Special Collections Directory
Alphabetical listing of Special Collections
Collection Name |
Collection Number |
Shelving Location |
| Sculpture Collection of the St. Louis Mercantile Library | See M-266 | Library |
| Painting and Print Collection of the St. Louis Mercantile Library | See M-264, M-265 | Library |
| Adams, John Quincy | M-1 | Safe |
| Astor, John Jacob | M-2 | Safe |
| Autographs | M-3 | Safe |
| Bankers & Exchange Dealers: City of St. Louis Records, 1852-53 | M-4 | Archives |
| Barbe-Marbois, Francious, marquise de | M-5 | Safe |
| Bell, John | M-6 | Safe |
| Adolphus Benedict Scrapbook Collection | M-7 | Archives |
| Thomas Hart Benton Collection | M-8 | Safe |
| General Daniel Bissell Papers | M-9 | Safe |
| Blumenthal, Augustus A. | M-10 | Safe |
| Boone, Daniel | M-11 | Safe |
| Botts, John | M-12 | Safe |
| Brooks, Richard | M-13 | Safe |
| Bryan, John [Daniel Boone's nephew] | M-14 | Safe |
| Bryant, William Cullen | M-15 | Safe |
| Buchanan, James | M-16 | Safe |
| Burr, Aaron | M-17 | Safe |
| Burr, Theodosia | M-18 | Safe |
| Calhoun, John C. | M-19 | Safe |
| Carroll, Charles | M-20 | Safe |
| Henry G. A. Caspers Journal | M-21 | Safe |
| Auguste Chouteau Papers | M-22 | Safe |
| Clay, Henry | M-23 | Safe |
| Clemens, James. Jr. | M-24 | Safe |
| Crittenden, J. J. | M-25 | Safe |
| Crockett, David | M-26 | Safe |
| Cunningham, T. H. | M-27 | Safe |
| Custis, George William | M-28 | Safe |
| Dickinson, Brig. Gen. Philemon and Brig. Gen. Wil Livingston | M-29 | Safe |
| Dobyne, Nellie M. | M-30 | Safe |
| Henry W. Drinker Journal | M-31 | Safe |
| Easton, Rufus | M-32 | Safe |
| Fagg, Helen | M-33 | Safe |
| Ford, John | M-34 | Safe |
| Franklin, Benjamin | M-35 | Safe |
| Gallatin, Albert | M-36 | Safe |
| Gantt, Thomas J. et. al. | M-37 | Safe |
| Gordon, General J. B. | M-38 | Safe |
| Hamilton, Alexander | M-39 | Safe |
| Hancock, John | M-40 | Safe |
| Hancock, Gen. (Winfield Scott) | M-41 | Safe |
| Harrison, Benjamin | M-42 | Safe |
| Heil Chemical Company of St. Louis Papers | M-43 | Archives |
| Henderson, Richard | M-44 | Safe |
| Hendricks, Gov. Thomas A. | M-45 | Safe |
| Henry, Patrick | M-46 | Safe |
| Heughes, J. C. | M-47 | Safe |
| Hill, Walter J., S. J. | M-48 | Safe |
| Hunter, Will | M-49 | Safe |
| Jackson, Andrew | M-50 | Safe |
| Jefferson, Thomas | M-51 | Safe |
| King, William R. | M-52 | Safe |
| Knox, R. | M-53 | Safe |
| Lafayette, G. W. | M-54 | Safe |
| Lee, Richard Henry | M-55 | Safe |
| Lee, Gen. Robert E. | M-56 | Safe |
| Life Association of Missouri | M-57 | Safe |
| Little Shield Sketchbook | M-58 | Safe |
| Locke's Common-Place Book | M-59 | Safe |
| Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth | M-60 | Safe |
| Louisiana Territory Legislative Journal | M-61 | Safe |
| McNair, Alexander | M-62 | Safe |
| Madison, James | M-63 | Safe |
| Monroe, James | M-64 | Safe |
| Morgan, Daniel | M-65 | Safe |
| Morris, Robert | M-66 | Safe |
| Morrision, James | M-67 | Safe |
| Nott, Elizabeth | M-68 | Safe |
| Osecola, Leader of the Seminoles | M-69 | Safe |
| Pierpont, T. H. [Pierpont] | M-70 | Safe |
| Peyton, Caroline | M-71 | Safe |
| Philipson, Jacob | M-72 | Safe |
| Joseph Philipson Business Account Book | M-73 | Safe |
