Contact Info
All Special Collections materials must be used on-site.*
HOURS: Monday - Friday 9:00-5:00 by appointment*
REQUESTS / APPOINTMENTS:
314-935-5495 spec@wumail.wustl.edu
*collections require advance notice for retrieval and use
Archive Collections with Pruitt-Igoe Materials
- No overall separate archive of Pruitt-Igoe exists.
- Listed here are other large collections that include important archival documents broadly associated with Pruitt-Igoe's long history.
- 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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.
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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 Department
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Box 06, includes: Neighborhood Station - Pruitt Igoe, 1966-1967
Other Collections:
- Ralph and Muriel Pumphreys Papers (Social Work)
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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