General Resources
- Saint Louis Post-Dispatch (1874 - 2003) This link opens in a new windowContains full text of the newspaper St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 1874-2003 including its title variants. Learn more about this database
- Saint Louis Post-Dispatch (1988 - ) This link opens in a new windowOnline edition of the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper. Non-subscribing visitors may access two full-text articles before blocked by their paywall.
- Pictorial St. Louis, the great metropolis of the Mississippi valley; a topograhical survey drawn in perspective A.D. 1875,
View all 115 pages of maps online
Data Sources
- Social Explorer This link opens in a new windowA detailed reference tool for current and historical Census data from 1790 to 2000. Explore Census data visually through the use of interactive data maps and also browse and download Census data in convenient formats for offline processing. Learn more about this database.
Spring 2023 Community Highlight Resources
Below are some starting places for researching the history, geography, and environment of the St. Louis area.
Bellefontaine and Calvary Cemeteries
Final Resting Place by Call Number: F474.S262 A22 1997 (Use only at Special Collections)ISBN: 9780963144881Publication Date: 1997-06-01A copy can also be requested for check-out using MOBIUS
Cahokia Heights, IL
Alternate keywords: Centerville, Alorton, villages of Cahokia.
- Illinois Digital Heritage HubKeyword searchable for cultural heritage resources from across Illinois, including many meto-east St. Louis communities.
Includes photographs, manuscripts / archival materials, books, maps, audio recordings, and videos. - Common fields : an environmental history of St. Louis (Hurley 1997)"The Rise and Fall of Cahokia Mounds" (chapter starts on page 55)
Florissant
Alternate keywords: Florissant Valley, north St. Louis County
In the Walnut Grove by Call Number: F474.F6 I5 2020ISBN: 9798561311390Publication Date: 2020-11-12This book examines slavery in and around Florissant and explores the history of the African American experience in North St. Louis County.
The Florissant Basin, St. Louis County : an analysis and synthesis of the geographical factors involved in the continuity of the geographical history in a distinctly agricultural unit by Call Number: LD5791.8.MS33 St82 4o (Use at Special Collections)Publication Date: 1933
Mill Creek Valley
Alternate keywords: St. Louis City, Laclede Town, Choteau’s Pond
- Decoding St. Louis: Spatial Stories in St. Louis’ Mill Creek ValleyEssays, primary source documents, and maps.
- Digital Collections Missouri Historical SocietyUse keyword: Mill Creek Valley
Discovering African-American St. Louis : a guide to historic sites by Call Number: F474.S29 N485 1994Several copies may be checked out or view ebook https://archive.org/details/discoveringafric0000wrig
The Last Children of Mill Creek by Call Number: full text onlineISBN: 9781948742795Publication Date: 2020-04-20In this moving memoir, Gibson recreates the every day lived experiences of her family, including her college-educated mother, who moved to St. Louis as part of the Great Migration, her friends, shop owners, teachers, and others who made Mill Creek into a warm, tight-knit, African-American community, and reflects upon what it means that Mill Creek was destroyed by racism and "urban renewal."- The sequent occupance of Mill Creek Valley byCall Number: LD5791.8.AM47 H396 4o (use at Archives)Publication Date: 1947Thesis
- Mill Creek : guidelines for multi-use development byCall Number: LD5791.8 MArch&UD76 M45 (request from library)Publication Date: 1976thesis
Tower Grove Park
- Tower Grove Park of the City of St. Louis. Review of its origin and history, plan of improvement, ornamental features, etcPublication: St. Louis, Mo, R. P. Studley & Co., Printers, 1883
St. Louis Parks by Call Number: SB482.M82 S235 2012 (check out from WU Library)ISBN: 9781935806097Publication Date: 2012-05-01
