the State Historical Society of Missouri
![Emil Preetorius. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, Portraits, N13088]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2020-07/Emil-Preetorius.jpg?h=e9c34d74&itok=06wls-8f "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]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-Vincent-Price.jpg?h=7380a2c7&itok=NgrYPOu9 "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]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2023-12/1.-william-reedy_0.jpg?h=527257eb&itok=maIZJqYY "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]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-Charles-Ross.jpg?h=6924a192&itok=0AxT_vHV "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]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2024-09/1.-elizabeth-seifert.jpg?h=812ea0fa&itok=5McMPfpL "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]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-07/1.%20Edgar%20Snow.jpg?h=4cbe348b&itok=yI7zx-KA "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…