Missouri Times The State Historical Society of Missouri & Western Historical Manuscript Collection Fe b r u a r y 2008 Vo l . 3, No. 4 Genealogy Classes aid new researchers The State Historical Society of Missouri and Genealogical Society of Central Missouri (GSCM) jointly sponsored classes (January 15-February 19, 2008) for nearly twenty beginning genealogists. Over the six-week course, sessions increased in complexity to ease newcomers slowly into the world of research. The first class focused on gather- ing information, recording data, and citing sources, then The MoHiP cast taking a bow after the performance (l-r) Matt Galbreath, Clyde Ruffin, Courtneyjo Washington, Cheryl moved to more detailed and Black, and Phil Groeschel. in-depth methods of research- ing family roots. Society Takes Performance to Boonville The second class used The State Historical Society of Missouri’s Mo- Tim Jackman of Fayette was in the audience newspapers to highlight infor- HiP Theater presented The Escape, or A Leap for with members from his church, St. Paul United mation that can provide clues Freedom on February 2 for an audience of roughly Methodist, and noted, “It’s great any time you leading to successful research two hundred at Boonville’s beautifully restored have a community event that brings people to- pursuits. Student genealogists were asked to brave the cold Thespian Hall. The presentation focused on the gether to better understand our history. Several and inclement weather to at- life and writings of William Wells Brown, a slave, church members looked toward this program as tend the third week of classes, abolitionist, lecturer, novelist, lyricist, and the first an opportunity to observe rather than lead par- where they learned about the African American to publish a play, The Escape, in ticipation, and we met to share a fellowship din- family history information that 1858. The Society joined the Friends of Historic ner before the program. Whenever it’s possible can be found in federal census Boonville and the University of Missouri Depart- to present something like this so that our youth ment of Theatre to showcase this production. records, and during the fourth can learn, it’s a special opportunity.” week, instead of class, there MoHiP Theater (Missouri History in Perfor- Frank and Julie Thacher of Boonville offered, mance) is coordinated through the Society’s Pro- was assisted research. “It was just marvelous.” Frank continued, “The The final two sessions saw gram Committee by Mary Barile, a specialist in Friends of Historic Boonville were thrilled with the dramatic composition, with the mission of bring- former GSCM President Anne event and we are hoping to do more with MoHiP ing to life the stories that make up Missouri’s rich Miller share her expertise in Theater, especially in our unique Thespian Hall.” history. MoHiP uses a reader’s theater format to the use of probate records, and Society trustee and Boonville resident Dale present original scripts from primary resources Society reference specialist or historical plays. Cheryl Black, associate pro- Reesman said, “It was a wonderful performance, Amy Waters offered advice on fessor of theatre at MU, adapted the script from especially to be done in a theater built about the the many ways computers can Brown’s writings, performed in, and directed the same time as Brown was writing the script. The ease research, whether through production. Clyde Ruffin, Department of Theatre reader’s theater method was very effective, well the Internet or by helping to chair, held the role of William Wells Brown with accepted by the audience.” create record forms to avoid honor and also voiced the humorous slave Cato. Plans are underway for more MoHiP pro- scattered notes. Additional cast members were Matt Galbreath, grams, including one drawn from nineteenth- Genealogical societies, li- Phil Groeschel, and Courtneyjo Washington. century newspapers, another from letters written braries, or other organizations Acclaimed Boonville folksingers Cathy during World War II, and a third using primary that would like to host these Barton and Dave Para opened the evening with source material on the life of ragtime musician classes should contact the So- music of the period, singing abolitionist and John William “Blind” Boone. ciety’s newspaper library at freedom songs—one attributed to Brown—to For more information, contact Christine (573) 882-1180 for more in- establish the emotional tone for the dramatic Montgomery, [email protected], formation about the availabil- reading that followed. (573) 882-2476. ity of traveling workshops. Upcoming Exhibit

• Thomas Hart Benton in the 1930s will be on display in the Society’s Main Gallery from April 12 through August 9, 2008. During the 1930s, Missouri artist Thomas Hart Benton became a leading figure in the regionalist movement, emerging as one of America’s best-known artists. This exhibition examines Benton’s artwork from the decade, with a focus on lithographs and drawings that reflect his aesthetic and political ideas while providing insight into America’s social climate during the Great Depression.

