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
Archive Collections with Pruitt-Igoe Materials
Each of these large collections are listed below, and further relevant items can be located by browsing the finding aids (linked from the title). To view items listed, contact the Department of Special Collections in Olin Library:
St. Louis Mayors' and Civic Leaders' Records:
- Raymond R. Tucker Papers (Mayor of St. Louis, 1953 – 1965)Series 01, Box 24, Folder "Urban Redevelopment 2nd Site - Project "C" - 20th Street, Jefferson, Franklin and Cass Avenue - 1952"
(Includes early plans for the Pruitt housing area; bound "Redevelopment Plan for St. Louis Project Area 'C'", Murphy and Mackey, Architects - "St. Louis Urban Redevelopment Project 'C'", City Plan Commission, June 1951; related correspondence.)
Series 03, Box 18, Folder "Housing - Pruitt-Igoe Apartments, Division of Welfare Demonstration Project" - Alfonso J. Cervantes Papers (Mayor of St. Louis, 1965 – 1973)Series 01, Box 34, Folder 8 "Housing - Pruitt Igoe, [1965-1969]"
Series 04 (News clippings), Box 05, Folder "Housing - Pruitt-Igoe, January 1, 1969 - March 26, 1973" - Joseph Badaracco Papers (President of St. Louis City Board of Alderman, 1972-75)Box 08, Folder "Housing Authority - Pruitt Homes and Igoe Apartments Public Housing Complex, May 1974"
- John H. Poelker Papers (Mayor of St. Louis, 1973 -1977)Box 28, Folder 12 "Housing - Pruitt-Igoe, April 1973"
Box 28, Folder 13 "Pruitt-Igoe Final Environmental Impact Statement, September 1974"
Box 88, Folder 7 "Housing - Pruitt-Igoe - Clippings, April 1973" - James F. Conway Papers (Mayor of St. Louis, 1977 – 1981)Series 02, Box 27, Folder "Housing Pruitt-Igoe, April 1977"
Series 06 (News clippings), Box 4, Folder "Housing Authority - Pruitt-Igoe, April 1977" - A.J. Wilson Papers, 1970-1976 (Executive Director of the St. Louis County Municipal League, 1970-1971.Box 04 Includes the following folders:
Housing - Pruitt-Igoe, Folder 1, 1971-1972
Housing - Pruitt-Igoe, Folder 2, 1971-1972
Housing - Pruitt-Igoe, Folder 1, 1972
Housing - Pruitt-Igoe, Folder 2, 1972
Housing - Pruitt-Igoe, 1972-1973
Box 05 Includes the following folders:
Housing - Pruitt-Igoe, Folder 1, 1969-1972
Housing - Pruitt-Igoe, Folder 2, 1969-1972
Housing - Pruitt-Igoe, Closing and Relocation - Folder 1, 1973-1974
Housing - Pruitt-Igoe, Closing and Relocation - Folder 2, 1973-1974
Housing - Pruitt-Igoe, Closing and Relocation - Folder 3, 1973-1974
Housing - Pruitt-Igoe, Environmental Impact Statement, 1973-1974
Housing - Pruitt-Igoe, Bob McCowen, 1973-1974
Housing - Pruitt-Igoe, Proposal for Preparation of a Study for the Redesign and Redevelopment of P-I, 1971
Housing - Pruitt-Igoe, Redevelopment of the Pruitt-Igoe Neighborhood, 1971
Housing - Pruitt-Igoe, Secretary Crawford, 1973
Urban League of St. Louis Records (a large collection with relevant sections listed below)
- Series 02: Records of M. Leo Bohanon, Executive DirectorBox 13 includes:
Housing-Pruitt-Igoe Citizens Advisory Committee
Housing-Public Housing and Social Services
Housing-Publications and Reprints, 1951-1962
Housing-Work of Urban League for Minority Housing, 1961 - Series 06: Files of Alvin Wesley, Deputy Director (covers 1967 - 1969)Box 01 Pruitt-Igoe files (entire box)
- Series 08: Files of the Community Organization DepartmentBox 06, includes: Neighborhood Station - Pruitt Igoe, 1966-1967
Other Collections:
- Ralph and Muriel Pumphreys Papers (Social Work)Series 09 (Subject Files), Box 04, Folder "Missouri, (St. Louis [Pruitt-Igoe])"
Published Works: Pruitt-Igoe
- Pruitt-Igoe Site: Development Plan byCall Number: ARCHIV REF LD 5791.8 M.ARCH & UD 1980 D 43Publication Date: 1980
- A Preliminary Report on Housing and Community Experiences of Pruitt-Igoe Residents byCall Number: ARCHIV REF HD7288.78.U52 S22 1966Publication Date: 1966
- Evaluation of Model City Priority Projects byCall Number: ARCHIV REF HT177.S33 S84 1974Publication Date: 1974
- The Pruitt-Igoe Public Housing Complex, 1954-1976 byCall Number: ARCHIV REF HD7288.78.U52 S23 1976Publication Date: 1976
- Perspectives on Pathology, Socialization, Religion, and World View of Pruitt-Igoe Residents byCall Number: ARCHIV REF E 185.86 .S 78 1966Publication Date: 1966
- Tenant Management Corporations in Saint Louis Public Housing: The Status after Two Years byCall Number: ARCHIV REF HD7288.78.U52 S24 1975Publication Date: 1975
- Rent strike in St. Louis : the making of conflict in modern society byCall Number: Ful Text OnlinePublication Date: 1975