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St. Louis Business and Industry Bibliography

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.

 

Architecture, Engineering, and Construction

125 Years of Performance and Achievement. Ballwin, Missouri: Fru-Con, 1997. 338.47624 F944O.

Deal, H. B. & Co. The Story of H. B. Deal & Co. Inc., Builders: A Picture and Word History of this Organization since 1922. St. Louis: H.B. Deal & Co., 1943. R 977.866 H111S.

A History of the St. Louis Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers, 1888-1988. St. Louis: ASCF, 1989. 624.092 A512H.

 

Banks

Primm, James Neal.  A Foregone Conclusion: The Founding of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Vol 1. St. Louis: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 1989. R 332.11 P953F.

Rule, W. G. “The Means of Wealth, Peace, and Happiness:” The Story of the Oldest Bank West of the Mississippi, the Boatmen's National Bank of St. Louis, 1847-1947. St. Louis:  Boatmen's National Bank, 1947.  R 977.866 R935M.

 

Brewers

Diehl, Digby. The Great American Tradition: the 75th Anniversary of the Budweiser Cyldesdales. United States: Pestalozzi Press, 2008. R 636.15 D559G and circulating copy.

The King’s Reign: Anheuser-Busch, the History of the Brewery in St. Louis. St. Louis: Post Dispatch, 2008. R 338.766 K52.

Macintosh, Julie. Dethroning the King: The Hostile Takeover of Anheuser-Busch, an American Icon. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons., 2011. R 338.83 M152D and circulating copy.

Plavchan, Ronald Jan. A History of Anheuser-Busch, 1852-1933. North Stratford, N.H.: Ayer Company Publishers, Inc., 1976. 338.766 P719H.

Schlafly, Tom. New Religion in Mecca: Memoir of a Renegade Brewery in St. Louis. St. Louis: Virginia Publishing, 2006. R 663.3097 S338N and circulating copy.

 

Manufacturers

Breuer, William. American Saga: The Fabulous Tale of Sunnen Products Company. St. Louis: Pierre Laclede Book, 1969.  R 338.42 B846A.

Emerson Electric Company: A Century of Manufacturing, 18890-1990. St. Louis: Emerson, 1989.  R 621.3 E53.

Forrestal, Dan J. Faith, Hope, and $5,000: The Story of Monsanto: The Trials and Triumphs of the First 75 Years.  New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977.  R 338.76 F729F.

The Ralston Chronicle, 1894-1994: A Century of Managing Change. St. Louis: Ralston Purina Company, 1994. R 338.7664 R164.

Robin, Marie-Monique. The World According to Monsanto:  Pollution, Corruption, and the Control of the World's Food Supply.  New York:  New Press:  Distributed by Perseus Distribution, 2010.  R 338.766 R655W.

Young, Andrew D.  The History of the St. Louis Car Company, "Quality Shops."  Berkeley, California: Howell-North Books, 1978.  R 338.76 Y68H

 

Newspapers

Hart, Jim Allee. A History of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Columbia: University of Missouri, 1961. R 071.7866 H325H.

Hart, Jim Allee. “An Historical Study of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 1852-1958.” Ph.D. dissertation, University of Missouri, 1959.  R 977.866 H325H.

Rammelkamp, Julian S. Pulitzer’s Post-Dispatch, 1878-1883. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University, 1967. R 070 R174P.

Times Newspapers Columns: A Collection of Favorite Newspaper Columns by Dwight Bitikofer, Don Corrigan, Cele Cummiskey, Kevin Murphy: Webster-Kirkwood Times, South County Times. St. Louis: Webster-Kirkwood Times, 2001. R 070.44 T583.

 

Miscellaneous

Beck, Bill. Laclede Gas and St. Louis: 150 Years of Working Together, 1857-2007.  St. Louis: Laclede Gas Company, 2007.  R 977.866 B3993L and circulating copy.

McGuire, Randy R. St. Louis Arsenal: Armory of the West. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, 2001.  R 977.866 Knoedelseder, William. Bitter Brew: The Rise and Fall of Anheuser-Busch and America’s Kings of Beer. New York : HarperBusiness, 2012. R 338.766 K72B and circulating copy.

Oldani, John L. Sweetness Preserved: The Story of the Crown Candy Kitchen. St. Louis: Virginia Publishing, 2005. R 647.9577 O44S and circulating copy.

Park, David G., Jr. Good Connections: A Century of Service by the Men & Women of Southwestern Bell.  St. Louis: Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, 1984. Call No. R 384.6 P235G.