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A Streetcar Named Opportunity
Few of us have the experience of turning our lives upside-down to pursue our career, and among those that do, most probably have not pulled up stakes and moved to…
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STLGS Quarterly
One year ago, we announced that through a donation from the Foundation we had joined the St. Louis Genealogical Society. Through our subsequent involvement, we learned that they regularly solicit…
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From Humble Roots
Imagine for a moment that you were born in 1838, in a small village in Germany that even today has fewer than 2,000 residents. As a teenager, you worked in…
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Pieces of Eight
Between 1818 and 1836, Congress passed a series of laws providing pensions to soldiers of the Revolutionary War, many of whom were in poor health and destitute. These veterans had…
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A Reluctant Hero
We are highlighting the two namesakes of the Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center, with whom we have partnered to provide a scholarship. We already covered the life of Marion Oldham, and…