WWI Collections: The Washington University Memorial Association
In 1919, after WWI had officially ended and troops had returned home, Washington University in St Louis decided to create...
Category: Local History
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LGBTQ St. Louis on the Map
Happy 6 Month Anniversary to Mapping LGBTQ St. Louis! Online and freely available to everyone since October 2017, Mapping LGBTQ St. Louis allows... -
WWI Collections: Dan Bartlett
Lieutenant Dan Bartlett When America entered WWI a century ago, many alumni and even current students at Washington University in... -
Mapping LGBTQ St. Louis is Now Online
Mapping LGBTQ St. Louis is a digital interactive map exploring how the region’s LGBTQIA+ communities have changed over time. -
Hotch at 100: Growing Up In St. Louis
This year marks the 100th birthday of author and Washington University alumnus A. E. Hotchner. To help celebrate this milestone,... -
Letter to ONE, from St. Louis
In 1958, a St. Louis resident who identified himself as “Mr. H” wrote to the editors of ONE, the first LGBTQ... -
Where Was That? : Using Travel Guides to Reconstruct LGBTQ History
A key challenge as we researched Mapping LGBTQ St. Louis was locating street addresses. Since many bars and restaurants were well... -
Unusual Sources
Recently the national podcast Criminal visited the WU library. This audio documentary program was researching The Evening Whirl — one of the... -
A Snapshot of St. Louis in the Era of Gay Lib
A Snapshot of St. Louis in the Era of Gay Lib: Ciao! Magazine Profiles the Gateway City In June 1974, Ciao!,... -
“In This Part of the City, All the Fellows Are Gay:” Exploring the History of LGBTQ Nightlife at St. Louis’s Grand and Olive [3/3]
The 3500 block of Olive flourished as an LGBTQ nightlife destination in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. At around the... -
“In This Part of the City, All the Fellows Are Gay:” Exploring the History of LGBTQ Nightlife at St. Louis’s Grand and Olive [2/3]
Several factors probably played a part in the appearance of an LGBTQ nightlife venue near Grand and Olive in the... -
“In This Part of the City, All the Fellows Are Gay”: Exploring the History of LGBTQ Nightlife at St. Louis’s Grand and Olive [1/3]
From the mid-1930s to end of the 1970s, there was an almost continuous presence of lesbian and gay establishments here....