KSHB-Kansas City–The appearance of Kansas City, Missouri, can be credited in part to the design of buildings by Nelle Peters. "She was really a Kansas City architect, so she really shaped the way that city looked," Elizabeth Engel, with the State Historical Society of Missouri, said.

We are happy to announce that SHSMO’s biography website Historic Missourians has a new look! Recently redesigned and now adaptable to mobile devices, the website still offers the same well-resourced biographies for notable Missourians of all time periods, races, genders, and occupations.

KBIA–The State Historical Society of Missouri is leaving up its exhibit at Ellis Library titled, 'Historic Images of Black Families: Representation, Identity and Diversity', through early May. Don't miss this opportunity to take an up-close look...