Lawrence Rugolo Talks As Daughter Elise Rugolo-Crowe Looks on During the Opening

Missouri Times The State Historical Society of Missouri & Western Historical Manuscript Collection AUGUST 2007 Vo l . 3, No. 2

Lee Lowenfish

Lee Lowenfish to Speak at Annual Meeting on November 3

Artist Lawrence Rugolo talks as daughter Elise Rugolo-Crowe looks on during the opening. Lee Lowenfish, the author of Branch Rickey: Baseball’s Ferocious Gentleman, will be the luncheon speak- Lawrence Rugolo: Forty Years in Printmaking Opens er at the State Historical Society’s an- Four decades of amazing color and manipulation in the 1990s and 2000s. The nual meeting on Saturday, November 3. craftsmanship awaited all those who works also represent Rugolo’s struggles, Lowenfish, a historian, journalist, broad- attended the public opening reception especially with the double vision he faced caster, and jazz commentator, will speak for Lawrence Rugolo: Forty Years of in the early 1980s. on “The Midwestern Republican Roots Printmaking on July 14 in the Society’s The artist’s varied use of subject matter, of Branch Rickey’s Racial Progressivism, Main Gallery. which ranges from naturalistic landscapes 1920-1940.” The exhibit, which features over twen- and pictures of his children to surreal As general manager of the St. Louis ty works by the professor emeritus of art visions and geometric figures, complement Cardinals, Rickey created the baseball at the University of Missouri-Columbia, his changing style and focus. The mood of farm club system; as president and gen- samples Rugolo’s career, creating a Rugolo’s works shifts similarly, with play- eral manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers retrospective. Plotting his work over the ful, self-deprecating images sitting along- in the 1940s, he integrated major league past forty years, the exhibit showcases his side haunting, desolate works. baseball by hiring Jackie Robinson. In inventive use of the silk-screen technique The exhibit was created from the the 1950s, he unsuccessfully championed and growth as an artist, from his early holdings of the Society and Rugolo the creation of a third professional base- abstract and expressionist works in the himself, who donated over one hundred of ball league. By the time of the “moral and 1960s to his use of digital photography and his works in 2005, and it will run through idealistic” baseball executive’s death in September 15, 2007. Columbia, Missouri, in December 1965, Society curator Joan Stack talks with Rugolo and More than forty people attended the he had revolutionized the game. local artist Tom Watson. public reception, where Rugolo was on hand A native of New York City, Lee to greet both old friends and new visitors Lowenfish graduated from Columbia alike. His wife, Carol, and children, Gregg College and then earned his doctorate at Rugolo and Elise Rugolo-Crowe, also the University of Wisconsin-Madison. attended the opening. His academic career has included teach- Rugolo will return to the gallery on ing posts at Rutgers College, the Long August 28 at 5:30 p.m. to give an in-depth Island University campus in Brooklyn, tour of the exhibit. During the tour, he will and Yale. He is currently teaching at discuss his technical experiments, from Columbia University in New York City. film to digital, as well as how the works The Society’s annual meeting will be displayed represent technical, historical, held in the Reynolds Alumni Center on and personal developments over the course the University of Missouri-Columbia of his career. campus. Upcoming Exhibit • Picturing Native Americans in the Nineteenth Century: Lithographs from McKenney and Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America will be on display in the Society’s Main Gallery from September 29 through March 15, 2008. Thomas McKenney, former head of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, worked with writer James Hall to publish a large port- folio of portraits and biographies of American Indians in 1832. This exhibit will feature many of the remarkable hand-colored lithographs that illustrated the book. Viewers are encouraged to contemplate the images and consider how they influenced past and present perceptions of Native Americans in the United States and abroad.

