STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MISSOURI RESEARCH CENTER-ST. LOUIS
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS
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The St. Louis County Cemetery Collection contains research by Ann Morris in preparation for a book published in 2000 titled Sacred Green Space: A Survey of Cemeteries in St. Louis County. The project began in 1996 when Ann Morris started her research. In 1997, she signed a contract with the City of Kirkwood to conduct a survey of extant African-American cemeteries in the Saint Louis area. The ultimate goal was to evaluate Quinette Cemetery for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. The project expanded with the help of the Missouri State Historic Preservation Office to include all cemeteries in St. Louis County. It also was used to determine which cemeteries are eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. Grants from the Missouri State Historic Preservation Office, the City of Kirkwood, the Cemetery Management Association of Greater St. Louis and the Desco Group funded the book.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The St. Louis County Cemetery Collection consists of documents, books, and photographs collected by Ann Morris in preparation for her book. The first series in the collection includes research on individual cemeteries. These documents include correspondence, newspaper clippings, maps, pamphlets, and records from the Missouri State Historic Preservation Office. The second series contains administrative files and general research for the book. These files also include correspondence, newspaper clippings, maps, and records from the Missouri State Historic Preservation Office. Series three contains the early research design and two copies of the rough draft, one bound and one unbound. It also has four volumes of Old Cemeteries of St. Louis County, MO published by the St. Louis Genealogical Society. The final series is comprised of 94 photographs taken of St. Louis County cemeteries. These photographs include both prints and negatives.
