Contact Info
Archive, Manuscript & Rare Book collections are accessed in Olin Library at the Special Collections reading room.
HOURS: Monday - Friday 9:00-5:00 by appointment
LOCATION: Olin Library, 1st floor, Danforth Campus
REQUESTS / APPOINTMENTS: 314-935-5495 spec@wumail.wustl.edu
*collections stored offsite require advance notice for retrieval and use
Questions about a specific topic? Contact:
University Archives: Sonya Rooney
Rare Books: Cassie Brand
Manuscript: Joel Minor
Local History: Miranda Rectenwald
Modern Graphic History Library: Skye Lacerte
Film & Media Archive: Andy Uhrich
Contact Subject Librarian
Michael Schaefer
Contact:
Washington University in St. Louis
John M. Olin Library
Research Center, 1st floor, Room 128
e. michaelschaefer@wustl.edu
p. 314-935-7365
John M. Olin Library
Research Center, 1st floor, Room 128
e. michaelschaefer@wustl.edu
p. 314-935-7365
Primary Sources at Special Collections, Olin Library
- William Greenleaf Eliot PapersEliot, a Unitarian Minister, co-founded Washington University and was involved in many social justice and reform efforts including: children's social welfare, the abolition of slavery, ending prostitution, and a temperance advocate (anti-alcohol).
- St. Louis Urban League Records: Series 1See Series 1, Box 3 for files "Crime and Delinquency Statistics, 1934-1946" and "Lee Baker Fund, 1939 - Correspondence and newspaper clippings re: fund for victim of a murder attempt who was to be state witness in a gangster bombing"
- William Sentner Papers: Series 5Series 5, Box 5 includes newspaper clippings and correspondence about the 1942 lynching crime that occurred in Sikeston, Missouri -- see file "Ant-Lynching League"
- Evening Whirl Newspaper CollectionSt. Louis crime newspaper from circa 1950 - present (available at Special Collections - issues are not online)
Newspapers and Magazines (by City)
Most full text online (requires WUSTL key off campus) | some items only available at Olin Library
- St. Louis Post Dispatch (1874-2003)Contains full text of the newspaper St. Louis post-dispatch from 1874-2003 including its title variants.
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1923 - 1986) *microfilm*Located in Olin Library, Level A Microforms (Periodicals)
- The Mirror (Saint Louis, Mo.) *print at Olin LIbrary*1901-1912 St. Louis periodical
- Chicago Tribune, Historical (1849-1987)Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.
- New York Times, Historical (1851-2007)Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.
- Los Angeles Times (1881-1986)Database offers full-page images and article images from the Los Angeles daily times (1881-1886) and the Los Angeles times (1886-1989). The collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue in PDF format.
Newspapers and Magazines (Nation-wide)
Full text links (requires WUSTL key off campus)
- African American Newspapers: the 19th CenturyStarting with the Freedom`s Journal in 1827 and continuing in chronological order... this database will ultimately contain the complete text of the major African-American newspapers published in the United States during the 19th Century
- American Periodicals Series OnlineIncludes digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals published from colonial days to the dawn of the 20th century.
- Early American NewspapersBeginning with Clarence Brigham's History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820, concentrating primarily on those papers that began publication before 1820.
- Civil War: A Newspaper PerspectiveFull text of major articles gleaned from over 2,500 issues of The New York Herald, The Charleston Mercury and the Richmond Enquirer, published between November 1, 1860 and April 15, 1865
- HarpWeekContains the full text of Harper's Weekly from 1857-1912,
Secondary Sources
Movers and shakers, scalawags and suffragettes : tales from Bellefontaine Cemetery by Call Number: F474.S262 B457 (Olin L3)See 'Scalawags' section, especially entries for John Cockerill, Arthur Duestrow, and Eliza Hayraft
Celia, a Slave by Call Number: KF223 C43 M34 (Olin L2)1850s murder case on the Kansas / Missouri border
Need Citation help?
- Guide to Citing Sources & Writting StylesCall Number: On-Line
