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=== Contact Information === | === Contact Information === | ||
''' | '''E-mail:''' [http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/research/research-request.html Reference/Research Request Form] <br> | ||
'''Address:'''< | '''Address:'''<ref name="HM">[http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/about-the-library/index.html History and Mission] in ''UMSL St. Louis Mercantile Library'' (accessed 25 March 2016).</ref> | ||
:St. Louis Mercantile Library - University of Missouri<br>Thomas Jefferson Library Building<br>One University Blvd.<br>St. Louis, Missouri 63121-4400<br><br> | :St. Louis Mercantile Library - University of Missouri<br>Thomas Jefferson Library Building<br>One University Blvd.<br>St. Louis, Missouri 63121-4400<br><br> | ||
'''Telephone:''' 314-516-7240 or 314-516-7247 <br> | '''Telephone:'''<ref name="HM" /> 314-516-7240 or 314-516-7247 <br>'''Fax:''' 314-516-7241<br> | ||
[http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/about-the-library/hours.html | '''Hours and holidays:''' [http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/about-the-library/hours.html Library hours and holidays]<br> | ||
'''Directions, maps, and public transportation:'''<br> | '''Directions, maps, and public transportation:'''<br> | ||
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*[http://archstl.org/archives Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis Office of Archives and Records] parish christenings, confirmations, marriages, and deaths. | *[http://archstl.org/archives Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis Office of Archives and Records] parish christenings, confirmations, marriages, and deaths. | ||
*[http://www.stl-aahgs.com/ St. Louis African American History and Genealogy Society] collects, preserves, and publishes genealogical and historical records.<ref>[http://www.stl-aahgs.com/ Home] in ''St. Louis African American History and Genealogy Society'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref> | *[http://www.stl-aahgs.com/ St. Louis African American History and Genealogy Society] collects, preserves, and publishes genealogical and historical records.<ref>[http://www.stl-aahgs.com/ Home] in ''St. Louis African American History and Genealogy Society'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref> | ||
*[[St. Louis County Library]], a Missouri collection including the [http://www.ngsgenealogy.org National Genealogical Society], and [http://www.stlgs.org St. Louis Genealogical Society] collections, online databases, federal censuses, births, deaths, cemeteries, church records, military records, naturalizations, newspapers, wills, African American records, and yearbooks. | *[[St. Louis County Library]], a Missouri collection including the [http://www.ngsgenealogy.org National Genealogical Society], and [http://www.stlgs.org St. Louis Genealogical Society] collections, online databases, federal censuses, births, deaths, cemeteries, church records, military records, naturalizations, newspapers, wills, African American records, and yearbooks.<ref>[http://www.slcl.org/content/online-guide-st-louis-sources-history-and-genealogy-department Online guide to St. Louis sources in the History and Genealogy Department] in ''St. Louis County Library'' (accessed 2 February 2016).</ref> | ||
*[https://www.stlgs.org/ St. Louis Genealogical Society] has a collection of 20,000 books, journals, maps, and CDs at the St. Louis County Library (previous).<ref>[https://www.stlgs.org/ Home] in ''St. Louis Genealogical Society'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref> | *[https://www.stlgs.org/ St. Louis Genealogical Society] has a collection of 20,000 books, journals, maps, and CDs at the St. Louis County Library (previous).<ref>[https://www.stlgs.org/ Home] in ''St. Louis Genealogical Society'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref> | ||
*[[St. Louis Missouri FamilySearch Center]] has [[FamilySearch Center Portal|premium online services]] for free and can offer research guidance. | *[[St. Louis Missouri FamilySearch Center]] has [[FamilySearch Center Portal|premium online services]] for free and can offer research guidance. | ||
Revision as of 09:53, 5 January 2024
 Contact Information[edit | edit source]E-mail: Reference/Research Request Form Address:[1]
Telephone:[1] 314-516-7240 or 314-516-7247 Hours and holidays: Library hours and holidays Directions, maps, and public transportation:
Internet sites and databases: about, membership, research, collections, events and exhibitions, tours, maps, and A-Z index.
Collection Description[edit | edit source]The University of Missouri St. Louis Mercantile Library has collections that concentrate on Westward Expansion, American rail and river transportation history as well as the history, development, and growth of the St. Louis region, and broadly developed subjects related to the humanities, with a core collection numbering over 250,000 books. The special collections of the library consist of over 400 individual collections with archival materials numbering in the millions, including over 100 historic newspaper titles, presidential letters, early travel diaries and civil war era letters, fur trade records and the newspaper and printing morgue of the St. Louis Globe Democrat.[2] The Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library focuses on United States river and inland waterways history. It has 2,500 books and a large pictorial/photographic collection.[3] The John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library is one of the largest (45,000 volumes) and finest railroad history collections focused on railway economics, finance, corporate history, management practice, regulatory history, mergers, labor relations, operations, and engineering.[4] Founded in 1846, and chartered by the State of Missouri in that year, the St. Louis Mercantile Library is the oldest general library in continuous existence West of the Mississippi River. Established by civic leaders and philanthropists wishing the citizens of frontier St. Louis to have a fine library even in the city's earliest days, the Mercantile, as it has now been known by generations of Missourians, exists today as a vibrant, active community asset, celebrating its heritage while making great collections accessible to new scholars. The Mercantile Library has been from its inception a membership library, with members today having access to millions of books in the University of Missouri's catalog (also available in WorldCat). Mercantile Library members are also entitled to other benefits, including special lectures, openings of special exhibitions of the collections, receptions, informal talks and discounts on library services and publications. Tips[edit | edit source]
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Other Libraries at the St. Louis Mercantile Library[edit | edit source]Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]If you cannot visit or find a source at the St. Louis Mercantile Library, a similar source may be available at one of the following. Overlapping Collections
Neighboring Collections St. Louis CITY offices: In 1876 St. Louis City separated from St. Louis County, but retained all of the original St. Louis County records prior to 1876.
St. Louis COUNTY offices:
Mixed City and County of St. Louis repositories:
Outside of St. Louis:
Outside of Missouri:
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