Ne-Sou-A-Quoit, Fox Chief

Annual Meeting Events Attendees at this year’s annual ond workshop, “There’s More to meeting of the State Historical So- Missouri Cemeteries than Buri- ciety will have a difficult choice at als.” McVicker’s presentation will 9:30 a.m. The Society will present show how cemeteries, like cars three simultaneous events—two and dresses, have styles and that workshops and a gallery tour—all the economic level, the gender, the lasting until 10:30 a.m. age, and many times the ethnicity of The first workshop, titled “Lo- the deceased can be determined by Mo-Hon-Go, An Osage Woman cal Characters: Writing the History looking in the cemetery. of Ordinary People,” will be pre- sented by Dr. Bonnie Stepenoff of A native of central Thomas Hart Benton Drawings Southeast Missouri State University. Missouri, McVicker earned her from the Society’s Collection During the presentation, Stepenoff doctorate at the University of will show how family and commu- Missouri-Columbia. She is a former Get National Exposure nity history can uncover important executive director of the Friends of information and tell interesting sto- Historic Boonville and currently a In 2007 and 2008, five of the State Historical Society ries about local characters. This member of the Society’s Missouri of Missouri’s Thomas Hart Benton drawings and water- workshop will be about compiling History Speakers’ Bureau. colors will be on tour in the national traveling exhibit significant, true-life stories of vari- While the workshops are being “Shallow Creek”: Thomas Hart Benton and American ous people in the community, and held at the Alumni Center, Society Waterways. Stepenoff will use examples of her art curator Joan Stack will offer All of the drawings were made to illustrate Limited own research to show how this pro- a guided tour of Picturing Native Editions Club volumes of Mark Twain novels. Two cess is accomplished. come from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1939), Americans in the Nineteenth Cen- Stepenoff, who earned her tury: Lithographs from McKenney two from Life on the Mississippi (1944), and one from doctorate at the University of and Hall’s History of the Indian Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1942). Missouri-Columbia, has spent Tribes of North America in the So- The exhibition will open at the Palmer Museum of the last fourteen years teaching at Art in University Park, Pennsylvania, and be on display Southeast Missouri State. She is the ciety’s Main Gallery. from September 4 to December 2, 2007. It will then be author of three books and has had The tour will depart from the shown at the Susan H. Arnold Art Gallery in Annville, many scholarly works published in Alumni Center, and participants will Pennsylvania, from January 10 to February 17, 2008, anthologies and journals. walk two blocks to the Society’s and finally it will be on display at the Indiana University Dr. Maryellen Harshbarger quarters in Ellis Library, returning Art Museum in Bloomington from March 18 to May McVicker of Moberly Area Com- in time for the business meeting at 18. munity College will present the sec- 11:00 a.m. Missouri Conference on History Call for Papers The fiftieth annual meeting of the Missouri Conference on History, hosted by The State Historical Society of Missouri, will take place on April 3-4, 2008, at the Courtyard Marriott in Columbia. Richard Kirkendall, who served as the keynote speaker at the first Missouri Conference on History in 1959, will re- prise his role for the fiftieth anniversary meeting. His address will be “Faith and Foreign Policy: An Exploration into the Mind of Harry Truman.” Kirkendall, who taught at Wesleyan University, the Uni- versity of Missouri-Columbia, Indiana University, and Iowa State University, is professor emeritus at the University of Washington, where he served ten years as the Scott and Dorothy Bullitt Professor of American History. Proposals for conference sessions and papers related to any and all historical topics or eras are welcome. The conference Attendees of the “Depots & Deposits” conference came from as far away as Nebraska to see presentations about mining and railroad records. is particularly interested in proposals for complete sessions, including panelists, chair, and commentator. Anyone inter- Mining Conference Attracts Genealogists ested in organizing sessions and present- ing papers should submit an abstract and There was something for genealogists Springfield-Greene County Library pre- a one-page curriculum vita by e-mail to and history fans alike on June 9, when sented “The Frisco: A Look Back at the St. Gary R. Kremer, The State Historical So- the Society hosted “Depots & Deposits: Louis-San Francisco Railroad” later in the ciety of Missouri, KremerG@umsystem. Gleaning Information from Missouri Min- day. Neely discussed the recently created edu. The deadline for submissions is ing Industry and Railroad Records.” More digital collection of histories, depot pho- October 1. than twenty people attended the event, with tographs, employee cards, and other items some coming from as far away as Grand associated with the now-defunct railroad Island, Nebraska, to take part in the work- News Notes shops. line. Tom Miller, from the Western Histori- The vendors were busy throughout the The Society has two new staff mem- cal Manuscript Collection-Columbia, be- day, with representatives from several bers—Paul Dziuba and Kimberly gan the day with “Digging for Yore: How genealogical societies in Missouri display- Harper. Paul joined as the informa- to Find Genealogical Nuggets in Mining ing publications and selling books and oth- tion specialist, taking over for Blaire Records.” Sharol Higgins Neely of the er items to attendees. Leible Garwitz, and Kim is a reference specialist in the Reference Library.

