Ephemera

Ephemera

Burns Club of St. Louis: Banquet Menus

The collection contains menus for annual banquets held by the Burns Club of St. Louis. The Burns Club was founded by a group of Washington University trustees who wanted to honor the Scottish poet, Robert Burns. Finding aid »

David Friedmann Library Drawings

he collection contains 6 drawings by St. Louis artist David Friedman(n) from his series “Enjoyment in Libraries with the Candid Pencil of David Friedman.”  100 of these drawings were completed by Friedman over the year 1962-1963 at various libraries.  Friedman was born in 1893 in Mahrisch Ostrau, Czechsolovokia.  Moving to Berlin in 1911, he studied art and had a successful career as a newspaper sketch artist.  He fled Nazi Germany to Prague in 1938, but was deported to the Ghetto Lodz in Poland in 1941.  After liberation in 1945, he emigrated first to Israel.  In 1954 he came to St. Louis and worked for the General Outdoor Advertising Company until his retirement at age 68.  Friedman passed away in St. Louis in 1980.   Finding aid »  

Dr. John Green Collection

The collection contains items relating to Dr. John Green, a prominent optometrist in St. Louis. Items include invitations, correspondence, publications, receipts, and other miscellaneous items. Several items relate to his son, optometrist Dr. John Green, Jr. Finding aid »

Early Children's Literature Samples

The collection contains small booklets of stories, poems, songs, and reading lessons for children. The booklets come from a variety of publishers in the United States and Europe and span the years 1766-1909. After 1909, the booklets were used as part of an exhibit, but it is unknown where the exhibit took place and who compiled the exhibit. Finding aid »

International Travel Literature Collection

Collection of travel literature spanning the globe.  Much of the collection dates from the 1930s-1940s.  Brochures and publications from travel companies, transportation companies, tourist bureaus, tourist attractions, and government entities are featured. Finding aid »

Japanese Currency Collection

Collection of currency used in the Philippines during the Japanese Invasion.  Commonly referred to as JIM (Japanese Invasion Money) and popular souvenirs with U.S. Servicemen. Finding aid »

John Albury Bryan Church Materials

The collection contains papers—relating to churches—collected by St. Louis architect, John Albury Bryan. Papers include correspondence, church bulletins and programs, newspaper articles, and handwritten notes.   Finding aid »

KFUO Radio Collection

The collection contains correspondence, clippings, publications, ephemera and memorabilia for KFUO. Included is an incomplete run of Airwaves from 1983 to 2008. Finding aid »

McAnally Collection

The collection contains various items belonging to Rev. David Rice McAnally. A Methodist Episcopal minister, McAnally came to St. Louis in 1851 and founded the Carondelet ME Church, South. He was also editor of the St. Louis Christian Advoate. Items include a day book, receipts, a handkerchief, and portraits. Finding aid »

Mid-America Jubilee Collection

The collection mainly consists of newspaper clippings related to the Mid-America Jubilee that occurred in St. Louis in September 1956. Other items include programs, press releases, and other publications.  Finding aid »

Philip J. Hasser Collection—PROM Magazine

The collection contains primarily negatives taken by Mr. Hasser on assignment for PROM Magazine.  Also contains prints and contact sheets as well as some original notes, correspondence with PROM Magazine editor Julian Miller, and issues of PROM Magazine.  Finding aid »

Prudence Crandall Club Collection

The collection contains materials from the Prudence Crandall Club, an African American study club of which Julia Davis was a part. The bulk of the collection contains handmade programs used for each meeting. Other miscellaneous items include correspondence, club yearbooks, and manuscripts, among other items.   Finding aid »

Rae Londe-Kozloff Scrapbook

The collection contains a scrapbook compiled by Rae Londe-Kozloff entitled “My Girlhood Memories.” In addition to handwritten notes, items pasted in the scrapbook include newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, invitations, cards, letters, school papers, programs, and miscellaneous items.   Finding aid »

