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Title: Louisiana Purchase Cemmemorations
Description: File contains articles and brochures and material about the centennial and bicentennial celebrations for the Louisiana Purchase.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Louisiana Purchase Commemorations
Description: Brochure and media kit for Three Flas Festival Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial and other material.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: United States Including Territories and Insular Possessions Showing the Extent of Public Surveys, National Parks, National Forests, Indian Reservations, National Wildlife Refuges, and Reclamation Projects
Description: Two-sided map of the United States as well as then-territories Alaska and Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, the Panama Canal Zone, Cuba, and Pacific islands under US sovereignty including Wake, Midway, and Howland Islands. Regions and territories display brief information about acquisition (e.g. Alaska is marked "Ceded by Russia in 1867" and Florida is marked "Ceded by Spain in 1819"). Color coded outlines demarcate grazing districts, Indian reservations, Bureau of Reclamation projects, National Parks & Monuments, National Wildlife Refuges, and National Forests. Cities, lighthouses, and other landmarks are also noted on the map.
Date: 1953
Object Type: Map

Title: ''We Are Not Yet Conquered''
Description: This book covers the ''history of the Northern Cherokee Nation of the Old Louisiana Territory'' including the many Cherokee in Missouri, especialy mid-Missouri.
Date: 2001
Object Type: Book

Title: Raising the Stars & Stripes Over Louisiana Territory
Description: Short article that describes the actual ceremonies when the Louisiana Territory was turned over to the United States. It includes mention of the transfer of title from France to the United States in New Orleans on December 20, 1803 as well as the ceremony denoting the transfer of administrative control of Upper Louisiana held in St. Louis on March 9, 1804.
Date: 2003
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Because of Them
Description: Editorial praising the members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and recounting the triumphs and struggles of their journey.
Date: 2005-09
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Robert R. Livingston, The Forgotten Architect of the Louisiana Purchase
Description: Reprint of an address to the Missouri State Historical Society's annual meeting, November 20, 1953, in celebration of the 150th year anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase. It's a biographical study of Robert Livingston, Minister to France, through whose efforts Jefferson was able to purchase the whole of the Louisiana Territory.
Date: 2003-07-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Kansas City's Vine Street
Description: This chapter is a "study of the special urban sites of black city-dwellers in Deep Deuce, as Oklahoma City's East Second Street was known, and Vine Street, black Kanas City's main stem (more specifically, 12th, 14th, and especially 18th and Vine)...." The author contends that both of these areas need to be given more significance in the culture, religion, and history of the middle region of the United States.
Date: 2008
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Francois Valle and His World: Upper Louisiana Before Lewis and Clark
Description: Book presents an indepth study of Francois Valle and his family and his impact on the Upper Louisiana/Illinois Country area. He was instrumental in the development of Mississippi River town Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, and was one of the wealthiest men in the area during the 18th century. Research for book was based on primary source documents. Presents history of the area before it was a part of the Louisiana Purchase. Also gives a good indication of the status of slavery among the more affluent early settlers of the area.
Date: 2002
Object Type: Book

Title: Louisiana
Description: Engraved map of Louisiana, showing lakes, rivers, towns, forts, and a few roads.
Date: 1810~/1819~
Object Type: Map

Title: Founding of St. Louis: A New French Frontier at the End of Empire
Description: Description of events leading up to the founding of St. Louis, "the refuge of all the French" along the Missouri River frontier. Includes color picture of Auguste Chouteau portrait, maps, and other illustrations.
Date: 2009
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: A Map of Lewis and Clark's Track, acrofs [across] the Western Portion of North America
Description: Facsimile of map showing Lewis and Clark's journey "from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean by Order of the Executive of the United States in 1804, 5 & 6." Native American tribal areas are labeled, streams, rivers, and mountain ranges. "Copied by Samuel Lewis from the Original Drawing of Wm. Clark."
Date: 1812
Object Type: Map

Title: SC137 John Loughborough Papers Finding Aid
Description: The John Loughborough Papers consists of a signed statement made by Loughborough concerning his involvement in the Regis Loisel land grant case. The land was originally acquired through a Spanish land grant, and was disputed after Loisel's death.
Date: 1867
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Special French Heritage Issue
Description: The whole issue is devoted to various topics relating to the French founding fathers of the areas in the Louisiana Purchase, including the Chouteaus in St. Louis and Kansas City. Articles include the following: "A Place Beyond Words, Using the Creole Corridor to Redefine the Terms of Early American History;" "Determine l'Effacement, The French Creole Cultural Zone in the American Heartland;" "From Missouri to West Point, Native Sons of Upper Louisiana;" "'Contrary to Good Order,' Political Culture in the Illinois Country Under the French Regime;" "Sui Generis, Landscape, Community, and Mentalite in the Illinois Country;" and "The Ghost Horse Site, Pierre Laclede's First Residence in the Illinois Country?"
Date: 2010
Object Type: Magazine

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