Orphanages Bibliography
Many St. Louis repositories have information about orphanage care in St. Louis. This bibliography is meant to be a comprehensive, living document. Additions or corrections to the document are welcomed at office@stlgs.org. The repositories and the abbreviations used in this document are:
ARCHDIOCESAN ARCHIVES: Office of Archives and Records-Archdiocese of St. Louis, 20 Archbishop May Dr., St. Louis, MO 63119
EDEN: Eden Theological Seminary, 475 E. Lockwood Avenue, Webster Groves, MO 63119
MERC: St. Louis Mercantile Library, Thomas Jefferson Library, One University Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63121
MOHIST: Missouri History Museum, Library and Research Center, 225 So. Skinker Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63105
SHSocMO: The State Historical Society of Missouri, 1020 Lowry St, Columbia, MO 65201
SLCL: St. Louis County Library Clark Family Branch, 1640 S Lindbergh Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63131
SLPL: St. Louis Public Library, 1301 Olive St, St. Louis, MO 63101
SLU: Pius XII Memorial Library, St. Louis University, 3650 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63108
StLGS: St. Louis Genealogical Society, #4 Sunnen Drive, Ste. 140, St. Louis, MO 63143
Other repositories will be specifically attributed.
Please Note: Inconsistencies in spelling in titles are replicated exactly as they are in the originals.
| Topic | Bibliographic Entry | Repository |
|---|---|---|
| 1896 Tornado | Curzon, Julian, compiler. The Great Cyclone at St. Louis and East St. Louis, May 27, 1896: Being a Full History of the Most Terrifying and Destructive Tornado in the History of the World. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1997. | MERC, MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL, |
| Annie Malone Children’s Home | “Annie Malone Children and Family Service Center Home.” 2007. Vertical files. Missouri History Museum Library and Research Center, St. Louis. | MOHIST |
| Annie Malone Children’s Home | Annie Malone Children’s Home. “Annie Malone Children’s Home: Centennial Black and Gold Banquet, Friday, September 30, 1988,” St. Louis: The Author, 1988. | SLPL |
| Annie Malone Children’s Home | Annie Malone Children’s Home. “Annie Malone Children’s Home: 1990 Community Celebration, May 20, 1990.” St. Louis: The Author, 1990. | SLPL |
| Annie Malone Children’s Home | Annie Malone Children’s Home. Annie Malone Children and Family Service Center: 105th Annual Celebration. St. Louis: The Author, 1993. | MOHIST |
| Boys Town of Missouri | Boys Town of Missouri. Newsletter. St. James: The Author, 1957‒1971. | SLPL V. 69 (1957) V. 105 (1964) V. 108 (1964) V. 135 (1971) |
| Boys Town of Missouri | Neagles, James C. Boys Town of Missouri: a History. [Missouri]: Boys Town of Missouri, 1992. | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis | Faherty, William Barnaby, S. J. Catholic St. Louis: A Pictorial History. St. Louis: Reedy Press, 2009. |
SLCL |
| Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis | History and Genealogy Department Staff. Index to the History of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis: A Condensed History of the Catholic Church in Missouri and Saint Louis. St. Louis: St. Louis County Library, 2003. | SLCL |
| Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis | History of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis: a Condensed History of the Catholic Church in Missouri and Saint Louis, Material Progress and General Resources and Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Prominent Citizens. St. Louis: Western Watchman Pub. Co., 1924. | MOHIST |
| Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis | Lally, John M. Mission of Service: A Chronicle of Catholic Charities of St. Louis, 1912–1998. St. Louis: Catholic Charities of St. Louis, 1999. | Archdiocesan Archives SLU |
| Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis | Rothensteiner, John E. History of the Archdiocese of St. Louis: In Its Various Stages of Development From A.D. 1673 to A.D. 1928. St. Louis: Blackwell Wielandy Company, 1928. | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis | Sadliers’ Catholic Directory, Almanac and Ordo; With Reports of the Dioceses in the United States, Canada, Ireland, England, and Scotland. New York: D. & J. Sadlier & Co., 1870‒1901. | MOHIST (1870) SLPL (1897–1901) |
| Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis | Thornton, Francis A. and Theo Adelmann. The Notable Catholic Institutions of Saint Louis Vicinity: Beautiful Churches, Halls of Learning, and the Great Charities-Illustrated. St. Louis: Finkenbiner-Reid Pub. Co., 1911. | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| Catholic Culture | Coburn, Carol and Martha Smith. Spirited Lives: How Nuns Shaped Catholic Culture and American Life, 1836‒1920. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999. | Interlibrary Loan |
| Catholic Directory | Hoffmanns’ Catholic Directory, Almanac and Clergy List-Quarterly for the Year of Our Lord 1897. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: M. H. Wiltzius & Co., 1897. | https://tinyurl.com/y9mon4kt |
| Catholic Protectorate for Boys in St. Louis | Schroeder, Gerri and John. On This Holy Ground: A Brief Walk Through the History of LaSalle Retreat Center, Glencoe, Missouri. Glencoe: LaSalle Retreat Center, 2010. | SLPL |
