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[[Image:St Louis Mercantile Library.jpg|right|250px|St Louis Mercantile Library.jpg]]St. Louis Mercantile Library - University of Missouri<br>Thomas Jefferson Library Building <br>One University Blvd. <br>St. Louis, Missouri 63121-4400 <br>Telephone: 314-516-7240 or 314-516-7247 <br>Fax: 314-516-7241<br><br>
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*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.<br><br>
[[Image:St Louis Mercantile Library.jpg|right|450px]]
*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. <br><br>
 
*The Mercantile Library has been from its inception a membership library, with members today having access to millions of books in the [http://catalog.missouri.edu/ University of Missouri's catalog]{{WC}} (also available in [http://www.WorldCat.org WorldCat]). Mercantile Library members are also entitled to other benifits, including special lectures, openings of special exhibitions of the collections, receptions, informal talks and discounts on library services and publications.<br><br>
=== Contact Information  ===
*The Mercantile Library continues to build 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. The Mercantile Library Art Museum contains works by important American artists including George Caleb Bingham, Thomas Hart Benton, Oscar Berninghaus, Charles Deas and Harriet Hosmer, with an emphasis on 19th and 20th century regional artists. As a research library, our mission is to make these book, manuscript and art collections available to the widest number of local and national users through physical and online opportunities. <ref>[http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/ University of Missouri - Saint Louis Mercantile Library]</ref>
 
'''E-mail:''' &nbsp;[http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/research/research-request.html Reference/Research Request Form] <br>
 
'''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>
 
'''Telephone:'''<ref name="HM" /> &nbsp;314-516-7240 or 314-516-7247 <br>'''Fax:''' &nbsp;314-516-7241<br>
 
'''Hours and holidays:''' &nbsp;[http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/about-the-library/hours.html Library hours and holidays]<br>
 
'''Directions, maps, and public transportation:'''<br>
:*'''''Google map:&nbsp;''''' [https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Saint+Louis+Mercantile+Library/@38.7161424,-90.3228521,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x87df3590f8868a85:0x10d432662b8d71f1 St. Louis Mercantile Library]
:*'''''Public transportation:&nbsp;''''' The [http://www.metrostlouis.org/Default.aspx Metro Transit-St. Louis] bus route '''[http://www.metrostlouis.org/Libraries/Metrobus_Maps/Map04031416.pdf 4-Natural Bridge]''' stop (Natural Bridge @ University) is 1100&nbsp;feet south of the Library. The '''Metro Link train [http://www.metrostlouis.org/Libraries/Metrolink_Station_Schedules/UMNO112612.pdf UMSL North]''' stop is 1750&nbsp;feet northeast of the Library. The '''''North Hanley Transit Center&nbsp;''''' a mile to the northwest connects bus routes '''4-Natural Bridge''', 35, 37, 38, 39, 47, 49, 61, 77, 79, 98, and the '''Metro Link train'''.
 
'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>
 
*[http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/ UMSL St. Louis Mercantile Library] {{WC}}about, membership, research, collections, events and exhibitions, tours, maps, and A-Z index.<br>
*[http://laurel.lso.missouri.edu/search~S6/X UMSL Library MERLIN Catalog] online. Search by keywords, title, author, subject, numbers, or other. Also available in [[WorldCat Online Catalog|WorldCat]].<br>
*[https://flux.umsl.edu/library/subject2.php UMSL databases online]<br>
 
=== Collection Description  ===
 
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.<ref>[http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/ UMSL Saint Louis Mercantile Library] in ''UMSL St. Louis Mercantile Library'' (accessed 27 March 2016).</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/pott/pott-history.html Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library History] in ''UMSL St. Louis Mercantile Library'' (accessed 27 March 2016).</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/barriger/barriger-history.html John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library History] in ''UMSL St. Louis Mercantile Library'' (accessed 27 March 2016).</ref>
 
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 [http://catalog.missouri.edu/ University of Missouri's catalog] (also available in [http://www.WorldCat.org WorldCat]). Mercantile Library members are also entitled to other benifits, including special lectures, openings of special exhibitions of the collections, receptions, informal talks and discounts on library services and publications.<br>
 
=== Tips  ===
 
*[http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/research/policies/reading-room-policy.html Reading room policies], ''for example'', readers must register and show an I.D.
 
=== Guides  ===
 
*[http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/research/research-guides/stl-history.html A Guide to Researching St. Louis History]
*[http://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/umsl/directories List of St. Louis City Directories, Gazetteers, Rosters, and Guides]
*[http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/research/research-guides/civil-war-history.pdf Special Collections for Researching Civil War History] (.pdf)
*[http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/barriger/railroad-research.html A Guide to Railroad Research]
*For a ''General Waterways Guide'' and a ''Rivers Research Guide'' see [http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/pott/research/research-guides.html Pott Library Research Guides]


=== Other Libraries at the St. Louis Mercantile Library  ===
=== Other Libraries at the St. Louis Mercantile Library  ===


*[http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/Herman%20T.%20Pott%20National%20Inland%20Waterways%20Library/index.html Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library]
*[http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/John%20W.%20Barriger%20III%20National%20Railroad%20Library/index.html John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library]
*[http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/John%20W.%20Barriger%20III%20National%20Railroad%20Library/index.html John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library]
*[http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/Herman%20T.%20Pott%20National%20Inland%20Waterways%20Library/index.html Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library]