The Society has a new Web site address. Now users can go online at Kansas City, America’s Crossroads: http://shs.umsystem.edu. Essays from the Missouri Historical Review, Member organizations of the Society 1906-2006 have their own place to post events and announcements, which can be found at Compiled and with an introduction by http://shs-dev.umsystem.edu/news/ Diane Mutti Burke and John Herron, missourievents/index.html. Those interested in taking advantage of this professors of history at the University of Missouri-Kansas City news section can e-mail Dean Hargett at [email protected]. This anthology contains fourteen articles, previously published in the Missouri Historical Review, that Available October 18 is Missouri Day. Come document growth and changes in Kansas City since for Sale join the celebration as the Society offers its founding. This paperback is $15.00 for members, November 1 several free activities that are open to the $30.00 for nonmembers, with a clothbound edition public. Brush up on your knowledge of costing $35.00 for members, $45.00 for nonmembers. the state with trivia games and displays about Missouri facts. Speakers’ Bureau Begins Recent Acquisitions: Biographical Resources Planning for 2008 Brownlee, Les. Les Brownlee: The Autobiography of a Pioneering African-American With the application deadline for the Journalist. Oak Park, IL: Marion Street Press, 2007. 2008 calendar year recently passed, the Society has begun the task of choosing Burgan, Michael. George Washington Carver: Scientist, Inventor, and Teacher. speakers for the Missouri History Speak- Minneapolis, MN: Compass Point Books, 2007. ers’ Bureau. The Bureau, which provides Freitag, Sabine. Friedrich Hecker: Two Lives for Liberty. Translated by Steven speakers on Missouri history topics to W. Rowan. St. Louis: St. Louis Mercantile Library: University of Missouri-St. Louis. not-for-profit organizations throughout Distributed by University of Missouri Press, 2006. the state without cost to the host group, has received applications from both cur- Lowenfish, Lee. Branch Rickey: Baseball’s Ferocious Gentleman. Lincoln: Univer- rent speakers hoping to return next year, sity of Nebraska Press, 2007. as well as many new faces. The Society plans to select forty-five to fifty speakers Mueller, Doris Land. M. Jeff Thompson: Missouri’s Swamp Fox of the Confederacy. for the program. The speakers will hear Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2007. about the status of their applications by Spalding, Elizabeth Edwards. The First Cold Warrior: Harry Truman, Containment, October 15. and the Remaking of Liberal Internationalism. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, Meanwhile, the Speakers’ Bureau is 2006. in the midst of a busy year. In the six months since its first event on February Tidwell, John Edgar, and Cheryl R. Ragar. Montage of a Dream: The Art and Life of 21, the Bureau has organized thirty-seven Langston Hughes. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2007. speaker events for groups ranging from Weiss, Stuart L. The Curt Flood Story: The Man Behind the Myth. Columbia: historical and genealogical societies to University of Missouri Press, 2007. church groups and Mensa throughout the state, with twenty-two more scheduled Woods, Lawrence Milton. Alex Swan and the Swan Companies. Norman, OK: for the rest of the year. Popular topics Arthur H. Clark Co., 2006. have included stained glass windows in Missouri churches, social outlaws, cemeteries, and German and Italian POWs Staff Profile: Seth Smith held in Missouri during World War II. For Seth Smith, there was never a ques- There is still time, however, for groups tion in his mind where he would be living to request a speaker for an event in 2007. Those interested can go online at shs. the rest of his life. “I always intended to umsystem.edu/speakersbureau/schedule. settle in the Midwest,” said the Kirksville shtml and complete a speaker request native. After starting at Truman State Uni- form. For organizations looking further versity in 1988 and subsequently dropping ahead, the Bureau will begin taking ap- out, however, things seemed to be much plications for the 2008 calendar year on more uncertain. Smith would spend two November 1. years in the West working for the U.S. For- est Service in various locales, including Alaska, as a part of crews that build and maintain trails. The experience changed The Civil War Smith. “I learned a lot more about myself he said, “you can be involved in so many in Missouri: in my time off than I did as an undergrad,” things.” Essays from he said. For those who have known Smith for Rejuvenated by his time away from col- years, his work at the Society may seem the Missouri lege, Smith decided to re-enroll in school a perfect fit. The second oldest of four Historical and came away from the University of children, Smith was exposed to the social Review, Nebraska with a bachelor’s degree in his- sciences by his father, a former professor 1906-2006 tory in 1995. Four years later, he found of political science and administrator at himself in Columbia, where he would re- Truman State University. His brother has ceive his master’s