World War II Letters Give a Personal Glimpse of History The gift of the Walter M. Goldschmidt Papers to the University Archives adds a new dimension to World War II...
Nina Seavey on My Fugitive and Working with Archives Nina Gilden Seavey is an award-winning documentarian and podcaster and Research Professor of History and Media and Public Affairs at...
Archiving the COVID-19 Experience at Washington University University Archives is comprised of more than 300 unique collections that chronicle the history of Washington University from 1853 to...
“Worst Among Housekeepers:” Perspectives on St. Louis and the 1918 Influenza Pandemic In the spring of 2020, as Covid-19 reached pandemic levels, a chart from a modern study of the 1918 influenza...
American Archives Month: What Is an Archive? Have you ever asked yourself, “What is an Archive?” This is a great time to ask that question, because October...
Open to All: The Fight to Desegregate St. Louis Restaurants One of the documents preserved in the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri Records at the Washington University Libraries is this simple...
Holobaugh in History What’s in a Name? At Washington University in St. Louis, a yearly ceremony honors “students, staff and faculty, and St....
Race, HIV/AIDS, and Health Care Access in 1980s St. Louis In conjunction with programs at The Griot Museum of Black History, Mapping LGBTQ St. Louis is taking a closer look...
Marching with Pride Pride and St. Louis, 1979 – 2019 Forty years ago, in April 1979, the first organized “Gay Pride” event took...
The ACLU’s Work in Focus: Reflections from an Internship Reflections The history of the ACLU of Missouri is the history of St. Louis – and, as the old saying goes, history...
Reflections on Roger Baldwin and WashU As an intern helping compile the ACLU of Missouri’s history, one of my tasks involved learning more about Roger Nash Baldwin...
LGBTQ History and Black History Month The Zebra Lounge is one of 800+ locations connected to LGBTQ history that are documented online in Mapping LGBTQ St. Louis. In the 1980s...