Library Guides: MU History and Local History: City Directories

Columbia City Directories (print)

Columbia Herald Yearbooks
Call Number: State Historical Society, Rare: H056.36 C723y
Publication Date: 1904, 1905
Addresses here are not as standardized as for later directories, and information is not very detailed. On-site use only.
Columbia, MO City Directories by R.E. Hackman, later Heber Page Company
Call Number: Most in Ellis Library, F474.C72 A18
Publication Date: 1909-1984 (most odd-numbered years)
A few directories are stored off-site and may be requested for viewing. Directories contain accurate, consistent address listings and occupations for the entire city. Information verified by house-to-house canvassers. Listings usually also include race, marital status, boarder status, resident domestic worker status, "colored" business listing, "colored" community listing, employer and employer address.