Current Exhibits Missouri Farmyard by Thomas Hart Benton • Picturing Native Americans in the Nineteenth Century: Lithographs from McKenney and Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America is on Ioway Presentation Explains Tribal History display in the Society’s Main Gallery through March 15, 2008. Thomas McKenney, former head of the Despite inclement weather, ap- the Ioway were subdued through the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, worked with writer proximately thirty people were in subversion of their traditional tribal attendance January 29 to hear Greg James Hall to publish a large portfolio of portraits economy and culture. One of the Olson’s presentation, ‘“This Land guiding principles of the Ioway was and biographies of American Indians in 1832. This Here is Difficult’: The Ioway in to strive for balance in all things. To exhibit features many of the remarkable hand-colored Missouri, 1800-1838.” Olson, the achieve a balance of power in tribal lithographs that illustrated the book. Viewers are curator of special exhibits at the affairs, two clans shared the respon- encouraged to contemplate the images and consider Missouri State Archives and au- sibility of governing: the Buffalo how they influenced past and present perceptions of thor of an forthcoming book about clan ruled during the spring and the Native Americans in the and abroad. the Ioway Indians, discussed the summer, and the Bear clan led in the tribe’s history and culture in the fall and winter. Olson described the • Missouri Cities: Images from the Permanent Society’s Main Gallery, where the U.S. government’s role in break- portraits of several Ioway leaders Collection is on display in the Society’s North-South ing down this balance by appoint- from the period are included in the Corridor Gallery through April 18, 2008. This exhi- ing one man (usually one sympa- current exhibition, Picturing Native bition features photographs, engravings, lithographs, thetic to the government’s needs) as Americans in the Nineteenth Cen- drawings, and watercolors that depict Missouri’s tury: Lithographs from McKenney “chief” to represent the tribe. This smaller towns and villages as well as the state’s larg- and Hall’s Indian Tribes of North allowed negotiators to circumvent est cities. Created by a wide variety of artists, the America. the more cumbersome Ioway pro- artworks and photos date from the nineteenth and During the first four decades of cess of government, which included twentieth centuries and showcase a range of talent. the nineteenth century, the Ioway allowing everyone a say before the tribal lands included the northern ruling council when making deci- portion of Missouri. Despite the sions. Olson talked of the Ioway group’s relatively small number, tribe today as a group continuing to Ioway culture managed to flour- reorganize and revitalize as a cul- ish until the arrival of European ture. There are now two areas of Americans. Unlike other tribes who tribal lands—in northeast were vanquished by military force, and in Oklahoma.