degree in library science also followed somewhat in their father’s Edited and with an introduction by and join the State Historical Society staff as footsteps, becoming a professor of history William E. Parrish, distinguished Civil War Missouri scholar. a reference specialist in 2004. in New York. Smith now spends his days helping re- When not at the office, Smith can prob- This anthology contains twelve articles, searchers to find the materials they need, ably be found at home with his wife of four previously published in the Missouri mentoring a master’s student, and repairing years, Kelly, and twenty-month-old daugh- Historical Review, that deal with all donated and current newspapers in prepa- ter Lucy, whom he calls “the two greatest aspects of the Civil War in Missouri. ration for their transfer to microfilm in the things in my life.” When he’s not spending This 260-page book can be ordered State Historical Society newspaper library. time with his family, Smith reads military from the Society at shs.umsystem.edu/ Smith enjoys the different hats he wears history, rides his bicycle competitively, and civilwaranthology.shtml. around the office. “Your day is so varied,” listens to music. Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia Jane Froman Centennial Celebration Fans of Jane Froman will commemo- rate the one hundredth anniversary of her birthday with various events in Columbia, November 9-11. The late singer and ra- dio, stage, and film star called Columbia home for much of her life. The city’s mayor, Darwin Hindman, has proclaimed November 10, 2007—the date she would have turned 100—as “Jane Froman Day.” WHMC-Columbia, which holds the Jane Froman Papers, is hosting two events during the centennial celebration. A birthday party complete with cake and all the trimmings, along with the unveil- Architectural Records Arrive ing of a related exhibit, will take place at WHMC-Columbia on November 9 from Donald Mitzel, president of Mitzel ments, shopping centers, churches, schools, 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. The following day, and Associates Architects, Inc. of Colum- restaurants, and public buildings. those who wish to share stories about the bia, recently gave more than one hundred When Donald Mitzel gave the collec- entertainer will be recorded in the Collec- linear feet of records and renderings to tion, he said he wanted the files in a place tion reading room from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 WHMC-Columbia. The bulk of the files where they would be preserved and shared p.m. The interviews will be added to the dates from the 1960s to the present and with others. Mitzel also knew that the Jane Froman holdings. also includes records from former local records of Hurst John and Associates, an- Additional events throughout the week- architectural firms Mitzel and Scroggs, other local architectural firm, were housed end are scheduled at Columbia College, Architects-Engineers-Planners, Ellerbe As- at WHMC-Columbia, and he wanted his Stephens College, and the Boone Coun- sociates, and C. Wynn Brady. Numerous files to complement those. Other signifi- ty Historical Society. The 1952 movie, building projects across the Midwest, in cant architectural collections in the hold- With A Song in My Heart—based on the particular mid-Missouri, are documented ings include the records of Dave Clark and events leading up to Froman’s tragic air- in the collection. Examples of structures Ludwig Abt. For a complete list, go to plane accident, her courageous recovery, found in the files include residences, apart- whmc.umsystem.edu/tl-arch.html. and her desire to continue her singing profession—is scheduled to be shown at Women Journalists to be Columbia College the evening of November 9. Twentieth Century Fox is Honored at Conference releasing the movie on DVD this fall, and it is hoped that the DVD will be available On September 11, WHMC-Columbia will during the centennial for fans to see add- host a lecture and panel discussion on women ed features, including images from the and the media as part of a yearlong celebration Froman holdings in WHMC-Columbia of the twentieth anniversary of the National and interviews with authors and peo- Women & Media Collection (NWMC). ple who knew her. Other events being Tad Bartimus, a 1969 University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism planned include a live musical tribute, graduate, will speak on the importance of Tad Bartimus roundtable discussions with biographers journalists preserving their papers and mak- Ilene Stone and Barbara Sueling and peo- donated her papers to WHMC-Columbia in ple who knew or worked with Froman, ing them available to researchers. Her talk 1988. Bartimus was a correspondent with begins at 6:00 p.m. in Ellis Library Audito- and screenings of several newly discov- the Associated Press for twenty-five years, ered TV shows on which she performed. rium, with a panel discussion to follow. The covering such stories as the Vietnam War and panel will include Kim Voss of Southern For more information about the events, construction of the Alaska pipeline. She is a Illinois University-Edwardsville and MU visit the Jane