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Holiday Closings

The State Historical Society of Missouri research centers are closed at Noon on November 27-30, 2024.  The Springfield Research Center will be closed November 27-30.  The Kansas City Research Center is closed November 25-30. 

The State Historical Society is offering several live webinars in December. On December 5 at 1 p.m., Bill Eddleman continues his Basic Genealogy series with “Combining Traditional and Archival Resources to Tell a Life Story: Michael S. Eddlemon.” This presentation documents how “beyond the

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Do you have an interesting topic you'd like to present at the Missouri Conference on History in March 2025? If so, the conference organizers invite you to submit a paper, panel, or poster proposal in any field of history. Proposals are particularly needed for complete sessions, including

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This year marks 50 years since historian Gary Kremer, executive director of the State Historical Society of Missouri, published his first essay on the African American experience in Missouri. Kremer will discuss some of his most important findings over the course of a half century of

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Internationally acclaimed artist and Missouri native Bryan Haynes will be the featured speaker for History on Elm, Tuesday, Nov. 12, noon, at the State Historical Society of Missouri Center for Missouri Studies, 605 Elm Street, Columbia.