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Articles 181 - 210 of 1832
Full-Text Articles in History
New Perspectives On The Great Fire Of 1849, Bob Moore
New Perspectives On The Great Fire Of 1849, Bob Moore
The Confluence (2009-2020)
The story of the fire in St. Louis started by the steamboat White Cloud in 1849 often focuses on the destruction to the business district. This article sheds new light on the happenings during the fire from court testimony surrounding the destruction of Phillips Music Store, through eyewitness accounts.
A Gateway To The East: An Exploration Of St. Louis’ Mexican History Through The Built Environment, Daniel Gonzales
A Gateway To The East: An Exploration Of St. Louis’ Mexican History Through The Built Environment, Daniel Gonzales
The Confluence (2009-2020)
St. Louis had a relationship with Mexico dating to trade along the Santa Fe Trail starting in the 1820s. It came to include commerce, marketing, and migration starting in the late nineteenth century, as Daniel Gonzales details here.
So Much To Learn: Dye Tracing The Current River Landscape, Part Iii, Quinta Scott
So Much To Learn: Dye Tracing The Current River Landscape, Part Iii, Quinta Scott
The Confluence (2009-2020)
In this third installment of her work on the Current River, Quinta Scott looks at environmental change in the iconic Missouri Waterway
Spring/Summer 2019, Full Issue
An Extraordinary Odyssey: One Man’S Fight To Stay Free During World War Ii, Diane Everman
An Extraordinary Odyssey: One Man’S Fight To Stay Free During World War Ii, Diane Everman
The Confluence (2009-2020)
The Schweich family fled Nazi Germany in 1941 and landed in St. Louis. This is the story of their journey during World War II.
2018-2019 Lindenwood University Honors Convocation, Lindenwood University
2018-2019 Lindenwood University Honors Convocation, Lindenwood University
Honors Convocation Programs
2018-2019 Lindenwood University Honors Convocation
Letter From A St. Louis Barroom, March 1849, Christopher Alan Gordon
Letter From A St. Louis Barroom, March 1849, Christopher Alan Gordon
The Confluence (2009-2020)
1849 was a seminal year in the history of St. Louis, as Christopher Gordon asserts in his new book, Fire, Pestilence, and Death: St. Louis, 1849—a devastating fire and cholera epidemic stood juxtaposed against a city growing at leaps and bounds and flooded by Argonauts seeking fortunes in the California gold fields. In this edited letter, which Gordon found while researching for his book, Edwin Hollister describes the burgeoning city.
Searching For Compromise: Missouri Congressman John Richard Barret’S Fight To Save The Union, Nicholas Sacco
Searching For Compromise: Missouri Congressman John Richard Barret’S Fight To Save The Union, Nicholas Sacco
The Confluence (2009-2020)
In the months leading to the Civil War, Missouri politics were turbulent. Some supported union, others not. John Richard Barret fought to keep Missouri and the state’s Democrats loyal to the union.
Fall/Winter 2018/2019, Full Issue
The Pin-Up Boy Of The Symphony: St. Louis And The Rise Of Leonard Bernstein, Kenneth H. Winn
The Pin-Up Boy Of The Symphony: St. Louis And The Rise Of Leonard Bernstein, Kenneth H. Winn
The Confluence (2009-2020)
Much has been written about Leonard Bernstein to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his birth. St. Louis and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra played a key role in Bernstein’s early career—including performing the first work by Bernstein to be recorded.
From The Editor, Jeffrey Smith
2018-2019 Lindenwood University Viewbook, Lindenwood University
2018-2019 Lindenwood University Viewbook, Lindenwood University
Viewbooks
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Beautiful Dreams, Breathtaking Visions: Drawings From The 1947–1948 Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Architectural Competition, Jennifer Clark
Beautiful Dreams, Breathtaking Visions: Drawings From The 1947–1948 Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Architectural Competition, Jennifer Clark
The Confluence (2009-2020)
Eero Saarinen’s innovative design for the Gateway Arch has become a symbol of the city. Jennifer Clark explores the competition that led to the selection of the futuristic Gateway Arch.
Spring/Summer 2018, Full Issue
Archaeology At The Arch, Don Booth
Archaeology At The Arch, Don Booth
The Confluence (2009-2020)
Beneath the grounds of the Gateway Arch a cistern lay buried for a century and a half. Now, its contents have been excavated, adding to the story of early St. Louis.
Outfitted For The Unknown: Explorer Titian Peale’S Clothing And Scientific Equipment, Jennifer Clark
Outfitted For The Unknown: Explorer Titian Peale’S Clothing And Scientific Equipment, Jennifer Clark
The Confluence (2009-2020)
Titian Peale—son of the famous Charles Willson Peale and brother of noted artist Rembrandt Peale—was an ethnographer and artist in his own right. Stephen Long hired him as an artist and scientist to be part of the Yellowstone Expedition traveling from St. Louis in 1819. His paintings, artifacts, and words give a first-hand glimpse at the expedition and Peale’s role in it.