News Notes

On January 6-7, 2008, the Society welcomed a peer review by Dr. Joe Porter, chief curator at the Museum of History, as part of the second phase of the American Association of Museums’ Museum As- sessment Program (MAP). The Society will now enter the third and final phase of MAP, which will involve implementation of key recommenda- tions stemming from Porter’s review and a self-study conducted by the Society in 2007. Wooldridge, Cooper County by Laurence Hedlund, from Missouri Cities: Images from the Permanent Collection The Society’s Web site has been expanded and redesigned. Go online at shs.umsystem.edu to view the new layout and features. Donors Vince DeMarco, Columbia Ara and Irwin Kaye, Columbia The following individuals and organiza- Petra DeWitt, Rolla Richard S. Kirkendall, Seattle, WA tions have graciously contributed materials Joe Dillard, Columbia Traci Wilson Kleekamp, Columbia and/or $100 or more to the Society during Dan Dobson, New Franklin Gary Kremer, Jefferson City the past year. Dale C. Doerhoff, Jefferson City Virginia Laas, Joplin AmerenUE, Fulton English Westerners Society, Bromley, Ralph and Betty Lamberson, Wheaton American Association of University Kent, United Kingdom Mark H. Laughlin, Kirksville Women, Columbia Laura Erdel, Columbia Robert H. Leach, Columbia Rennick Andreoli, Akron, OH Exchange Bank, Jefferson City Leavenworth County Historical Society, Charles Arnest, Bend, OR Leavenworth, KS John Bradley Arthaud, San Antonio, TX James L. Fergason, Menlo Park, CA Stephen Lemkuhle, Rochester, MN Ashby-Hodge Gallery, Fayette Robert D. Ferguson, Pueblo, CO Gene Charles Lemmon estate, Miami, FL David Austin, Jefferson City Cecilia M. Fitch estate, Kansas City David A. Lewis, Modoc, IL David F. Baker, Hendersonville, NC William E. Foley, Warrensburg Lewis and Clark Society of America, John Ballard family, Columbia Richard Franklin, Independence Hartford, IL Lawrence Barton, Glen Echo Park Friends of Arrow Rock, Arrow Rock Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr., Cape Girardeau Gary G. Lloyd, Kirksville Kenneth N. Bassett, Columbia Gallatin Historical Society & Pioneer Robert Baumann, St. Louis Museum, Bozeman, MT Eldridge Lovelace, St. Louis Bruce H. Beckett, Columbia John R. Gariety, Piney Flats, TN Janet Marsh, Columbia Brad Belk, Joplin Clifford Willard Gaylord Foundation, Raimonda Martin-Davis, Kansas City Joanne Berneche, Columbia St. Louis Perry McCandless, Warrensburg Bill and Rose Marie Berry, Columbia Lynn Wolf Gentzler, Columbia Angus McDougall, Columbia Ann Betteridge, Pilot Grove Joan Gilbert, Hallsville Robert McHenry, Adrian, MI Brian Bild, St. Louis Michael Glascock, Columbia Memorial Presbyterian Church, Napton Frances Black, Marionville Golden K Kiwanis Club, Columbia Missouri Association of Local Public Glen Blesi, St. Clair Mary Goode, Pilot Grove Health Agencies, Jefferson City Dan Blewett, Miami, FL Jimm G. Goodtracks, Lawrence, KS Missouri Interscholastic Press Association, Riley Bock, New Madrid George Grazier, Jefferson City Columbia Goldie Boelsen, Carrollton Missouri Mormon Frontier Foundation, Helen Boswell, Rogers, AR William K. Hall, St. Louis Independence Trenton Boyd, Columbia Marilyn Sanford Hargrove, Columbia Missouri State Society Daughters of Helen Boylan Foundation, Carthage Kenneth L. Harkins Jr., Spring, TX the American Revolution, Boonville Patrick Brophy, Nevada Melba