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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 Oct 25, 2021
Monday Oct 25, 2021
In honor of the state's 200th birthday, Our Missouri will feature a series throughout 2021 entitled "Bicentennial Book Club," which highlights influential books related to Missouri and examines how scholars, historians, and authors dissect major topics in the state's history. So, join the "Book Club" to hear about award-winning publications that detail the state's diverse history, as well as the stories behind the stories featured within their pages. In this episode, William Parrish discusses his writings on Missouri's Civil War and Reconstruction history, the origins of the multi-volume "Missouri: The Heart of a Nation" and "A History of Missouri," and the evolution of scholarship over his sixty-plus year career.
Episode Image: Missouri House of Representatives Chamber, 1899 [Missouri State Capitol Photograph Collection (P1118), SHSMO]
About the Guest: William Parrish holds a PhD in History from the University of Missouri. He is Professor Emeritus of History at Mississippi State University. He is the author of several books, including "David Rice Atchison of Missouri, Border Politician," "Turbulent Partnership: Missouri and the Union, 1861-1865," "Missouri Under Radical Rule, 1865-1870," and "Frank Blair: Lincoln's Conservative."
Monday Oct 11, 2021
Monday Oct 11, 2021
In honor of the state's 200th birthday, Our Missouri will feature a series throughout 2021 entitled "Bicentennial Book Club," which highlights influential books related to Missouri and examines how scholars, historians, and authors dissect major topics in the state's history. So, join the "Book Club" to hear about award-winning publications that detail the state's diverse history, as well as the stories behind the stories featured within their pages. In this episode, William Foley discusses his publications on Missouri history as well as his memories of Lewis Atherton, John Francis McDermott, and Perry McCandless.
Episode Image: Choteau Mansion in St. Louis County, Missouri, date unknown [John J. Buse Collection (S1083), SHSMO]
About the Guest: William Foley holds a PhD in History from the University of Missouri. He is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Central Missouri. He is the author of several books, including "The First Chouteaus, River Barons of Early St. Louis," "The Genesis of Missouri: From Wilderness Outpost to Statehood," "Missouri: Then and Now," and "Wilderness Journey: The Life of William Clark."
Monday Sep 27, 2021
Monday Sep 27, 2021
In honor of the state's 200th birthday, Our Missouri will feature a series throughout 2021 entitled "Bicentennial Book Club," which highlights influential books related to Missouri and examines how scholars, historians, and authors dissect major topics in the state's history. So, join the "Book Club" to hear about award-winning publications that detail the state's diverse history, as well as the stories behind the stories featured within their pages. In this episode, Antonio F. Holland and Gary R. Kremer discuss Lorenzo Greene, Lincoln University, African American History, and the origins of their book, "Missouri's Black Heritage."
Episode Image: African American couple in their garden, St. Charles County, Missouri, date unknown [John J. Buse Collection (S1083), SHSMO]
About the Guests:
Antonio F. Holland holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Missouri. He is Professor Emeritus in History at Lincoln University. He is the author of "Nathan B. Young and the Struggle over Black Higher Education" and "The Soldiers’ Dream Continued: A Pictoral History of Lincoln University of Missouri." He is a co-author of "Missouri's Black Heritage."
Gary R. Kremer holds a Ph.D. in History from American University. Presently, he is the Executive Director of The State Historical Society of Missouri. Previously, he taught at Lincoln University and William Woods University, as well as serving as Missouri State Archivist. He is the author of several books, including "James Milton Turner and the Promise of America: The Public Life of a Post-Civil War Black Leader," "George Washington Carver: A Biography," and "Race and Meaning: The African American Experience in Missouri." He is a co-author of "Missouri's Black Heritage."
Monday Sep 13, 2021
Monday Sep 13, 2021
In honor of the state's 200th birthday, Our Missouri will feature a series throughout 2021 entitled "Bicentennial Book Club," which highlights influential books related to Missouri and examines how scholars, historians, and authors dissect major topics in the state's history. So, join the "Book Club" to hear about award-winning publications that detail the state's diverse history, as well as the stories behind the stories featured within their pages. In this episode, Diane Mutti Burke discusses her award-winning book, "On Slavery’s Border: Missouri’s Small-Slaveholding Households, 1815-1865," as well as historiographical interpretations of slavery in Missouri.
Episode Image: Ridge Airy in Arrow Rock, Missouri, date unknown [Saline County, Missouri, Photograph Collection (P1137), SHSMO]
About the Guest: Diane Mutti Burke is a professor of history and director of the Center for Midwestern Studies at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She holds a Ph.D. in History from Emory University. Her first book, "On Slavery’s Border: Missouri’s Small-Slaveholding Households, 1815-1865," won the Missouri Conference on History Book Award in 2010. In addition to her award-winning book, she has also co-edited three anthologies on the Missouri/Kansas border region, including "Kansas City, America’s Crossroads," co-edited with John Herron; "Bleeding Kansas, Bleeding Missouri: The Long Civil War on the Border," co-edited with Jonathan Earle; and "Wide Open Town: Kansas City during the Pendergast Era," co-edited with John Herron and Jason Roe.
Monday Jul 26, 2021
Monday Jul 26, 2021
In honor of the state's 200th birthday, Our Missouri will feature a series throughout 2021 entitled "Bicentennial Book Club," which highlights influential books related to Missouri and examines how scholars, historians, and authors dissect major topics in the state's history. So, join the "Book Club" to hear about award-winning publications that detail the state's diverse history, as well as the stories behind the stories featured within their pages. In this episode, Alison Clark Efford discusses her book, "German Immigrants, Race, and Citizenship in the Civil War Era," and explains how the immigration experiences of Germans in Missouri shaped their views on political, racial, and social issues.
