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Discussions on the people, places, and events that have helped to shape the Show-Me State.
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Monday May 04, 2020
Monday May 04, 2020
While this year's Missouri Conference on History may be over, the Our Missouri Podcast invites listeners to "meet us" in St. Louis for a multi-part series focusing on several projects and institutions that document the city's history and cultural identity. This episode features Ed Wheatley, President of the St. Louis Browns Historical Society, discussing his new book, "Baseball in St. Louis: From Little Leagues to Major Leagues."
Episode Image: St. Louis Browns baseball player leaping to catch a ball, date unknown [Arthur Witman Photograph Collection (S0836), SHSMO]
About the Guest: Ed Wheatley is the president of the St. Louis Browns Historical Society. He is also the author of several books, including "St. Louis Browns: The Story of a Beloved Team," "Incredible Cardinals," and "Baseball in St. Louis: From Little Leagues to Major Leagues."
Monday Apr 20, 2020
Monday Apr 20, 2020
While this year's Missouri Conference on History may be over, the Our Missouri Podcast invites listeners to "meet us" in St. Louis for a multi-part series focusing on several projects and institutions that document the city's history and cultural identity. This episode features Priscilla Dowden-White discussing her book, "Groping toward Democracy: African American Social Welfare Reform in St. Louis, 1910-1949," as well as her current research project on St. Louisan Margaret Bush Wilson.
Episode Image: St. Louis mayor Bernard Dickmann at the dedication of the new medical library at Homer G. Phillips Hospital, 1941 [Bernard Dickmann Photograph Collection (S0555), SHSMO]
About the Guest: Priscilla Dowden-White holds a Ph.D. in history from Indiana University. Presently, she serves as an associate professor of history at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Monday Apr 06, 2020
Monday Apr 06, 2020
While this year's Missouri Conference on History may be over, the Our Missouri Podcast invites listeners to "meet us" in St. Louis for a multi-part series focusing on several projects and institutions that document the city's history and cultural identity. This episode features Keona Ervin discussing her award-winning book, "Gateway to Equality: Black Women and the Struggle for Economic Justice in St. Louis," which was published by the University Press of Kentucky in 2017.
Episode Image: Carter Carburetor Protest March, St. Louis, Missouri, 1942 [Arthur Witman Photograph Collection (S0717), SHSMO]
About the Guest: Keona Ervin holds a Ph.D. in history from Washington University in St. Louis. Presently, she serves as an associate professor of history at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Monday Mar 23, 2020
Monday Mar 23, 2020
While this year's Missouri Conference on History may be over, the Our Missouri Podcast invites listeners to "meet us" in St. Louis for a multi-part series focusing on several projects and institutions that document the city's history and cultural identity. This episode features Caitlin Yager, Director of Heritage Programs for the Missouri Humanities Council. Caitlin discusses Missouri’s German Heritage Corridor, as well as an upcoming documentary on the German-American community of Hamburg, which was destroyed and its residents, relocated during World War II to make way for a military base and munitions factory in what is today suburban St. Louis.
Episode Image: Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Depot in Hamburg, Missouri, date unknown [John J. Buse Collection (S1083), SHSMO]
About the Guest: Caitlin Yager is the Director of Heritage Programs for the Missouri Humanities Council
Monday Mar 09, 2020
Monday Mar 09, 2020
To help prepare for this year's Missouri Conference on History, the Our Missouri Podcast invites listeners to "meet us" in St. Louis for a multi-part series focusing on several projects and institutions that document the city's history and cultural identity. This episode features SHSMO curator of art collections Joan Stack discussing editorial cartoons from St. Louis-based artists Daniel Fitzpatrick, Bill Mauldin, and Tom Engelhardt, as well as the upcoming "Battle Lines" and "Missouri Women: Suffrage to Statecraft" exhibits in the Center for Missouri Studies Art Gallery.
