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...

Scope and Contents The collection is arranged alphabetically by topic and dates from 1913 to 2016. The bulk of the collection dates from 1937 to 1959. The collection contains birth certificates for the Stein family (Mel, Joyce, Philip, and Valerie), death certificates for Joyce and Philip, Joyce’s immigration documents, and the RAF military records of Mavis Stein. Joyce Stein wrote a letter to Mel with the instructions that he open it upon her death (f.14). Due to privacy concerns, access to Valerie T....