Harper, Columbia Missouri State Society of the Sons of the Florence Buchanan, Richland Alvina Harrison-Wells, Butler American Revolution, Nixa Mary Ann Burkhalter, Wellsville Alan R. Havig, Columbia Missouri Union Presbytery, Jefferson City Susan Burns, Columbia Miriam Hemphill, Columbia Montgomery County Historical Society, Terry Henderson, Florissant Montgomery City Carnegie Public Library, Shelbina Historic City of Jefferson Inc., Jefferson Allen Moore, Green Valley, AZ Carondelet Historical Society, St. Louis City MU Department of History, Columbia Christopher Casey, Lake Ozark Sandra Hockenbury, Columbia Museum of the Mountain Man, Pinedale, Cass County Historical Society, Patricia A. Hoehle, Columbia WY Harrisonville Sandra Struass Myers, Manassas, VA Sandra Castle, Sarasota, FL Elaine Hoester, Kirkwood Central Methodist University, Fayette Jackson County Historical Society, Karen Neese, Hallsville Lawrence and Maxine Christensen, Rolla Independence C. J. Nelson, Columbia Clay County Association for Family and John B. Jacobs, Lohman Richard D. Niles, Springfield Community Education, Kansas City Jefferson City Alumni Association, James Nutter, Kansas City J. B. Coffield, Fort Worth, TX Jefferson City Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma Warren Combs, Lake Ozark Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, City, OK Marie Concannon, Columbia St. Louis Ozarks Watch, Springfield Keith and Patricia Cook, Columbia Harlan Jennings, East Lansing, MI Sam Baker Cook II, Jefferson City Johnson County Historical Society, Padgett Family Foundation, Kansas City Doug Crews, Columbia Warrensburg Hodgen O. Patrick, Stark City Roger Crocker, Jefferson City Roy W. Johnson, Kirkwood Patricia Payton, Webster Groves Charles Jones Jr., Staunton, VA Perche Baptist Church, Clark Grant Darkow, Columbia Charles Edwin Jones, , OK Peggy Ann Platner, Columbia Edwin Poage, Clinton Wayne Sanders, Columbia Emily Talken, Jefferson City Elaine B. Pohl, Columbia Robert M. Sandfort, St. Charles Avis Tucker, Kansas City Michael Polley, Columbia Santa Catalina Villas, Tucson, AZ Tulsa Historical Society, Tulsa, OK Bob Pugh, Columbia Sapulpa Historical Society, Sapulpa, OK Karen Krueger Tyler, Portland, CT Armin Schannuth, Independence C. W. Quakenbush, Lenexa, KS Jane Vetter, Jefferson City Arthur J. Schneider, Columbia Linda Reeder, Columbia Richard Sears, Berea, KY Gene Walden, Kansas City Urban Reuther, Marthasville Leland D. Shaperkotter, Columbia Richard Wallace, Columbia Robert Richart, Olympia, WA Robert C. Shaw, Columbia Karl Walther, Eckersdorf, Germany Mary Miller Richter, Montgomery City Kevin C. Skibiski, Ozark Henry Warten estate, Joplin Richard L. Ridenhour, McKinleyville, CA Ray Slavens, Omaha, NE Henry J. Waters III, Columbia John F. Riordan, Kansas City Deborah Smith, Columbia Lois Glass Web, Ruidoso, NM Mary Ann Creason Rohde, Rialto, CA Robert C. Smith, Columbia Ruth Welliver, Columbia Loberta Runge, Higginsville Sons of the Revolution in the State of Nancy Welty, Columbia Christie Hill Russell, Paris, IL California, Glendale, CA Tim Williams, Boonville St. Charles County Historical Society, Southminster Presbyterian Church, Evlyn Wolf, Amity St. Charles Crestwood Robert Gail and Margie McDaniel Woods, Carolea Samson, Maryville Dale Sporleder, Carmel, IN Columbia Jack S. Sanders, Jefferson City Tom Stevens, Columbia Harold Bell Wright Museum, Pierce City

