collection
  
  M-125

   

• Prints of the American West
  
  M-245

   

• Prints, Photos, Drawings (Art Collection)
  
  M-265

   

  Q Return to Top

   

• Quincy Library [Illinois]
  
  M-078

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  Railroads -- see Barriger Railroad Library Special Collections

• Jerry Ray
  
  M-181

   

• Receipts and Documents, 18th Century
  
  M-204

   

• Reedy, Mrs. William Marion
  
  M-079

   

• Regimental History of the 4th Cavalry
  
  M-235

   

• Remmert-Werner Collection
  
  M-237

   

• Republic of Texas Documents
  
  M-201

   

• Rice Family Papers
  
  M-160

   

• Lucile W. Ring Collection
  
  M-146

   

• Rivington, James
  
  M-080

   

• Robbins Collection
  
  M-081

   

• Robinson, Hamlin Elijah
  
  M-082

   

• Rogers, John
  
  M-083

   

• Theodore Roosevelt, John Gundlach Collection on
  
  M-131

   

• Round Table Records
  
  M-084

• Russell-Allen Family Papers
  
  M-273

   

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  Steamboats -- see Pott National Inland Waterways Library Special Collections

• Old St. Louis Arsenal
  
  M-242

   

• Early St. Louis Bank Receipts
  
  M-207

   

• St. Louis Booksellers and Rare Book Auction Catalog Collection
  
  M-106

   

• St. Louis Business Journal Photograph Collection
  
  M-258

   

• St. Louis Caledonia Society Records
M-216

 

• St. Louis Coliseum Company
  
  M-307

   

• St. Louis Fairs & Expositions Collection
  
  M-164

   

• St. Louis Globe Democrat Collection *Search database on-line*
  
  M-112

   

• St. Louis Globe Democrat Images
  
  M-112

   

• St. Louis Images
  
  M-171

   

• St. Louis Imprints Collection
  
  M-113

   

• St. Louis Lyceum, Records of
  
  M-114

   

• St. Louis Maps and Guidebooks
  
  M-153

   

• St. Louis Mercantile Library and Association, Archives of the
  
  M-117

   

• St. Louis Model Cities Association Archives
  
  M-151

   

• St. Louis Waterworks
  
  M-203

   

• Saunders, Rolfe A.
  
  M-085

   

• Sautelli, J.
  
  M-312

   

• Schmidt Collection
  
  M-086

   

• Schweitzer Weatherbird Collection
  
  M-284

   

• James Godwin Scott Collection
  
  M-289

   

• Sculpture (Art Collection)
  
  M-266

   

• B. Shaumburg -- New Orleans, 1799
  
  M-195

   

• Early American Sheet Music Collection
  
  M-121

   

• Shepard, Elihu
  
  M-087

   

• Helen S. Shopmaker American Political Collection
  
  M-322

   

• Horation Seymour
  
  M-194A

   

• Simmons / Chandler Collection
  
  M-162

   

• Single Photograph Collection
  
  M-321

   

• Tom K. Smith Papers
  
  M-152

   

• Snow / Wherry Papers
  
  M-088

   

• Sons of the Revolution Flag Collection
  
  M-256

   

• Spanish American War Scrapbook
  
  M-285

   

• Spanish Document
  
  M-176

   

• Ephraim George Squier Collection
  
  M-116

   

• Stereopticon Slide Collection
  
  M-220

   

• Stix, Baer and Fuller Collection
  
  M-231

   

• Stockton, Rich
  
  M-089

   

• Sundry Book
  
  M-297

   

• John L. & James C. Sutton Blacksmith Collection
  
  M-091

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• Tevis Civil War Scrapbook Collection
  
  M-165

   

• Theater Programs / Minnie Milne Collection
  
  M-122

   

• James S. Thomas Collection
  
  M-092

   

• Thomas, Chester L.
  
  M-224

   

• Thomas, V.
  
  M-093

   

• Trans World Airlines Collection
  
  M-234

   

• Turner, Capt. V. E.
  
  M-094

   

• Mark Twain Autograph
  
  M-192

   

• Tyler, John
  
  M-095

  U Return to Top

   

• UNITE Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees
  
  M-272

   

• Utopia Collection
  
  M-133

   

• The University Club Archives
  
  M-277

   

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• Vaughan Civil War Transcript
  
  M-188
  

   

• Vehicle Top and Supply Company Scrapbook
  
  M-221

   

• Voelker Collection
  
  M-294

   

• Voelker Scrapbook on Missouri
  
  M-222

   

  W Return to Top

   

• Walker, R.J. Secretary of the Treasury, 1801-1869
  
  M-096

   

• George Washington Collection
  
  M-097

   

• Norbury Wayman Collection
  
  M-109

   

• Webster Collection
  
  M-287

   

• Webster, Daniel
  
  M-098

   

• Western History Association Archives Collection
  
  M-276

   

• Westerners' Organization, St. Louis Chapter, Archives
  
  M-311

   

• Wetumka, Indian Territory, Archive of
  
  M-239

   

• Wherry Autograph
  
  M-200

   

• White, (Bishop) William
  
  M-099

   

• Whitney Genealogy
  
  M-199

   

• Whyte Scrapbook
  
  M-223

   

• Wilkinson, James
  
  M-100

   

• Williams, Mary L. L.
  
  M-101

   

• Williams - Territorial Broadside
  
  M-177

   

• Wilstack, Dr. C. F.
  
  M-102

   

• Woods Family Papers
  
  M-286

   

• World Map Collection
  
  M-249

   

• World Travel Film & Slides (G. Smith)
  
  M-139

   

• World War I Pamphlet
  
  M-115

   

• World War II Japan/ China Atrocid Photos
  
  M-298

   

• Worth, Patience
  
  M-103

   

• Wright, June B.
  
  M-104

   

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• Yeatman Family Album
  
  M-241

   

• Young, Robert A, III
  
  M-238

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