St. Louis Mercantile Library /tags/st-louis-mercantile-library St. Louis Mercantile Library en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍřĚěĚĂ Tue, 31 Aug 2021 21:47:57 GMT For 175 Years, St. Louis’ Mercantile Library Has Collected The History Of A City — And A Nation /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-08-30/tuesday-mercantile-library-celebrates-175-years-preserving-history-as-it-happens More than 300 artifacts and artworks comprise the current exhibition at the Mercantile, which is the oldest extant library west of the Mississippi River. Tue, 31 Aug 2021 21:47:57 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-08-30/tuesday-mercantile-library-celebrates-175-years-preserving-history-as-it-happens Evie Hemphill Mercantile Library Promises Weekend Of Artist Demos, Treasures To Fit Every Budget At Print Fair /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2019-04-30/mercantile-library-promises-weekend-of-artist-demos-treasures-to-fit-every-budget-at-print-fair For one weekend every year, the J.C. Penney Conference Center at the University of Missouri-St. Louis transforms into an art and book lover’s paradise.… Tue, 30 Apr 2019 19:58:42 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2019-04-30/mercantile-library-promises-weekend-of-artist-demos-treasures-to-fit-every-budget-at-print-fair Evie Hemphill New exhibit examines the robust history of daily newspapers in St. Louis /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2017-10-18/new-exhibit-examines-the-robust-history-of-daily-newspapers-in-st-louis During the mid-1800s, St. Louis had between 20-25 daily newspapers operating concurrently.On Wednesday’s St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh talked about… Wed, 18 Oct 2017 21:52:03 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2017-10-18/new-exhibit-examines-the-robust-history-of-daily-newspapers-in-st-louis Alex Heuer St. Louis painter premieres exhibition that views America from a different perspective: its rivers /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2017-02-08/st-louis-painter-premieres-exhibition-that-views-america-from-a-different-perspective-its-rivers Riddle me this: What surrounds us as Americans that most of us have never directly experienced?If you guessed “our nation’s waterways,” you would be… Wed, 08 Feb 2017 19:17:07 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2017-02-08/st-louis-painter-premieres-exhibition-that-views-america-from-a-different-perspective-its-rivers Kelly Moffitt Reflection on the Mercantile Library at 170: Still joining past with present into our future /arts/2016-03-31/reflection-on-the-mercantile-library-at-170-still-joining-past-with-present-into-our-future If your job were to nourish and to advance a venerable cultural institution so skillfully that its dignity and integrity would be burnished while, at the… Thu, 31 Mar 2016 19:55:36 GMT /arts/2016-03-31/reflection-on-the-mercantile-library-at-170-still-joining-past-with-present-into-our-future Robert W. Duffy Beyond Cake: The Making And Mapping Of St. Louis /arts/2014-11-17/beyond-cake-the-making-and-mapping-of-st-louis To celebrate a major birthday — say, 50 or older — many hosts serve cake and display photos of the celebrant: baby photos, first steps, awkward… Tue, 18 Nov 2014 02:38:04 GMT /arts/2014-11-17/beyond-cake-the-making-and-mapping-of-st-louis Patricia Rice St. Louis Mercantile Library Celebrates The Paper Arts, From Printing To Painting /arts/2014-05-02/st-louis-mercantile-library-celebrates-the-paper-arts-from-printing-to-painting This weekend the St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri-St. Louis is hosting its 8th Annual Fine Print, Rare Book & Paper Arts Fair.… Fri, 02 May 2014 16:57:34 GMT /arts/2014-05-02/st-louis-mercantile-library-celebrates-the-paper-arts-from-printing-to-painting Take Five: Earl Swift is Huck Finn all grown up /arts/2012-11-29/take-five-earl-swift-is-huck-finn-all-grown-up This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 29, 2012 - When Earl Swift was a kid, building a raft to venture along a big river was just the… Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:07:41 GMT /arts/2012-11-29/take-five-earl-swift-is-huck-finn-all-grown-up Jason Schwartzman Political Collection At Mercantile Library 'Makes History Real' /government-politics-issues/2012-09-28/political-collection-at-mercantile-library-makes-history-real This Sunday an exhibition called “Presidents and Politics” opens at the St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri St. Louis.The campaign… Fri, 28 Sep 2012 11:27:13 GMT /government-politics-issues/2012-09-28/political-collection-at-mercantile-library-makes-history-real Maria Altman Nearly 250 years later, founding of St. Louis remains a fascinating story /arts/2011-06-13/nearly-250-years-later-founding-of-st-louis-remains-a-fascinating-story This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 13, 2011 - If social media had existed back in 1764, you could almost imagine founding father… Tue, 14 Jun 2011 01:46:57 GMT /arts/2011-06-13/nearly-250-years-later-founding-of-st-louis-remains-a-fascinating-story Dale Singer