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| Census | Missouri. St. Louis City. 1880 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication T9, rolls 717–721, 723–725, 733. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| Census | Missouri. St. Louis City. 1900 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication T623, rolls 890, 892, 894–896, 898–901. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| Census | Missouri. St. Louis City. 1910 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication T624, rolls 812–813, 817–823. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| Census | Missouri. St. Louis City. 1920 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication T625, rolls 947, 950–953, 955–961. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| Census | Missouri. St. Louis City. 1930 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication T626, rolls 1232, 1235–1240, 1242, 1244–1245. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| Census | Missouri. St. Louis City. 1940 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication T627, rolls 2190, 2193–2194, 2198, 2201, 2203–2205, 2207–2208, 2210. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| Census | Missouri. St. Louis County. 1850 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M432, rolls 415–418. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| Census | Missouri. St. Louis County. 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, rolls 648–651, 653–656. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| Census | Missouri. St. Louis County. 1870 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M693, rolls 808, 810, 812–822. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| Census | Missouri. St. Louis County. 1880 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication T9, rolls 715–716. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| Census | Missouri. St. Louis County. 1900 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 888. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| Census | Missouri. St. Louis County. 1910 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication T624, rolls 809–810. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| Census | Missouri. St. Louis County. 1920 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication T625, rolls 945–947. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| Census | Missouri. St. Louis County. 1930 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication T626, rolls 1223, 1225–1226. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| Census | Missouri. St. Louis County. 1940 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication T627, rolls 2147, 2149, 2152–2154. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
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| Charitable Directory | Childs, Theo. F., compiler. The Saint Louis Directory of Charitable, Philanthropic and Human Societies, Presenting a Brief Statement of the Special Work, Location, Officers and Necessities of the Most Prominent of Such Institutions; With a Mention of Such Other Organizations as Look to the Public for Support. St. Louis: W. H. McClain, 1902. UMSL Digital Library, (http://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/umsl/). | MERC |
| Child Protection | Annual Report of the Humane Society of Missouri for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. St. Louis: Robert I. Hild & Co., Printers, 1892. |
MOHIST (1883–84, 1884–85, 1892, 1908, 1913, 1917, 1933) |
| Children’s Home Society | Kimbrough, Mary. He Who Helps a Child: The Children’s Home Society of Missouri, Its First 100 Years. St. Louis: Patrice Press, 1991. | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLPL |
| Cholera Epidemic 1849 | Godwin, Bette, A.B. The Saint Louis Cholera Epidemic of 1849 as It Appeared in the Newspapers. Thesis. St. Louis University, 1951. | MOHIST, SLCL |
| Christian Women’s Benevolent Association | “About Us: History People Caring for People.” Christian Care Home. http://www.christiancarehome.com/#!about/aboutPage: 2016. | https://www.christiancarehome.com/about |
| City Directory | Edwards, Richard, editor. Edwards’ Annual Directory To The Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business, Business Firms, Etc., Etc., In The City Of St. Louis. St. Louis: Edwards, Southern Publishing Co., 1864‒1872. | MERC (1864–1872) MOHIST (1864–1867, 1869–1872) SHSocMO (1864–1871) SLPL (1864–1872) |
| City Directory | Keemle, Charles. The St. Louis Directory for the Years 1836–7: Containing the Names of the Inhabitants, Their Occupations, and the Numbers of Their Places of Business and Dwellings; with a Sketch of the City of St. Louis: to which is Added the Names of the City, Township, County and State Officers, and the Names and Officers of the Various Literary, Scientific, Benevolent, Religious and Public Institutions, with a Variety of Other Interesting Matter. St. Louis: C. Keemle, 1836. |
MERC (1836–1838) MOHIST (1836–1841) SHSocMO (1836–1841) SLCL (1840–1841) SLPL (1840–1841) |
| City Directory | Montague, Wm. L. The Saint Louis Business Directory for 1853‒4. St. Louis: E. A. Lewis, 1853. | MERC, MOHIST, SLPL |
| City Directory | Polk’s Medical Register and Directory of North America: 1912‒1913. Detroit, Baltimore, & Chicago: R. L. Polk & Company, 1912. | SHSocMO (1904) SLPL (1886, 1890, 1893, 1896, 1898, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1910, 1914–1915) https://goo.gl/xzRIEY |
