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M-112: St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Acquired by the Mercantile Library in 1986, when the 137 years old St. Louis Globe-Democrat newspaper ceased publication, this vast collection covers the history, culture and life of the St. Louis region and the state of Missouri. The two largest series, the article clippings and photographs cover a wide array of topics, from individuals, to events, to a multitude of other subjects. The clipping files are known as the newspaper "morgue" and contain over 10,000,000 separate articles cut out and filed by the newspaper staff between the 1920s and 1980s. The clipping files also include material preserved from various competing newspapers (Post and Star), giving this newspaper morgue unusual depth. Currently the library is compiling an on-line database of clipping envelope headings, with more headings added each day. Also, a special listing of banks and financial institutions located within the collection is available. Filed in a separate series are over 225,000 photographs and approximately 700 glass plate negatives dating from the 1920s through the 1980s.
St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri-St. Louis
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- St. Louis Globe-Democrat Glass Plate Negatives
- These 700 negatives are stored separately from the rest of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat photographs archive. As part of the legacy of this digital collection, some images may be flipped horizontally.
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- St. Louis Globe-Democrat Newspaper Clippings
- The newspaper morgue contains more than 10,000,000 separate articles were cut out and filed by the staff of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat between the 1920s and 1980s. The clipping files also include material preserved from various competing newspapers (Post and Star), giving this newspaper morgue unusual depth. A partial index of the morgue exists as a searchable database.
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- St. Louis Globe-Democrat Photographic Prints
- Estimated at 225,000 photographs, the Globe-Democrat photographic collection consists of prints relating to newsworthy events from the local to the international in scope.
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