Neighborhoods -- Missouri -- Saint Louis
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Andy J. Brown, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: A3031
Scope and Contents
The papers include correspondence, documents, and newspaper clippings relating primarily to the professional and civic activities of Andy J. Brown, Jr., in the City of St. Louis and in his west end neighborhood, presently Visitation Park. There are also a few items from Brown’s parents. The papers are arranged alphabetically by topic and date from 1892 to 2011. The bulk of the papers date from 1952 to 1973. Large date gaps exist from 1907 to 1929, 1942 to 1949, and 1988 to...
Dates:
1892-2011; Majority of material found within 1952-1973
Gerard Connolly Collection
Collection
Identifier: P1069
Scope and Contents
The Gerard Connolly Collection contains photographs and negatives taken by Connolly to document the Shaw and McRee Town neighborhoods as they were prior to extensive demolition, rebuilding, and rehab in the early 2000s, resulting in what many considered to be gentrification of the area. Photographs show brick houses, apartment buildings, and four-family flats, as well as a few businesses and empty storefronts. Some buildings are dilapidated and run-down, with boarded up windows and doors,...
Dates:
ca. 1990-2005
Lewis Place Oral History Project Transcripts
Collection
Identifier: A3174
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of ten oral history interview transcripts for interviews with nine individuals conducted by historian Gwen Moore of the Missouri Historical Society for the Lewis Place Oral History Project. The video interviews were conducted between September 2008 and January 2009. The transcripts are arranged alphabetically by name of interviewee.
Moore began each interview with questions about the interviewees’ backgrounds (family...
Dates:
2008-2009