Sl 834 WALSH, MARTIN

COLLECTION, 1904-2005

25 FOLDERS

 

WESTERN HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS

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PROVENANCE

 

Martin Walsh donated this collection to the Western Historical Manuscript Collection in increments between 2-9-2007 and 10-8-2007.   Walsh was a longtime St. Louis native and a consulting engineer. 

 

HISTORY

 

The Walsh Collection consists of brochures, books, pictures, booklets, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and other materials relating to the history of St. Louis, earthquakes, and other topics such as the Space Program, WWI, and WWII. 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

This collection is divided into three series.  The collection focuses heavily upon information regarding to earthquakes (Series I).  The secondary focus is on St. Louis (Series 3) and other topics of inquiry (Series 2). 

 

COPYRIGHT AND RESTRICTIONS

 

No known copyright restrictions. 

 

PREFERRED CITATION

 

From the sl 834 Martin Walsh Collection at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection, University of Missouri - St. Louis

 

CONTACT INFROMATION

 

Western Historical Manuscript Collection

222 Thomas Jefferson Library

University of Missouri – St. Louis

One University Boulevard

St. Louis, MO 63121

(314)516-5143

wmhc@umsl.edu

 

CONTENT LIST

 

Series 1: Earthquakes/Geology, Folders 1-10,1912-1997

 

1. The New Madrid Earthquake, by Fuller, Myron L, United States Geological Survey (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1912; Reprint, Central United States Earthquake Consortium, 1988).   

2. The New Madrid Earthquake, Penick, Jr., James Lal (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1981).

3. The Next New Madrid Earthquake: A Survival Guide for the Midwest, Atkinson, William (Southern Illinois University Press, 1989).

4. The Loma Prieta Quake: What One City Learned, by Wilson, Richard C., (ICMA, 1991). 

5. Geologic/Earthquake Maps

6. Informational booklets, brochures, guides, and pamphlets on earthquake/emergency preparedness

7. Informational booklets on earthquakes with two articles on historic quakes at New Madrid Fault

8. Newspaper clippings, 1962-1987

9. & 10. Reports by state, federal, and private panels, 1989-1997

 

Series 2: Miscellaneous Subjects, Folders 11-14, 1927-1999

 

11. 1927 St. Louis tornado, 1927-1928

12. Space Program, 1960-1970

13. WWI & WWII; “E” Company: 314th Engineers” (WWI, published 1919?); 1942 Songbook; 1942 agenda with attached July 21,1943, letter by Martin P. Walsh to St. Louis Mayor William Dee Becker; 1944 WWII Booklet; 1945 Gasoline Ration Card; December 14, 1945 newspaper clipping.
14. Assorted documents: 1928 University Of Missouri Scholastic Meet Booklet; 1937 article on Hi-Pointe Theatre; 1940 article “How Robert E. Lee saved St. Louis as a River Port”; 1952 and 1953 Commencement Programs from Christian Brothers College Military High School; St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Solemn March at Kennedy Funeral, Oswalt Killed, Guilt Left In Doubt,” 25 November, 1963; 1969 Program for St. Louis Inaugural Ball

 

Series 3: St. Louis and Missouri, Folders 15-25, 1904-2005

 

15. The Admiral and Frank Moskus’ Becky Thatcher, St. Louis Riverfront, 2 photographs. For a list of the images in this collection click here and go to the WHMC photograph database  

16. St. Louis Urban Planning Reports and history of St. Louis Globe-Democrat 1953-1992

17. A Century of Enterprise: St. Louis, 1894-1994, by Rockwell, Gary (Missouri Historical Society Press, 1994).

18. Remembering The St. Louis World’s Fair, by Witherspoon, Margaret Johanson, (St. Louis: Comfort Printing Co., 1973).

19. St. Louis: A Concise History: by Faherty, William Barnaby, (1989).

20. St. Louis Guidebook: A Complete Reference with Illustrations and Maps, Bangert, Polly, ed., (St. Louis guidebook Publishing, 1964). 

21. The 50’s In St. Louis, by Tettalon, Lonnie (Nutwood Publishing Co.,1987).

22. The Building of Art in St. Louis: Two Centuries, by McCue, George (1981).

23. The St. Louis Irish, by Dolan, Ellen Meara, (1967).

24. The Geologic Story of the St. Louis Riverfront (A Walking Tour), by Hebrank, Arthur (Missouri Department of Natural Resources, 1989). 

25. The State of Missouri, (St. Joseph, Mo: E. W. Stephens, 1904).  Front cover and pages Coming off, needs rebound.    

 

Index:

 

1904 World’s Fair

Earthquakes

Geology

Kennedy, John F.

Missouri

Space Program

St. Louis

Tornado

WWI

WWII

 

Note: The following books are on the Western Historical Manuscript Collection bookshelf: 17th Annual Report of the State Lead and Zinc Mine Inspectors of the State of Missouri (1903), A Grand Heritage: A History of St. Louis Southside Neighborhoods and Citizens (1984), Archdiocese of St. Louis (2001), A History of Ballwin Missouri (1979), City of Century Homes: A Centennial History of Webster Groves, Missouri (1995), Harland Batholomew (1990: he was St. Louis Chief City Planner for 35 years), Historic Lemay 1700-1945 (1995), History’s Greatest War: A Pictorial Narrative (1919), Lemp: The Haunting History (1988), Lorettine (May 1929), Pastoral Visit Program: Salvation Shared by All (1999, visit of the Pope to St. Louis), Saarinen’s Arch (2005, poetry), St. Louis 1904 Worlds Fair: The Great Exposition (1994), the Crestwood Story: A Glimpse Into the Origins of the Gravois Settlement (1997), and Upper Mississippi River History (1998).