The State Historical Society of Missouri

Famous Missourians

Harriet Robinson Scott (1815? - 1876?)

Selected Bibliography
from The State Historical Society of Missouri

Articles from the Newspaper Collection

  • “Finding a St. Louis Legend.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch. March 5, 2006. pp. 1-2C.
  • “Genealogist Fills in Gaps in Scott's Story.” Columbia Daily Tribune. March 9, 2006. p. 8A.
  • “One Man's Case and How It Changed a Nation.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch. March 4, 2007. p. B1.
  • “The Seed of Freedom and Justice for All was Planted Here.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch. March 7, 2007. p. B1.
  • “150th Anniversary.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch. March 2, 2008. p. 11D.

Books and Articles

  • Corbett, Katharine T. In Her Place: A Guide to St. Louis Women's History. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society Press, 1999. pp. 60-62. [REF H235.47 C81]
  • Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. June 27, 1857, pp. 1-2. [REF IHG 973.7 L565 oversize]
  • Hess, Jeffrey A. “Dred Scott: From Fort Snelling to Freedom.” Historic Fort Snelling Chronicles. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society. no. 2, 1975. [REF Vertical File: Dred Scott]
  • James, Edward T.,et al., eds. Notable American Women, 1607-1950; A Biographical Dictionary. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971. v. 1, pp. 181-183. [REF 920 N843 v.1]
  • St. Louis City Directory. 1859 [REF H235.36 K386 1859 In Case]
  • Swain, Gwenyth. Dred and Harriet Scott: A Family's Struggle for Freedom. St. Paul: Borealis Books, 2004. [REF F552 Sw14]
  • Trout, Carlynn. Notable Women of Missouri. Columbia, MO: Columbia, Missouri Branch of the American Association of University Women. Columbia, MO, 2005. [REF F508 T758 2005]
  • van Ravenswaay, Charles. Saint Louis: An Informal History of the City and Its People, 1764-1865. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society Press, 1991. [REF H235.47 V35]