Do you have photographs documenting Missouri history tucked away in your attic, closet, basement, or even on your cellphone? Are you interested in safeguarding these treasures and helping to grow the photographic history of the state? You can help the Missouri State Archives preserve the Show-Me State’s now 200+ year history by submitting images to the Missouri Bicentennial Photograph Drive. Attend a photo-scanning open house at the St. Louis Genealogical Society office in January 2024, and help preserve some of our state's history. Learn how you can be part of an important ongoing project by reading on!
In 2021, during Missouri’s bicentennial celebration, the Missouri State Archives launched a project to preserve and archive photographs from all over the state documenting the history of places and people. This effort is now concluding with four public imaging events, the second of which will take place at our office. So get out that shiny, new 2024 calendar and save the date!
Sunday, 21 January 2024
St. Louis Genealogical Society office
#4 Sunnen Dr., Suite 140
St. Louis, MO 63143
10 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Missouri State Archives staff and StLGS volunteers will assist with identifying and scanning your photographs, slides, and/or negatives that fit into one (or more) of the four Missouri Bicentennial Photograph Drive focus areas:
- Cultural activities occurring in Missouri
- Events of note in Missouri history
- Famous and (not so) famous Missourians
- Important natural or man-made Missouri sites
Event attendees submitting photographs will receive high resolution scans and maintain ownership of their physical prints, slides and/or negatives. Due to time constraints, we are asking you to bring no more than seven (7) photos, but you are free to submit more. (See instructions below for self-submissions.)
If you live outside of the St. Louis-area, other events are now scheduled at the following locations for dates late in 2023 and early 2024:
- Missouri State Archives (600 W. Main St., Jefferson City, MO 65101), Saturday, 9 December 2023, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Midwest Genealogy Center (3440 S. Lee’s Summit Rd., Independence MO 64055), Saturday, 3 February 2024, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- The Library Center (4653 S. Campbell Ave., Springfield, MO 65810), Saturday, 4 February 2024, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
If you are unable to make an event or have more than seven photos, you can also scan and submit photographs online yourself at https://s1.sos.mo.gov/BicentennialPhotoDrive/Home/Submit.
For more information about the St. Louis scanning event, see the page on our website at https://stlgs.org/missouri-state-archives-photo-scanning-event.
For more information about the scanning events or the Missouri Bicentennial Photograph Drive, visit https://s1.sos.mo.gov/BicentennialPhotoDrive or contact the Missouri State Archives at msaoutreach@sos.mo.gov.
Tom Henry and June Murray, University City, spring 1924
Tom, an immigrant from England, married June's sister Elizabeth almost two decades after this photo was taken. He held a series of jobs in St. Louis including working as a shoemaker at Brown Shoe Company and as a sanitation worker at the Wonder Bread factory on Grand Avenue. (Murray family photo; used with permission)
We hope to see many of you at this exciting event so you can share your own photos!
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