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Missouri History Museum Library and Research Center

United States Missouri  St. Louis City  Archives and Libraries  

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Contact Information
E-mail: [mailto:library@mohistory.org library@mohistory.org]

Address:


 * Street address: 225 South Skinker Blvd Mailing address: P.O. Box 11940 St. Louis, MO 63112-0040

Telephone:  314-746-4500 Fax:  314-746-4548

Hours: Tuesday-Friday 12 - 5 ;  Saturday 10 - 5.

Directions, map, parking, and public transportation:
 * Driving directions: 
 * Google map: 
 * Parking: 
 * Public transportation: 

Internet sites and databases:


 * Library and Research Center your visit, search the collections, collections, and family history.
 * Musuem Home plan a visit, events, exhibits, education, research, and publications.
 * Museum's Library Catalog online. Search by keyword, author, title, subject, call number or other searches. Also available in WorldCat.
 * Repository database.
 * other(s).

Collection Description
They have an excellent collection about early Missouri settlers and immigrants through Illinois, 90,000 books, periodicals, St. Louis newspapers, fire insurance maps, city directories, St. Louis people, western fur trade, and Missouri history. The library has an online genealogy index. Copies of records can also be ordered online.

Tips
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Guides

 * Beverly D. Bishop, and Janice L. Fox, A List of Manuscript Collections in the Archives of the Missouri Historical Society (St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society, 1982). ..

Alternate Repositories
{'' List (link to a Wiki article for) at least one or more other repositories that collect overlapping records, or similar family history material including central repositories, affiliated or branch repositories, higher level jurisdiction repositories, parent or daughter jurisdiction repositories. Also list neighboring repositories with similar records. Please briefly explain how each substitute repository is related.''}

If you cannot visit or find a source at the , a similar source may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections


 * Alternate Repository {create link for each, and give line or two describing collection}
 * such as: NARA I
 * NARA II
 * National Archives at _____
 * State Archives
 * State Library
 * State Library

Similar Collections


 * National Personnel Records Center
 * LC
 * FHL
 * LC
 * FHL

Neighboring Collections


 * County Vital Records Office
 * City Vital Records Office
 * County Archives
 * County Orphan's Court
 * County Probate Court
 * County Recorder
 * County Coroner
 * U.S. District Court
 * County and local historical societies
 * County and local genealogical societies
 * Public Libraries
 * Museums and heritage societies
 * closest Family History Center
 * Repositories in surrounding counties: [Chattam], [Durham], and [Franklin]
 * State Vital Records Office
 * State Historical Society
 * State Genealogical Society
 * University Libraries
 * Church archives
 * Repositories in surrounding states (or provinces): [SC], [TN], and [VA]
 * Repositories in surrounding states (or provinces): [SC], [TN], and [VA]