Episode Image: An editorial cartoon by Daniel Fitzpatrick entitled “A new era in man's understanding of nature's forces,” 1945 [Daniel Fitzpatrick Collection (F582), SHSMO]
About the Guest: Joan Stack holds a Ph.D. in art history from Washington University. Presently, she serves as the curator of art collections at the State Historical Society of Missouri.
Monday Feb 24, 2020
Monday Feb 24, 2020
To help prepare for this year's Missouri Conference on History, the Our Missouri Podcast invites listeners to "meet us" in St. Louis for a multi-part series focusing on several projects and institutions that document the city's history and cultural identity. This episode features Tracy Campbell discussing his book, The Gateway Arch: A Biography, published by Yale University Press in 2013.
Episode Image: A section of the St. Louis Arch being installed during construction [Arthur Witman Photograph Collection (C0702), SHSMO]
About the Guest: Tracy Campbell holds a Ph.D. in history from Duke University. Presently, he serves as the E. Vernon Smith and Eloise C. Smith Professor of American History at the University of Kentucky. He is the author of several books, including The Gateway Arch: A Biography.
Monday Feb 10, 2020
Monday Feb 10, 2020
To help prepare for this year's Missouri Conference on History, the Our Missouri Podcast invites listeners to "meet us" in St. Louis for a multi-part series focusing on several projects and institutions that document the city's history and cultural identity. This episode examines James S. McDonnell and the inner workings of McDonnell Aircraft during Project Mercury and Project Gemini.
Episode Image: McDonnell Aircraft employees inspecting a Gemini capsule, 1966 [Arthur Witman Photograph Collection (S0733), SHSMO]
Monday Jan 27, 2020
Monday Jan 27, 2020
To help prepare for this year's Missouri Conference on History, the Our Missouri Podcast invites listeners to "meet us" in St. Louis for a multi-part series focusing on several projects and institutions that document the city's history and cultural identity. This episode features A.J. Medlock talking about the origins and history of the State Historical Society of Missouri's St. Louis Research Center, as well as his efforts to collect and preserve unique materials related to the region's history.
Episode Image: Aerial photograph of St. Louis, Missouri, 1935 [Charles Trefts Photographs (P0034), SHSMO]
About the Guest: A.J. Medlock holds a master's degree in library and information science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a master of arts in public history from Southeast Missouri State University. Presently, he serves as the Senior Archivist at the St. Louis Research Center.
Wednesday Dec 18, 2019
Wednesday Dec 18, 2019
Today's episode concludes our multi-part series on "The Ozarks." Sure, you think you know about the Ozarks. The home of Branson, the Baldknobbers, and the Beverly Hillbillies…right? Well, in this series, we'll talk about the Ozarks—a region covering roughly half of Missouri—as a cultural identity as well as a physical place. So, come along for a trip to the Ozarks. This episode features a conversation with John Bradbury about his edited volume of William Monks' memoir, "A History of Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas: Being an Account of the Early Settlements, the Civil War, the Ku-Klux, and Times of Peace."
Episode Image: Grand Army of the Republic cemetery decoration, date unknown [Charles Trefts Photographs (P0034), SHSMO]
About the Guest: John Bradbury is an independent scholar. From 1980 to 2015, he served as an archivist and associate director of the Western Historical Manuscript Collection and State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center in Rolla. After his retirement, Bradbury served as a Center for Missouri Studies senior fellow.
Monday Dec 09, 2019
Monday Dec 09, 2019
Today's episode continues our multi-part series on "The Ozarks." Sure, you think you know about the Ozarks. The home of Branson, the Baldknobbers, and the Beverly Hillbillies…right? Well, in this series, we'll talk about the Ozarks—a region covering roughly half of Missouri—as a cultural identity as well as a physical place. So, come along for a trip to the Ozarks. This episode features a conversation with Dena Matteson about the history and "hidden treasures" of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways.
Episode Image: Alley Springs Mill, Shannon County, Missouri, date unknown [Missouri Department of Transportation Photographs (P0453), SHSMO]
About the Guest: Dena Matteson serves as the Chief of Interpretation, Planning, and Partnerships for the National Park Service at the Ozark National Scenic Riverways.