Primary Sources Research

Indexed Source - History of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis: A Condensed History of the Catholic Church in Missouri and Saint Louis; Material Progress and General Resources and Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Prominent Citizens. St. Louis: Western Watchman Pub. Co., 1924. R 977.866 H673
Photocopies of indexed articles may be requested by email from the History and Genealogy Department. Limit of three searches per request.

The online tool for teaching with documents, from the National Archives.

Indexed Source - Kargau, Ernest. The German Element in St. Louis: A Translation from German of Ernst D. Kargau's St. Louis in Former Years, William Bek, tr. Baltimore: Clearfiled, 2000. R 977.866 K18G

Note: This index lists only business and industry references found in the book.
Photocopies of indexed articles may be requested by email from the History and Genealogy Department. Limit of three searches per request. Please review the library’s lookup policy.

History and Literature - A Guide to Research Resources - Primary sources: letters, diaries and a variety of original documents

Making Sense of Evidence: This section helps students and teachers make effective use of primary sources. “Making Sense of Documents” provide strategies for analyzing online primary materials, with interactive exercises and a guide to traditional and online sources. “Scholars in Action” segments show how scholars puzzle out the meaning of different kinds of primary sources, allowing you to try to make sense of a document yourself then providing audio clips in which leading scholars interpret the document and discuss strategies for overall analysis.

The National Writing Project’s (NWP) College, Career, and Community Writers Program (C3WP) offers teachers a model for analyzing student work with the purpose of guiding instruction to better meet the needs of the students.

The following is a list of online indexes and finding aids to St. Louis City and County sources held by the History and Genealogy Department:

General
Births
Cemeteries
Census
Church records
City directories
Court records
Death records
Land records
Local History Index
Maps
Microfilm
Military records
Miscellaneous records
Naturalization records
Newspapers
Wills
Yearbooks