Sanctuary On The Mississippi: St. Louis As A Way Station For Mormon Emigration, Thomas L. Farmer, Fred E. Woods
Sanctuary On The Mississippi: St. Louis As A Way Station For Mormon Emigration, Thomas L. Farmer, Fred E. Woods
The Confluence (2009-2020)
In the decades before the Civil War, St. Louis was considered by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to be the most Mormon-friendly city outside Salt Lake City. Thomas Farmer and Fred Woods examine the ways Mormons used St. Louis as a way station to earn money and replenish resources, while at the same time contributing to its growth.
From The Editor, Jeffrey Smith
Re-Interpreting Westward Expansion On The Arch Grounds: Foreword And Overview Of The Goals For The New Exhibit, Bob Moore
The Confluence (2009-2020)
More than a half a century after its opening, the museum beneath the Gateway Arch is completely new starting in the summer of 2018. Historian Bob Moore outlines the exhibits, content, and thinking that went into it.
2017-2018 Lindenwood University Honors Convocation, Lindenwood University
2017-2018 Lindenwood University Honors Convocation, Lindenwood University
Honors Convocation Programs
2017-2018 Lindenwood University Honors Convocation
Hidden History: The Whitewashing Of The 1917 East St. Louis Riot, Samanthé Bachelier
Hidden History: The Whitewashing Of The 1917 East St. Louis Riot, Samanthé Bachelier
The Confluence (2009-2020)
A bloody riot erupted in East St. Louis in the summer of 1917 that resulted in the massacre of dozens of African Americans. Bachelier argues that the history of the history of the riot is also telling about views about race both at the time and since.
Fall 2017/Winter 2018, Full Issue
The Impact Of Jewish American Identity And Assimilation In The Reform Movement, Tanya Jones
The Impact Of Jewish American Identity And Assimilation In The Reform Movement, Tanya Jones
The Confluence (2009-2020)
Tanya Jones explores the role of the Reform movement to blend American identity and Judaism in the Gilded Age, using St. Louis as a case study. This essay is the winner of the 2017 Morrow Prize, presented annually by the Missouri Conference on History for the best student paper on a Missouri topic presented at its annual conference in March.
From The Editor, Jeffrey Smith
What Not To Wear To A Riot: Fashioning Race, Class, And Gender Respectability Amidst Racial Violence, Lou W. Robinson
What Not To Wear To A Riot: Fashioning Race, Class, And Gender Respectability Amidst Racial Violence, Lou W. Robinson
The Confluence (2009-2020)
The descriptions of participants and events in the 1917 East St. Louis riot carried messages about biases. Lou W. Robinson argues that even descriptions of the ways African American women were dressed at the time conveyed biases that sought to question the morals and respectability of women living in East St. Louis at the time.
A New England Abolitionist Visits A St. Louis Slave Trader, Kenneth H. Winn
A New England Abolitionist Visits A St. Louis Slave Trader, Kenneth H. Winn
The Confluence (2009-2020)
When the crisis in Kansas over allowing—or banning—slavery in the territory erupted in 1854, it became a symbol of the cause for both southerners and northern abolitionists. Noted abolitionist Thomas Wentworth Higginson traveled to Kansas in 1856. On his way, he stopped in St. Louis and visited a slave auction. Kenneth Winn introduces Higginson’s account, reprinted here.
2016-2017 President's Year-End Report, Lindenwood University
2016-2017 President's Year-End Report, Lindenwood University
State of the University Address (Formerly Annual Reports or President's Reports/)
The 2017 annual report of Lindenwood University.
Strengthening Slavery’S Border, Undermining Slavery: Fugitive Slaves And The Legal Regulation Of Black Mississippi River Crossing, 1804-1860, Jesse Nasta
The Confluence (2009-2020)
In the decades before the Civil War, St. Louis sat on a border between slave and free states. Jesse Nasta documents the role of common carriers—steamboats—on the Mississippi River for escaping slaves and the efforts of government to hold steamboat operators accountable for those escapes—efforts that reached all the way to the Missouri Supreme Court. This article is the recipient of the 2017 Tatom Award for the best student paper on a regional topic.
From Prairie To Destination: The Story Of South Grand, Andrew Weil, Josh Burbridge
From Prairie To Destination: The Story Of South Grand, Andrew Weil, Josh Burbridge
The Confluence (2009-2020)
The business district on South Grand between Arsenal and Utah streets evolved from a prairie setting into a thriving business district when streetcars arrived. In this essay, Andrew Weil and Josh Burbridge chart the evolution of the business district through its architecture.
From The Editor, Jeffrey Smith