At the Society, Ballew juggles a variety Society to Host Family of tasks: answering phones, managing the membership database and Web orders, di- History Day agnosing computer problems and deliver- On March 15 the Society will host a ing and collecting mail. It can be tiring, but family history miniconference with two Ballew says she enjoys the campus environ- workshops. Society reference special- ment. Plus, working at the Society fits one ist Seth Smith will discuss using the of her youthful hobbies. “I started research- Draper Manuscripts, a collection of early ing my family’s genealogy when I was fif- American documents, for genealogical teen,” she said, claiming interest in her fam- and academic research, and Winifred ily tree came from an ever-present love of Horner, an award-winning professor of history. Using resources in both her home English and founder of MU’s Campus Staff Profile: Rebecca Ballew state of Illinois and at the Society, Ballew Writing Program, will teach participants has traced her family’s history to the colo- about writing personal memoirs. For Pure chance led Rebecca Ballew to Co- nial period. “Our family was here before it lumbia. The second-youngest of seven more information, including registration, was a country,” she said. contact the Society at (573) 882-7083. children, Rebecca Wirebaugh was raised on Now a settled-in member of the Colum- the excitement of race car driving by her fa- bia community, Ballew’s life has changed ther and the value of public service by two greatly since her move to Missouri. She Missouri Conference on uncles who have served as police officers. gave up aspirations of a law enforcement ca- Finding herself surrounded by the long reer because of her move and marriage, and History Coming April 2-4 arm of the law during much of her youth, along with those changes came two children, The State Historical Society of Wirebaugh gravitated toward a career in Alecia and Thomas, and the rigors of parent- Missouri will host the fiftieth annual law enforcement as she entered college hood. “You’re always busy with kids,” she Missouri Conference on History. More and settled on working toward a degree in said. In the moments she finds herself with than sixty researched presentations will criminal justice. free time, Ballew probably has a book in be given by historians on topics includ- Rebecca worked at Wal-Mart to help sup- her hands. An avid reader, she says she can ing Harry Truman, the Civil War in port herself while serving as an auxiliary read a book per day given the opportunity, Missouri, the history of steamboat, rail, police officer in Lewistown, Illinois, during and that it doesn’t matter the genre or subject and air transportation, St. Louis and college. When Wirebaugh was called to St. material. “If it’s on paper, I’ll read it,” she Kansas City, the birth of journalism Louis to help inventory a Wal-Mart store, said. education at MU, African American ar- she met Columbia native Richard Ballew, Ballew and her husband also enjoy the chitecture, and the art of Thomas Hart who had been called to the city for the same outdoors, taking family outings to boat and Benton. Teachers, preservationists, pub- purpose. The two began dating, and eleven fish. These excursions are turned into fun lic history professionals, and all those months later they married. Faced with the lessons for Alecia and Thomas, who try to interested in history are invited to ex- choice of remaining in Illinois, where jobs identify the various fish and leaves they change ideas and promote interest in the were scarce, or moving to Columbia, Rebecca see on the journey. For Rebecca and her state’s and nation’s past. For more infor- chose to relocate and start a new career path. husband, however, these trips are a good mation or to register, visit shs.umsystem. She got a job with the University Hospital in excuse to get away from the bustle of their edu/mch/ or contact Laura Wilson, (573) 1999, and in May 2003 joined the State His- daily lives and relax. That is, if their chil- 884-7904, [email protected]. torical Society as administrative assistant. dren give them the time. National History Day in Missouri

