Walks, Tours, Programs, Lectures and Book Signings
presented by author/historian NiNi Harris.
More book signings and book programs
are scheduled throughout the year.
Check back here for additions and updates.
NiNi Harris’s walking tours, bus tours and programs are based on her original, primary source research.
Black St. Louis from the Colonial era
through the World's Fair
St. Louis author/historian NiNi Harris will discuss research she did to write her latest book “Black St. Louis, 1764-the new Millenium.” She combed through 18th century legal records that document the fates of African-Americans during the colonial era. She studied slave schedules and early city directories to trace the lives of Black St. Louisans living in bondage and Black St. Louisans living as Freemen. By searching old newspapers, St. Louis Public School records, and census records, Harris was able to recount the successes and growth of Black St. Louisans as they faced great challenges during the late 19th and 20th centuries.
Black St. Louis and Harris's book A Most Unsettled State, recounting day to day life in St. Louis during the Civil War, will be available for sale following the programs. (Checks or cash only at these venues.)
Announcing – Spring Walking Tour Series Presented by NiNi Harris
Accepting reservations NOW
for any of the Tours.
Walking Tours of the Month
These customized tours will have a limited number of participants.
The featured tour will be offered several times though out the month. Each week, the tour will be presented on a different day of the Week. Each tour will begin at 10:30 a.m.
Since the tours are kept small, reservations are required to participate. To make a reservation, contact:
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NiNi Harris, 314-752-2304
April Tour of the Month
Old Carondelet
The Carondelet neighborhood of South St. Louis City was founded as a French farming village in 1767. Author/historian NiNi Harris will guide you along streets laid out by French settlers. The walk will highlight sites in African-American history, the homes of Confederate officers and the residences of abolitionists.
Old Carondelet will be offered:
Wednesday, April 10
Friday, April 19
Saturday, April 27
May Tour of the Month
Civil War History and Brewing History in Soulard
Abraham Lincoln knew that securing St. Louis was critical to the Union Cause. This tour, exploring the southern end of the Soulard neighborhood, will highlight sites related to the Union effort in St. Louis, how the Union's eventual success buoyed the German-Americans in South City, and how beer history, German history and the history of the Civil War are intertwined in Soulard.
This tour is based on Harris's research for her book, “A Most Unsettled State, first person accounts of St. Louis during the Civil War.”
The Civil War History and Brewing History in Soulard tour will be offered
Friday, May 3
Wednesday, May 8
Saturday, May 18
Tuesday May 21
June Tour of the Month
Little-Known Treasures in Downtown West
St. Louis City and the City Park Soccer Stadium have brought new energy to Downtown West. This tour will feature both artifacts and architectural details that are unique to this part of Downtown St. Louis.
Little Known Treasures of Downtown St. Louis will be offered
Wednesday, June 5
Thursday, June 13
Friday, June 21
Check this site regularly for additional tour dates and
tour offerings.
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Featured Book
NiNi Harris
Author, Historian,
Your guide through the history of the Gateway City.
NiNi Harris
To order books by NiNi Harris
please call her at
314-752-2304
Campbell House Museum – in Downtown
1508 Locust Street, 63103
314-421-0325
Sunday, Feb. 11
2:00 p.m.
Ulysses S. Grant Historic Site
White Haven
7400 Grant Road, 63123
314-842-1867
Saturday, Feb. 17
10:00 a.m.
Carondelet Branch of the St. Louis Public Library
6800 Michigan Avenue, 63111
314-752-9224
Saturday, March 2
11:00 a.m.
Ethical Society
9001 Clayton Road, 63117
314-991-0955
Tuesday, March 26
noon talk
Additionally:
Sheila Harris
(who worked with her sister NiNi on many projects)
is well-known for her paintings and batiks of St. Louis architecture. Her acrylics and batiks were inspired by her travels in both this country and overseas.
Building entryways in places like Dublin are admired, immortalized on small cards and then sent through the post the world over, but the thresholds of our humble-yet-gorgeous city structures are barely noticed, as long as they allow us to move from one side of a wall to the other. To raise our local portal perception, St. Louis artist Sheila M. Harris has painted images of the doors of our historic homes, storefronts and factories, and she has put these watercolor works on display for all to enjoy. Harris’ Historic Doors of St. Louis was recently hanging at Washington Avenue Post
(1312 Washington Avenue).
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