FOLDER LIST
BOX 1
Series 1 – Cemetery Files, 1901-2000, Folders 1 – 104
1. Allen Cemetery
2. Allenton Cemeteries (Hope, Ebenezer, and Horn)
3. Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery
4. Armina Lodge Cemetery #374
5. Assumption Catholic Cemetery
6. Bacon Family Cemetery
7. Bates Cemetery
8. Bellerive Heritage Cemetery
9. Bellefontaine Cemetery
10. Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Cemetery
11. Bethany Cemetery
12. Bethel Methodist Churchyard
13. Bethlehem Cemetery
14. B'nai Amoona Cemetery
15. Bowles-Vandover Cemetery
16. Bridgeton Memorial Park
17. Burnes Cemetery
18. Calvary Cemetery
19. Carrico Cemetery
20. Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery
21. Chevra Kadisha Cemetery
22. Coldwater Cemetery
23. Conway Cemetery
24. Crescent Community Cemetery
25. Daughters of Charity
26. Des Peres Presbyterian Churchyard
27. Father Moses Dickson Cemetery
28. Eberwein Cemetery
29. Eddie Family Cemetery
30. Evangelical Children’s Home Cemetery
31. Fee Fee Cemetery
32. First Baptist Church of Ballwin
33. First Baptist Church of Chesterfield
34. Friedens German Evangelical Cemetery
35. Friends of the Imperial Crown Pet Cemetery
36. Gumbo Cemetery
37. Harugari Cemetery
38. Herzig-Peterson Cemetery
39. Hibler-Fitzgerald Cemetery
40. Holy Cross Cemetery
41. Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
42. Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
43. Koch Hospital Cemetery
44. La Salle Institute
45. Lacy Cemetery
46. Lake Charles Cemetery
47. Lakewood Park Cemetery
48. Laurel Hill Cemetery
49. Manchester Methodist Churchyard
50. Memorial Park Cemetery
51. Mount Hope Cemetery
52. Mount Lebanon Cemetery
53. Mount Olive Cemetery
54. Mount Pleasant Baptist Cemetery
55. Musick Baptist Church Cemetery
56. New Coldwater Burying Ground
57. New Mount Sinai Cemetery
58. New Saint Marcus Cemetery
59. Oak Grove Cemetery
60. Oak Hill Cemetery
61. Oakdale Cemetery
62. Odd Fellows Cemetery
63. Ohave Sholom Cemetery
64. Old Bonhomme Presbyterian Cemetery
65. Our Redeemer Cemetery
66. Park Lawn Cemetery
67. Parkway United Church of Christ
68. Quinette Cemetery
69. Resurrection Cemetery
70. Sacred Heart Cemetery
71. Sacred Heart Catholic and Valley Park
72. Saint Ann of Normandy Catholic church
73. Saint Ferdinand Cemetery
74. Saint John’s Cemetery (St. Cyr Rd.)
75. Saint John’s Evangelical Church (St. John’s Church Rd.)
76. Saint John’s Evangelical Church Cemetery (Sulphur Springs Rd.)
77. Saint John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (Reinke Rd.)
78. Saint John’s United Church of Christ (Olive St.)
79. Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church of Manchester
80. Saint Lucas Cemetery (Park Hill)
81. Saint Mary’s Catholic Church Cemetery
82. Saint Monica Catholic Church Cemetery
BOX 2
83. Saint Paul’s Churchyard
84. Saint Paul’s Cemetery (Old Baumgartner Rd.)
85. Saint Paul’s Catholic Church Cemetery
86. Saint Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery (Ballas Rd.)
87. Saint Peter’s Catholic Churchyard
88. Saint Peter’s Cemetery
89. Saint Stanislaus Jesuit Cemetery
90. Saint Trinity Cemetery
91. Salem Lutheran Churchyard (Parker Rd.)
92. Salem United Methodist Churchyard
93. Sappington Family Cemetery
94. Stuart Cemetery
95. Sturdy Family Cemetery
96. Sunset Memorial Park
97. Tribune Baptist Church of Valley Park
98. Trinity Lutheran Church
99. Union Baptist Church Cemetery
100. United Hebrew Cemetery (Mount Olive)
101. Valhalla Cemetery
102. Washington Park Cemetery
103. Zion Cemetery
104. Zion Lutheran Churchyard
Series 2 – Book Research Files, 1972-2000, Folders 105 – 133
105. Archaeology and Cemeteries
106. Boston Historic Burying Grounds Institute
107. Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdioces of St. Louis
108. Cemetery Lists and Topographic Maps
109. Cemetery Related Articles
110. Chesterfield Cemeteries
111. Contract for the City of Krikwood
112. Endowed and Exempt Cemeteries
113. Fickie, Ward
114. Forest Lawn Cemetery
115. Fraternal Organizations
116. Grant Proposal
117. Histories of St. Louis Cemeteries
118. Information Provided by Esley Hamilton
119. Landscape Design
120. Landscape Engineers and Cemetery Management Association
121. Manual for Conducting a Survey of Cemeteries
122. Missouri Historical Society Cemetery Files
123. National Register Guidelines for Cemeteries
124. New Orleans National Register for Cemeteries
125. News Clippings
126. Notes from Last Great Necessity and Soul in the Stone
127. Research Design Notes
128. Rosenborough and Rosenbloom Monument Companies
129. St. Louis County Mapping and Planning List of Cemeteries
130. St. Louis County Municipalities
131. Schedule for Cemetery Project
132. Stonecutters and Monuments
133. Wells Barkerville Cemetery (Barkerville, BC)
BOX 3
Series 3 – Books, 1987-2000, Folders 134-137
134. Research Design of Sacred Green Spaces (2 copies)
135. Sacred Green Spaces Draft (2 copies)
136. Sacred Green Spaces Book
137. Old Cemeteries of St. Louis County, MO (4 volumes)
Series 4 – Photographs, Folders 138-139
138. Photographs 800.1-800.50
139. Photographs 800.51-800.94
Oversize Photograph (Located in Map Case):
800.94
INDEX
Bothe Cemetery, f. 110
Coleman Cemetery, f. 110
Dickson, Father Moses, f. 88
Freemasons, f. 8, 115
Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery, f. 8
Kroenung Cemetery, f. 110
McDermott, John Francis, f. 50
Odd Fellows, f. 115.
Ossenfort Cemetery, f. 110
Puellmann Cemetery, f. 110
Ranken, David Jr., f. 17
Saint Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery, f. 110
Shank, Isadore, f. 14
Shapiro, Benjamin, f. 10, 20, 57
Wesleyan Cemetery, f. 50, 63
Woodmen of the World, f. 115
Wotawa, Shirley, f. 88