| City Directory | Shewey, Arista C. Shewey’s Pictorial: St. Louis Past and Present. A Sketch of St. Louis, Its History, Resources Chronological Events, Tables of Information and Points of Interest. St. Louis: Artista C. Shewey, 1892. | MERC, MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL, |
| City Directory | St. Louis City Directories | MOHIST (1872–1952) SHSocMO (1872–1942) SLCL (1929–1980) SLPL (1872‒1874, 1876, 1879‒1881, 1884) |
| City Directory | St. Louis Directory 1859: Containing a Directory of Citizens, Including, Also, A Business Mirror, Appendix, Co-Partnership Directory, &c. St. Louis, Mo.: R. V. Kennedy & Co., 1859. | MERC, MOHIST |
| City Directory | Washington University in St. Louis, University Libraries & Missouri History Museum Library, “St. Louis City Directories, 1821‒1877,” digital images, Washington University Digital Gateway. http://digital.wustl.edu/cgi/t/text/text‒idx?c=cty;page=simple: 2016. | http://digital.wustl.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=cty;page=simple |
| Community Fund of St. Louis | The Community Fund of St. Louis. What Does the Community Fund Do?: A Statement By Each Member Organization, a Statement by the Community Fund Itself. St. Louis: The Author, 1925. | MOHIST |
| Convent of the Good Shepherd | O’Grady, Reverend John J. “Overview of Catholic Orphanages, Catholic Services for Children and Families; Record Group 03D03/A3150.” Typescript, 1928. Study of the Catholic Charitable Child Caring Institutions of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, Convent of the Good Shepherd. Office of Archives and Records-Archdiocese of St. Louis, Missouri. | Archdiocesan Archives |
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| Episcopal Orphans’ Home | Episcopal Orphans’ Home (Saint Louis, Mo.) Annual Report of the Orphans’ Home of the Protestant Episcopal Church in St. Louis. St. Louis, Mo.: [s.n.] | MOHIST (1904, 1905, 1924) SLPL (1906–1924) |
| Episcopal Orphans’ Home | Koenig, Evelyn Roberta. “The History of the Episcopal Home for Children in St. Louis, 1843‒1935.” Master of Science in Public Administration Dissertation. Washington University, Department of Social Work, St. Louis, Missouri, June 1935. | SLCL |
| Episcopal Orphans’ Home | Orphans’ Home (Saint Louis, Mo.). “Exercises Held at the Orphans’ Home on the Fourth Anniversary of Its Removal to the New Home.” St. Louis: Orphans’ Home, 1878. | MOHIST |
| Episcopal Orphans’ Home | Orphans’ Home (Saint Louis, Mo.). “The Orphans’ Home: For Orphan and Destitute Children, and Sick and Destitute Persons.” St. Louis: Republican Book and Job Office, 1855. | MOHIST |
| Episcopal Orphans’ Home | Rehkopf, Susan. “St. John’s Church Association for the Relief of Orphans and Destitute Persons; Church Association for the Relief of Orphans and Destitute Persons; Orphans’ Home; Episcopal Home for Children; The Educational Center,” The Historiographer, 2008. | Interlibrary Loan |
| Epworth School for Girls | Methodist Episcopal Church, Women’s Home Missionary Society. Epworth School for Girls. Cincinnati: The Author, n.d. | MOHIST |
| Family and Children’s Service of Greater St. Louis | Kimbrough, Mary. 125 Years of Caring: A History of Family and Children’s Service of Greater St. Louis, 1860–1985. St. Louis: Family & Children’s Service, 1985. | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| Father Dunne’s Newsboys’ Home and Protectorate | “Missouri National Register Listings.” State of Missouri. Missouri Department of Natural Resources. http://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/mnrlist.htm : 2016. PDF. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, “Father Dunne’s News Boys’ Home and Protectorate, 30 June 2010;” United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, D.C. |
https://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/stlouiscity.htm |
| Father Dunne’s Newsboys’ Home and Protectorate | Father Dunne’s Newsboys Home and Protectorate. “Father Dunne’s, Record Group VD1.3/A756.” Father Dunne’s Newsboys Journal 80th Anniversary 1906–1986, Father Dunne’s News Boys Home and Protectorate, Florissant, Missouri, February 1986. Vertical files. Office of Archives and Records‒Archdiocese of St. Louis. |
Archdiocesan Archives |
| Father Dunne’s Newsboys’ Home and Protectorate | Father Dunne’s Newsboys’ Journal. St. Louis: Father Dunne’s Newsboys’ Home. | MOHIST (1912, 1916, 1919) Archdiocesan Archives |
| Father Dunne’s Newsboys’ Home and Protectorate | Gormley, J. W. History of Father Dunne’s News Boys’ Home and Protectorate. St. Louis: Father Dunne’s Newsboys, 1910s. | MOHIST, SCSocMO, SLPL, Archdiocesan Archives |
| Father Dunne’s Newsboys’ Home and Protectorate | Gronski, Thomas. “An Anonymous Benefactor―The Story of Father Dunne’s Newsboys and Hugh Campbell,” The Campbell House Courier, newsletter, Spring 2015: 4; PDF images (http://www.campbellhousemuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/NewsletterSpring2015low-2.pdf). | https://tinyurl.com/y8ksohnb |
| Federal Records | “HHS Historical Highlights.” U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2016. | https://tinyurl.com/yag9t4wb |
| Federal Records | Koren, John, corporate author. United States Bureau of the Census. Benevolent Institutions: 1904. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1905. | Interlibrary Loan |
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| General Information | Corbett, Katharine T. In her Place : A Guide to St. Louis Women’s History. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society Press, 1999. | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| General Information | Dry, Camille. The Pictorial Guide to St. Louis: With Plans and Views. St. Louis: Missouri. Planters’ House, 1876. | https://goo.gl/E76bky |
