May
19
2022
Call for Nominations: Missouri History Book Award and Atherton Prizes
Nominations are due by June 30, 2022, and winners will be announced at the 2022 Annual Meeting in October.
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May
17
2022
Apply Now to be part of the Missouri Speakers Bureau
The Missouri Speakers Bureau is seeking applicants for the 2022-2024 program cycle–a two-year commitment that will begin November 1, 2022, and end October 30, 2024.
May
04
2022
National History Day in Missouri Medalists Advance to National Competition
The NHDMO 2022 Awards Ceremony was held virtually this past weekend, and we are so proud of our 55 medalists who will move on and represent Missouri at the national contest!
May
02
2022
Our Missouri Host Sean Rosts Discusses the Mysterious Ensign Fountains in Latest Episode, Available Now
![Ensign Fountain, Missouri, 2019. [Photo courtesy Sean Rost]](/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/2022-05/e68-EnsignFountains_banner.jpg?h=35c272f6&itok=AcRTiGwl)
Listen as host Sean Rost discusses the National Humane Alliance and its efforts to distribute and construct multiple Ensign Fountains in Missouri in the early 20th Century...
Apr
29
2022
SHSMO Hosts Book Sale and Public Reception for Missouri Fashion Exhibit on May 7
Visit SHSMO's Center for Missouri Studies on Saturday, May 7, and enjoy an open house for MOda 200: Missouri Style Makers, Merchants and Memories along with a used book fair in SHSMO's Richard Bookstore.
Apr
28
2022
Learn how DNA Can Inform Your Family Research in Latest FREE On Demand Program
Watch as Bill Eddleman discusses the structure and function of DNA, different types of DNA, and when they are useful for different questions.
Apr
20
2022
National History Day in Missouri 2022 Underway, 2023 Contest Receives Missouri Humanities Grant
Judging for the National History Day contest in Missouri is underway as just under 500 students in grades 6 to 12, across the state, are competing in this year’s virtual contest. The theme for this year’s contest is Debate & Diplomacy in History. The awards ceremony will be held online April 30 at 3 p.m. State winners will compete at the national contest in June, which will also be held online this year due to health concerns from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Apr
18
2022
Hear Andrew Olden Discuss Development of Washington State Park in the Latest from Our Missouri
![Thunderbird Lodge at Washington State Park, De Soto, Missouri, 2022. [Photo courtesy Andrew Olden]](/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/2022-04/e67-Olden_banner2_0.jpg?h=96d286af&itok=Npzw_84n)
Andrew Olden joins us to discuss Civilian Conservation Corps Company 1743, an African-American unit based at Washington State Park in the mid-1930s...
Apr
12
2022
Missouri Bicentennial Exhibits Continue at SHSMO Centers
As part of the commemoration of Missouri’s 200th anniversary of statehood, the State Historical Society of Missouri is featuring free bicentennial-themed exhibits at its centers around the state.
Apr
11
2022
Discovering American Roots: Danish Family Reconnects with Ancestor's Ozarks' Legacy
![Mads Faber Henriksen visiting the State Historical Society of Missouri’s Rolla Research Center from Denmark. [Andrew Sheeley/Phelps County Focus]](/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/2022-04/PhelpsCountyFocus_MadsFaberHenriksen.jpg?h=93e63f5a&itok=GFlrt4kf)
Phelps County Focus–Mary Goggins was for years just a distant childhood memory for Mads Faber Henriksen and his family in Denmark. He and his five siblings could recall receiving Christmas gifts from her delivered from America back in the 1960s and early 1970s. However, time and adulthood eventually faded that connection. By the 2000s, Goggins and her American life was only family lore and a lingering mystery...