RESEARCH · COLLECTIONS HUB
Who works on what.
The Society's curatorial team is organized by subject area. Contact the right department before you arrive — it speeds up your research and lets curators pull related materials in advance.
- [DEPARTMENT THUMBNAIL · COSTUME & TEXTILES]
Costume & Textiles
[CURATOR · COSTUME]
1820s–present. Notable holdings: 1904 World's Fair fashion, civic event regalia, civilian work-wear.
- [DEPARTMENT THUMBNAIL · MANUSCRIPTS]
Manuscripts
[CURATOR · MANUSCRIPTS]
Family papers, business archives, organizational records.
- [DEPARTMENT THUMBNAIL · PHOTOGRAPHS]
Photographs
[CURATOR · PHOTOGRAPHS]
Sievers, Polk-Stuart, Massie collections. The largest regional collection in the Midwest.
- [DEPARTMENT THUMBNAIL · CARTOGRAPHY]
Cartography
[CURATOR · MAPS]
Plat maps, atlases, urban planning maps, hand-drawn neighborhood maps.
- [DEPARTMENT THUMBNAIL · ORAL HISTORY]
Oral History
[CURATOR · ORAL HISTORY]
Mill Creek Valley recordings, AAHI partnerships, We Are St. Louis testimonials.
- [DEPARTMENT THUMBNAIL · MILITARY HISTORY]
Military History
[CURATOR · MILITARY HISTORY]
Anchored at Soldiers Memorial; cross-references civilian collections at the Library.