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About the Pott Library

The Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library is a special library within the St. Louis Mercantile Library, at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, which is one of America's great historical research libraries, serving St. Louis and the nation since 1846. The Mercantile Library was founded by a group of businessmen who possessed a deep interest in the close relationship to the nation's inland rivers, particularly the Mississippi. Throughout its history, individuals active in waterways businesses have been associated with the Library. In 1985, the Mercantile Library built upon this long heritage of association with the rivers by greatly expanding its waterways-related holdings, and establishing the Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library.

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The Lost St. Louis Riverfront 1930-1943: Including Photographs of Individual Buildings & Building Occupancies With Historical Background and Detail. A book by Thomas C. Grady, published by the Mercantile Library

The Steamer Admiral and Streckfus Steamers: A Personal View.  A book for sale by Annie Amantea Blum, published by the Mercantile Library

A Visual Guide to the Curator's Office (13 Page, 2 MB, PDF)

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  Alphabetical listing of Special Collections

Collection Name Collection Number Shelving Location
Book and Periodical Holdings
The Waterways Journal Collection P-1 Archives
Federal Barge Lines Collection P-2 Archives
Ruth Ferris Collection of River Life and Lore P-3 Archives
Jim Swift Collection P-4 Archives
Dorothy Heckmann Shrader Collection P-5 Archives
John A. Creedy Papers and Photographs Collection P-6 Archives
Captain Thomas E. Kenny Photograph Collection P-7 Archives
Ray Covington Photograph Collection P-8 Archives
American Waterways Operators (AWO) Collection P-9 Archives
Greene Line Collection P-10 Archives
William F. and Betty Streckfus Carroll Collection P-11 Archives
Claude Strauser, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District Collection P-12 Depository
"Names of Steamboats" Compiled by Capt. F. L. (Fielding) Wooldridge P-13 Archives
Bill Williams Bridge Collection P-14 Depository
National Waterways Conference, Inc. P-15 Archives
Neil H. Whitehead Marine Collection P-16 Archives
Anton Drabik Collection P-17 Archives
Franklin A. Phillips Photograph Collection P-18 Archives
Richard C. Brasington Photograph Collection P-19 Archives
Captain G. W. Hill Letters P-20 Archives
Kanawha River Steamboat Ledgers and Logbooks Collection P-21 Archives
Vessel Models P-22 Archives
Ronald Mueller Photograph Collection P-23 Archives
Msgr. Edward Eichor Collection P-24 Archives
Golden Eagle River Musuem Collection P-25 Archives
Capt. Donald T. Wright Collection P-26 Archives
Capt. Roy A. Miller Collection P-27 Archives
John Miller Collection P-28 Archives
John Hartford Collection P-29 Archives
Rose Barge Line Collection P-30 Archives
Diary of Charles de Hault de Lassus P-31 Transportation Archives -- Vertical Files
Argo-Keiser Family Collection P-32 Archives
Missouri River Steamboat Journey Manuscript, 1857 P-33 Transportation Archives -- Vertical Files
Diary of Riverboat Deckhand Charles Allen Smith, Kept on a Trip Down the Ohio River to the Mississippi River to New Orleans and Back, dated 1885-1886 P-34 Transportation Archives -- Vertical Files
Bickel Steamboat Newspaper Clippings Collection P-35 Archives
George Kishmar Collection of Missouri, Gasconade and Osage River Life and Work P-36 Archives
Mary and Bob McCarthy Collection P-38 Archives
Waggaman Letter on Frontier Religion and Religious Belief P-39 Transportation Archives -- Vertical Files
Carl Norberg Yachting Collection P-40 Archives
Captain Curran and Suzy Streckfus Collection P-41 Archives
Bob Goodwin MARAD Collection P-42 Archives