| Pinkney, William | M-74 | Safe |
| Pitt, William | M-75 | Safe |
| Polk, James K. | M-76 | Safe |
| Presidential Election of 1824 Collection | M-77 | Safe |
| Quincy Library [Illinois] | M-78 | Safe |
| Reedy, Mrs. William Marion | M-79 | Safe |
| Rivington, James | M-80 | Safe |
| Robbins Collection | M-81 | Archives |
| Robinson, Hamlin Elijah | M-82 | Safe |
| Rogers, John | M-83 | Safe |
| Round Table Records | M-84 | Archives |
| Saunders, Rolfe A. | M-85 | Safe |
| Schmidt Collection | M-86 | Archives |
| Shepard, Elihu | M-87 | Safe |
| Snow/Wherry Papers | M-88 | Archives |
| Stockton, Rich | M-89 | Safe |
| Stoddard, Henry | M-90 | Safe |
| John L. & James C. Sutton Blacksmith Collection | M-91 | Archives |
| James S. Thomas Collection | M-92 | Archives |
| Thomas, V. | M-93 | Safe |
| Turner, Capt. V. E. | M-94 | Safe |
| Tyler, John | M-95 | Safe |
| Walker, R. J. Secretary of the Treasury, 1801-1869 | M-96 | Safe |
| George Washington Collection | M-97 | Safe |
| Webster, Daniel | M-98 | Safe |
| White, (Bishop) William | M-99 | Safe |
| Wilkinson, James | M-100 | Safe |
| Williams, Mary L. L. | M-101 | Safe |
| Wilstack, Dr. C. F. | M-102 | Safe |
| Worth, Patience | M-103 | Safe |
| Wright, June B. | M-104 | Safe |
| John Neal Hoover Collection of Agriculture and Rural Life | M-105 | Archives |
| St. Louis Booksellers and Rare Book Auction Catalog Collection | M-106 | Archives |
| Robert Campbell Family Collection | M-107 | Archives |
| Ethan Allen Hitchcock Alchemy Collection | M-108 | Vault |
| Norbury Wayman Collection | M-109 | Archives |
| E. Phillips Oppenheim Collection | M-110 | Archives |
| John Mason Peck Collection | M-111 | Vault |
| St. Louis Globe Democrat Collection | M-112 | Archives |
| St. Louis Imprints Collection | M-113 | Vault |
| Records of the St. Louis Lyceum | M-114 | Vault |
| World War I Pamphlet | M-115 | Archives |
| Ephraim George Squier Collection | M-116 | Vault |
| Archives of the St. Louis Mercantile Library and Association | M-117 | Archives |
| Early Paper Money, Coins and Medals | M-118 | Vault |
| Chinese Portraits | M-119 | Vault |
| Chamless Print Collection | M-120 | Archives |
| Early American Sheet Music Collection | M-121 | Archives |
| Theater Program/Minnie Milne Collection | M-122 | Archives |
| Confederate Imprint Collection | M-123 | Vault |
| Hinton Rowen Helper Collection | M-124 | Vault |
| Fine Printing/Private Press/Book Arts Collection | M-125 | Vault |
| Historic Newspaper Collection | M-126 | Archives |
| Marbled Paper Collection | M-127 | Archives |
| Lafayette Square Restoration Committee Papers | M-128 | Archives |
| Horton History of Sports Collection | M-129 | Archives |
| Downtown St. Louis Collection | M-130 | Archives |
| John Gundlach Collection on Theodore Roosevelt | M-131 | Archives |
| John Tate Lanning Collection | M-132 | Vault |
| Utopia Collection | M-133 | Archives |
| Nineteenth-Century Photographically Illustrated Book Collection | M-134 | Vault |
| Mallinckrodt Company Advertising Scrapbooks | M-135 | Archives |
| Community Federal Savings and Loan Archives | M-136 | Archives |
| Irving Dilliard Journalism Collection | M-137 | Archives |
| Illinois Glass Papers | M-138 | Archives |
| World Travel Film & Slides-G. Smith | M-139 | Archives |
