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St. Louis Public Schools Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: P0900

Scope and Contents The collection is divided into ten series: Activity Negatives, Photographs by Subject, Community Information Department, Audiovisual Services Slides, Susan J. Abernathy Scrapbooks, Southwest High School Library Transparencies, Library Services Scrapbook, School Partnership Program Photos/Slides, Samuel Shepard Photo Collection, Albums/Visual Material by Schools/Groups.The Activity Negatives Series, c.1904-2005, consists primarily of original photographic negatives arranged...

Dates: ca.1870-2005

Found in: Missouri Historical Society, Photographs and Prints Department

St. Louis Redevelopment Projects Collection

Collection

Identifier: P0198

Scope and Contents The St. Louis Redevelopment Projects Collection documents various urban renewal and redevelopment projects undertaken in the mid-20th century. The bulk of the collection focuses on post-war projects, including demolition of Mill Creek Valley; construction of the Plaza Square Apartments; construction of a downtown viaduct; and proposals for a River Center complex on the site of Laclede's Landing. Photographs also show buildings in public housing projects; buildings in various rehabilitation...

Dates: 1920-ca. 1966; Majority of material found within 1953-ca. 1966

Found in: Missouri Historical Society, Photographs and Prints Department

Dotty Steele Poster Collection

Collection

Identifier: P1016

Scope and Contents The Dotty Steele Poster Collection contains 9 posters and 1 collage documenting performances by women authors, musicians, and comedians, particularly those associated with the LGBTQ community. Posters advertise concerts, lectures, and other performances held from the mid 1980s through the early 1990s at various venues in the St. Louis area, as well as performances in Kansas City, Kansas and Columbia, Missouri. Performers include Rita Mae Brown, Lucie Blue Tremblay, Heather Bishop, Jasmine,...

Dates: ca. 1984-ca. 1992

Found in: Missouri Historical Society, Photographs and Prints Department

Mel and Mavis Stein Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: P0977

Scope and Contents The Mel and Mavis Stein Photograph Collection documents Mel Stein’s careers in the Civilian Conservation Corps, United States Marine Corps, and St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, as well as Mavis Stein’s service in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force of the Royal Air Force during World War II.The bulk of the collection documents Stein’s career with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. Many of these photographs relate to Stein’s role in foiling a robbery at Southwest...

Dates: 1933-2008

Found in: Missouri Historical Society, Photographs and Prints Department

Lucy P. Stewart Photograph Album Collection

Collection

Identifier: P1287

Scope and Contents The Lucy P. Stewart Photograph Album documents the life and career of Lucy's father, William J. Stewart. William Stewart was a minister in the Spiritualist church who rose to prominence as a Bishop in the national organization. The album provides a glimpse into the history of an early Spiritualist church founded by African Americans, as well as middle-class Black life in St. Louis during the period of the First Great Migration. Most of the photos appear to date from the 1910s, 1920s, and...

Dates: 1910-1939

Found in: Missouri Historical Society, Photographs and Prints Department

Joseph Stortz Collection

Collection

Identifier: P1005

Scope and Contents The Joseph Stortz Collection contains photographs documenting the personal and professional life of Joseph (Joe) Stortz (1947-2018). Storz was a graduate of St. Louis University and a licensed clinical social worker. He spent most of his career working in residential facilities for young people, including many years at Boys Hope, founded in 1977.The bulk of the collection consists of three photograph albums, numbered by Stortz. Album 2 shows Storz serving as a leader for a...

Dates: Majority of material found in ca. 1970-1979; 2010-2015

Found in: Missouri Historical Society, Photographs and Prints Department

Rolla Wells Streett and Mary Lees Kennard Wedding Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: P0978

Scope and Contents The Rolla Wells Streett and Mary Lees Kennard Wedding Photograph Collection contains four photographs showing Mary Lees Kennard, Rolla Wells Streett, and their bridal party on April 22, 1931. Members of the large bridal party are identified. The bride is wearing a veil and a long-sleeved, satin wedding dress with a train, which was purchased at Scruggs, Vandervoort, and Barney. The wedding was held at St. Michael and St. George Church, and the reception took place at the bride's...

Dates: 1931

Found in: Missouri Historical Society, Photographs and Prints Department

Sunder and Dependahl Family Collection

Collection

Identifier: P0992

Scope and Contents The Sunder and Dependahl Family Collection contains photographs and postcards, primarily documenting the military experiences of Leo John Sunder and Edward (Ed) R. Dependahl during World War I. The collection includes portraits of both men in uniform, as well as postcards informing loved ones of their movements. Ed’s postcards are addressed to his fiancée, Mildred O’Toole, and Mildred’s mother, Mrs. Elizabeth O’Toole. Leo’s postcards are addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Stengle and Mr. and Mrs....

Dates: ca. 1913-1932

Found in: Missouri Historical Society, Photographs and Prints Department

Nanora Sweet Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: P1044

Scope and Contents The Nanora Sweet Photograph Collection contains two albums documenting the lesbian community in St. Louis. One album, titled "Lesbian Portraits," was assembled by local activist and scholar Martha Ficklen (aka Carla Flanagan), who may also have taken many of the photographs. The album includes portraits and candid shots of lesbians from the St. Louis area, dating from approximately the 1980s through the early 2000s. The women in the album include prominent activists, academics, and community...

Dates: 1984-2001

Found in: Missouri Historical Society, Photographs and Prints Department

Richard B. Teitelman Collection

Collection

Identifier: P0991

Scope and Contents The Richard B. Teitelman Collection contains 8 photographs documenting the career of Judge Richard B. Teitelman, the first Jewish judge to serve with the Supreme Court of Missouri and the first legally blind state Supreme Court judge in the United States. Five snapshots show Judge Teitelman at various unidentified events. Two of these photographs may have been taken at his appointment to the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Eastern District. Three additional photographs have been removed...

Dates: ca. 1995-2005

Found in: Missouri Historical Society, Photographs and Prints Department

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St. Louis Public Schools Photograph Collection

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Mel and Mavis Stein Photograph Collection

Lucy P. Stewart Photograph Album Collection

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Rolla Wells Streett and Mary Lees Kennard Wedding Photograph Collection

Sunder and Dependahl Family Collection

Nanora Sweet Photograph Collection

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