Papers of a City

Rotating manuscripts from the Library's vault — what's most asked-for and least seen.

Papers of a City is the Library's ongoing thread of surfacing manuscript holdings into the Reading Room and into editorial. Each quarter a new selection comes upstairs from the vault, paired with a curator-led tour, a research guide, and online finding aids.

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Exhibits

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Papers of a City: Manuscript Highlights, 1820–1920

A rotating selection of letters, ledgers, broadsides, and journals from the manuscript collection — chosen by the curatorial team to surface what's most asked-for and least seen.

Reading Room · Library & Research Center

Programs & tours

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Library · Sun, Jun 21 · 11:00am – 12:30pm

Behind the Boxes: A Library Curator Tour

A small-group walkthrough of the manuscript vault and conservation lab with the curator.

Free · RSVP required · Members priorityWheelchair accessible

From the archive

[SET COVER · CLARK FIELD JOURNAL PAGE]

89 items

Lewis & Clark Papers

Manuscripts, maps, and field-journal facsimiles related to the Corps of Discovery's St. Louis years.

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