Below is a list of yearbooks that are housed in the Reference Department of the Downtown Public Library. If you have yearbooks that you would like to donate, the Reference Department would love to have them. All yearbooks are kept in a secure location and retrieved for patrons upon request.
The following yearbooks are needed to help us complete our collection of the three local public high schools:
Benton: 1922, 1924, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1972, 1974, 1992, 1999, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011
Central : 1979
Layfayette: 1923-1925, 1928-1935, 1939-1943, 1946-1954, 1956, 1959-1966, 1972-1985, 1994, 1999-2000, 2008-2011
School Yearbooks
Downtown Library Reference Department
St. Joseph Public Library
Benton High School – “Yahyahlanayah”
1920-1921, 1923
Benton High School – “Wahwahlanawah”
1925-1953, 1956-1958, 1960-1971, 1973, 1975-1991, 1993-1998, 2000-2005, 2007-2008, 2012
Bishop LeBlond High School
1966-1970 w/Christian Brothers, 1974-1982, 1984
Bode Middle School
1994/95, 1998
Central High School – “Annual”
1911-1923
Central High School – “Wakitan”
1924-1978, 1980-2011
Christian Brothers High School
1960-70
Convent of the Sacred Heart
1957-1960 2-1960
Lafayette High School – “The Oak”
1920-1922, 1926-1927, 1936-1938, 1944-1945, 1955, 1957-1958, 1967-1971, 1986-1993, 1995-1998, 2001-2007
Missouri Western College – “Griffon”
1968-1973
Missouri Western Junior College – “Griffon”
1966-1967
Missouri Western State College – “Griffon”
1973-82, 1984-1986, 1989, 1990-1995, 1997, 2000-2001
Robidoux Polytechnic High School
1920-1921
St. Joseph High School – “Annual” or “Jr. Annual”
1890, 1892-1893, 1895, 1896, 1899, 1900-1910
St. Joseph Junior College – “Griffon”
1922-1924, 1926-1930, 1932-1933, 1935-1936, 1940-1942, 1948-1949, 1951-1960,
1962-1965
St. Joseph Veterinary College – “The Tonic”
1919-1921 (1917/18 College Catalogue)