Laura R. Jolley

Assistant Director, Manuscripts

Laura R. Jolley holds a masterís degree in library science and a bachelor of arts degree in English from the University of Missouri. Cape Girardeau is her hometown, but Jolley has also lived in California, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Virginia. She started working for SHSMO as a manuscript specialist in 2008 and was promoted to assistant director of manuscripts in 2016.

Contact information

Department

Columbia Research Center

Office Email

JolleyL@shsmo.org

Office Number

(573) 882-0187

Office Address

605 Elm Street, Columbia, MO 65201

Events

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Apr 25 Apr 25

National History Day in Missouri State Contest

NHDMO transforms Missouri students. By exploring this year’s theme of Breaking Barriers in History, students will learn about their world and themselves while creating hands-on research projects and competing in successive local, state, and national contests. Add to their learning experience, sign up to be a virtual judge for the state contest.

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Apr 09

Show Me Missouri Speakers Bureau Lecture Online: Jon Taylor

Missouri Humanities Council and SHSMO host Jon Taylor for an online presentation of Truman and Pendergast 1922-1944. Online and free, but RSVP required.

May 08 May 08

American Red Cross Blood Drive

Help the American Red Cross save lives by donating blood on Friday, May 8 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the State Historical Society of Missouri Center for Missouri Studies. To make an appointment, call (800) 733-2767 or go to the RedCrossBlood.org with sponsor code: SHSMO. Walk-ins are also welcome.

May 20

Land, Horses, Neat Cattle, Polls, and More – Tax Lists and Your Genealogy

Learn the basics of using tax lists for genealogy, including the types of information collected on tax lists, real estate, personal property, and combined tax lists, as well as the genealogical information that can be gleaned from tax records. Join Bill Eddleman, Associate Director of Cape Girardeau Research Center, who will give specific examples of what to look for when researching tax lists.

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