This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WMB.2ACE/3892.3.1.2 Message Board Post: There are two libraries that are bound to have some information about Brown Shoe Co. One is the Missouri Historical Society Library . Their phone number is: Tel: 314-746-4500 You can e-mail your question to them at: archivist@mohistory.org The other good library for researching businesses in St. Louis would be the Mercantile Library on the University of Mo. St. Louis campus. They have an on line research request form. It is here: http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/special_collections/request.html Contact info for the Mercantile Library: 314.516.72430 Diane