Historic Missourians

In this episode, host Sean Rost concludes the Historic Missourians series with a focus on philanthropists and conservationists Edward "Ted" Jones and Hilda "Pat" Jones.

Episode Image: Ted and Pat Jones at their home in Williamsburg, Missouri, date unknown [Courtesy of the Missouri Department of Conservation]

Banner Image:  Three unidentified men fishing in the Meramec River, ca. 1904 [State of Missouri Collection (P0018), SHSMO]

In this episode, SHSMO senior archivist Elizabeth Engel joins host Sean Rost to discuss her recent Historic Missourians biography of artists and conservationists Charles and Elizabeth Schwartz.

Episode Image: Charles and Elizabeth Schwartz with Canadian geese, undated. [Charles and Elizabeth Schwartz Papers (C2217), SHSMO]

In this episode, SHSMO archivist Haley Frizzle Green joins host Sean Rost to discuss her Historic Missourians biography of Ralph Foster, and the traveling exhibit "Broadcasting the Ozarks: A History of RadiOzark Enterprises," which is on display at the Center for Missouri Studies in Columbia until December 2023.

Episode Image: Ralph Foster, no date [Image courtesy of the Ralph Foster Museum]

Banner Image: Ralph Foster and Jerry Hall, date unknown [KWTO Newsletters (R0834), SHSMO]

In this episode, SHSMO archivist Hali Allen joins host Sean Rost to discuss her new Historic Missourians biography on the "Orator of the Ozarks," Dewey Short.

Episode Image: Dewey Short giving a speech, ca. 1950s. [Dewey Short Papers (C4515), SHSMO]

Banner Image: Dewey Short campaign speech, Galena, Missouri, ca. 1930s. [Dewey Short Papers (C4515), SHSMO]

In this episode, Bridget Haney, SHSMO Historian, joins host Sean Rost to discuss her new Historic Missourians biography of Arvarh Strickland.

Episode Image: Arvarh Strickland, ca. 1987 [ Arvarh E. Strickland Papers (CA4995), SHSMO]

Banner Image: Read Hall on the University of Missouri campus, Columbia, Missouri, ca. 1915 [Missouri Postcard Collection (P0032), SHSMO]

In this episode, Doug Genens, SHSMO Oral Historian, joins host Sean Rost to discuss his new Historic Missourians biography of Mary Jane Guthrie.

Episode Image: Rocheport Cave, one of Mary Jane Guthrie's bat collection sites, ca. 1900 [Rocheport, Missouri, Photograph Collection (P0089), SHSMO]

Banner Image: Swallow Hall on the University of Missouri campus, Columbia, Missouri, ca. 1900 [University of Missouri Photograph Collection (P0088), SHSMO]

To open Season 6 of Our Missouri, the roles are reversed as special guest Kathleen Seale sits in the host chair and talks with Sean Rost about the new podcast series on Historic Missourians as well as a biography he co-authored with Doug Genens on Paul Henning.

Episode Image: Postcard labeled “Down Home in the Ozarks,” ca. 1970s [Missouri Postcard Collection (P0032), SHSMO]