Introduction 
Part I. 
Part II. 
Part III. 
Part IV. 
Part V. 
Part VI. 
Part VII. 
Part VIII. 
Part IX. 
Contents 
A False Start — The Western Academy of Natural 
maeuences OF ot. Logis, IN3G-1843 =... 5 
The Academy of Science of St. Louis, 1856-1881: 
Years of Triumph, Years of Tribulation ...... 11 
A Period of Change, 1881-1903 ..,.......... 28 
New Quarters/New Disappointments, 
PG Ee reg I a a, 33 
1918-1941: Years of Retrenchment, Reorganization 
nu eet ce 40 
The Search for a New ‘‘Permanent’? Home ... 50 
1957-1971: Oak Knoll Park, The Museum of 
Science and Natural History, and the Metropolitan 
Zoological and Museum District ............. ee 
Bolstering Tradition and Forging Ahead, 
RIO ieee ey oe ety Gaus «ccs 67 