Missouri Delegates to the 2007 National History Day Contest, University of Maryland-College Park

Come One, Come All! to National History Day On April 12, 2008, The State Historical projects and have qualified at local and speech, communications, video, or Web site Society of Missouri and Western Historical regional contests in order to compete at production. General volunteers will help Manuscript Collection-Columbia will the state level, National History Day in with registration, t-shirt sales, serving food, welcome approximately five hundred Missouri (NHDMO). Those who win at the and “guarding” the doors while judging is students from across the state to the state contest will move on to the national underway. It is so much fun to be a part of MU campus. Students in grades 6-12 competition in Maryland in June. the excitement of these young people that will display historical research projects Nearly a hundred judges and thirty in various formats such as multimedia additional volunteers are needed to many of our volunteers ask to come back documentaries, dramatic performances, support activities during NHDMO. Judges year after year! museum-style exhibits, and Web sites, as should have knowledge of history and/ For more information or to volunteer, well as traditional research papers. The or education or a familiarity with one of contact Deborah Luchenbill at (573) 882- students have worked all year on their the presentation formats, such as drama, 0189 or [email protected].

New Web Site Category 2008 NHDMO Contest Dates National History Day will institute a February 23 March 8 fifth presentation category, Web sites, at the Region 4 Jefferson City – Shelly Croteau Region 3 Independence – Mark Adams 2008 national contest, allowing students [email protected] (573) 751-4303 [email protected] (816) 268-8236 the opportunity to work in a new form to March 10 showcase their historical research. Many Region 5 St. Louis – Peter Acsay Region 1 Maryville – Joel Benson and states, including Missouri, have tested Web [email protected] (314) 516-5700 site competitions at regional and state con- Tom Spencer, [email protected] or tests in previous years, but 2008 will be the February 29 [email protected] (660) 562-1613 Region 2 Hannibal – Johnny Abbott first year Web finalists are able to advance March 15 [email protected] (573) 221-3675 ext. 338 to national competition. Region 7 Springfield – Holly Baggett The deadline for submission of Web site [email protected] entries will be about three weeks earlier Region 8 Rolla – Jeff Schramm (417) 836-5206 than the April 12 date of National History [email protected] (573) 341-4806 Day in Missouri, to allow judges an oppor- April 12 March 7 tunity to review student entries prior to the NHDMO State Contest: Region 6 Joplin – Paul Teverow contest. Individual students and groups of University of Missouri-Columbia up to five will compete in the Web site cat- [email protected] (417) 625-3114 egory at local and regional levels, and only June 14-19 Web site finalists will be interviewed at the Region 9 Cape Girardeau – Joel Rhodes NHD National Contest: state contest. [email protected] (573) 651-2715 University of Maryland-College Park Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia Loman and Laura Cansler Collection Laura Cansler, a longtime kindled after he discovered supporter and friend of books by renowned collectors WHMC-Columbia, passed H. M. Belden and Vance away September 25, 2007, at Randolph that contained songs the age of seventy-six. Born in he had heard and learned during Knox County, Illinois, she came his youth in County. to Missouri to attend school, Loman and Laura married graduating from Stephens in 1952, and they moved to College in 1951 and from the Kansas City where Loman Kansas City Art Institute and taught at North Kansas City School of Design in 1953. High School. During summer An abstract expressionist, breaks after their children, Cansler’s artwork was featured Philip, Joel, and Myra, were The Cansler Family at Home, left to right, Joel, Myra, Laura, Philip, and Loman in many regional and national born, the Cansler family took exhibitions. For fifteen years, camping trips throughout the Cansler taught art workshops United States to hunt for songs, seventeen linear feet, with the Society a portrait of Loman as an artist-in-residence and stories, jokes, home remedies, hundreds of audio recordings, playing guitar, which was on painted sets for the Bell Road and other oral traditions for Barn Players in Parkville. Her Loman’s collection. Folkways the collection includes personal exhibit during the hundredth paintings are displayed in Records issued two albums and family correspondence, anniversary of the Missouri numerous private and public produced from Loman’s family photographs, color Folklore Society. Thanks to locations around the Kansas collecting efforts: Missouri slides and other images of their children, over one hundred City metropolitan area, where Folk Songs Sung by Loman D. Laura’s artwork, audio tapes additional artworks and she lived since 1954. Cansler and Folksongs of the and records, transcriptions of drawings of Laura’s are now in While at Stephens College, Midwest were released in 1959 almost two thousand songs the Society’s art collection. she met Loman Cansler, who and 1973, respectively. Loman collected by Loman, and his Loman and Laura Cansler was attending the University died in 1992. song books, publications, field are memorialized with the of Missouri. Loman received a The fruits of the many notes, and subject files. Cansler Folk History Prize, bachelor’s degree in education collecting excursions are in Before her death, Laura which is given annually to the and a master’s degree in the Loman and Laura Cansler donated several of her works to best entry regarding Missouri counseling, but a passion for Collection at the WHMC- the State Historical Society of folklore at the National History collecting folk songs was Columbia. Totaling over Missouri. Last year she gave Day in Missouri competition.

Reference Through the Roof 100 Candles Ask reference staff members Mary Beth WHMC-Columbia held a birthday the latest Froman biography, Say It with Brown, Liz Engel, John Konzal, Tom Miller, and party for Jane Froman on November Music: The Life and Legacy of Jane Bill Stolz to describe the 2007 fall semester and 9. The party kick-started a weekend Froman, signed copies of her book. they would respond with “Record breaking!” of events in Froman’s hometown, cel- The following day, WHMC- From August to December the WHMC reading ebrating the centennial of her birth on Columbia staff conducted oral history room was visited by 1,214 researchers, or an av- November 10. Colleagues, admirers, interviews with several original mem- erage of more than 11 visitors per day, seeking and fans enjoyed a birthday cake with bers of the Jane Froman Fan Club. historical information for papers, presentations, an image of Froman, along with music The recordings captured unique sto- articles, dissertations, and books. Out-of-state from the late entertainer, and an exhibit ries about Froman’s close relationships visitors represented twelve states, from Califor- from her collection held by WHMC- with many of her fans. The interviews nia to New Hampshire, and the exotic locales of Columbia. Barbara Sueling, author of are available at WHMC-Columbia. England, Japan, and New Zealand. Along with assisting researchers, the reference staff gave presentations to visiting MU classes Miller’s Move from the education, English, history, journalism, Tom Miller recently became senior manuscript specialist in charge of acces- and textile and apparel management departments. sioning. Tom joined WHMC-Columbia in 1999, working in reference, process- Many of the students in these classes were re- ing, and oral history. A lifelong Missourian, Tom grew up in Troy and graduated quired to use sources from WHMC for their proj- ects and papers. Also touring were sixth graders from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a bachelor of journalism degree from Columbia Catholic School and members of in 1993. the Ellis Library Cataloging Department. He holds an MA in history from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He and The spring semester looks to be another busy his wife, Tammy, are the parents of a daughter, Colette. one! Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Kansas City

Call for the Goochoo Bird performed by the Tomahawk Junior Service League (1970). The Invisible People performed by the Musettes (1978).

