The award, established in 2004 and presented annually, is meant to recognize individuals or institutions who have made significant contributions to the preservation of Missouri’s history.
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The award, established in 2004 and presented annually, is meant to recognize individuals or institutions who have made significant contributions to the preservation of Missouri’s history.
The award, established in 2004 and presented annually, is meant to recognize individuals or institutions who have made significant contributions to the preservation of Missouri’s history.
The award, established in 2004 and presented annually, is meant to recognize individuals or institutions who have made significant contributions to the preservation of Missouri’s history.
The online course targeted toward helping young professionals grow their leadership skills meets on Thursdays during the lunch hour.
The university is engaging with construction and design contractors from local communities most impacted by disinvestment and economic inequities.
The university is engaging with construction and design contractors from local communities most impacted by disinvestment and economic inequities.
The university is engaging with construction and design contractors from local communities most impacted by disinvestment and economic inequities.
The summer sun shines on the atrium of the St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
The summer sun shines on the atrium of the St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
The summer sun shines on the atrium of the St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
UMSL Daily celebrates some favorite articles of the year and the countless accomplishments and activities of UMSL people.
UMSL Daily celebrates some favorite articles of the year and the countless accomplishments and activities of UMSL people.
UMSL Daily celebrates some favorite articles of the year and the countless accomplishments and activities of UMSL people.
Eikmann discovered her passion for history and English while taking honors classes at UMSL. Her research on suffragist Virginia Minor was featured in a U.S. Courts production.
The St. Louis Mercantile Library at UMSL brought the 12th annual St. Louis Fine Art, Rare Book and Paper Arts Fair to campus this past weekend.
Senior Brittany Taylor works primarily in film, but she’s also ventured into oil paints, watercolors, lithography – and now the art of curation.
One of several major exhibitions leading up to the 175th anniversary of the library in 2021, it showcases one of the library’s largest and most significant collections.
Scott Kerr is president of McCaughen & Burr Fine Arts, where his daughter Sara Kerr, a UMSL art history student, also works full time.
Julie Dunn-Morton, curator of the St. Louis Mercantile Library’s Fine Arts Collection at UMSL, holds the framed silver medallion.
“Mapping St. Louis History” includes a 30-foot-wide mapped view of St. Louis as it appeared in 1875. The exhibit is free, open to the public and on display through June.
The interconnected history of St. Louis, railroads and commerce has led Carlos Schwantes, the St. Louis Mercantile Library Endowed Professor in Transportation Studies, on a lifelong journey of discovery.
More than $2 million of the record-breaking $31.2 million contributed to UMSL during the past fiscal year helped fund the John Neal Hoover Endowed Mercantile Library Executive Directorship.
For several years, María Teresa Balogh attended Friday’s annual Faculty Author’s Reception, always telling herself that she’d have a book out by the next year. As a longtime writer, she’d published lots of her poetry, but her own book remained a goal.
“The real damage of war is never going to be known unless those who have been there share their stories,” Colin Halloran told the audience gathered Nov. 15 in the Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
The photograph was taken by UMSL photographer August Jennewein and is the latest to be featured in Eye on UMSL.
Legendary singer songwriter John Hartford got his first job on the Mississippi River when he was 16. He was fond of...
For 35 years, Tom Engelhardt drew editorial cartoons for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.