In St. Louis County During 1942,’’ TAS 31 (September, 1943): 24-45; and 
I. T. Bode, et. al., ““Science In Conservation During War Times,’’ TAS 31 
(September, 1943) 49-70. 
2. Minutes of Meeting, 20 January 1943, Board of Trustees Meeting Book 
(hereafter caer ) May 20, 1937-May 12, 1945, 30-42. 
3, Thid:. 32. 
4. Minutes of Meeting, 10 April, 1944, BTMB May 20, 1937-May 12, 
1945, 65-66. 
5. Minutes of Meeting, 8 May 1944, BTMB May 20, 1937-May 12, 1945, 
72-78. 
6. Minutes of Meeting, 5 August 1944, BTMB May 20, 1937-May 12, 
1945, 79-83. 
7. Edward P. Meiners, et. al., ‘‘For Human Knowledge and Power: A 
Centennial History of the Academy wie Science of St. Louis,’’ TAS 31 (1956): 
17-18. 
8. Minutes of Meeting, 31 June 1955, Board of Directors Meeting Book 
(hereafter ‘‘BDMB’’) September 21, 1954-n.d. 
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10. Other titles were: Winslow M. Walker and Robert McCormick 
s, ‘Excavations at the Matthews Site, New Madrid County, Missouri,”’ 
TAS 31 (June, 1946): 74-120, and Walter B. Hendrickson, ‘‘Natural Science 
and Urban Culture In the Nineteenth Century Middle West,’’ TAS 31 (1958): 
232-248. 
11. See, Minutes of Meeting, 31 June 1955, BDMB September 21, 
1954-n.d., 643-645. 
12. Edward P. Meiners, et. al., ‘For Human Knowledge and Power’’: 
15. 
13. Ibid.: 18. 
14. St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 20 February 1947. 
15, cm Louis Globe-Democrat, 6 October 1946. 
16. Elzey M. Roberts to Frank J. McDevitt, 23 September 1952, in 
BDMB pee 28, 1949-July 10, 1954, 345-347. 
17. Ibid. 
18. The Academy’s hopes for a cultural center, funded by a bond issue, 
were bolstered in 1955 when a bond issue that raised one million dollars for 
a planetarium in Forest Park was successful. 
19. See Arthur C. Compton to Chairman, Executive Committe eC, 
Academy of Science of St. Louis, 14 February 1951, in BDMB April 28, 
1949-July 20, 1954, 117. 
20. Board of Alderman Board Bill No. 488, 29 January 1954, in BDMB 
April 28, 1949-July 20, 1954, 475. 
21. Minutes of Meeting, 17 March 1953, BDMB April 28, 1949-July 
20, 1954, 402-403. 
22. See, Minutes of Meeting, 16 October 1956, BDMB September 21, 
1954-n.d., 
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