Subject Librarian
Melissa Vetter
she/her
Contact:
Library Director
Brown Hall, Room 301C
Phone: (314) 935-8644
Email: mvetter@wustl.edu
Brown School LibraryBrown Hall, Room 300
brownlibrary@wustl.edu
(314) 935-6633
Brown Hall, Room 301C
Phone: (314) 935-8644
Email: mvetter@wustl.edu
Brown School LibraryBrown Hall, Room 300
brownlibrary@wustl.edu
(314) 935-6633
Subjects: Public Health, Social Work
St. Louis Veiled Prophet Ball & Parades
The St. Louis Veiled Prophet celebration : power on parade, 1877-1995 by Call Number: GT4011.S2 S64 2000"Spencer explores the social and cultural functions of the organization's annual celebration - the Veiled Prophet parade and ball - and traces the shifts that occurred over the years in its cultural meaning and importance." (See also Finding Aid for the David Burbank Papers about the 1877 Strike in St. Louis)
Unveiling the prophet : the misadventures of a reluctant debutante by Call Number: PS3556.E754 Z477 2005 (Olin A)ISBN: 0826216013"In the late sixties and early seventies, with racial tensions at a boiling point and urban renewal failing, the exclusively white male Christian membership of the Veiled Prophet Society...attracted the ire of ACTION, a militant civil rights group."
The story of the Veiled Prophet by Call Number: GT4611.S3 S36 1956 (Art Library)Publication Date: 1956
Secondary Sources: Holidays, Fairs and Parades
Browse the call number section of GT 4000, or start at subject heading for Festivals -- United States. in the library catalog.
Parades and power : street theatre in nineteenth-century Philadelphia by Call Number: GT4011 P46 D38 1986 (Olin 2)ISBN: 0877223947
Masked Culture: the Greenwich Village Halloween parade by Call Number: GT4965 .M74 1994 (Oiln 2)Publication Date: 1994
The Folklore of the American Holidays by Call Number: GT4803 .F65 1999 (Olin 2 LIB USE ONLY)Publication Date: 1998
American Historical Pageantry by Call Number: PS338 H56 G5 1990 (Olin A)ISBN: 0807819166Publication Date: 1990Discusses the St. Louis "Pageant and Masque" of 1914, a huge civic event celebrating the 150th anniversary of St. Louis
Bazaars and fair ladies : the history of the American fundraising fair by Call Number: HV544 .G67 1998 (Olin 2)
The Romantics and the May Day-Tradition by Call Number: PR457 .J67 2007 (Olin A)ISBN: 9780754657743Publication Date: 2007(focused on British traditions)The festival book; May-day pastime and the May-pole; dances, revels and musical games for the playground, school and college by
Call Number: FULL TEXT ONLINEPublication Date: 1912/1926
