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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 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.
Thursday Nov 14, 2019
Thursday Nov 14, 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 Kaitlyn McConnell about her efforts to preserve and promote the history of the Ozarks through her website Ozarks Alive and her recent book, "Passport to the Ozarks."
Episode Image: Car driving down a winding road in Lawrence County with Mt. Vernon, Missouri, in the distance [Charles Trefts Photographs (P0034), SHSMO]
About the Guest: A seventh-generation Ozarker, Kaitlyn McConnell began writing about the Ozarks while still in high school. Starting as a columnist for the Marshfield Mail, her research and writing on topics related to Webster County led to her selection as the History Channel's Student of the Year in 2007. Later, she served as the president of the Webster County Historical Society and authored a pictorial book on the history of Marshfield. Her most recent book, "Passport to the Ozarks," was published in November 2019. Presently, Kaitlyn curates the website Ozarks Alive as well as serving as Media Relations Manager for CoxHealth.
Monday Oct 28, 2019
Monday Oct 28, 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 Susan Croce Kelly about her book, Father of Route 66: The Story of Cy Avery.
Episode Image: Mansfield-Ozark Highway Convention [South Central Missouri, Photograph Collection (P1125), SHSMO]
About the Guest: Susan Croce Kelly serves as managing editor of OzarkWatch Magazine. She has spoken and written extensively on the history of Route 66, including Route 66: The Highway and Its People and Father of Route 66: The Story of Cy Avery, both published by the University of Oklahoma Press.
Monday Oct 14, 2019
Monday Oct 14, 2019
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 focuses on Carthage resident Kate Franklin Newton and her efforts as president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) to commission a marble bust in honor of "Missouri's Great Heart," Clara C. Hoffman. Today, the Hoffman Bust resides in the art collection at the State Historical Society of Missouri's Center for Missouri Studies.
Episode Image: Clara Cleghorn Hoffman, date unknown [Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Photographs (P0907), SHSMO]
Monday Sep 30, 2019
Monday Sep 30, 2019
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 Sara K. Eskridge about her new book, Rube Tube: CBS and Rural Comedy in the Sixties. Published by the University of Missouri Press, Rube Tube examines the rise and fall of so-called "rural comedies"—several of which had ties to Missourian Paul Henning—as television networks like CBS sought to rebrand themselves during the turbulent decade of the 1960s.
Episode Image: General Electric television set, 1949 [Charles Trefts Photographs (P0034), SHSMO]
About the Guest: Sara K. Eskridge holds a Ph.D. in History from Louisiana State University. Presently, she serves as an instructor at Western Governors University. Her book, Rube Tube: CBS and Rural Comedy in the Sixties, was published by the University of Missouri Press in 2018.
Monday Sep 16, 2019
Monday Sep 16, 2019
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 Brooks Blevins about his new three-volume series on the Ozarks entitled A History of the Ozarks.
Episode Image: Scene in the Ozarks, date unknown [Charles Trefts Photographs (P0034), SHSMO]
About the Guest: Brooks Blevins holds a Ph.D. in History from Auburn University. Presently, he serves as the Noel Boyd Professor of Ozarks Studies at Missouri State University. His book, A History of the Ozarks, Volume 1: The Old Ozarks, was published by the University of Illinois Press in 2018. A History of the Ozarks, Volume 2: The Conflicted Ozarks will be released in Fall 2019.