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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.

 

Baker, James F.  King Trolley and the Suburban Queens. Kirkwood, Missouri : Meramec Highlands Books, 2005.  Q 388.46 B167K.

Barker, Lesley. St. Louis Gateway Rail: the 1970s. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2006.  977.866 B255S and circulating copy.

Cordes, Bill. St. Louis Water Works Railway. Saint Louis: Tower Grove Press, 2004.  R 977.866 C794S.

Day, Richard Lorey.  East St. Louis, Illinois: A Transportation and Freight Traffic Center. Ann Arbor, Michigan:  UMI Dissertation Services, 2009, 1959.  R 380 D274E.

Ferris, Ruth. St. Louis and the Mighty Mississippi in the Steamboat Age:  The Collected Writings of Ruth Ferris. St. Louis: St. Louis Mercantile Library, 1993.  R 977.86 F394S.

Gillespie, Michael. Come Hell or High Water: A Lively History of Steamboating on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. Stoddard, Wis.: Heritage Press, 2001. R 386.3 G478C.

Havighurst, Walter. Voices on the River: The Story of the Mississippi Waterways.  New York: Macmillan, 1964.  R 386.3 H388V.

Horgan, James J. City of Flight: The History of Aviation in St. Louis. Gerald, Mo.: Patrice Press, 1984. R 629.13 H811C.

Lass, William E. Navigating the Missouri: Steamboating on Nature’s Highway, 1819-1935. Norman, Okla.:  Arthur H. Clark Co., 2008.  R 386.30978 L346N.

Lass, William E.  A History of Steamboating on the Upper Missouri River. Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska, 1962.  R 977 L346H and circulating copy.

Lorenz, Jane. Finding Aid to the Streckfus Steamers Inc. Records, 1888-1970. St. Louis : Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, National Park Service, 1989.  R 977.866 L869F.

Masterson. V. V.  The Katy Railroad and the Last Frontier.  Columbia: University of Missouri, 1988.  R 385 M423K and circulating copy.

Olsen, Russell A.  Route 66 Lost & Found: Mother Road Ruins and Relics – the Ultimate Collection. Minneapolis : Voyageur Press, 2011. R 917.804 O52R and circulating copy.

Perschbacher, Gerald.  50 Years of Rigs that Run: The Golden Anniversary History of the Horseless Carriage Club of Missouri. St. Louis: G. Perschbacher, 1994.  R 629.2222 P466F.

Perschbacher, Gerald.  Sixty Years of Success: The Horseless Carriage Club of Missouri, 1944-2004. St. Louis: G. Perschbacher, 2004.  R 629.222 P466S.

Pictorial Souvenir of the New S. S. Admiral.  St. Louis: Streckfus Steamers, [1940?].  R 387.2 P611.

Pope, James Sterling.  A History of Steamboating on the Lower Missouri  1838-1849,Saint Louis to Council Bluffs, Iowa Territory. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms International, 1984.   R 977 P825H.

Rhodes, Joel P. A Missouri Railroad Pioneer: The Life of Louis Houck. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2008.  R 977.803 R476M.

The St. Louis Municipal Bridge Railway. St. Louis: Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis Historical and Technical Society, 2005.  R 977.866 S145.

Stout, Greg. Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis.  Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books, 2007.  R 385.0977S889T.

Sverdrup & Parcel Engineering Co. Inner Belt Expressway:  Engineering Report for St. Louis County, Missouri, Division of Highways. St. Louis: Sverdrup & Parcel Engineering Co., 1957.  R 711.7 S968I.

Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis. 50 years of transportation, 1894-1944: St. Louis Union Station and St. Louis. St. Louis: Simmons-Sisler, 1944.  R 977.866 T319F.

Traffic Map of the Saint Louis Metropolitan Area: 1985-1986. Jefferson City: Missouri Highway and Transportation Department, Division of Planning, 1986.  MAP R 977.865 764.

United Railways Company of St. Louis. When St. Louis Moves. St. Louis: United Railways Co. of St. Louis, 1926.  R 388 U58W.

Way, Frederick, Jr. Way's Packet directory, 1848-1983: Passenger Steamboats of the Mississippi River System since the Advent of Photography in Mid-Continent America. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 1983.  R 387.243 W357W.

Wayman, Norbury L.  St. Louis Union Station and Its Railroad. St. Louis: Evelyn E. Newman Group, 1986.  R 385 W358S and circulating copy.

Westwood, John.  Steam. London:  Octopus, 1980.  R 625.261 W538S.

White, William. Child of an Eagle: Mississippi Steamboating.  Cape Girardeau, Missouri:  Center for Regional History & Cultural Heritage, Southeast Missouri State University, 1980.  R977.8 W589C.

Wymond, Charles E.  Atlas of Railway Traffic Maps. Chicago: La Salle Extension University, 1923.  R 385.2042 W984A.

Young, Andrew D.  St. Louis and Its Streetcars: The Way it Was. St. Louis: Archway Publishing, 1996. St. Louis:  Archway Publishing, 1996. R 388.4 Y68S and circulating copy.

Young, Andrew D.  St. Louis Car Company Album. Glendale, California: Interurban Press, 1984.   R 388.46 Y68S.

Young, Andrew D. Street Cars, Light Rail & Utility Cars of St. Louis: 1899-2003. St. Louis: Archway Publishing, 2003.  R 388.46 Y68S and circulating copy.

Young, Andrew D. Streets & Streetcars of St. Louis: A Sentimental Journey. St. Louis: Archway Publishing, 2002.  R 388.46 Y68S.

Young, Andrew D. When Missouri Took the Trolley. St. Louis: Archway Publishing, 2007. R 388.46 Y68W.