General and Miscellaneous 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.

Belcher, Wyatt Winton. Economic Rivalry Between St. Louis and Chicago, 1850-1880. New York: Columbia University Press, 1947.  R 330.9773 B427E.

Breun, Benjamin D.  Finding Aid to the Mechanics' Institute of St. Louis Records, 1816-1894. St. Louis: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, National Park Service, 1991.  R 621.09778 B846F.

Burnett, Betty. St. Louis at War: The Story of a City, 1941-1945. St. Louis: The Patrice Press, 1987.  R 977.866 B964S and circulating copy.

Collier, James E. Trends in Manufacturing in Missouri. Columbia: University of Missouri, 1965.  R 670.977 C699T.

Dacus, Joseph A. A Tour of St. Louis, Or, The Inside a Great City. St. Louis: Western, 1878. R 977.866 D119T

Gray, Rockwell.  A Century of Enterprise: St. Louis, 1894-1994. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society, 1994.  R 977.865 G781C.

History of St. Louis County, Missouri.  St. Louis: Watchman-Advocate, 1920.   R 977.865 H673.

Hyde, William and Howard L. Conard.  Encyclopedia of the History of St. Louis: A Compendium of History and Biography for Ready Reference (4 Volumes).  New York:  Southern History Company, 1899.  R 977.866 H995E.

Indexes to Manufactures Census of 1820: An Edited Printing of the Original Indexes and Information Compiled by the National Archives. Knightstown, Indiana: Bookmark, 1977.  R 338.4 I38.

Kargau, Ernest D. Mercantile Industrial and Professional St. Louis. St. Louis: Nixon-Jones, 1937.  R 977.866 K18M.

Lipsitz, George. The Sidewalks of St. Louis: Places, People, and Politics in an American City. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 1991.  R 977.866 L767S and circulating copy.

Morrison, Andrew. Industries of Saint Louis: Her Advantages, Resources, Facilities and Commercial Relations as a Center of Trade and Manufacture (1885). St. Louis: J.M. Elstner & Co., Pub., 1885.  R 977.866 M878I.

Negroes: Their Gift to St. Louis. St. Louis: Employee Loan Company, 1964.  R 977.865 N393.

Parkin, Robert E.  Overland Trails and Trials and Your Community Today. Overland, Missouri:  Krawll Printing Company, 1956.   R 977.865 P247.

Primm, James.  Lion of the Valley, St. Louis, Missouri. Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Publishing Company, 1981.  R 977.866 P953L and circulating copy.

Rosenfeld, Richard. Hidden Assets: Connecting the Past to the Future of St. Louis. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society Press  Distributed by University of Missouri Press, 2006.  330.9778 H632 and circulating copy.

St. Louis Commerce Magazine. R 330.9778 S145. Library has 1988-2010.

Sandweiss, Eric.  St. Louis: the Evolution of an American Urban Landscape. Philadephia: Temple University Press, 2001.  R 977.866 S221S and circulating copy.

Tenenbaum, Shelly.  A Credit to their Community: Jewish Loan Societies in the United States, 1880-1945. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1993. Call No. R 334.22 T292C.

Year Book of the Commercial, Banking, and Manufacturing Interests of St. Louis, 1882-83. St. Louis: S. Ferd. Howe & Co., 1882.  R 977.866 Y39.