May
03
2021
Our Missouri Podcast Episode 48 Available Now
![Fulton, Missouri, looking north. [Gary Woolfolk Photograph Collection, P0880-1997-0128-2]](/sites/default/files/styles/mt_teaser/public/2021-04/s3e48-McLaurin-news.jpg?itok=0_8zrEsh "Fulton, Missouri, looking north. [Gary Woolfolk Photograph Collection, P0880-1997-0128-2]")
Featuring a conversation with Melton McLaurin about the history, legacy, and 30th anniversary of his award-winning book, Celia, A Slave.
Latest News & Announcements
Apr
30
2021
"Missouri 2021 Presents" Upcoming Program on May 4, Watch Past Programs On Demand
Missouri 2021 Presents is a free virtual series highlighting bicentennial commemorations around the state. The next program, held on May 4, features places and events to explore this summer as part of the Missouri 2021 Bicentennial.
Apr
29
2021
Statehood Day Events Planned Across Missouri
August 10, 2021, Missouri Statehood Day, marks an important milestone: 200 years since the Missouri Territory became the 24th state to enter the Union. More than 200 bicentennial events are taking place this year, statewide, with major public events scheduled in August.
Apr
28
2021
"Battle Lines: Story of WWII Through Fitzpatrick Cartoons" Now Available for Streaming Anytime On Demand!
Watch as SHSMO art curator Joan Stack provides a virtual tour of Daniel Fitzpatrick’s WWII cartoons. As the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, Fitzpatrick chronicled the progression of World War II as it happened with powerful and poignant editorial cartoons.
Apr
22
2021
Newly Available FREE On Demand: Basic Genealogy, Part Five: Land Records, Researching First Title
Watch as Bill Eddleman, associate director of the Cape Girardeau Research Center, discusses the basics of land grants, federal land sales, military bounty land, and numerous other ways to study records on first title.
Apr
20
2021
Two Chances to Watch: Explore the History of Larry Rice's Prison Ministry with the NLEC Records
Join us April 21 at 10 a.m. or April 22 at 1 p.m. for a presentation on the New Life Evangelistic Center Records (S1236), which document the history of Larry Rice’s prison ministry.
Apr
19
2021
Our Missouri Podcast Episode 47 Available Now
![Missouri River Sunset From Harley Point, ca. 1903, Boonville. [Maximilian E. Schmidt Photographs, P0001-A234]](/sites/default/files/styles/mt_teaser/public/2021-04/s3e47-Aron_news.png?itok=jUKcXZ21 "Missouri River Sunset From Harley Point, ca. 1903, Boonville. [Maximilian E. Schmidt Photographs, P0001-A234]")
We talk with Stephen Aron about his award-winning book, American Confluence: The Missouri Frontier from Borderland to Border State.
Apr
13
2021
Bicentennial Art Exhibit "Missouri Art Now" on Display through May
Sixty works from artists across Missouri are represented in a traveling exhibit to commemorate Missouri’s 200th year of statehood. It is making a stop at the State Historical Society of Missouri’s Art Gallery from April 9 to May 15, which is located at the Center for Missouri Studies, 605 Elm St., Columbia.
Apr
05
2021
Our Missouri Podcast Episode 46 Available Now
![H.D. Williams Cooperage Company, ca. 1903, Poplar Bluff. [State of Missouri Collection, P0018-050b]](/sites/default/files/styles/mt_teaser/public/2021-04/s3e46-Rhodes_news.png?itok=vKrS7zNM "H.D. Williams Cooperage Company, ca. 1903, Poplar Bluff. [State of Missouri Collection, P0018-050b]")
We talk with Joel P. Rhodes about his book A Missouri Railroad Pioneer, and Louis Houck's writings on early Missouri.
Mar
29
2021
KSHB-Kansas City Spotlights Architect Nelle Peters
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. According to the State Historical Society of Missouri, Peters was born in Niagra, North Dakota, on December 11, 1884. According to Engel, Peters' experienced difficulty starting her career in...