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Ancestry Library Edition This link opens in a new window Expansive resource for conducting genealogy or historic property research. Has approximately 4,000 databases including key collections such as U.S. Federal Census images & indexes from 1790 to 1940; the Map Center containing more than 1,000 historical maps; American Genealogical Biographical Index; Social Security Death Index; WWI Draft Registration Cards; and Federal Slave Narratives.
AskArt This link opens in a new window Information on over 270,000 artists; information varies in depth, but may include biographical, book, and periodical references, auction records, museums that own artwork, and images.
Designlexikon International This link opens in a new window Company histories and designer biographies, from the late nineteenth century to the present. Includes over 700 designers and 150 firms, plus links to related web pages.
Encyclopædia Britannica This link opens in a new window The Encyclopædia Britannica is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia which is now published exclusively online. Subscription includes access to Merriam-Webster Unabridged.
FirstSearch-WorldCat This link opens in a new window Subscription-based tool for searching OCLC WorldCat bibliographic records.
Globe-Democrat Name Index This link opens in a new window Covering the period 1930 to 1986, the Clipping File of the Globe-Democrat comprises a valuable and unique research collection to names and subjects. The search tool is based on historic clipping files originally created by newspaper staff.
Missouri Judicial Records This link opens in a new window Historic judicial records -- including estates, probate, property, and wills -- may benefit art / artist / provenance research.
Missouri Remembers Collaborative project documenting visual artists active in Missouri.
Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window Oxford’s art reference works, including the peer-reviewed, regularly updated Grove® Dictionary of Art and the Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Includes over 200,000 articles that span ancient to contemporary art and architecture, as well as over 19,000 images of works of art, structures, plans, and artist signatures.
Newspapers.com World Collection This link opens in a new window Access to 4,000+ historical newspapers dating from the early 1700s into the 2000s. The database contains full runs and portions of runs of well-known regional and state titles as well as small local newspapers from the United States and other countries. Due to third-party content agreements, most access is restricted to public domain content.
St. Louis Argus This link opens in a new window Digitized coverage of the historic St. Louis black newspaper, The St. Louis Argus (1915-26). Additional issues of the Argus exist outside this collection in the Internet Archive. Please note that the Library's Newspapers.com subscription includes digitized coverage from 1915-1927, personal subscriptions to Newspapers.com cover 1915-1964.
St. Louis Obituary Index This link opens in a new window Searchable database of names that appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper for the years 1880-1930, Jan-Sept 1931, 1942-1945, 1960-1970 and 1992-2020, and Jan-March 2021. It also includes the St. Louis Argus 1915-1919, 1921-1922, 1930-1931, 1942-1945.

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St. Louis Artists: Welcome

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