Froman Centennial Site at two-time Pulitzer finalist and currently writes faculty members Mary Kay Blakely, Jan www.janefroman.com. Colbert, and Jacqui Banaszynski. A re- a syndicated column, Among Friends. The Froman Papers consist of corre- ception with items exhibited from the In 1985, Bartimus hosted the first Jour- spondence, financial records, memorabil- NWMC holdings will be held in the nalism & Women Symposium. The orga- ia, musical arrangements, audio records, WHMC-Columbia reading room after the nization continues to bring together women tapes, films, scrapbooks, and numerous discussion. journalists and journalism educators to sup- photographs. To learn more about the Bartimus helped establish the National port their professional growth and empow- papers at WHMC-Columbia, go to whmc. Women & Media Collection when she erment. umsystem.edu/invent/3695.html. W H M C-Columbia and National History Day in Missouri 2008 National History Day WHMC-Columbia Web Site Theme Announced Welcomes Rebecca Rose Address Changed “Conflict and Compromise in History” is as Oral Historian In order to enhance security the theme for the 2008 National History Day Rebecca Rose recently joined the across the University of Missouri contest. staff of WHMC-Columbia as oral histo- system, the Internet address for Staff members at the National History rian. A native Missourian from Osage Day in Missouri office have prepared a list of County, her primary duty will be to guide WHMC-Columbia has changed from Missouri-related subjects associated with the the State Historical Society’s “Politics www.umsystem.edu/whmc to whmc. theme to assist teachers and students in select- in Missouri Oral History Project.” Her umsystem.edu. Please update the new ing topics for which primary-source material oral history experience ranges from for- address in any saved location. might be easily found in local libraries and mal interviews with Vietnam veterans historical agencies around the state. The list and World War II-era working women also includes information about selected pri- to informal genealogical interviews. mary and secondary sources available on each Rose graduated in 2005 with an MA in American history from the University The “Politics in Missouri Oral History topic. of Hawaii at Manoa. She also holds a BA Project,” which began in 1996, is a grow- The list can be found on the National His- from the University of Missouri-Rolla ing resource of interviews with former and tory Day in Missouri Web site, whmc.umsys- with a major in history and a minor in current legislators, lobbyists, governors, tem.edu/nhd/nhdmotopics08.html#ow. The political science. In her spare time, she and other political participants. Anyone History Day state contest will be held on enjoys watching television, reading, and interested in the oral history program is Saturday, April 12, 2008, on the University of researching family histories. encouraged to contact WHMC-Columbia. Missouri-Columbia campus.

Outstanding State Entry winners (l-r), Jerrell Price, P. J. Lawhon, and Cymone Davis (seated) pose with Lucinda Barnhart, state coordinator, at National History Day. Missouri Delegates to National History Day

Missouri Students Awarded at National History Day June 10-14 was an exciting time for of district and state contests, the program category with “San Francisco’s Death, De- forty-five students who advanced from culminates with a national competition at struction, & Rebirth.” the National History Day in Missouri state the University of Maryland in College Park P. J. Lawhon, Pembroke Hill School, competition on April 14. These students each June. competed with more than 2,600 students Kansas City, received the Outstanding State Two Missouri entries advanced to the Entry award for the junior division with at the national competition held in College final round of competition this year. Kori Park, Maryland. Through the National His- his individual performance, “Last Days Caswell of Hannibal Middle School placed tory Day contest, students in grades 6-12 in Stalingrad: A German Soldier’s View.” thirteenth in the junior individual docu- engage in discovery and interpretation of The Outstanding State Entry senior award historical topics related to an annual theme. mentary category with “Mark Twain’s Tri- went to Jerrell Price and Cymone Davis of In the process, they hone their talents and umphs over Samuel Clemens’ Tragedies,” produce creative and scholarly projects in and Eli Stubblefield and Joshua Souder, Blue Springs High School for their group the form of exhibits, documentaries, histor- Seneca R-7 School, received twelfth-place performance, “Suing for Admissions: ical papers, or performances. After a series ranking in the junior group documentary Lucile Bluford and Lloyd Gaines Cases.” Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Kansas City The Raymond Bennett Bragg ence of Nazism there and in (1902-1979) Papers (KC0468) the United States. He resigned contains correspondence, ser- from All Souls in 1939 to begin mons, minutes, and reports re- the Friends of Democracy, an garding the various activities “anti-propaganda” organization and concerns that drew Bragg’s whose purpose was to expose attention. The collection mea- hate-based groups during World sures over 25,000 pages in War II and the McCarthy Era. eighteen linear feet. Birkhead moved the Friends of WHMC-Kansas City also Democracy operation to New holds the Leon Milton Birkhead York City in 1939, and he died (1885-1954) Papers (KC0280). there in December 1954. Birkhead was a popular, pro- Birkhead’s papers document gressive figure in religious and his professional and public ca- civic affairs. He advocated reer. Much of the collection women’s suffrage, the use consists of printed materials of advertising for churches, from his churches, organiza- companionate marriage, and tions of which he was a mem- the teaching of evolution in ber, and his speaking engage- schools. He and his wife were ments. As head of the Friends present at the Scopes trial in of Democracy, Birkhead col- 1925, with Reverend Birkhead lected many publications from assisting Clarence Darrow with the groups against which he miscellaneous research and was fighting. The publications Raymond Bennett Bragg Agnes Birkhead serving as de- are anticommunist, antisocial- fense stenographer. Birkhead ist, antifascist, anti-Semitic, Papers of Religious Leaders in Spotlight served as technical adviser pro-McCarthy, and white su- to his friend Sinclair Lewis premacist in nature. at WHMC-Kansas City during the writing of Elmer As an aside, the R. Lester Religious life in history where he was pastor until Gantry, the 1927 publication Mondale (1904- ) Papers has always contributed to 1930. From 1930 to 1935, he that caused great debate in reli- (R0111) in the WHMC-Rolla the debate of social needs served as the secretary of the gious circles. holdings, round out the ac- and wants. Among the many Western Unitarian Conference. In 1935, Birkhead trav- tivities of three very influential religion-related collections at During these years, Bragg eled to Germany, where he leaders in Missouri’s religious WHMC-Kansas City are the was also the editor of the New became alarmed at the influ- life. papers of Raymond Bennett Humanist. He served as pastor Bragg (1902-1979), one of sev- of the First Unitarian Society in Leon Milton Birkhead eral nationally influential minis- Minneapolis from 1935 to 1947. ters of Kansas City’s All Souls He was the executive director Unitarian Church. Grounded in of the Unitarian Service Com- a strong humanist tradition, All mittee for the next five years Souls was led by ministers that and then became the pastor of included Leon Birkhead, 1917- All Souls Unitarian Church 1939, and R. Lester Mondale, in Kansas City, where he re- 1939-1952. Both were sign- mained until his retirement. ers of the American Human- During this time, he chaired ist Manifesto that helped give the Kansas City Civil Liberties rise to a new humanist move- Union, worked on the local and ment and was co-authored by state levels to improve mental Reverend Bragg, who served health services, and was an as- All Souls from 1952 to 1973. sistant professor of philosophy Raymond Bragg was born at the Kansas City Art Institute. in Massachusetts and attend- Influenced by John Dewey ed Bates College and Brown and others, Bragg became a University. In 1927 he earned leading humanist. “Humanism a BA in philosophy from the is the pursuit of the good life for University of Chicago and a man, within the perspective of BD from Meadville Theologi- a frankly this-worldly approach cal School and was ordained to the problems of human life,” at the Unitarian Church of All he told the Boston Herald in Souls in Evanston, Illinois, 1930. Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Rolla

cal records would be preserved, hopefully it took two years to process the materials, in their home state of Missouri. In July this restriction was never tested. Second, 1980, Stauter and WHMC-St. Louis asso- for a period of twenty years, the company ciate director Anne Kenney examined the reserved the right to recall any items for its materials held at the Frisco Building and exclusive use for a specified period of time. reiterated WHMC’s interest in preserving Burlington Northern exercised this right those records. on several occasions but always returned There matters stood, until the records promptly and without reserva- WHMC-Rolla learned in late 1982 that the records had been shipped to tion. Thus, on March 17, 2007, the final re- After Twenty-Seven Years, Burlington Northern’s home offices in striction in the agreement expired, and the WHMC-Rolla Has “Sole St. Paul, Minnesota, for delivery to the Frisco archives at last became the “sole and Minnesota Historical Society, which was absolute property of the University.” and Absolute” Ownership already the repository for BN predecessor Subsequent to the initial gift, the of Frisco Archives firms the Northern Pacific and the Great Burlington Northern Foundation funded Northern railroads. In July 1985, however, the cataloging of the Frisco archives as The historical records of the St. Louis- Burlington Northern officials, now operat- WHMC-Rolla Collection R362, and the San Francisco “Frisco” Railway Company ing out of Fort Worth, Texas, were informed publication of a guide to the