Category: Local History

As we conclude LGBTQ History Month this October, we are spotlighting a recent addition to the Special Collections at WashU...

When protesters took to the streets in 2014 after the shooting death of Michael Brown, Jr., librarians and archivists at...

Special Collections is delighted to add a signed copy of Irma Rombauer’s The Joy of Cooking (1943) to the local...

Zines and Queer History When the Spectrum office asked if I would collaborate on an LGBTQ History Month event, my...

The Washington University in St. Louis Libraries Julian Edison Department of Special Collections has recently acquired 150,000 pages of documents...

As part of our celebration of LGBTQ History Month this October, we are showcasing a few recent acquisitions on LGBTQ...

Washington University Libraries are proud to host the traveling pop-up exhibit Making History: Kansas City and the Rise of Gay Rights,...

October is LGBTQ History Month, and it’s the perfect opportunity to explore the online tool Mapping LGBTQ St. Louis. The...

In summer 2020, officials from Evanston, Illinois, reached out to local historians and asked for a report compiling evidence of...

In the spring of 2020, as Covid-19 reached pandemic levels, a chart from a modern study of the 1918 influenza...

Do you have photographs, digital art, video, or other documentation of the protests and marches occurring in our communities? This...

Mattis Case In 1971, two teenagers—Michael Mattis (age 17) and Tomas Rolf (age 18)—were found in a golf course shed...