=== Alternate Repositories  ===
=== Alternate Repositories  ===
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*[[St. Louis Public Library]] has an Obituary Index for the years 1880–1927; 1942–1945; 1992–2006, family histories, passenger lists, Heritage Quest, and ''Gateway Family Historian'' publication.<ref>[http://www.slpl.org/slpl/gateways/article240117800.asp Genealogists] in ''St. Louis Public Library'' (accessed 3 February 2016).</ref>  
*[[St. Louis Public Library]] has an Obituary Index for the years 1880–1927; 1942–1945; 1992–2006, family histories, passenger lists, Heritage Quest, and ''Gateway Family Historian'' publication.<ref>[http://www.slpl.org/slpl/gateways/article240117800.asp Genealogists] in ''St. Louis Public Library'' (accessed 3 February 2016).</ref>  
*[http://brodskylibrary.org/collection.php Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library], St. Louis, comprehensive source for Judaica. 23,000 books.  
*[http://brodskylibrary.org/collection.php Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library], St. Louis, comprehensive source for Judaica. 23,000 books.  
*[http://www.moep.uscourts.gov/ U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri], St. Louis, civil/criminal/bankruptcy court records.<ref>[http://www.moep.uscourts.gov/ U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri] (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref>
*[http://www.moep.uscourts.gov/ U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri], St. Louis, recent civil, criminal, or bankruptcy court records.<ref>[http://www.moep.uscourts.gov/ U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri] (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref>


''<u>Outside of St. Louis</u>:''  
''<u>Outside of St. Louis</u>:''  
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*[[Springfield-Greene County Library Center]], for southern Missouri: censuses, church histories, directories, Civil War, online deaths 1910-1958, births, marriages, land, probate, cemeteries.<ref name="DB67" /> <ref>[http://thelibrary.org/lochist/collections.cfm?aid=925{{amp}}lid=62 Guide to Local History and Genealogy Department Collections] in ''Springfield-Greene County Library District'' (accessed 15 March 2014).</ref>  
*[[Springfield-Greene County Library Center]], for southern Missouri: censuses, church histories, directories, Civil War, online deaths 1910-1958, births, marriages, land, probate, cemeteries.<ref name="DB67" /> <ref>[http://thelibrary.org/lochist/collections.cfm?aid=925{{amp}}lid=62 Guide to Local History and Genealogy Department Collections] in ''Springfield-Greene County Library District'' (accessed 15 March 2014).</ref>  
*[[State Historical Society of Missouri]], Columbia, census, maps, newspapers, online tools, oral history, photos, historical manuscripts, and reference materials.<ref name="DB67" />  
*[[State Historical Society of Missouri]], Columbia, census, maps, newspapers, online tools, oral history, photos, historical manuscripts, and reference materials.<ref name="DB67" />  
*[[Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Library]], Republic, find ancestors who served in the U.S. Civil War.<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/wicr/planyourvisit/library.htm The Hulston Library] in ''Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Missouri'' in ''National Park Service'' (accessed 15 March 2014).</ref>
*[[Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Library]], Republic, helps find ancestors who served in the U.S. Civil War.<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/wicr/planyourvisit/library.htm The Hulston Library] in ''Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Missouri'' in ''National Park Service'' (accessed 15 March 2014).</ref>


''<u>Outside of Missouri</u>:''  
''<u>Outside of Missouri</u>:''  
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*Repositories in '''''surrounding states:''''' [[Arkansas Archives and Libraries|Arkansas]], [[Iowa Archives and Libraries|Iowa]], [[Illinois Archives and Libraries|Illinois]], [[Kansas Archives and Libraries|Kansas]], [[Kentucky Archives and Libraries|Kentucky]], [[Nebraska Archives and Libraries|Nebraska]], [[Oklahoma Archives and Libraries|Oklahoma]], and [[Tennessee Archives and Libraries|Tennessee]].  
*Repositories in '''''surrounding states:''''' [[Arkansas Archives and Libraries|Arkansas]], [[Iowa Archives and Libraries|Iowa]], [[Illinois Archives and Libraries|Illinois]], [[Kansas Archives and Libraries|Kansas]], [[Kentucky Archives and Libraries|Kentucky]], [[Nebraska Archives and Libraries|Nebraska]], [[Oklahoma Archives and Libraries|Oklahoma]], and [[Tennessee Archives and Libraries|Tennessee]].  
*[[Harrison County Historical Museum]], Marshall TX, a key repository for '''''Missouri&nbsp;''''' and Texas settlers. A major center for MO Confederates. Family folders, books, letters, diaries, journals, surname lists.<ref name="DB67" /> <ref>[http://harrisoncountymuseum.org/our_collection Our Collection] in ''Harrison County Museum'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref>  
*[[Harrison County Historical Museum]], Marshall TX, a key repository for '''''Missouri&nbsp;''''' and Texas settlers. A major center for MO Confederates. Family folders, books, letters, diaries, journals, surname lists.<ref name="DB67" /> <ref>[http://harrisoncountymuseum.org/our_collection Our Collection] in ''Harrison County Museum'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref>  
*[[Newberry Library]], Chicago, genealogies, local histories, censuses, military, land, indexes, vital records, court, and tax records mostly from the Mississippi Valley, eastern seaboard, Canada, and Britain.<ref name="DB39">Dollarhide and Bremer, 39.</ref>
*[[Newberry Library]], Chicago, genealogies, local histories, censuses, military, land, indexes, vital records, court, and tax records mostly from the Mississippi Valley, '''''Missouri&nbsp;''''', eastern seaboard, Canada, and Britain.<ref name="DB39">Dollarhide and Bremer, 39.</ref>
 
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