Scope and Contents Series of essays on the history and development of various St. Louis institutions and organizations including the zoo, the city art museum, Missouri Historical Society, granting of charters, water works, the governors of upper Louisiana (1764-1804), St. Louis public library, civil courthouse and various court buildings, Veiled Prophet Society, the morgue, the Freedmen's Bureau, the Louisiana Purchase exposition, Washington Square, Missouri Park, Forest Park, Chain of Rock park, the public...