SHSM PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTIONS

The photographs collection of the State Historical Society of Missouri is large and varied in its scope and content:

EDWIN AEHLE COLLECTION
Steamboat departure cards.

ROBERT BROWN COLLECTION
Twenty-seven images of Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy railroad depots in Missouri.

GEORGE I. GIRD COLLECTION
Aerial views of Clayton, Hermann, Independence, Joplin, Kansas City, Nevada, St. Louis, Springfield, Webb City, and Weston.

RALPH GRAVELY COLLECTION
Fifty black and white copy photographs and copy negatives taken circa 1914-1919 of the Gravely family and scenes around Bear Creek (now known as Payntersville), Bolivar, Columbia, Eudora, Fair Play, Springfield, and Stockton, Missouri.

OTTO AND JOE KROEGER COLLECTION
Glass plate negatives, film negatives, photographs, newspaper articles and letters, including one image of the atom bomb exploding over Nagasaki, Japan, taken by fellow Jefferson City soldier Joe Kosstatscher who served with Joe Kroeger during World War II.

RICHARD L. LEE COLLECTION
Black and white photographs of Missouri courthouses

WILLIAM PRESTON COLLECTION
Images related to the life and career of fan dancer Sally Rand.

WILLIAM PYLE COLLECTION
Central Dairy-related images (Columbia, Mo), including interior and exterior views of the building, children’s field trips, “Central Baby” portraits, and photos of a the Merchandettes and a sponsored baseball team.

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH EDITORIAL CARTOON COLLECTION
Appr. 12,000 editorial cartoons created by Post-Dispatch staff members Daniel F. Fitzpatrick [1935-1958), Bill Mauldin (1958-1962) and Tom Engelhardt (1962-1977). More than 7000 searchable records currently available on an in-house database.

DANIEL R. FITZPATRICK
Editorial cartoons on equal rights for women and blacks, a clean environment, and concern for the militarization of America's post-World War foreign policies.

WILLIAM “BILL” MAULDIN
St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Chicago Sun-Times editorial cartoonist and winner of two Pulitzer Prizes.

SCHMIDT, MAXIMILIAN COLLECTION
Boonville inhabitants and environs including early Missouri River floods, steamboats and ferries, views of Boonville streets and the riverfront area, Chouteau Springs, and the Kemper Family School buildings and students.

S. C. STEINBERG COLLECTION COLLECTION
Sixteen prints of political rally sponsored by Young Democratic Club at Reed's Lake, west of Fulton in Callaway County on July 4, 1938; 9 prints of groundbreaking ceremony at Stephens College, Columbia, for Firestone Baars Chapel designed by Eero Saarinen.

E. B. TRAIL COLLECTION COLLECTION
Steamboats, river captains, and steamboat-related images, including ferries, flatboats, gunboats, houseboats, office boats, snag boats, tow and tug boats. Also included: advertisements, departure cards, documentation, and related scenes.

DANTE O. TRANQUILLE COLLECTION
104 images taken by Tranquille who visited mid-Missouri in the late 1940s or early 1950s. Includes riverfront area of St. Louis, the black community, downtown; University of Missouri campus in Columbia; and nearby McBaine.

CHARLES TREFTS COLLECTION
Images from 1900 to 1963 depicting St. Louis City and County people, public buildings, riverfront scenes, bridges, churches, catastrophes, houses and parks. Includes many historic events such as 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition; 1934 World Series; and aviation in St. Louis including Wright brothers at Kinloch Field in 1908 and Charles Lindbergh's return from Paris in 1927. Also includes some images of Crawford and Iron Counties and Lake of the Ozarks region in early 1930s.

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, COLUMBIA COLLECTION
Includes drawings, engravings, maps, and photos of buildings, clubs, faculty, fairs, festivals, Francis Quadrangle, fraternities, military life, monuments, officials, sororities, sports, student life, and views of campus.

MU COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE COLLECTION
Various views of agriculture, buildings, students, and other related images taken from early slide show developed by the college.

MU SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM SCRAPBOOKS COLLECTION
Images depict everyday academic and student life [ca. 1909-1912], as well as tour of state prison in Jefferson City; sports events; fraternity hazing; Farmers’ Fair; St. Patrick’s Day events; and homecoming parades. Also includes images of Christian College and Stephens College, including students at Lake Okiboji, Iowa.

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