Episode Image: Fiftieth Anniversary of the German Catholic Benevolent Society at St. Peter’s Catholic Church, St. Charles, Missouri, 1910 [John J. Buse Collection (S1083), SHSMO]
About the Guest: Alison Clark Efford holds a PhD in history from Ohio State University. Presently, she serves as Associate Professor of History at Marquette University. She is the author of "German Immigrants, Race, and Citizenship in the Civil War Era," and the co-editor of the forthcoming, "Radical Relationships: The Civil War–Era Correspondence of Mathilde Franziska Anneke."
Monday Jul 12, 2021
Monday Jul 12, 2021
In honor of the state's 200th birthday, Our Missouri will feature a series throughout 2021 entitled "Bicentennial Book Club," which highlights influential books related to Missouri and examines how scholars, historians, and authors dissect major topics in the state's history. So, join the "Book Club" to hear about award-winning publications that detail the state's diverse history, as well as the stories behind the stories featured within their pages. In this episode, Virginia Laas discusses her book, "Bridging Two Eras: The Autobiography of Emily Newell Blair, 1877-1951," and highlights the unique challenges of editing the writings of the noted feminist, suffragist, and political leader.
Episode Image: Emily Newell Blair at the Democratic Women’s Regional Conference, 1939 [Bernard Dickmann Photograph Collection (S0555), SHSMO]
About the Guest: Virginia Laas holds a PhD in history from the University of Arkansas. She is Professor Emerita of History at Missouri Southern State University, and presently serves as the President of the Board of Trustees for the State Historical Society of Missouri. She has authored, coauthored, and edited five books, including "Love and Power in the Nineteenth Century: The Marriage of Violet Blair" and "Bridging Two Eras: The Autobiography of Emily Newell Blair, 1877-1951."
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Monday Jun 28, 2021
In honor of the state's 200th birthday, Our Missouri will feature a series throughout 2021 entitled "Bicentennial Book Club," which highlights influential books related to Missouri and examines how scholars, historians, and authors dissect major topics in the state's history. So, join the "Book Club" to hear about award-winning publications that detail the state's diverse history, as well as the stories behind the stories featured within their pages. In this episode, host Sean Rost explores the life of "Mr. Missouri"—Floyd Shoemaker—and examines how his scholarship shaped interpretations of Missouri history throughout the early-to-mid 20th Century.
Episode Image: J. Christian Bay and Floyd Shoemaker viewing a book from the J. Christian Bay Collection, Columbia, Missouri, 1942 [State Historical Society of Missouri Photographs (P0137), SHSMO]
Monday Jun 14, 2021
Monday Jun 14, 2021
In honor of the state's 200th birthday, Our Missouri will feature a series throughout 2021 entitled "Bicentennial Book Club," which highlights influential books related to Missouri and examines how scholars, historians, and authors dissect major topics in the state's history. So, join the "Book Club" to hear about award-winning publications that detail the state's diverse history, as well as the stories behind the stories featured within their pages. This episode features a conversation with Caroline Fraser about her Pulitzer Prize-winning book, "Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder."
Episode Image: Wilder Museum in Mansfield, Missouri, date unknown [Wilder Family Photographs (P0294), SHSMO]
About the Guest: Caroline Fraser holds a PhD in English and American Literature from Harvard University. She is the author of "God's Perfect Child: Living and Dying in the Christian Science Church" and "Rewilding the World: Dispatches from the Conservation Revolution." Additionally, she served as editor of the Library of America edition of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books. Her work has also appeared in the New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and Outside Magazine, among others. Her most recent book, "Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder," won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography, Plutarch Award, and the Pulitzer Prize in Biography.
Monday May 03, 2021
Monday May 03, 2021
In honor of the state's 200th birthday, Our Missouri will feature a series throughout 2021 entitled "Bicentennial Book Club," which highlights influential books related to Missouri and examines how scholars, historians, and authors dissect major topics in the state's history. So, join the "Book Club" to hear about award-winning publications that detail the state's diverse history, as well as the stories behind the stories featured within their pages. This episode features a conversation with Melton McLaurin about the 30th anniversary of his book, "Celia, A Slave."
Episode Image: Callaway County Courthouse and public square, Fulton, Missouri, ca. 1895 [Gary Woolfolk Photograph Collection (P0880), SHSMO]
About the Guest: Melton McLaurin holds a PhD in history from University of South Carolina. Presently, he is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. He is the author of several books, including "Celia, A Slave;" "Separate Pasts: Growing Up White in the Segregated South;" and "The Marines of Montford Point: America's First Black Marines."
Monday Apr 19, 2021
Monday Apr 19, 2021
In honor of the state's 200th birthday, Our Missouri will feature a series throughout 2021 entitled "Bicentennial Book Club," which highlights influential books related to Missouri and examines how scholars, historians, and authors dissect major topics in the state's history. So, join the "Book Club" to hear about award-winning publications that detail the state's diverse history, as well as the stories behind the stories featured within their pages. This episode features a conversation with Stephen Aron about his award-winning book, "American Confluence: The Missouri Frontier from Borderland to Border State."
Episode Image: Missouri River Sunset, ca. 1903 [Maximilian E. Schmidt Photographs (P0001), SHSMO]
About the Guest: Stephen Aron holds a PhD in history from University of California-Berkeley. Presently, he is a Professor of History at UCLA. In July 2021, he will become President and CEO of the Autry Museum of the American West. He is the author of "American Confluence: The Missouri Frontier from Borderland to Border State;" "How the West Was Lost: The Transformation of Kentucky from Daniel Boone to Henry Clay;" and "The American West: A Very Short Introduction." He is also co-author of "Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: A History of the World from the Beginnings of Humankind to the Present," and co-editor of "Trading Cultures: The Worlds of Western Merchants."