Emil Preetorius. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, Portraits, N13088]

Emil Preetorius was a German-language journalist in St. Louis. Born in Alzey, Rheinhessen,…

Vincent Price in the Broadway production Diversions and Delights, 1978. [New York Public Library Digital Collections, Billy Rose Theatre Division, swope_630152]

Vincent Price, a versatile actor of stage, screen, and television, was born in St. Louis,…

William Marion Reedy in 1904. Photo by J. C. Strauss. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection N35138]

William Marion Reedy discovered, promoted, and nurtured some of America’s most important writers during his almost…

Charles G. Ross. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-hec-20327]

Born in Independence, Missouri, on November 9, 1885, Charles G. Ross attended…

Elizabeth Seifert in 1938. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Pearl Boucher Matthews Scrapbook, C4587]

Elizabeth Seifert published her first book in 1938 when she was forty-one years old. As one of thirteen…

Edgar Snow. [University of Missouri–Kansas City Special Collections, KC.19.2.9-11-00002]

Edgar Snow grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, where he was born on July 17, 1905. After a…