1. THE ARCHIVES

INVENTORY/FINDING AID--A printed inventory or finding aid is available for every processed collection open for research in the Saint Louis University Archives.  Besides providing the researcher with notes on the general scope and contents of the collection, the inventory also contains biographical/historical data about the collection and its creator, a listing and narrative description of each series in the collection, and a listing of each container (folder) in the collection.

DATABASE OF DESCRIPTIVE RECORDS--In addition to this printed inventory, the Archives maintains a database of descriptive records for its processed collections.  These records describe the collection at the collection, series, container or folder level, and item level for certain collections.  These descriptions provide even more details about the items in the collection, and they should give the researcher a clear idea as to whether he/she would like to examine the collection, series, folder, or item being described.  To search this collections database by keyword, please click HERE.

LIST OF PROCESSED COLLECTIONS--What follows here is a list of processed collections open for research for which a printed inventory/finding aid is available.  Links to many of these finding aids have been established, and links to more finding aids will be put up as time permits.  To view an available inventory/finding aid, click on the appropriate collection title. In addition, descriptions for these collections have been entered into the Archives local database. 

ART:
 

	Nathan B. Young Art Collection
	Nathan B. Young Clip-Art Collection

MANUSCRIPTS:
 

	Walter J. Ong Manuscript Collection
	James B. Macelwane Manuscript Collection
	Peter A. Munch/Tristan da Cunha Collection
	Peter A. Munch/Tristan da Cunha Collection:  II
	Samuel P. Eastman/Tristan da Cunha Collection
	Charles E. Marske/Tristan da Cunha Collection
	Walter H. Hill Manuscript Collection
	Louisa L. Jekel Manuscript Collection
	John F. Wixford Manuscript Collection
	Benjamin M. Darby Manuscript Collection
	Frederick G. Holweck Manuscript Collection
	H. J. Hagen Manuscript Collection
	Jeremiah W. Clemens Manuscript Collection
	Samuel J. Merenda 70th General Hospital Manuscript Collection
	Jenkins/Walworth Family Manuscript Collection
	Shirley L. Seifert Manuscript Collection
	Eugene F. Karst Manuscript Collection
	Joseph C. Husslein Manuscript Collection
	Louis E. Alewel Manuscript Collection
	Saugrain Family Manuscript Collection
	Oscar W. Collet Manuscript Collection
	Laurence J. Kenny Manuscript Collection
	John R. Bradstreet Manuscript Collection
	Drew Family Manuscript Collection
	Walter L. Wilkins Manuscript Collection
	Agnes M. Schumacher Manuscript Collection
	Mary T. Bires Manuscript Collection
	Frost Family Manuscript Collection
	Clemens-Hardaway Family Manuscript Collection
	Clarke Family Manuscript Collection
	Mullanphy-Clemens Family Manuscript Collection
	Cyril Clemens Manuscript Collection
	Daniel A. Lord Manuscript Collection
	Julian D. Smith Manuscript Collection
	Cyril Clemens Manuscript Collection II
	Robert J. Henle Manuscript Collection
	Miscellaneous Saint Louis University Manuscript Collection
	Miscellaneous Illuminated Manuscript Collection
	Miscellaneous Autograph Collection
	Miscellaneous St. Louis and Missouri Manuscript Collection
	Miscellaneous Catholica Manuscript Collection
	Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection
	Joseph L. Curby Manuscript Collection
	Chauncey Fleming Manuscript Collection
	Ruth Backof Manuscript Collection
	Goronwy O. Broun, Sr. Manuscript Collection

RECORDS:
 

	Saint Louis University Historical Records
	Fordyce House Records
	History Department Records
	Phi Beta Kappa Records
	Board of Trustees Records
	Latin American Office Records
	Saint Louis University Sesquicentennial Records
	Saint Louis University Theater Department Records
	Preetorius-Schurz-Danzer Memorial Association Records
	Phi Beta Kappa Records II

SCRAPBOOKS:
 

Saint Louis University Historical Scrapbooks

The Archives does have several collections open for research that either have no finding guide or have only a preliminary inventory available.  Please contact a staff member for assistance in using these collections.  These collections are:
 

	Thomas A. Dooley Manuscript Collection
	Boleslaus T. Lukaszewski Photograph Collection
	Rita G. Adams Photograph Collection
	Randy R. McGuire Photograph Collection
	Daniel J. Antil Photograph Collection
	Public Relations Office Photograph Collection

2.  THE LIBRARY

RARE BOOKS COLLECTION—Of the more than 7,800 titles in the rare books portion of the Rare and Special Books Library, approximately 750 titles have been fully cataloged. These catalog records appear in a closed card catalog in the St. Louis Room.  A shelf inventory of all rare books has been created and is being maintained in the St. Louis Room.  This inventory provides author, date, language, general size, and general subject information about each book.  This rare books inventory is accessible through a local database, with all of the above mentioned access points being searchable, and in printed form.  Currently, access to this database is available only in the St. Louis Room.

The rare books collection is very strong in early works in Catholic theology and philosophy, including various editions of works by St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Augustine.  The collection also contains a number of titles by members of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) including Ignatius Loyola, Francis Xavier, Francisco Suarez, and Athanasius Kircher.  Nearly one half of these 7,800 books are written in Latin.  Another significant collection within the Rare Books Collection is the Moore Carpenter Recusant History Collection.  This collection contains more than five hundred books, pamphlets, and manuscripts related to the history of the English recusants, those English Roman Catholics of the period 1570 to 1791 who refused to attend services of the Church of England.

SPECIAL BOOKS COLLECTION—All of the more than 15,000 titles in The Special Books Collection of the Rare and Special Books Library have been catalogued.  The bibliographic records for these books appear in the Saint Louis University Libraries Catalog.  The Special Books Collection contains the following categories of material:  books written by University faculty, staff, students, or alumni; books containing chapters, essays, or introductions written by University faculty, staff, students, or alumni; formal publications of Saint Louis University, including catalogues, newspapers, magazines, and yearbooks; autographed copies, limited editions, first American editions, and technical reference books on archives, manuscripts, and rare and special books.  In addition, The Special Books Collection has strengths in the following areas:  American history, particularly the history of the westward movement and the Mississippi valley; the Civil War; St. Louis area history; American Catholic Church history, particularly in the St. Louis area; Jesuit missionary activities in the Americas; editions of Shakespeare.

3.  THE MUSEUM

In the same manner as for the archival collections, a printed inventory is available that lists each processed object or collection of objects in the Museum collections.  Also, a more detailed description of each object has been entered into the same local database as the archival collections.