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St. Louis Mercantile Library Special Collections
The special collections of the St. Louis Mercantile Library consist of over 400 individual collections with archival materials numbering in the millions, including over 100 historic newspaper titles, presidential letters, early travel diaries and civil war era letters, fur trade records and the newspaper and printing morgue of the St. Louis Globe Democrat, some of which is available digitally. The M-Series of collections represents the core of the Mercantile's holdings. Finding aids and descriptions can be accessed from the library's website through the Mercantile Special Collections Directory.
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- M-010: Augustus A. Blumenthal Letter
- The St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad Company To Augustus A. Blumenthal Dr. 1864 October 1st To have my --- Time, thru there carelessness demolished and to totaly destroyed and my driver killd. ----- $200.00 To Dr. Karnsby ---- attendens on the man runnet over $10.00 To Dr. Starkloff for the same $10.00 $220.00 my Attorney John N. Stra-t is hereby authorized to recipt this Bill in my name Aug. A. Blumenthal
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- M-441 William J. and Helen S. Dixon Collection
- The collection of railroad executive William J. and his wife Helen Dixon. Mr. Dixon worked for the Baltimore & Ohio and Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroads during his career. He was also a notable collector of railroad documents, books and ephemera.
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- M-514 Early St. Louis Glass Plate Photograph Collection
- This collection of glass plate negatives depicts scenes of St. Louis at the turn of the 20th century including the construction of the 1904 World’s Fair in Forest Park, the newly built Compton Hill Water Tower, the Cathedral Basilica, the St. Louis School and Museum of Fine Arts and Brookings Hall at Washington University, a variety of farm houses and homes around the city, steamboats along the riverfront, and families enjoying various activities, picnicking, shopping, etc.
Mercantile Library Collections Directory
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