| Heartman | M-140 | Vault |
| Bixby | M-141 | Vault |
| Edgewood Children's Center | M-142 | Archives |
| Howard Day Photograph Collection | M-143 | Archives |
| Forcier Collection | M-144 | Archives |
| Hindenburg Collection | M-145 | Archives |
| Lucile W. Ring Collection | M-146 | Archives |
| Colonial Dames Collection | M-147 | Archives |
| De Pew Life Magazine Collection | M-149 | Archives |
| Kammlade Collection of Ranching | M-150 | Vault |
| St. Louis Models Cities Association Archives | M-151 | Archives |
| Tom K. Smith Papers | M-152 | Archives |
| St. Louis Maps and Guidebooks | M-153 | Archives |
| Books in Series Collection | M-154 | Vault |
| Netsuke Reference Collection | M-155 | Archives |
| Felix Darley Illustrations Collection | M-156 | Vault |
| Pop-Up Book Collection | M-157 | Archives |
| Greeting Card Collection | M-158 | Archives |
| M. B. Darrich Collection (St. Louis Jewish Geneaology) | M-159 | Archives |
| Rice Family Papers | M-160 | Archives |
| Postage Stamp Collection | M-161 | Archives |
| Simmons/Chandler Collection | M-162 | Archives |
| 19th Century Illustrated Periodicals | M-163 | Archives |
| St. Louis Fairs & Expositions Collection | M-164 | Archives |
| Tevis Civil War Scrapbook Collection | M-165 | Archives |
| D. W. Mar Collection | M-166 | Archives |
| Barnes Glass Negatives | M-167 | Archives |
| Compton & Dry, Pictorial St. Louis | M-168 | Archives |
| Emil Boehl Photographs of St. Louis | M-169 | Archives |
| Lemen Collection of St. Louis Photographs | M-170 | Archives |
| St. Louis Images | M-171 | Archives |
| John O' Fallon | M-172 | Safe |
| Field PS 1667-LS 1889 | M-173 | Safe |
| Douglass MSS (Binder Only) | M-174 | Safe |
| Genealogical Chart, 1911 | M-175 | Safe |
| Spanish Document | M-176 | Safe |
| Williams-Territorial Broadside | M-177 | Safe |
| Matthew Casey Valedictory | M-178 | Safe |
| Fort Belle Fontaine | M-179 | Safe |
| P. Diaz--1899 Proclamation | M-180 | Safe |
| Jerry Ray | M-181 | Safe |
| Emerson Transcripts | M-182 | Safe |
| Marianne Moore | M-183 | Safe |
| 1787 Freighting Document (Bill of Lading) | M-184 | Safe |
| 1898 Philippines Document | M-185 | Safe |
| 1718 Louisiana Document | M-186 | Safe |
| McElwee Genealogy | M-187 | Safe |
| Vaughan Civil War Transcript | M-188 | Safe |
| Peter-Clemens St. Louis History (Membership Reciept) | M-189 | Safe |
| Gaty Register | M-190 | Safe |
| Lewis Genealogical Charts | M-191 | Safe |
| Mark Twain Autograph | M-192 | Safe |
| Gates--St. Louis Bank Regulations | M-193 | Safe |
| Horatio Seymour | M-194A | Safe |
| 1779 Oath of Allegiance | M-194B | Safe |
| B. Shaumburgh--New Orleans, 1799 | M-195 | Safe |
| A. J. Donilich | M-196 | Safe |
| 1856 Letter of Introduction | M-197 | Safe |
| Arthur Digby | M-198 | Safe |
| Whitney Genealogy | M-199 | Safe |
| Wherry Autograph | M-200 | Safe |
| Republic of Texas Documents | M-201 | Safe |
| Mathur in St. Louis 1817 | M-202 | Safe |
| St. Louis Waterworks | M-203 | Safe |
| 18th Century Receipts and Documents | M-204 | Safe |
| Planters House Broadsides | M-205 | Safe |
| Early Lottery Broadsides | M-206 | Safe |
| Early St. Louis Bank Reciepts | M-207 | Safe |
| For Garland, Colorado Territory, 1861 (photograph) | M-208 | Safe |
