Scope and Contents The Charles A. Hiemenz Photograph Collection contains photographs documenting the destruction of the 1927 tornado, as well as a photograph showing children competing in a fashion show. The bulk of the collection consists of snapshots showing extensive tornado damage to homes and businesses. Several locations are identified, including addresses on West Pine, Westminster, Sarah, and West Bell. Several photographs show African American women and children posing in front of destroyed...

Scope and Contents The collection consists of one letter written to Catherine Meagher by an unknown niece named Ann. The letter is undated but the envelope is postmarked from Alton, Illinois, on October 3, 1927, just days after a tornado swept through the City of St. Louis on September 29th. Ann enclosed a newspaper page from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat dated October 1st. Ann described the damage that she saw when she visited St. Louis on the day on which she wrote the...