| General Information | Missouri Secretary of State. “Missouri Birth & Death Records Database, Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 ‒ 1965,” Digital images. Missouri State Archives, 2016. | https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/birthdeath/ |
| General Information | Missouri Secretary of State. “Missouri Business Entity Search,” Digital images. Missouri State Archives, 2016. | https://tinyurl.com/mqctwt4 |
| General Information | Scharf, J. Thomas. History of Saint Louis City and County, From the Earliest Periods to the Present Day Including Biographical Sketches Of Representative Men, Vol. II. Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts & Co., 1883. | MOHIST, SCSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| General Information | Shewey, A. C. Shewey’s Pictorial St. Louis, Past and Present: A Sketch of St. Louis, Its History, Resources, Chronological Events, Tables of Information and Points of Interest. St. Louis: A. C. Shewey, 1892. | MOHIST, SCSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| General Information | Thomas, William L. The History of St. Louis County, Missouri: The Story Told 100 Years Ago of the People, Towns and Events that made “The County” as we know it today. 2011 reprint. St. Louis: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1911. | MERC, MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL, |
| General Information | United States Department of Labor. “Laws Relating to ‘Mothers’ Pension’ in the United States, Canada, Denmark and New Zealand.” Laura A. Thompson, compiler. Legal Series No. 4, Bureau Publication No. 63. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1919. | https://tinyurl.com/yah2jvlv |
| General Information | Wayman, Norbury L. A Pictorial History of St. Louis. St. Louis: N. L. Wayman, 1968. |
MERC, MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL, https://tinyurl.com/y82dd74k |
| General Orphanage | “A Study of Sixteen Children’s Institutions in St. Louis and St. Louis County made by the Family, Old Age and Children’s Division and Research Bureau of the Social Planning Council of St. Louis and St. Louis County with Consultation from the Child Welfare League of America.” Professional report. 31 December 1954. Privately held by St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota. | Interlibrary Loan |
| General Orphanage | Greenwood, Peggy Thomason. “Beyond the Orphanage.” St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly 24 (winter 1991). | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| General Orphanage | McKenzie, Richard B., editor. Home Away From Home: The Forgotten History of Orphanages. New York and London: Encounter Books, 2009. | SLCL |
| General Orphanage | Niles, Reg. Adoption Agencies, Orphanages and Maternity Homes: An Historical Directory. Garden City, NY: Phileas Deigh Corp., 1981. | SLPL |
| German General Protestant Children’s Home | Sartori, Glenn J. Still Caring: The Evolution of a St. Louis Orphanage. [General Protestant Children’s Home]. St. Louis : G.J. Sartori, 2003. |
MOHIST, SLCL, SLPL |
| German General Protestant Orphans’ Home | Draper, Kelly, indexer. Index to Intake Records, German General Protestant Orphans’ Home. St. Louis, Missouri: St. Louis County Library: 2003. | SLCL |
| German General Protestant Orphans’ Home | Hinton, Karen. German General Protestant Orphans’ Home. St. Louis, Mo.: s.n., 2012-2016. | SLPL |
| German Protestant Orphans’ Home | “History of Every Child’s Hope.” ECH: Every Child’s Hope, updated 2016. |
https://everychildshope.org/history/ |
| German Protestant Orphans’ Home | Hauck, Vic. History of Evangelical Children’s Home. St. Louis: Vic Hauck, 1983. |
EDEN |
| German Protestant Orphans’ Home | Protestant Orphans’ Home (St. Louis, Mo.). “Annual Report for the Year” [1918]. St. Louis: Protestant Orphans’ Home, 1918. | MOHIST |
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| German St. Vincent Orphan Home | Faden, Regina M. The German St. Vincent Orphan Home: the institution and its role in the immigrant German Catholic Community of St. Louis, 1850‒1900. Thesis. St. Louis University. 2000. |
MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| German St. Vincent Orphan Home | German St. Vincent Orphan Association (St. Louis, Mo.). Year Book and . . . Anniversary Souvenir Program of the German St. Vincent Orphan Association. [St. Louis, Mo.]: German St. Vincent Orphan Association, 1925–1929, 1931, 1933–1951, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1965, 1975, 100th Anniversary, 125th Anniversary. | MOHIST (1949, 1950, 100th Anniversary, 1958, 1960, 1975, 125th Anniversary) SLCL (125th Anniversary) SLPL (1925‒1929; 1931; 1933‒1951; 1956; 1958; 1965, 125th Anniversary) |
| German St. Vincent Orphan Home | German St. Vincent Orphan Association (St. Louis, Mo.). “Constitution des Deutschen St. Vincent Waisen Vereins.” St. Louis : St. Louis Tages-Chronik. | MOHIST (1858, 1869) |
| German St. Vincent Orphan Home | German St. Vincent Orphan Association (St. Louis, Mo.). “Constitution u. Nebengesetze : mit Regeln für Zweigvereine. Deutscher St. Vinzent Waisen-Verein.” St. Louis, Mo.: Amerika, 1880. |
MOHIST |
| German St. Vincent Orphan Home | German St. Vincent Orphan Association (St. Louis, Mo.). “Constitution und Nebengesetze des Deutschen St. Vinzent Waisen-Vereins.” St. Louis, Mo.: Office der Amerika, 1891. |
