National Waterways Foundation Contributes to Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library

The National Waterways Foundation (NWF) has made a contribution to the Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library, a special collection library of the St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

The Pott Library will use the money to fund the indexing of its copies of The Waterways Journal, one of the inland waterways industry’s leading trade publications, in order to help document the value of the inland waterways to the nation.

The University of Missouri-St. Louis is one of America's great historical research libraries, serving St. Louis and the nation since 1846. The Mercantile Library was founded by a group of businessmen who possessed a deep interest in the close relationship to the nation's inland rivers, particularly the Mississippi. Throughout its history, individuals active in waterways businesses have been associated with the Library. In 1985, the Mercantile Library built upon this long heritage of association with the rivers by greatly expanding its waterways-related holdings, and establishing the Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library.

“The National Waterways Foundation is pleased to provide a donation to the Pott Library.  It fits well within the Foundation’s mission to help communicate the immense value of the inland waterways system to the nation’s past, present and future,” said Michael Hennessey, National Waterways Foundation Chairman.