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...
Category: University Archives
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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...