| John James Audubon Prints | M-209 | Vault |
| Edward Curtis Collection | M-210 | Vault |
| Alexander Gardner Photographic Prints | M-211 | Vault |
| Images of American Indian & Popular Western Culture | M-212 | Archives |
| F. E. Porter | M-213 | Safe |
| Breckenridge Photograph | M-214 | Safe |
| Boulduc Photostats--Ste. Genevieve | M-215 | Safe |
| St. Louis Caledonian Society Records | M-216 | Safe |
| Francot Scrapbook | M-217 | Archives |
| Beaumont, William Dr. | M-218 | Archives |
| Alaskan Gold Rush Photos | M-219 | Archives |
| Stereopticon Slide Collection | M-220 | Archives |
| Vehicle Top and Supply Company Scrapbook | M-221 | Archives |
| Voelker Scrapbook on Missouri | M-222 | Archives |
| Whyte Scrapbook | M-223 | Archives |
| Thomas, Chester L. | M-224 | Archives |
| H. Buffum Auction Broadside | M-225 | Safe |
| Koran Manuscript ca. 17th Century | M-226 | Archives |
| Dan Groncy Collection | M-227 | Archives |
| Gay and Lesbian Publications | M-228 | Archives |
| Immigration Cartoons, 1840´s | M-229 | Safe |
| August F. Marty Scrapbook | M-230 | Archives |
| Stix, Baer and Fuller Collection | M-231 | Archives |
| Harold F. Langenberg Economics Collection | M-232 | Archives |
| Kyse-Manley-Barnett Families Collection | M-233 | Archives |
| Trans World Airlines Collection | M-234 | Archives |
| Regimental History of the 4th Cavalry | M-235 | Archives |
| Mid-Coast Aviation Photograph Collection | M-236 | Archives |
| Remmert-Werner Collection | M-237 | Archives |
| Young, Robert A. III | M-238 | Archives |
| Archive of Wetumka, Indian Territory | M-239 | Archives |
| Irish State Trial Scrapbook | M-240 | Archives |
| Yeatman Family Album | M-241 | Archives |
| Old St. Louis Arsenal | M-242 | Archives |
| Muhammed Temple of Islam Scrapbook | M-243 | Archives |
| African American Image Collection | M-244 | Archives |
| Prints of the American West | M-245 | Archives |
| Abraham Beck Journal | M-246 | Archives |
| Pegler-Bisch Letter Collection | M-247 | Archives |
| Don Hesse Political Cartoon Collection | M-248 | Archives |
| World Map Collection | M-249 | Archives |
| Kienstra Gemology Collection | M-251 | Archives |
| Ernst Connally Papers | M-252 | Archives |
| Brockmeier Genealogy Collection | M-253 | Archives |
| Finely Printed Poster Collection | M-254 | Archives |
| Butterfield Stagecoach | M-255 | Archives |
| Sons of the Revolution Flag Collection | M-256 | Library |
| Greve/Fisher Collection | M-257 | Archives |
| St. Louis Business Journal Photograph Collection | M-258 | Archives |
| Citizens for Economic Freedom: Part 1 | M-259 | Archives |
| Eugene Lewis | M-260 | Archives |
| McKinnley Bent Collection | M-261 | Archives |
| Martin Family Materials | M-262 | Archives |
| Fine Printing and Book Arts (Art Collection) | M-263 | Library |
| Paintings (Art Collection) | M-264 | Library |
| Prints, Photos, Drawings (Art Collection) | M-265 | Library |
| Sculpture (Art Collection) | M-266 | Library |
| Decorative Arts (Art Collection) | M-267 | Library |
| Pregaldin Papers | M-268 | Archives |
| Leonard Gruggs | M-269 | Archives |
| Hugh Mc Pheeter | M-270 | Archives |
| G. Duncan Bauman Collection | M-271 | Archives |
| UNITE! Union of Needletrades, Industial, and Textile Employees | M-272 | Archives |
