1904 World's Fair Resources
Barnes, Harper, Standing on a Volcano: The Life and Times of David Rowland Francis. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society Press in association with the Francis Press : [Distributed by Southern Illinois University Press], 2001. Call no. RB F818B
Birk, Dorothy Daniels, The World Came to St. Louis: A Visit to the 1904 World's Fair. St. Louis: Bethany
Press, 1990, 1979. Call no. R 977.866 B619W
Benson, Sally, Meet Me in St. Louis. St. Louis, MO: Virginia Publishing Co., 2004. Call no. R 813.52 B474M
Bennitt, Mark, History of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. St. Louis: Universal Exp., 1905. R 977.866 B472H [Reference Department]
Buel, James W, Louisiana and the Fair: An Exposition of the World, Its People and Their Achievements. St. Louis: World's Progress Publishing Co., 1904-1906. Call no. R 977.866 B928 (10 Volumes)
Ebert, Carl S., A Story of St. Louis World's Fair 1904 Spoons. [S.l.: Ebert, 1982?]Call no. R 739.23 E16S
Ebert, Carl S. The Fair That Wasn't.[St. Louis, Mo.?: C.S. Ebert, 198-?]. Call no. R977.866E16F and 977.866 E16F
Finley, Ann, St. Louis 1904 Worlds Fair. St. Louis, MO: Nutwood Pub. Co., 1994. Call no. R 977.866 F513S
Fox, Elana V. Inside the World's Fair of 1904: Exploring the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Volume One. [Bloomington, Ind.]:1st Books library,2003. Call no. R 977.866 F791I
Fox, Elana V. Inside the World's Fair of 1904: Exploring the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Volume Two [Bloomington, Ind.]: 1st Books library,2003. Call no. R 977.866F791I and Q 977.866 F791I
Fox, Tim, From the Palaces to the Pike: Visions of the 1904 World's Fair. St. Louis, MO.: Missouri Historical Society, 1997. Call no. R 977.866 F794Fand 977.866 F794F
Francis, David Rowland, The Universal Exposition of 1904. St. Louis: Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co., 1913. Call no. R 977.866 F818U and 977.866 F818U
Hendershott, Robert L., The 1904 St. Louis World's Fair--The Louisiana Purchase Exposition: Mementos and Memorabilia. Iola, WI: Kurt R. Krueger Pub., 1994.. Call no. R 977.866 H495N
"Indescribably Grand": Diaries and Letters from the 1904 World's Fair. Saint Louis: Missouri Historical Society Press, 1996.Call no. R 977.866 I38 and 977.866 I38
Irwin, Lyndon N., There Will Be a Wreck! An Account of the 1904 World's Fair Missouri Pacific Train Wreck. Bois D'Arc, MO: Lyndon N. Irwin, 2000. Call no. R 977.8455 I72T
Jackson, Robert, Meet Me in St. Louis: A Trip to the 1904 World's Fair. New York: HarperCollins, 2004. Call no. RJ 977.866 Jackson Robert [also available as an electronic resource Call no. EBOOK]
Lemberger, Michael W., 1904 St. Louis World's Fair / [Original Stereoscopic Photographs by T.W. [Ingersoll]. Ottumwa, Iowa: PBL Limited,2009. Call no. R 977.866 L549N and 977.866 L549N
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.), Grandeur of the Universal Exposition at St. Louis: An Official Book of Beautiful Engravings Illustrating the World's Fair of 1904.St. Louis: Official Photographic Co., 1904. Call no. R 977.866 L888G
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.), The Greatest of Expositions Completely Illustrated: Official Publication. St. Louis: Official photographic company,1904. Call no. R 977.866 L888G
Louisiana Purchase Exposition: The St. Louis World's Fair of 1904.St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society, 1979? Call no. R 977.866 L888 and 977.866 L888
McCully, Emily Arnold, Wonder Horse: [the True Story of the World's Smartest Horse]. New York: Henry Holt, 2010. Call no. JE McCully Emily [General Collection]
Message from the President of the United States: Transmitting a Statement Showing the Receipts and Disbursements of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company from Date of Incorporation to September 30, 1903, Together with a Report Submitted by the Exposition Company Showing Progress Made by the Various Departments of the Exposition. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1903. Call no. R 977.866 M583
Minkin, Bertram, Legacies of the St. Louis World's Fair: A Compilation of Articles. [St. Louis, MO: Virginia Pub., Co.,] c1998. Call no. R 977.866 M665L and 977.866 M665L
Porter, Carol S., Meeting Louis at the Fair: The Projects& Photographs of Louis Clemens Spiering, World's Fair Architect. St. Louis, Mo.: Virginia Publishing, 2004. Call no. R 977.866 P844M
Rademacher, Diane, Still Shining: Discovering Lost Treasures from the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. St. Louis, MO: Virginia Pub., 2003. R 607.34 R127 San 607.34 R127S
Rivas, Mim Eichler., Beautiful Jim Key: The Lost History of a Horse and a Man Who Changed the World. New York: William Morrow,2005. Call no. R 179.3 R618B
Saint Louis (Mo.).Department of Parks, Recreation, and Forestry, A Fair to Remember,1904-79: April 28 –December 1, 1979, Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 World's Fair). [St. Louis, MO.: Dept. of Parks, 1979] Call no. R 977.866 S145F
Saint Louis (Mo.).Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904, Beauties and Wonders of the World's Greatest Exposition, St. Louis 1904. Michigan: Grand Rapids Herald,1904. Call no. R 977.866 S145B
Schwartz, Richard I., Bands at the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904: Information, Photographs, and Database. [Colonial Heights, Va.?]:Richard I. Schwartz and Iris J. Schwartz, 2003. Call no. R 977.866 S399B
Schwartz, Richard I., Supplement to Bands at the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904: Information, Photographs, and Database. [Colonial Heights, Va.?]: Richard I. Schwartz and Iris J. Schwartz, 2005. Call no R 977.866 S399S
Sonderman, Joe, St. Louis: The 1904 World's Fair. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub., 2008. Call no. R 977.866 S698S
Stevens, Walter B., The Forest City: Comprising the Official Photographic Views of the Universal Exposition Held in Saint Louis, 1904; Commemorating the Acquisition of the Louisiana Territory. St. Louis: N.D. Thompson, 1904. Call no. R 977.866 S846F
Sonderman, Joe, St. Louis World's Fair 365: Intriguing Facts from 1904, the Year of the St. Louis World's Fair. St. Louis, MO.: Stellar Press,2004. Call no. R 977.866 S698S and 977.866 S698S
Stevens, Walter B., The World's Fair: Comprising the Official Photographic Views of the Universal Exposition Held in Saint Louis, 1904.Saint Louis: N. D. Thompson Publishing Co., 1903. Call no. R 977.866 S846W and 977.866 S846W
Universal Exposition, St. Louis: Opens April 30, 1904, Closes December 1, 1904.[S.l.: s.n., 1904?]. Call no. R 977.866 U58
Vaccaro, Pamela, Beyond the Ice Cream Cone: The Whole Scoop on Food at the 1904 World's Fair. St. Louis: Enid Press, 2004. Call no. R 607.34 V114B and 607.34 V114B
Walker, John Brisben,The World's Fair. New York: Cosmopolitan Pub. Co., 1904.
