Mr. McCue donated his records to the collection on March 22,1982 and furnished additional records on March 28, 1987.
Mr. McCue was art and urban design critic of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 1956 until retirement in 1975, and after 1965 also was editor of the newspaper's Sunday Arts Page. He is an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects. He was graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism in 1933, and spent three years on the Linn County Budget-Gazette, a tri-weekly, at Brookfield, Missouri. He was next employed in the Jefferson City bureau of the Associated Press, and in 1937 joined the news staff of the Springfield (Mo.) Leader and Press. Election correspondence for the St. Louis Star-Times led to a job on that newspaper in 1942, and in 1943 he moved to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as reporter and then writer and assistant editor of the old Sunday PICTURES photojournalism magazine. Mr. McCue was the author of three editions of a guide to St. Louis architecture, and other books on architecture and sculpture, as well as catalog essays and articles in professional journals. He served as juror in numerous art and architecture competitions, and received a special award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation for writings in the campaign to save the Old Post Office. He was active in the campaign to keep drawings by George Caleb Bingham in Missouri when it had been proposed to sell and break up the Mercantile Library collection. He was a speaker at national and regional conventions, and at universities in various parts of the country.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The McCue collection contains information on the preservation of the Old Post Office in downtown St.Louis and personal correspondence regarding his role as art critic and editor. Also included in the collection is an oral interview with Mr. McCue recorded on August 21, 1990.
SERIES DESCRIPTION
Series 1: Old Post Office
This series contains correspondence, news clippings, studies, proposals and other materials related to the effort to save the Old Post Office.
Series 2: Personal Correspondence
This series contains personal correspondence from and to Mr. McCue regarding his position as art critic and editor.
Series 3: Photographs
This series contains 17 photographs regarding the Old Post Office in St.Louis
Series 4: Audio Cassettes
This series contains two audio cassettes. One is an oral interview with Mr. McCue the other is a recording of the save the
Post Office song
FOLDER LIST
1. Public relations material 1960 - 1972
2. Information on structure 1959 - 1969
3. National reaction 1964 - 1970
4. Newsclippings 1959 - 1985
5. Studies 1964 - 1982
6. Chronology, general notes 1959 - 1982
7. Articles on Old Post Office and related correspondence 1960-
8. Feasability Studies 1960 - 1966
9. Design studies 1961 - 1972
10. General Correspondence 1964 - 1978
11. General Services Administration and National Park Service 1959 - 1974
12. Resolutions 1964 -1972
13. Position Papers 1965 - 1970
14. Rally materials April 2, 1965
15. Dedication October 13, 1982
16. Represenative Sullivans meeting January 6, 1971
17. Austin P. Leland 1965 - 1982
18. Landmarks, National Register and Crowninshield Award 1967 - 1979
19. Historical background reports 1964 - 1974
20. Legislation 1970 - 1982
21. National Trust for Historic Preservation 1964 - 1978
22. Renovation 1976 -1982
23. Satellite Air Terminal/ Bi- State 1971 -1975
24. Organization support 1964
25. Advisory Council hearing August 5, 1970
26. Presentation, Mayor Cervantes 1965
27. Evaluation 1960 -1970
28. Information on other cities nd.
29. Follow up matertial 1983 -1985
30. General Correspondence 1957
31. General Correspondence 1958
32. General Correspondence 1959
33. General Correspondence 1960
34. General Correspondence 1961
35. General Correspondence 1962
36. General Correspondence 1963
37. General Correspondence 1964
38. General Correspondence 1965
39. General Correspondence 1966
40. General Correspondence 1967
41. General Correspondence 1968
42. General Correspondence 1969
43. General Correspondence 1970
44. General Correspondence 1971
45. General Correspondence 1972
46. General Correspondence 1973
47. General Correspondence 1974
48. General Correspondence 1975
49. Reader Reaction 1968 - 1969
50. Contributor Correspondence 1964 - 1975
51. Surreal File 1948 - 1967
52. Columbia Missouri Art Show 1960
53. Peoria Art Jury 1960
54. Architecture Jury, Des Moines 1969
55. Architecture Jury, Houston 1970
56. Architecture Jury, Kansas City 1970
57. Architecture Jury, Lincoln Nebraska 1971
58. Independent Projects, Negro Art
59. Independent Projects, Inland Architect Magazine 1971
60. Saghamon University 1970
61. Round Table Downtown Inc. Architectural Forum 1962
SERIES 3: PHOTOGRAPHS
FOLDER
62. Photographs
495.1 Proposed renovation of Old Post Office 1965 (8x10 bw)
495.2 Detail of proposed renovation of Old Post Office 1965 (8x10 bw)
495.3 Proposed St.Louis Mall 1960 (8x10 bw)
495.4 Proposed St.Louis Mall 1960 (8x10 bw)
495.5 Proposed renovation of Old Post Office into new federal offices and post office 1964 (8x10 bw)
495.6 Proposed interior of renovated Old Post Office 1960 (8x10 bw)
495.7 Proposed new federal offices and post office 1964 (8x10 bw)
495.8 Proposed renovation of interior nd. (8x10 bw)
495.9 Proposed renovation of interior nd. (8x10 bw)
495.10 Elavated view of Old Post Office (8x10 bw)
495.11 Lower level floor plan 1965 (8x10 bw)
495.12 Lower level floor plan 1964 (8x10 bw)
495.13 Ground floor View of Old Post Office nd. (8x10 bw)
495.14 View of Ducal Palace Genoa Italy nd. (8x10 bw)
495.15 Verner Burks 1965 (3.75x3.75 bw)
495.16 Transparency of proposed renovation nd. (3.5x5)
495.17 Transparency of proposed renovation nd. (3.5x5)
STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MISSOURI RESEARCH CENTER-ST. LOUIS
222 THOMAS JEFFERSON LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS
ONE UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD
ST. LOUIS, MO 63121
(314) 516-5143