Community Children’s Theatre of Kansas City, Inc. Records It is interesting how communities can vice League; the Grandview Troupettes; City. The Community Children’s Theatre change in just a few decades. Strong and and the American Association of Univer- of Kansas City, Inc. Records consist of or- valued organizations blossom, radiate good sity Women. In addition, centralized pro- ganizational records including presidents’ works, and then fade as new organizations ductions, or subscription plays, were per- files (1948-1999), committee notebooks, fill the vacuum. One such story of birth, formed at the City minutes, rosters, financial records, pro- growth, and death can be found in the (1952-1959), the Music Hall (1961-1966), grams, publications, newsletters, and pho- sixteen-plus cubic feet of the Community at various high schools in Johnson County, tographs. Also included are approximately Children’s Theatre of Kansas City, Inc. Re- Kansas (usually Shawnee Mission North), 240 scripts—most locally written, original, cords (1227kc). at the remodeled Karnes School, and at and unique—and plays with performance In the fall of 1946, the Kansas City, Mis- the Folly Theater (the Folly-CCT Chil- photographs. The collection contains seven souri, Junior League revived their children’s dren’s Series with the Folly manager, Bob scrapbooks, books, catalogues, and profes- theater activity that had been suspended Dustman). sional publications. during World War II. Dr. Harold Hunt, In 1999 the Community Children’s the superintendent of Kansas City schools, Theatre of Kansas City turned the govern- urged the Junior League to broaden the ing role over to Chameleon Theatre Com- New Quarters undertaking to a truly representative com- pany, which uses the arts to teach problem in the Future munity children’s project. The Community solving to low-income and high-risk chil- Children’s Theatre of Kansas City was in- dren and families in the Kansas City area. Plans are underway for the WHMC- corporated in 1947 with the goal “to enter- Two trouping units, the Junior League of Kansas City facility to move to the ren- tain, to educate, to broaden horizons and to Wyandotte and Johnson Counties and the ovated Miller Nichols Library on the train future audiences to appreciate live the- Olathe Junior Service League, continue to UMKC campus. WHMC-Kansas City ater.” Trouping shows were taken directly to troupe plays for elementary schoolchildren staff are compiling lists of needed equip- elementary schools in the Kansas City area in their areas. Chameleon Theatre Compa- ment and daydreaming about how the at no charge. In a show of true citywide sup- ny has received several local and national work will change with room to spread out port, members of various civic organizations awards for their productions addressing and increase the availability of the large produced and performed plays. Included in youth violence and their intervention pro- and diverse collections. Specialized work the impressive list of participants were the grams. and storage areas have been integrated Junior League of Kansas City, Missouri; the The changes brought by regional and into the planning, including a cold area Musettes, an auxiliary of the Nelson-Atkins national forms of entertainment and educa- for storing photos and film, an audiovi- Museum of Art; the Kansas City Young Ma- tion, patterns of volunteerism, and shifting sual lab for transferring film to video, and trons; the Tomahawk Junior Service League; roles and relationships among organiza- an imaging lab for scanning photos and the Junior League of Kansas City, Kansas; tions were the principal causes for the de- documents. A generously sized research the Independence Young Matrons; the mise of the Children’s Theater; however, room and a gallery for exhibits will also Shawnee Mission, Kansas, Soroptimist its legacy is important and is preserved in be included. Current projections suggest Club; the City Recreation Division; the the interesting records held by the Western that WHMC-Kansas City may move to Gumdrop Players; the Olathe Junior Ser- Historical Manuscript Collection-Kansas the new space within five years. Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Rolla WHMC-Rolla Has Moved! . . . Not! But, it does have a new address! As part of the name change at WHMC-Rolla’s host campus, from the University of Missouri-Rolla to the Missouri University of Science & Technology, WHMC-Rolla has new “snail-mail” and e-mail addresses. Postal mail and packages should be addressed to:

Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Rolla Room G-3 Library, Missouri S & T 400 W. 14th Street Rolla, MO 65409-1420

General e-mail inquiries can be sent to whmcinfo@mst. edu, and the staff can be reached at [email protected] (Mark Stauter), [email protected] (John Bradbury), and bethlane@mst. edu (Beth Lane). The new Web site address is web.mst. edu/~whmcinfo/. The telephone number will remain (573) Authors John F. Bradbury Jr. (left) and Jim Denny hold their new book, The Civil War’s First Blood: Missouri, 1854-1861. 341-4874.

