The case files consist of civil, criminal and chancery actions filed in the St. Louis Circuit court, its predecessors and subsidiary courts. They possess exceptional evidential, informational, and intrinsic value, documenting the legal basis of the early court system, profiling local individuals of national prominence, and illustrating broad themes of American intellectual and social history.

To facilitate research in distinctive areas of national, regional, and local history, case files dealing with specific topics are presented here as artificial, subject-oriented records series, however these files remain part of the larger St. Louis Circuit Court Case File records series.

Over the years, the Circuit Court has produced various types of records that document its activities. Record series that complement the case files are described briefly and those available on microfilm are listed.

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