| Russell-Allen Family Papers | M-273 | Archives |
| St. Louis Historical Architectural Plans | M-274 | Archives |
| John B. Myers Co. Ledger | M-275 | Archives |
| Western History Association Archives Collection | M-276 | Archives |
| The University Club Archives | M-277 | Archives |
| History of Wine Collection | M-278 | Archives |
| Charlotte Peters Collection | M-279 | Archives |
| Don Marsh Collection | M-280 | Archives |
| Ron Elz / Johnny Rabbitt Collection | M-281 | Archives |
| Ameren UE Collection | M-282 | Archives |
| Citizens for Educational Freedom: Part 2 | M-283 | Archives |
| Political Cartoons by St. Louis Weatherbird Artists | M-284 | Archives |
| Spanish American War Scrapbook | M-285 | Archives |
| Woods Family Papers | M-286 | Archives |
| Webster Collection | M-287 | Archives |
| Frank Nuderscher Collection | M-288 | Archives |
| James Godwin Scott Collection | M-289 | Archives |
| Press Women, Mildred Planthold Michie | M-290 | Archives |
| Donny Brook Collection | M-291 | Archives |
| Postcard Collection | M-292 | Archives |
| James D. Horan Collection | M-293 | Archives |
| Voelker Collection | M-294 | Archives |
| James Myers Indian Artifact Collection | M-295 | Safe |
| Fr. Pierre Jean DeSmet Collection | M-296 | Safe |
| Sundry Book | M-297 | Safe |
| World War II Japan/ China Atrocid Photos | M-298 | Safe |
| Keller, Helen | M-299 | Safe |
| Charless, Joseph | M-300 | Safe |
| Hinchey, Paul | M-301 | Safe |
| National Black Economic Development Conference, Detroit, Michigan, 1969 | M-302 | Safe |
| City Hospital | M-303 | Safe |
| General Life and Fire Assurance Company | M-304 | Safe |
| Merchants Exchange of St. Louis | M-305 | Safe |
| Civil War Ship Journals | M-306 | Safe |
| St. Louis Coliseum Company | M-307 | Safe |
| John Henry Nash Fine Print Manuscripts | M-308 | Safe |
| W.A.W. Vaughan Civil War Diary | M-309 | Safe |
| French, Juliet S. | M-310 | Safe |
| Westerners’ Organization, St. Louis Chapter, Archives | M-311 | Safe |
| J. Sautelli | M-312 | Safe |
| Meachum, Rev. John B. | M-313 | Safe |
| Letters from the Civil War | M-314 | Safe |
| Manley Family Papers | M-315 | Safe |
| Confederate Civil War Document | M-316 | Safe |
| Frederick Oakes Sylvester Collection | M-317 | Safe |
| Illustrated Travel Journals Collection | M-318 | Archives |
| Exhibits Collection | M-319 | Archives |
| Episcopal Letters Collection | M-320 | Archives |
| Single Photograph Collection | M-321 | Archives |
| Dr. Allen B. and Helen S. Shopmaker American Political Collection | M-322 | Off Site, On Display |
| Matthews Family Collection | M-323 | Archives |
| Emmigration Poster c. 1830-1840s | M-324 | Safe |
| Severson Collection | M-325 | Archives |
| Thomas Hart Benton [Artist] Collection | M-326 | Archives |
| American Art-Union Collection | M-327 | Archives |
| American Broadsides Collection | M-328 | Archives |
| Hill Family Letters | M-329 | Archives |
| The Seely Letters | M-330 | Safe |
| The Harry and Alice Turner Papers | M-331 | Archives |
| Dunaway Bookseller Collection | M-332 | Archives |
| Sewing Arts Collection | M-333 | Archives |
| Karen Witmer-Gow Papers | M-334 | Depository |
| Jane Wilson Indian Captivity Documents | M-334 | Safe |