MOHIST |
| German St. Vincent Orphan Home | German St. Vincent Orphan Association (St. Louis, Mo.). “Die Regeln und Statuten des Vereines vom hl. Vincenz v. Paul: errichtet in der Diöcese St. Louis, mit der Genehmigung des . . . Dr. Kenrick . . . St. Louis, Mo.: Office der St. Louis Tages-Chronik, 1859. | MOHIST |
| German St. Vincent Orphan Home | German St. Vincent Orphan Association. Andenken an das goldene Jubiläum, 13ten Juni 1900, des St. Vincent Deutschen Waisen‒Vereins von St. Louis, Missouri, 1850‒1900. St. Louis : Der Waisen‒Verein, 1900. | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| German St. Vincent Orphan Home | German St. Vincent Orphan Association. “Centennial Anniversary of German Saint Vincent Orphan Association of St. Louis, Missouri, 1850–1950.” St. Louis: German St. Vincent’s Orphan Association, 1950. |
MOHIST, SLCL, SLPL |
| German St. Vincent Orphan Home | German St. Vincent Orphan Association. “Charter, constitution and by-laws of the German St. Vincent Orphan Association.” St. Louis, Missouri: German St. Vincent Orphan Association, 1959. |
MOHIST |
| German St. Vincent Orphan Home | German St. Vincent Orphan Association. “Fifth annual roller skating revue: the season’s holiday: St. Vincent’s Home, May 6, 7, 8, 1955.” Normandy, Missouri: German St. Vincent Orphan Association, 1955. | MOHIST |
| German St. Vincent Orphan Home | German St. Vincent Orphan Association. Remembrance of the Diamond Jubilee, June 21, 1925: German St. Vincent’s Orphan Society of St. Louis, Mo., 1850‒1925. Normandy, Missouri: The Author, 1925. |
MOHIST, SLCL, SLPL |
| German St. Vincent Orphan Home | German St. Vincent Orphan Association. “Souvenir of Heart of Jesus Catholic Congress delegates visit to St. Vincent Home: the German St. Vincent Orphan Association, Saturday evening, August 24, 1974.” St. Louis, Missouri: German St. Vincent Orphan Association, 1974. |
MOHIST |
| German St. Vincent Orphan Home | “Jahresbericht des Deutschen St. Vincent Waisen‒Vereins der Erzdi ozese, St. Louis: beamten das Gesch aftsjahr 1910.” German St. Vincent’s Orphan Society. St. Louis, Mo.: The Society, [1911?]. | SLPL |
| German St. Vincent Orphan Home | McClarren, Tom. “Morsels of mischief: orphan tales from my childhood.” [S.I.]: Trafford Pub., c 2008. | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| Girls’ Industrial Home and School | Girls’ Industrial Home of St. Louis. “Annual report—Girls’ Industrial Home of St. Louis.” St. Louis: The Author, 1858, 1879, 1914, 1917–1918, 1947–1951. | MOHIST (1858, 1879, 1914, 1917–1918) SLPL (1947–1951) |
| Girls’ Industrial Home and School | Gorse, Helen A. History of “The Girls Home,” 5501 Enright Ave., 1853‒1946. St. Louis: n.p., 1946. | MOHIST |
| Girls’ Industrial Home and School | Guinn, Lisa G. “Building Useful Women” from the Depths of Poverty: The Founding and Establishment of the Girls’ Industrial Home and School in St. Louis, 1853‒1916. Dissertation. Oklahoma State University. 2003. | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| Girls’ Industrial Home and School | Guinn, Lisa G. “‘Building Useful Women’ from the Depths of Poverty: The Founding and Establishment of the Girls’ Industrial Home and School in St. Louis, 1853‒1916.” Missouri Historical Review (April 2006). | SLCL |
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| Hessoun Bohemian Catholic Orphanage | Ch’ien, Rowena L. C. Backgrounds and Problems of Families Having Children at Hessoun Bohemian Catholic Orphanage, Fenton, Missouri, July, 1949. Thesis. St. Louis University. 1950. |
SLCL |
| Hessoun Bohemian Catholic Orphanage | Dostál, Hynek. “The Construction and Development of Hessoun Orphanage.” Naše rodina. 28–3 (September 2016) : 119–124. Translated from Czech by Layne Pierce and Dr. Mila Šašková–Pierce. | SLCL |
| Hessoun Bohemian Catholic Orphanage | Hessoun Orphanage Board [St. Louis, Missouri] (Minutes of Regular Meetings of Hessoun Orphanage Board), December 19, 1929 to May 9, 1940. Slavic-American Imprints Collection. Lovejoy Library, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois. [Text in English.] | Southern Illinois University- Edwardsville Lovejoy Library Slavic-American Imprints Collection Must call ahead for an appointment. |
| Hessoun Bohemian Catholic Orphanage | Luebbers, George. “Hessoun Bohemian Catholic Orphanage: 1908 through 1954.” Fenton, Mo.: Fenton Historical Society, 2011. | MOHIST, SLCL |
| Hessoun Bohemian Catholic Orphanage | O’Grady, Reverend John J. “Overview of Catholic Orphanages, Catholic Services for Children and Families; Record Group 03D03/A3150.” Typescript, 1928. Study of the Catholic Charitable Child Caring Institutions of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, Hessoun Bohemian Catholic Orphanage. Office of Archives and Records‒Archdiocese of St. Louis, Missouri. | Archdiocesan Archives |
| Hessoun Bohemian Catholic Orphanage | Peterson, Mary. “Hessoun Bohemian Catholic Orphanage in Fenton, St. Louis County, Missouri.” Naše rodina. 28-3 (September 2016): 118-119. | SLCL |
| Hessoun Bohemian Catholic Orphanage | “Prokes, Albert J., World War II Letters, 1942–1946.” Accession No. 265. C3466. Manuscript Collection. State Historical Society of Missouri. Columbia. [includes letters from twenty–one men who had resided in the Hessoun Orphanage in Fenton, Missouri, before entering the service.] | SHSocMO |
