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Research Guides

Guides to Researching St. Louis History

General St. Louis Research
St. Louis City Directories, Gazetteers, Rosters, and Guides
Literary St. Louis
Neighborhoods of St. Louis (3 Pages, 121 KB, PDF)
Researching with Newspapers (6 Pages, 271 KB PDF)
Special Collections for Researching Civil War History (2 Pages, 4.3 MB, PDF Brochure)
Opportunities for Research in Banking and Business Historical Studies (2 Pages, 9.1 MB, PDF Brochure)

Guides for Transportation Research

Guides for Researching the American West

Opportunities for Researching Fur Trade History (2 Pages, 8.9 MB, PDF Brochure)
Research Opportunities in the History of the American West and the Westward Movement (2 Pages, 9.1 MB, PDF Brochure)

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