Call no. R 977.866 W181W
Wandell, Harry Brazee.,The Story of a Great City in a Nutshell: 500 Facts About St. Louis. Nutshell1903.
Call no. R 977.866 W245S
Whitfield, John H., Desperate Gunfight in World's Fair St. Louis: A Tragedy on Pine Street. Prattville, AL: John H. Whitfield, 2004. Call no. R 977.866 W595D
Witherspoon, Margaret Johanson, Remembering the St. Louis World's Fair. St. Louis: Comfort Printing Co., 2004, 1973. Call no. R 977.866 W824R
Local History File
Local History File, Drawer 4 Folder #660 Ferris Wheel
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “The Mystery of the Big Wheel.” 28 Nov 1965.
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Wheel of Fortune.” 3 May 199p pE4.
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Boysof 1904 Doubt Ferris Wheel Axel Is Buried in Park.” 26 Jan 1943.
- “Magnetic Device May Be Used to Hunt 70-Ton FerrisWheel Axle.” [no citation on article]
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, ‘FerrisWheel Axle Hunt Tied Up By Lack of Laborers.” 29 Jan 1943
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “World’sFair Farris WheelAxle Sought for Scrap in Forest Park.”24 Jan 1943
Local History File, Drawer4, Folder #661 World’s Fair folder 1 of 2
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Marines saved battleship bell from fire. 18 Nov 2012 pB3
- West County Journal, “Rhode Island Pavilion rebuilt in West County. 31 Mar 2004
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Nearly15,000 workers transformed Forest Park into the Ivory City.” 25 Apr 2004 pWF6
- “Ground Plan, St Louis World’s Fair 1904” [source not identified]
- Beautiful Jim Key, www.beautifuljimkey.com/heroes.htm
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch-Old Newsboys Edition, “Meet me in St. Louis – At the Hot Dog Stand.” 15 Nov 1990
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Humans were on display in the name of science.” 25 Apr 2004
- Carondelet News, “The Wonders of the World at St. Louis.” 18 Jun 1904 p4
- West County News (?),“St. Louisans got their First Exposure to photos at the Fair.”19 Apr 1989 p9
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Spend a day at the World’s Fair.” 25 Apr 2004 pWF8
- “The Ice Cream Cone” [source not identified]
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Exposition was a fairly safe place.” 25 Apr 2004 pWF 11
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “St. Louisans treasure connections to 1904.”25 Apr 2004 pWF14
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “1904 World’s Fair” 3 Jan 1999 pA7
- “Mass Motor Tour in 1904 to St. louis World’s Fair” [source not identified]
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch Magazine, The 1904 World’s Fair.” 16 Jun 1996
Local History File, Drawer4, Folder #662 World’s Fair Folder 2 of 2
- Ozarks Mountaineer, “Train Ride to Tragedy: The 1904 World’s Fair Train Wreck” October/November 2002 pp49-50
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Auspicious Opening of the World’s Fair.”30 Apr 1904 p1
- Carondelet News, “Building Air Chip for World’s Fair.” 21 May 1904 p1
- Carondelet News (?), “Pike Parade at the Fair” 4 Jun 1904
- “When You Go to the World’s Fair”22 Apr 1904 [source not identified]
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Visitors spend days seeing it all.” 25 Apr 2004 p WF7
- “Women get Bigger role in planning and exhibits.” [source not identified]
- “Marathon set the pace for St. Louis Olympics.” [source not identified]
- West End World, “Mystery Solved” [Farris Wheel] 23 Mar -5 Apr 2011
- Carondelet News, “St. Louis Unveils Statue.” 13 Oct 1906 p
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “World’s Fair of 1904” 25 Mar 1979
- St. Louis Globe-Democrat. “1904…When the World Met at the Fair.” 22 Apr 1979 Sunday Magazine
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch (?),“World’s Fair marked debut of a new St. Louis”
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Reporter Recalls World’s Fair, ‘Gleaming White City by Day’” 16 Feb 1964 p6X