| Hessoun Bohemian Catholic Orphanage | Henehan, Schuyler. The service of Hessoun Bohemian Catholic Orphanage to the child care program of the Department of Children, Catholic Charities, St. Louis, Missouri. Thesis. St. Louis University. 1948. | University–Northern Colorado Greeley, Colorado Library use only |
| House of the Guardian Angel | “About Us: History,” Guardian Angel Settlement Association, updated 2016, Historical Timeline. | http://www.gasastl.org/our-history/ |
| Jewish Orphans’ Home | Abrams, Dr. Z., The Book of Memories, St Louis: Hub Printing Co., 1932. | MOHIST, StLGS |
| Jewish Orphans’ Home | Dedication Book: Jewish Orphans’ Home St. Louis, February Third 1929. St. Louis: Jewish Orphans’ Home, 1929. | MOHIST |
| Jewish Orphans’ Home | Ehrlich, Walter. Zion in the Valley: The Jewish Community of St Louis. Columbia: University of Missouri Press. 1997. | MOHIST, SLCL, SLPL |
| Jewish Orphans’ Home | Godwin, Bette, A. B. The Saint Louis Cholera Epidemic of 1849 as It Appeared in the Newspapers. Thesis. St. Louis University. 1951. | MOHIST |
| Juvenile Justice | Abrams, Douglas E. A Very Special Place in Life: The History of Juvenile Justice in Missouri. Jefferson City: Missouri Juvenile Justice Association, 2003. | St. Charles City-County Library District, Kathryn Linnemann Branch, 2323 Elm St, St Charles, MO 63301 |
| Juvenile Justice | Benson, Joseph Fred. One hundred years of justice : a history of the circuit court of St. Louis County, Missouri, 1877–1978. no publisher, no date. | SLCL |
| Juvenile Justice | Family Court of St. Louis County. “Guide to the Family Court. 2002,” reprint. Clayton, Missouri: Family Court of St. Louis County, 2010. | https://goo.gl/xaeqjY |
| Juvenile Justice | Lewandowki, Bernard I. and Mary C. Dahm. Mount Olive to Carondelet: 125 Years of Justice in the St. Louis County Circuit Court. Clayton: The St. Louis County Law Library, 2006. | SLCL |
| Juvenile Justice | Reed, James D. Celebrating 100 Years of Juvenile Justice in Missouri: 1903‒2003. PDF download, Missouri Juvenile Justice Association, 2016. | https://goo.gl/DZO1Hb |
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| Methodist Orphans’ Home | DePuy, William Harrison. Methodist Year Book–1921. Digital images. Google Books. |
https://tinyurl.com/y7wdkf66 |
| Methodist Orphans’ Home | Mecham, Lisa. 4385 Maryland in the Central West End. St. Louis, Mo.: The Author, 1995. | MOHIST |
| Methodist Orphans’ Home | Methodist Orphans’ Home Association of St. Louis. Annual report of the Methodist Orphans’ Home Association, with its rules for government of home. St. Louis, Mo.: The Association. |
SLPL (1897, 1913, 1916, 1924) |
| Metropolitan Church Federation of St. Louis | A Manual and Directory of the Protestant Evangelical Churches and Related Organizations of the Metropolitan Area of St. Louis, Missouri, Including the City and County of St. Louis, Missouri, Madison and St. Clair Counties, Illinois. St. Louis: Metropolitan Church Federation, n.d. | SLPL (1926, 1927–1928, 1929–1930, 1931–1932, 1955, 1966) |
| Mission Free School | “Engaging: St. Louis Unitarian Foundation for Children.” First Unitarian Church of St. Louis. |
https://tinyurl.com/y9bu9vx9 |
| Mission Free School | Carson, Elizabeth Chapin. “The Mission Free School.” Bulletin of the Missouri Historical Society, 9-4 (July 1953): 351-371. | |
| Missouri Government | Tolerton, Jesse A., Commissioner. “Second Annual Report of the State Game and Fish Commissioner to the Hon. Herbert S. Hadley, Governor of the State of Missouri (1911).” Jefferson City, Missouri: Missouri State Printing Office, 1911. | https://tinyurl.com/y7zalcr4 |
| Missouri Adoption Legislation | “Missouri Adoptee Rights Act” House Bill No. 1599, General Assembly of the state of Missouri, §193.125, RSMo (May 2016) | online |
| Missouri Baptist Children’s Home | “The Story of Us,” Missouri Baptist Children’s Home. 2016. | https://www.mcbs.org |
| Missouri Baptist Children’s Home | Missouri Baptist Orphans’ Home. “Annual Report of the Missouri Baptist Orphans’ Home.” St. Louis, Mo.: Missouri Baptist Orphans’ Home, 1909–1910. | MOHIST (1909–1910), SHSocMO (1885–1905) |
| Missouri Baptist Children’s Home | Ray, Jo Colay. These Little Ones: The History of the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home. St. Louis: The Home, 1986. | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| Mullanphy Orphan Home | “Mullanphy-Clemens Family.” Finding Guide. Saint Louis University Libraries Special Collections: Archives and Manuscripts. | https://goo.gl/bVlxfN |
| Newspaper | Missouri. St. Louis. St. Louis Globe–Democrat, 1878‒1889, St. Louis, Missouri |
MERC, MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| Newspaper | St. Louis Post–Dispatch, 1876‒1984, St. Louis, Missouri. | MERC, MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| Orphan Trains | Patrick, Michael D. and Evelyn Goodrich Patrick. Orphan Trains to Missouri. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1997. | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| Orphan Trains | Patrick, Michael, Evelyn Sheets and Evelyn Trickel. We Are a Part of History: The Story of the Orphan Trains. Virginia Beach, Virginia: The Donning Company, 1994. | MOHIST, SHSocMO |
| Presbyterian Home for Children of Missouri | Wingard, George T., editor. “Children’s Voice,” (March 1961): volume 30, number 1 . Farmington, Mo.: Presbyterian Home for Children of Missouri. | MOHIST |