Menzo Van Esveldt Steamboat Engravings P-43 Archives
Wilbur Charles Greaney Army Corps of Engineers Photographs P-44 Archives
J. L. McFeeters Journal P-45 Transportation Archives -- Vertical Files
William Charles Redfield Letter P-46 Transportation Archives -- Vertical Files
H. B. Munn Letter P-47 Transportation Archives -- Vertical Files
Carlton Kobush Blueprint Collection P-48 Archives
Michael L. Gillespie manuscript copy of Come Hell or High Water: Adventures of Steamboating on the Western Rivers P-49 Transportation Archives -- Vertical Files
Alan Bates Manuscript Copy of The Western Rivers Steamboat Cyclopedium P-50 Transportation Archives -- Vertical Files
E. J. Carpenter Steamboat Photographs Collection P-51 Transportation Archives -- Vertical Files
Huntington and St. Louis Tow Boat Company Letter Book P-52 Transportation Archives -- Vertical Files
Ed Fry Naval Architecture Collection P-53 Archives
Civil War Ship Journals P-54 Vertical Files
Steamboat and River Ephemera Collection P-55 Transportation Archives -- Vertical Files
Robert and Tim Graul Delta Queen Photographs Collection P-56 Transportation Archives - Vertical Files
Herman T. Pott Collection P-57 Transportation Archives -- Vertical Files
Chignecto Marine Transport Railway P-58 Transportation Archives -- Vertical Files
Katie M Towing Company Collection P-59 Transportation Archives -- Vertical Files
Captain Hoel Collection P-60 Transportation Archives -- Vertical Files
M. L. Gerould Diary P-61 Transportation Archives -- Vertical Files
Act for the Government and Regulation of Seamen… P-62 Transportation Archives - Vertical Files
Report of the Green Bay and Mississippi Canal Company P-63 Transportation Archives -- Vertical Files
Yellowstone Expedition Letter P-64 Vertical Files
Mississippi & Illinois River Canal (Hennepin Canal) Construction Photographs P-65 Vertical Files
C. W. Elder Collection P-66 Transportation Archives -- Vertical Files
Steamboat Mail Collection P-67 Curator's Office
Nicaragua Ship-Canal Route P-68 Transportation Archives -- Vertical Files
Cargo Tonnage List P-69 Vault
D.L. Stile Steamboat Journey Letter P-70 Transportation Archives -- Vertical Files
Ed Bigelow Civil War Letter P-71 Transportation Archives -- Vertical Files
St. Keystone Ledger Book P-72 Transportation Archives
Delta Queen Logbooks P-73 Transportation Archives
Dan Owen Boat Photo Museum Collection P-74 Contact Curator
Flynn Log Book Collection P-76 Transportation Archives
DESCO Diving Apparatus Information P-77 Transportation Vertical
River Holiday Card Collection P-78 Transportation Vertical
Cairo, Il River Views Album P-79 Transportation Vertical
St. Louis Bridge Construction Album P-80 Transportation Vertical
Robert Long Missouri River Commerce Collection P-81 Contact Curator
Small Steamboat Album P-82 Transportation Vertical
Str. Bluff City Model Builder's Notes P-83 Transportation Vertical
Captain Enos B. Moore Diaries and Correspondence P-84 Transportation Vertical
Carpenter-Moore Family Riverboat Scrapbooks P-85 Transportation Archives
Frank Fiske Missouri River Photograph Album P-86 Vault 2
1943 Flood Photograph Album by Western Cartridge Company P-87 Transportation Archives
Coloney & Fairchild Ribbon Map of Mississippi River P-88 Vault 2
Photograph Album of Muscatine, Iowa and Surrounding Area, 1899 P-89 Transportation Archives
John Lee & Company Trade Ledgers P-90 Transportation Archives
St. Louis Shipbuilding Scrapbook by Les Calvin P-91 Vault 2
Mississippi Valley Barge Lines Photograph Collection P-92 Transportation Archives
Peter Nichols Diary and Correspondence Collection P-93 Transportation Archives
Henry Bruce Milroy Diary P-94 Transportation Archives
Photograph Album of Gayaso, Missouri, 1907 P-95 Transportation Archives
Annotated Vernacular Stereo Views of Missouri P-96 Transportation Archives
Captain Robert Sousley Correspondence Collection P-97 Transportation Archives
Robert Fulton Autographed Letter P-100 Transportation Archives