St. Louis Holidays & Culture Guide

Photographs of various campus events
Box M-1 May Fete (May Day)
Box S-3 St. Fatima’s Day (Architects)
Box E-2 Engineering (St. Patrick’s Day)
and more....

for St. Fatima's Day see Hatchet 1918, page 304

St. Patrick's Day and St. Fatima's Day both included in an oversize wooden album, 1922 – 1948

Box 21, Student Scrapbook of Irene Schageman, 1915 - 1919
Includes: Greeting Cards, Dance Cards and other party favors for holidays including: Halloween, Thanksgiving, Valentines Day, and Armistice Day.

Series 01, Box 6 and Box 7 includes:
St. Louis displays 1950 - 1957 (including fund raising, complaint letters, photographs of displays, reports of theft/vandalism)
Correspondence from other major US cities describing their decorations in 1949
National Journal of Advertising Displays "Signs of the Times" October 1957, featuring outdoor Christmas displays for sale

Series 01, Box 11 and Box 70 includes:
St. Louis displays 1966 - 1968 (including fund raising, photographs of displays, new design ideas)
Newsclippings (Box 70)

Includes flyers related to the 1979 and 1980 St. Louis Pride events (Series 01, Box 01, "HerStory 1973-80, folder 2")

Series 02, Box 44, “Parades, April 1977 – “
Letters and flyers from Magnolia Committee, 1980 about first Gay Pride Parade in St. Louis (about 5 pages of documents)
See also other parts of Mayor Conway's Records (1977 - 1981) for "parades"

include 25 different titles published during the late 19th century to the mid-20th century.
We recommend:
Harper's Weekly (1857-1912)
The Century Illustrated (1881-1906)
Ladies’ Home Journal (issues from 1910-1925)
Delineator (issues from 1918-1930)
McCall’s (issues from 1929-1930)
Good Housekeeping (issues from 1952-1954)

midcentury original art greeting cards and holiday cards are located in Series 1, Box 3

original artwork and children's books about Jewish holidays and traditions:
A Great Miracle Happened There: A Chanukah Story, by Karla Kuskin
• Original artwork -- Series 1, Box 84 & 85
• Print Book -- BM695.H3 K87 1993
The Magician's Visit: A Passover Tale, by I.L. Peretz
• Original artwork, book cover, book proof pages -- Series 1, Box 87
• Print Book -- PZ7.G5674 Mag 1993

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