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| Roman Catholic Orphan Asylums of the Archdiocese of St. Louis | “Annual report of the Board of Managers of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylums of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, also the report of the Orphan Aid Society.” Catholic Church. Archdiocese of St. Louis. Roman Catholic Orphan Asylums: The Board. | MOHIST (1887, 1888, 1890, 1897, 1899, 1900, 1904‒1905, 1906‒1907, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1921, 1922) SHSocMO (1887, 1897‒1898, 1901) SLPL (1897–1901) |
| Roman Catholic Orphan Asylums of the Archdiocese of St. Louis | Office of Reverend John J. Butler, president, “Central Bureau Catholic Charities, Correspondence folder; Record Group 03D03/A3150.” Typescript, 18 July 1928. Pro Rata Share of Institution. Office of Archives and Records-Archdiocese of St. Louis. | Archdiocesan Archives |
| Sacred Heart Convent | O’Grady, Reverend John J. “Overview of Catholic Orphanages, Catholic Services for Children and Families; Record Group 03D03/A3150.” Typescript, 1928. Study of the Catholic Charitable Child Caring Institutions of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, Sacred Heart Convent, Maryland and Taylor Avenues. Office of Archives and Records-Archdiocese of St. Louis. | Archdiocesan Archives |
| Salvation Army | “Salvation Army. Renaissance in St. Louis.” St. Louis: The Author, 1971. | MOHIST |
| Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet | Dougherty, Sister Dolorita Marie, CSJ; Sister Helen Angela Hurley, CSJ; Sister Emily Joseph Daly, CSJ; Sister St. Claire Coyne, CSJ; and others, Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. St. Louis: B. Herder Book Co., 1966. | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet | Savage, Sister Mary Lucida, PhD, The Congregation of Saint Joseph of Carondelet: A Brief Account of Its Origin and It’s Work in the United States (1650‒1922). St. Louis: B. Herder Book Co, 1927. | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| Society of the Sacred Heart | Callan, Louise, A. M., PhD. The Society of the Sacred Heart in North America. New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1937. | MERC, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| St. Ann’s Hospital and Foundling Home | Catholic Services for Children & Youth (St. Louis, Missouri). Catholic Church. St. Ann’s Hospital (St. Louis, Missouri); Catholic Church. St. Mary’s Orphanage (St. Louis, Missouri). “Records for children and parents of foundlings, adoptions, widows, 1853‒1929.” FHL microfilm nos. 1987662‒1987665. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. | SLCL, Archdiocesan Archives |
| St. Ann’s Hospital and Foundling Home | O’Grady, Reverend John J. “Overview of Catholic Orphanages, Catholic Services for Children and Families; Record Group 03D03/A3150.” Typescript, 1928. Study of the Catholic Charitable Child Caring Institutions of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, St. Ann’s Widows’ Home, Lying-In Hospital and Foundling Asylum. Office of Archives and Records-Archdiocese of St. Louis. | Archdiocesan Archives |
| St. Domenica Italian Orphanage | Galus, Walter J. The History of the Catholic Italians in Saint Louis. Thesis. St. Louis University. 1936. | MOHIST, SLCL |
| St. Domenica Italian Orphanage | Società Unione e Fratellanza Italiana. Seventy-fifth Anniversary (Diamond Jubilee) of the Società Unione e Fratellanza Italiana. St. Louis, Missouri: Società, 1941. | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| St. Frances’ Orphan Asylum | McGinnis, Henry A. History of St. Frances’ Home for Girls, Normandy, Missouri, 1887‒1950. Thesis. St. Louis University. 1951. | SLCL |
| St. Frances’ Orphan Asylum | Seematter, Mary. “Overcoming Obstacles: Serving Black Catholics in St. Louis, 1873‒1993.” Gateway Heritage, volume 20, no. 4 (Spring 2000). | MOHIST |
| St. Joseph’s Convent of Mercy | Lennon, Sister Mary Isadore. Milestones of mercy;: Story of the sisters of Mercy in St. Louis, 1856‒1956. Milwaukee: Bruce Press, 1957. | MERC, MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| St. Joseph’s Convent of Mercy | Oakes, Sister Mary Paulinus, RSM, The Tapestry of Mercy: The History of the St. Louis Regional Community of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas. St. Louis: Sisters of Mercy, 2008. | SLCL |
| St. Joseph’s Convent of Mercy | St. Joseph Convent of Mercy, “Sisters of Mercy, St. Louis Regional Archives,” Record Group H505, “Historical,” 41 boxes, Mercy Heritage Center, 720 Heritage Center Place, Belmont, NC 28012. |
Mercy Heritage Center, Belmont, North Carolina |
| St. Joseph’s Home for Boys | O’Grady, Reverend John J. “Overview of Catholic Orphanages, Catholic Services for Children and Families; Record Group 03D03/A3150.” Typescript, 1928. Study of the Catholic Charitable Child Caring Institutions of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, St. Joseph’s Male Orphan Asylum. Office of Archives and Records-Archdiocese of St. Louis. |
Archdiocesan Archives |
| St. Joseph’s Home for Boys | White, Frederic. The History of Saint Joseph’s Home for Boys in Saint Louis, Missouri, from 1835 to 1949. Thesis. St. Louis University. 1949. | SLCL, SLU |
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| St. Louis Association of Ladies for the Relief of Orphan Children | St. Louis Association of Ladies for the Relief of Orphan Children. “Ninth annual meeting of the St. Louis Association of Ladies, for the Relief of Orphan Children.” St. Louis, Mo.: St. Louis Association of Ladies, 1844. | MOHIST |