collection. constitute one of the core holdings of the by the MHS that the Frisco archives were The complete text of the guide is available Western Historical Manuscript Collec- not appropriate for their state-centered pro- tion-Rolla. Consisting mostly of top-level on WHMC-Rolla’s Web site. Several later gram. The corporate archives specialist at additions have been made to the collection, corporate records, such as the minutes of MHS suggested that a suitable repository including bound reports to the Interstate the board of directors, for the Frisco and might be WHMC-Rolla. Jim Hanks, a its predecessor, subsidiary, and acquired Missouri native and the BN official charged Commerce Commission and other regula- companies, the Frisco archives fill approxi- with the disposition of the Frisco’s remain- tory agencies and blueprints for many de- mately 150 record storage boxes. ing records, submitted a preliminary offer pots, yards, and other railway infrastruc- The journey of the Frisco archives to for their donation, but it was July 1986 be- ture. Rolla was like taking a local train, with fore an official proposal began circulating Researchers will not find personnel and many stops and sidings along the way. It between the prospective parties. operating records in the Frisco collection at began soon after WHMC-Rolla was acti- After careful review, and not a few re- WHMC-Rolla, but the Springfield-Greene vated in January 1980 and did not officially visions, the Burlington Northern Railroad County Library has placed digitized copies end until just last March, but the final re- Company and the University of Missouri of the Frisco’s employee magazines, em- sult is a significant research collection for signed a deed of gift on March 17, 1987, ployee registration cards, and photographs scholars, railroad enthusiasts, local histori- by which the company transferred owner- of engines, depots, and rolling stock on its ans, and the general public. ship of the “historical records” of the St. Web site. Many of the employee maga- In May 1980 the Frisco announced Louis-San Francisco Railway Company to zines were borrowed from WHMC-Rolla’s that it would be joining the Burlington the curators of the University, for place- collection. Springfield had been the opera- Northern (now the BNSF) system, ending ment in the Western Historical Manuscript over one hundred years of independent op- Collection. The agreement contained tional hub of the Frisco system. Inquiries eration. Mark Stauter, then and now the two reservations. First, records less than about the Frisco archives can be directed WHMC associate director at the University ten years old required the permission of to WHMC-Rolla, G-3 UMR Library, 1870 of Missouri-Rolla, immediately contacted Burlington Northern for access and publi- Miner Circle, Rolla, MO 65409-0060; e- the Frisco’s corporate headquarters in St. cation. Since the most recent records in the mail [email protected], and telephone Louis to ensure that the railway’s histori- collection were already seven years old, and (573) 341-4874.

Recently Cataloged Collections R1182 Freemasons, Clifton Lodge No. 463 (Thayer, Mo.), bylaws, 1945 R1175 Missouri Federation of Women’s Clubs, Sixth District, secretary’s record book, 1932-1943 R1183 Southeast Missouri Drummers’ Association, souvenir programs, 1908, 1918 R1176 O. Y. Jackson, campaign card, 1918 R1184 Edward Martin Shepard, lantern slides, n.d. R1177 Tri-County Burial Association, certificates, 1935 R1185 Saint Francois County (Mo.), “Plat of the Principal Lead R1178 Bolivar Board of Trade (Bolivar, Mo.), certificate of Mines . . . ,” n.d. membership, 1887 R1186 Camp Carry-on (Linn Creek, Mo.), brochure, 1919 R1179 Politte Elvins, campaign card, 1920 R1187 Girl Scouts of the United States of America (Webb City, Mo.), R1180 John S. Brickey, receipt, 1814 banquet program, 1950 R1188 Springfield Wagon Company, papers, 1878-1888 R1181 Tri-State Health and Housing Committee, “The Menace of the Slime Pile,” n.d. R1189 James Blain Stone, correspondence, 1943-1945 Western Historical Manuscript Collection-St. Louis Senturia Environmental Collection Processed Meet Archives volunteer Jerry Cooper recently finished processing Nancy McIlvaney an important addition to WHMC-St. Louis’s environmental collections, the papers of activist Ben Senturia. Nancy McIlvaney joined Long active in environmental, antiwar, and political reform ef- the St. Louis staff as a manu- forts, Senturia graduated from Washington University in St. Louis script specialist on June 1. in 1966. He served as a research assistant for Barry Commoner, Nancy first became acquaint- an early and ardent environmentalist, from 1966 through 1968. ed with WHMC-St. Louis in Senturia became a predoctoral fellow in the environmental field 1999 while doing research program at Washington University at this time. Thereafter, he for her masters degree in his- worked as an organizer and a campaign consultant for a variety tory and museum studies. She of public interest, nonprofit organizations. These included the St. used the extensive materials After receiving her de- Louis Coalition for the Environment, for which he served as exec- WHMC-St. Louis holds