RESEARCH · ONLINE

Start before you arrive.

Most researchers begin online. The Society publishes finding aids, research guides, and digital exhibits to orient your search before a reading-room visit.

Subject Finding Aids

Indexed PDFs by collection. Genealogy, cartography, manuscripts, photographs.

Research Guides

Topic-led guides written by curators — Mill Creek Valley, 1904 World's Fair, Lewis & Clark.

Digital Exhibits

Past and current online-only exhibitions, with linked record references.

St. Louis Newspaper Index

Coverage of the city's newspapers, 1800s–present. Federated search planned.

Recently added

[FINDING AID · MILL CREEK VALLEY ORAL HISTORIES, 2023]

[GUIDE · 1904 WORLD'S FAIR SEARCH STRATEGIES]

[GUIDE · GENEALOGY STARTER PACKET]

[EXHIBIT · COMING HOME — VIETNAM-ERA CORRESPONDENCE]