| St. Louis Christian Home | Lester, Hiram J. and Marjorie Lee Lester. “Inasmuch . . . The Saga of NBA.” St. Louis: National Benevolent Association, 1987. | SLCL |
| St. Louis Christian Home | St. Louis Christian Home. This is Our Home. St. Louis: The Author, 1960. | MOHIST, SLCL |
| St. Louis Colored Orphans Home | “Missouri National Register Listings,” State of Missouri Department of Natural Resources (http://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/mnrlist.htm : accessed 2 March 2016), PDF, National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, “St. Louis Colored Orphans Home, 12 August 1999,” Section 8, p. 3; crediting United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, D.C. | https://goo.gl/bm6zuL |
| St. Louis History | Dacus, Joseph A. and James William Buel. A Tour of St. Louis: Or, The Inside Life of a Great City. St. Louis, Western Publishing Company, 1878. |
SLCL, SLPL |
| St. Louis History | Hyde, William and Howard L. Conard, editors. Encyclopedia of the History of St. Louis: A Compendium of History and Biography for Ready Reference, Vol. I. New York: Southern History Company, 1899. | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| St. Louis Protestant Orphans’ Asylum | “Great Circle: About: History,” Great Circle. |
www.greatcircle.org/index.php/about/our-story |
| St. Louis Protestant Orphans’ Asylum | National Register of Historic Places nomination forms for Missouri. 1976. Kansas City. | MOHIST, https://goo.gl/6BJklk |
| St. Louis Protestant Orphans’ Asylum | Northcott, Dennis. Abstract of the Minute book of the St. Louis Protestant Orphans’ Asylum: December 22, 1834‒March 17, 1852. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society, 1995. |
MOHIST, SLCL |
| St. Louis Protestant Orphans’ Asylum | Northcott, Dennis. Abstract of the Record book of admissions and removals of the St. Louis Protestant Orphan Asylum, 1882‒1916. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society, 1995. | MOHIST |
| St. Louis Protestant Orphans’ Asylum | St. Louis Protestant Orphan Asylum (St. Louis, Mo.). Semi-Centennial Celebration of the Founding of the St. Louis Protestant Orphan Asylum: held at Pilgrim Congregational Church, corner Washington and Ewing avenues, St. Louis, Mo., May 11th, 1885. St. Louis: Levison & Blythe Stationery Co., 1885. |
MOHIST, SHSocMO |
| St. Louis Protestant Orphans’ Asylum | St. Louis Protestant Orphan Asylum. The Annual Report of the St. Louis Protestant Orphan Asylum. St. Louis: Levison & Blythe, 1836; 1869‒1897; 1901‒1911. | MERC (1836?), MOHIST (1891, 1893‒1894, 1905‒1906, 1908‒1911), SHSocMO (1869‒1897,1901‒1904), SLPL (1870–1872) |
| St. Louis Protestant Orphans’ Asylum | St. Louis Protestant Orphans’ Home. Program of benefit staged for the Saint Louis Protestant Orphans’ Home. Webster Groves, Missouri: s.n. 1915. | MOHIST |
| St. Louis Protestant Orphans’ Asylum | Stagg, H. I. History of the Founding and Progress of the St. Louis Protestant Orphan Asylum (prepared at the request of the board of managers). St. Louis: Little & Becker Ptg. Co., 1891. | MERC, MOHIST, SLCL, SLPL |
| St. Louis Protestant Orphans’ Asylum | Start, Clarissa. Webster Groves. City of Webster Groves, 1975. | MOHIST, SHSocMO, SLCL, SLPL |
| St. Mary’s Home for Girls | Catholic Charities of St. Louis, “Letter from Reverend Joseph B. Winter to Sister Mary Rose, St. Mary’s Home for Girls,” (1952); folder: “St. Mary’s Orphan Asylum History and Correspondence, Photocopies from Daughters of Charities Archives,” Record Group 03D03/A3150; Office of Archives and Records-Archdiocese of St. Louis, 20 Archbishop May Drive, St. Louis, Missouri. |
Archdiocesan Archives |
| St. Mary’s Home for Girls | Catholic Services for Children & Youth (St. Louis, Missouri). Catholic Church. St. Ann’s Hospital (St. Louis, Missouri); Catholic Church. St. Mary’s Orphanage (St. Louis, Missouri). “Records for children and parents of foundlings, adoptions, widows, 1853‒1929.” FHL microfilm nos. 1987662‒1987665. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. |
SLCL, Archdiocesan Archives |
| St. Mary’s Home for Girls | Liebig, Emma Theresa. The History of St. Mary’s Home for Girls in St. Louis, Missouri, 1843‒1948. Thesis. St. Louis University. 1949. |
SLCL, Archdiocesan Archives |
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| St. Philomena’s Technical School | O’Grady, John J. “Overview of Catholic Orphanages, Catholic Services for Children and Families; Record Group 03D03/A3150.” Typescript, 1928. Study of the Catholic Charitable Child Caring Institutions of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, St. Philomena’s Technical School. Office of Archives and Records‒Archdiocese of St. Louis. | Archdiocesan Archives |
| St. Rita’s Convent | O’Grady, John J. “Overview of Catholic Orphanages, Catholic Services for Children and Families; Record Group 03D03/A3150.” Typescript, 1928. Study of the Catholic Charitable Child Caring Institutions of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, St. Rita’s Convent, 4650 South Broadway. Office of Archives and Records-Archdiocese of St. Louis. | Archdiocesan Archives |
| Street Boys’ Home | Street Boys’ Home (St. Louis, Mo.). “Constitution and By-Laws of the Street Boys’ Home, and a List of Its Officers and Members.” St. Louis: Little & Becker, [1876?]. | MOHIST |
| Western Sanitary Commission | Final Report of the Western Sanitary Commission, from May 9th, 1864 to December 31st, 1865. St. Louis: R. P. Studley & Co., 1866. Digital images, Google Books. | https://tinyurl.com/yanpk47a |