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HELP US HELP YOU!

We at the St. Louis Public Library are interested in preserving the history of Our Fair City; in building collections that document its history.  So we are interested in getting materials about or related to the St. Louis region.  An example - we get many requests for St. Louis City high school yearbooks.  We have many for various City high schools (past & present) but there are gaps in our collection.  We would love for people to contact us to see if they have just the ones we need to fill these gaps.

Do you have other St. Louis books or materials?  St. Louis neighborhood material; books by local authors; and works on St. Louis businesses, churches, schools, and cemeteries are other categories that we look for.  If you have St. Louis books or other materials, check with us.

We also know that some of you have collected on specific subjects for years, carefully compiling a collection that cannot be found elsewhere.  The Library will also consider donations of such unique collections that can complement items we already have.  Examples are African-American materials; sheet music; architectural subjects; the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 World’s Fair); and (of course) family or county histories.

To find out if you can help us—or if we can help you—call or email our Special Collections Department (314-539-0399).

ANCESTRY.COM FREE WEEKEND

St. Louis public Library provides free access to Ancestry.com at Central Library and our branches, but you can have free access from home this holiday weekend only to Ancestry.com’s collection of records for our original 13 colonies! Search more than 160 million birth, marriage, death, and divorce records—plus their just-released Virginia collection!

COOPERATIVE PATENT CLASSIFICATION WORKSHOP

As of January 1, 2015, The United States Patent and Trademark Office now use only the Cooperative Patent Classification when new patents are granted. Come learn how this new patent classification works and what makes it different from the previous United States Patent Classification that has been used since 1790.

WHAT: Cooperative Patent Classification Workshop
WHEN:  Tuesday, July 14 from 6 to 8 p.m.
WHERE:  Second Floor Training Room, Central Library, 1301 Olive St., STL, MO 63103
WHOM:  Anyone interested in filing a patent.

Questions? Ask us!

THE GRAND TOUR

St. Louis, MO… The St. Louis Public Library and the Campbell House Museum are proud to set sail on a nineteenth-century adventure as they partner to present "The Grand Tour" Exhibition, in Central Library's Great Hall, 1301 Olive Street, June 11 through August 22. Visitors to the Library can explore Europe and exotic locales via an exhibit drawn from the Library's rich collection of postcards, maps, travel guides, and photographs. The exhibit incorporates the story of the Campbells, a prominent St. Louis family who embarked on their own Grand Tour in 1867. Mementos from the Campbell House collection, including items from the family's frequent travels, will complement the exhibit. The Library's exhibition is FREE and open to the public.

After enjoying the Grand Tour Exhibition at the Library, visitors are encouraged to follow the well-marked path one block to take a guided tour of the Campbell House Museum. The Museum not only preserves the Campbells' house, but also their collection of original furniture, fixtures paintings, objects, and thousands of pages of family documents. In 2005, the Campbell House Museum completed a meticulous five-year restoration that returned the building to its opulent 1880s appearance, when the house was one of the centers of St. Louis society. Admission and a guided tour is $8 per person. Campbell House Museum members and children under 12 are FREE (Group rates available).

For more information, call 314.241-2288.

TOURING EUROPE TODAY