MS/VMF. Vertical Manuscript Files
James H. Shields Manuscript
Autograph manuscript of a speech delivered by Shields on the occasion of the reburial in a stone sarcophagus of the remains of Julien Dubuque, first white settler in Iowa. 16 pages
Wilbur Henry Siebert Manuscript
Inquiry concerning the Underground Railroad, printed questionnaire signed, from Siebert to an unnamed recipient, with manuscript revision, seeking information and specific details about the Underground Railroad during the Civil War. 1 page
Samuel Francis Smith Manuscript
Autograph manuscript, 1 page by Samuel Francis Smith commenting on his lyrics to "My Country, 'Tis of Thee."
Spanish Land Grant
Spanish land grant describing an unknown parcel of land in the Southwestern United States signed by [Fran Cauratez], September 1787. Includes street and town names as well as list of representatives at the signing of the land grant.
Buzz Spector Collection
Two cards illustrating An Orthodox Theory and one broadside for "A Picture" by Buzz Spector.
Herbert Spiegelberg Photographs
Two black and white photographs of a concentration camp
St. Louis Theater Program Collection
This collection constitutes an incomplete but extensive run of theater programs from the American, Empress, Shubert-Jefferson, and Shubert-Rialto Theaters of St. Louis for the period 1921-1928. It also includes miscellaneous items such as motion picture and vaudeville programs and newspaper clippings from the period, and one program from the 46th Street Theater in New York.
St. Louis Theater Record Scrapbook
Scrapbook of theater programs and related memorabilia for plays and musical events in St. Louis, Chicago, and other occasional cities. Items for dates in 1930s laid in. Most pasted-in items are fragments, or clippings from programs, rather than entire programs. Names of persons accompanying compiler to the programs are added in autograph. Imitation brown leather binding, 6 1/4 x 9 1/4". Volume unhinged, very poor condition
William E. Stafford Collection
Ruzena Stanley Manuscript
Autograph comment on the Animals' Arrival [poem] by Elizabeth Jennings. Stanley points out that "this will always be the Moon Poem" because the poem was supposedly written on the day when the first picture of the moon surface appeared in the papers. Verso, picture postcard, 1 page