Biographies and Biographical Sources

Call numbers follow each title. Call numbers beginning with "R" are for use in the library only. Circulating copies are available for some titles, as noted.

1981-1982 Membership Directory : Missouri Association of Life Underwriters. Jefferson City:  MALU, 1981.  R 977.8 N714.

American Advertising Directory, Manufacturers & Dealers in American Goods for the Year 1831. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2001.  Knightstown, Ind.: The Bookmark, 1977.  R 670 A512.

Baskett, Cecil  M., ed. Men of Affairs in Saint Louis: A Newspaper Reference Work. St. Louis: Press Club, 1915.  R 977.866 M534.

Bauman, G. Duncan. Behind the Headlines. Tucson: Patrice Press, 1999. R 070.5 B347B. (St. Louis Globe-Democrat)

Braznell, William. An Airman's Odyssey: Walt Braznell and the Pilots He Led into the Jet Age.  Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2001.  R 629.13 B827A.

Business Executives of America. New York: Institute for Research in Biography, 1950.  R 338.7 B979.

Corcoran, J. C. 20 Years of J. C.: The Man, the Legend, the Lawsuit! St. Louis: Virginia Publishing Company, 2004. R 384.54 C793T and circulating copy.

Faherty, Justin L. Movers and Shakers:  Men Who Have Shaped Saint Louis. Tucson, Arizona: Patrice Press, 1992.  R 977.866 F157M.

Gagel, Diane VanSkiver. Directory of Photographers in the United States, 1888 & 1889 and Canada 1889. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc., 2002. R 770.92 G133D.

Haynes, Williams. Chemical Pioneers: The Founders of the American Chemical Industry. Freeport, New York: Books for Libraries Press, 1970, 1939.  R 926.6 H424C.

Hunter, Julius. TV One-on-One. St. Louis: Gashouse Books, 2008. R 070.92 H945T and circulating copy.

Kaser, David. Joseph Charless: Printer in the Western Country. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1963. R 977.866 K19J.

Lindbergh, Charles A. The Spirit of St. Louis.  New York: Charles.  Scribner's Sons, 1953.  R 629.13 L742 and circulating copy.

North St. Louis Business Men’s Association, 1895-1970. Florissant, Missouri: American Yearbook Company, 1970.  R 977.866 N867N and circulating copy.

Pfaff, Daniel W. No Ordinary Joe: A Life of Joseph Pulitzer III. Columbia: University of Missouri, 2005. R 070.92 P523N and circulating copy.

Shepley, Carol  Ferring.  Movers and Shakers, Scalawags and Suffragettes: Tales from Bellefontaine Cemetery.   R 977.866 S548M.

Sneider, Martin. Toast: How a Leading Retailer Went from Toast of the Town to Just Plain Toast. St. Louis:  Four Penny Press, 2009.  R 381.141 S671T and circulating copy. (Includes information about the St. Louis shoe industry.)

Terry, Elizabeth. Oysters to Angus:  Three Generations of the St. Louis Faust Family. St. Louis: Bluebird Publishing Company, 2014.  R 977.866 T329O and circulating copy.

Tracy, Walter P. Men Who Make Saint Louis the City of Opportunity. St. Louis: Tracy, 1927.  R 977.866 T762M.

Tracy, Walter P. St. Louis Leadership, 1944. St. Louis: Tracy, 1944.   R 977.866 T762S.

Who’s Who in Railroading in North America. New York: The Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1949.  R 385.092 W628.