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A collection of items relating to a historical overview of St. Louis cemeteries; changing burial practices in St. Louis; the role of endowment and ownership in the success of a cemetery; the role of landscape and tombstone iconography in cemetery success; and the role of preservation when we talk about progress.

Queer STyLe is a digital collection featuring micro-oral histories and photographs of various members of the St. Louis LGBTQIA+ community. The collection aims to provide a clear documentation of the experiences and styles within the St. Louis queer community while also contributing to current scholarship on the intersection of fashion, style, and identity. By drawing on the analysis of Maria Mckinney-Valentin and Fred Davis, the project highlights the tension in contemporary fashion culture between personal expressions of identity and social performances. This tension is particularly pronounced within LGBTQIA+ communities, where individuals often face the difficult choice of reflecting and affirming their identities through clothing or conforming to societal expectations for safety. This collection intends to not only provide clear documentation of the experiences and styles of the St. Louis queer community but to expand upon current scholarship on the intersection of fashion, style, and identity.

On June 27, 1854, the city of St. Louis bought a sixty acre parcel of land 1 1/2 miles south of Jefferson Barracks from Augustus Langkopf for the amount of $5,000. This would become the site known as Robert Koch Hospital. Quarantine, which it was originally known, was used as a quarantine station along the Mississippi River. Outbreaks of smallpox, yellow fever, typhoid fever, and cholera created the need for the city to inspect and quarantine sailors coming into St. Louis’ port to reduce the spread of the diseases. The items in this collection are related to an exhibit on this history of this hospital.

This is a collection of oral histories and supporting materials from people who lived in the St. Louis area but left for one reason or another.

This collection features items related to the Women's Suffrage Movement in St. Louis. The associated items were added as part of HIST6133 - Digital Public History at UMSL.