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1. Why the Civil War Still Lives Why the Civil War Still Lives January//1993 Speech given at a State Historical Society of Missouri meeting about the continuing interest in the Civil War, with references to Missouri and illustrations and photos.
2. Vertical Files Special Collection Finding Aid Vertical Files Special Collection Finding Aid 1820-1970 (bulk 1880-1950) The vertical files in this collection contain items found in the regular vertical files of the Special Collections department that were determined to be too old and fragile to be left in the files. The...
3. Traveling in Bingham's Footsteps Traveling in Bingham's Footsteps February 2008 The author follows or traces artist George Caleb Bingham's footsteps in Missouri, including The State Historical Society of Missouri in Columbia, Arrow Rock, St. Louis, Rocheport, Stone County, and Boonville...
4. The State Historical Society of Missouri, 1898-1973: A Brief History The State Historical Society of Missouri, 1898-1973: A Brief History October 1973 Article about the history of the Missouri State Historical Society (as opposed to the Missouri Historical Society in Saint Louis), founded in Columbia in 1898 through the Missouri Press Association in...
5. The Missouri Historical Review and the Civil War The Missouri Historical Review and the Civil War July 1, 2006 This review article cites and describes articles about the Civil War from the Missouri Historical Review that will appear in a forthcoming anthology. It also serves as an overview of key events that defined...
6. The Midlands: Of Hume, Zonker and Zig The Midlands: Of Hume, Zonker and Zig October/1/1986 Article about the Robert Ramsay collection at the State Historical Society of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. Composed of 60,000 short stories relating the origins of Missouri place names, including towns...
7. State Historical Society of Missouri State Historical Society of Missouri Illustrations and information on the State Historical Society of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, organized in 1898 by the Missouri Press Association.
8. State Historical Society of Missouri State Historical Society of Missouri 1915-1961 Folder includes two annual meeting notices, 1918 and 1937; annual dinner meeting items, 1915, 1920, and 1949; and an invitation to the dedication of its new library and quarters, 1961.
9. Show Me Missouri History: Celebrating the Century, Part 3 Show Me Missouri History: Celebrating the Century, Part 3 July2000 Third and final part of a series of articles by about the history of Missouri in the 20th century, this part covering the period from World War II to the end of the 1960s. Photos and descriptions of general...
10. Show Me Missouri History: Celebrating the Century, Part 2 Show Me Missouri History: Celebrating the Century, Part 2 April 2000 Second installment of excerpts from a video project by the State Historical Society of Missouri on the history of Missouri in the 20th century dealing with the years 1918-41. Photos and description of...
11. Show Me Missouri History: Celebrating the Century, Part 1 Show Me Missouri History: Celebrating the Century, Part 1 January 2000 First installment of excerpts from a video project by the State Historical Society of Missouri (in Columbia) on the history of Missouri in the 20th century dealing with the years 1900-1918. Photos and...
12. Samuel McClure Samuel McClure 1835-1884 Folder contains an original true copy of a bill of sale for a female Negro slave, dated January 13, 1835, sold by Samuel McClure of Callaway County, to S. Cochran of St. Louis, Missouri. Also included...
13. Platte Purchase Centennial Platte Purchase Centennial 1938 Folder contains a dinner menu / program and an invitation to the dinner of the State Historical Society of Missouri held at St. Joseph, Missouri, in commemoration of the Platte Purchase Centennial. The...
14. Persephone's Shade Tree: An Important Thomas Hart Benton Study Drawing Acquired by The State Historical Persephone's Shade Tree: An Important Thomas Hart Benton Study Drawing Acquired by The State Historical Society of Missouri April 2008 The State Historical Society of Missouri recently acquired a Thomas Hart Benton pencil, ink, and wash sketch entitled "Oak Tree." This same tree is included in Benton's 1938 painting named "Persephone."...
15. Obituary for William Alford Obituary for William Alford February 6, 1967 Obituary for William Alford, a retired lawyer and former Jackson County, Missouri, public administrator, also a member of the State Historical Society of Missouri and the Native Sons of Kansas City, dying...
16. Missouri: Special Limited Supplement Missouri: Special Limited Supplement 1930 Photo and bio of Floyd Calvin Shoemaker, or Floyd Shoemaker, "author of the second volume of 'Missouri and Her People,' and secretary of the State Historical Society of Missouri." Born in Florida in 1886...
17. Missouri: Special Limited Supplement Missouri: Special Limited Supplement 1930 Photo and bio of George Mahan, "senior member of the firm Mahan, Mahan & Fuller at Hannibal," Missouri, "president of the State Historical Society of Missouri," and former Missouri state representative,...
18. Missouri Heritage Missouri Heritage March/23/1968 File containing a photo and biographical article about William Switzler (1819-1906), a journalist, Missouri state representative, and women's college promoter in Boone County, Missouri. Native of Kentucky...
19. Missouri Democracy: A History of the Party and Its Representative Members--Past and Present Missouri Democracy: A History of the Party and Its Representative Members--Past and Present 1935 Biographical sketch of Floyd Shoemaker, "[a] distinguished author and historian" of Missouri born in Florida in 1886 and brought to Bucklin, Missouri in 1893 by his parents before becoming a teacher at...
20. Making Him Fresh Again: On Writing Yet Another Mark Twain Biography Making Him Fresh Again: On Writing Yet Another Mark Twain Biography January 1, 2007 Author Ron Powers explains why he added another biography, "an atom in the stream" to the many already written about Mark Twain. Powers believes that his subject is such a complex person, his work so brilliant...