Ruth M. Howland Collection (Muny)

The collection contains programs for Municipal Theatre performances collected by Ruth M. Howland. Other items in the collection include newspaper clippings, ticket stubs, and programs from a variety of theaters in the St. Louis area. Finding aid »

St. Louis Baseball Collection

The collection contains various materials related to the St. Louis Browns and St. Louis Cardinals baseball teams. Items include scorecards, rosters, yearbooks, fliers, and programs. Finding aid »

St. Louis Grutil Verein (Swiss)

The collection contains correspondence, albums, books, and other ephemera from a variety of Swiss organizations in St. Louis. The organizations are: Aid Society Helvetia, North American Swiss Alliance, Swiss-American Singing Alliance, Swiss Benevolent Society, and United Swiss Societies. Finding aid »

St. Louis Radio Collection

The St. Louis Radio Collection contains historical information on radio stations in the St. Louis area. The files include correspondence, administrative files, memorabilia, ephemera and memorabilia about individual radio stations as well as those employed at the stations. The majority of the material is related to marketing and advertising, particularly promotional items. Finding aid »

St. Louis Star Times Papers

The collection houses papers of the St. Louis Star, the St. Louis Times, and the St. Louis Star-Times, chiefly those of the St. Louis Star-Times. The dated material covers the years 1900 to 1976 with the bulk of the material ranging from 1932 to 1951. Finding aid »

St. Louis/Missouri Political Ephemera

The collection contains political ephemera, mainly from St. Louis and Missouri candidates. Items include Mailings, fliers, bumper stickers, buttons, and brochures. Most candidates are affiliated with the Democratic Party. Finding aid »

St. Nicholas Advertising Stamp Album

The St. Nicholas Magazine was a popular children's magazine published from 1873 to 1940 by Scribner’s. Mary Mapes Dodge was the editor until her death in 1905 when William Fayal Clarke took her place. It featured high quality children's authors and illustrators including Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, Frances Hodgson Burnett, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and E. B. White. When Clarke was editor, the St. Nicholas Magazine placed more emphasis on departments and the magazine added divisions devoted to short plays, science and stamp collecting. The stamp collecting column was a regular feature until the publication’s last issue (volume 67) in February 1940. Note: Vols. 68-69 never published. In 1943 St. Nicholas was briefly revived by Juliet Lit Sterne in 1943, but failed again within months. Finding aid »

WEW Radio Collection

The collection contains show scripts, publications, and ephemera of WEW Radio. WEW received its broadcast license on March 23, 1922. The station was owned by and operated out of St. Louis University, who claims the station had actually began broadcasting seismological and weather information in Morse code in 1912 under call letters 9YK. Thus, making WEW the oldest broadcast station west of the Mississippi River. Finding aid »

WIL Radio Collection

The collection contains show scripts, publications, ephemera, and memorabilia of WIL Radio. WIL radio began broadcasting at the 1430 AM frequency under the call letters WEB on April 5, 1922, though the station might have been established as early as 1920 under letters 9ZB which was owned by Lester “Eddie” Benson. WEB and WIL was a low-power, local-coverage station until 1939 when it went from 100 to 250 watts. In March 1949, WIL increased to 5,000 watts. Finding aid »

William Marion Reedy: Louis Albert Lamb Letters

The collection contains a series of letters from William Marion Reedy to Louis Albert Lamb, a frequent contributor to Reedy’s Mirror. Other items include articles from the journal written by Lamb and “Iscariot’s Christmas” written by Reedy. Finding aid »

William Powell and Marjorie Williams Collection

The collection contains mainly letters written by William and Marjorie Williams during Mr. Williams’ military career in WWII. Other items in the collection include newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, and a wide variety of Army uniform pins and ribbons. After the death of Mr. Williams, Marjorie remarried to Ernest Eddy, whose dog tags and other small Army items are contained in the collection. Finding aid »

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