on gree, Nancy worked with the utive vice president from 1970 to 1972, as executive director from Gaslight Square, the beatnik Missouri National Guard 1972 to 1977, and then as a member of the Coalition’s board of entertainment district of the to develop a museum at directors. He also worked with the St. Louis-based Clearinghouse 1950s and 1960s in St. Louis. Jefferson Barracks in St. for the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign as education/outreach Nancy began her career as Louis. She conducted primary coordinator from 1982 to 1986. a professional photographer. research in the National Archives These papers cover a number of important aspects of the his- For fourteen years she pro- and other military installations tory of environmental concerns in St. Louis. In December 1975 vided photographic services across the country, compiling the the Missouri Public Service Commission approved a policy called to the St. Louis art communi- historical and cultural resources Construction Work In Progress (CWIP), which allowed Union ty. In the late 1990s, she went of Jefferson Barracks. This in- Electric, a St. Louis utility company, to finance in part the con- back to school at the Univer- cluded in-depth research on the struction of its nuclear plant in Callaway County, Missouri. The sity of Missouri-St. Louis architectural history of the post. policy required consumers to pay a portion of the plant’s construc- (UMSL) and interned at the She also contributed hundreds tion costs before it began producing power. It met immediate Missouri Historical Society. of original digital photographs opposition. By March of the following year, several consumer While working on the oral to illustrate written reports and and environmental groups came together to form Citizens for Re- wrote accompanying historical history project “People and formed Electric Rates (CRER), a campaign Senturia worked on text. The project culminated Place in Twentieth Century St. that created a statewide effort for a ballot proposition successfully in the publication of the book Louis,” Nancy developed an overturning the policy. Jefferson Barracks: A The collection contains additional material documenting the interest in museums and local Celebration of the Citizen antinuclear movement. In December 1979 antinuclear groups history. Upon graduation, she Soldier. from around the state organized to prevent the completion of enrolled in UMSL’s newly de- Nancy has also served as an the Callaway plant, and this effort is reflected in the Senturia veloped museum studies pro- adjunct faculty member in the papers. The effort culminated in placing Proposition 11 on the gram. She gained valuable museum studies program. November 1980 ballot. Proposition 11 mandated that any firm archival experience assisting Her primary responsibilities building a nuclear power plant in Missouri provide a long-term the Mercantile Library staff at WHMC include digitizing nuclear waste disposal policy. Voters rejected the proposition by in accessioning the “St. Louis photographs, negatives, and a large margin, due primarily to heavy spending by Union Electric Images Collection.” Com- audiovisual materials. “This to defeat it. menting on her work, Nancy position is a perfect fit for me,” Ben Senturia’s papers also show his efforts with Handicapped said, “I prepared the historic Nancy said. “I enjoy the chal- Employment and Living Programs (HELP), the Nuclear Weap- photos, maps, drawings, post- lenge of making historical col- ons Freeze campaign, and the defeat of a 1985 attempt to build cards, and illustrated newspa- lections accessible for research a domed stadium for the St. Louis Cardinals. Environmentalists pers for archival storage and and exhibition and working in particularly opposed the latter proposal because property for the developed the finding aid for an environment I know and proposed stadium fell within a federally protected wetland area. this large special collection.” love.”

WHMC Sponsors Upward Bound Intern For five weeks in June and July, WHMC-St. graphs. “I’ve really enjoyed it here,” she said after Louis added an intern to its staff: Kameal Parks, the experience, “and I learned a great deal.” Her a student at Eskridge High School. Parks came to previous work experience included time with the the office as part of Upward Bound, administered Human Development Corporation of Metropolitan through a federal program called TRIO by Harris- St. Louis. She plans to pursue a career in journal- Stowe State University. The program places high ism. school students in college and post-secondary in- Upward Bound is a year-round academic pro- stitutions to help transition them into higher educa- gram funded under Title IV of the Higher Education tion. Act of 1965. Like student financial aid programs, Parks identified content on reel tapes from the TRIO and Upward Bound help students overcome Kameal Parks 1960s and 1970s, and she learned to scan photo- financial barriers to higher education. THE STATE HISTORICAL NONPROFIT ORG SOCIETY OF MISSOURI U.S. POSTAGE PAID 1020 Lowry Street COLUMBIA, MO Columbia, MO 65201-7298 PERMIT NO. 58

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