Senior Manuscript Specialist John WHMC Contributes Images to Twin Bradbury Co-authors New Civil War Book Pines Conservation Education Center John F. Bradbury Jr., senior manuscript specialist at WHMC-Rolla, and Jim Denny of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources The Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Rolla are the authors of The Civil War’s First Blood: Missouri, 1854- and the Western Historical Manuscript Collection- 1861, published by Missouri Life magazine and distributed through Columbia have contributed images to exhibits at the the University of Missouri Press. The lavishly illustrated book is a Missouri Department of Conservation’s new Twin Pines comprehensive view of the Civil War in Missouri through the end of Conservation Education Center on U.S. 60, near Winona the tumultuous year of 1861. in Shannon County. The center’s main mission is to Bradbury has written numerous books and articles on the history interpret the history of Missouri’s logging industry in of Phelps County and the Civil War in the Ozarks. First Blood will the Ozark region. The WHMC images will illustrate appeal to general audiences as well as to Civil War enthusiasts. This book seeks to unify and deliver in a single narrative the story of how significant aspects of that industry, such as machinery, the war began in Missouri, the rapid escalation of tension and military transportation, and milling. developments, and the role Missouri played as the critical border state. Currently the images can be seen on the center’s A companion, continuation volume is in the works to illuminate the outdoor exhibits, and more will be added as the museum’s war’s remaining years. display area is developed inside the main building.

Recently Cataloged Collections R1213 Mid-Missouri Angus Association, booklet, 1967 R1203 Newburg (Mo.), photographs, ca. 1870s-1910s R1214 Spring River Baptist Association, booklet, 1937 R1215 Order of the Eastern Star, Carterville Chapter No. 11 (Carterville, R1204 Preston T. Sharp, collection, ca. 2004 Mo.), booklet, 1952 R1205 Isom P. Langley, campaign card, n.d. R1216 A. M. Millard, letter, 1886 R1206 Central Ozark Aberdeen-Angus Breeders Association, booklet, R1217 Hubert E. Lay, booklet, 1961 1961 R1218 Baldknobbers Hillbilly Jamboree, booklet, 1970 R1207 C. A. Manning, letter, 1902 R1219 Skyway Airlines, timetable, 1977 R1208 Green Oak Farms (Maples, Mo.), booklet, 1961 R1220 United Baptist Church (Piedmont, Mo.), booklet, n.d. R1209 Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, White River Division, brochure, 1929 R1221 Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church (Wayne County, Mo.), booklet, 1977 R1210 Lake of the Ozarks Angus Association, booklet, 1964 R1222 John Deane (????-1866), letters, 1853-1854 R1211 Dixon Bluegrass Pickin’ Time, booklet, 1975 R1223 Henry County (Mo.), Richland Rural School, souvenir, 1906 R1212 Rolla Chamber of Commerce (Rolla, Mo.), booklet, ca. 1931 Western Historical Manuscript Collection-St. Louis

While pursuing information to supplement Witman’s photographs, Craig came across a McDonnell-Douglas retirees Web site, www.macsoldteam.com. It became clear that WHMC-St. Louis had an opportunity to work with many of the individuals who made this important part of America’s space program a reality. Hadley contacted several retirees and began an oral history project. Craig has finished seven interviews on digital video: St. Louis assembly shop foreman Philip Kempland; communications engineer William Mayfield; public relations officer Roy Reitter; Ed Jeude, target docking adapter engineer for the unmanned Agena craft; fuel cell engineer Nelson Weber; docking adapter structural engineer Earl Robb; and Jim Kohlberg, the shop foreman at Cape Canaveral. Although the interviews average an hour in length, three- Craig Hadley interviews Jim Kohlberg about the Gemini project while Cat Riggs operates a video camera. Sean to five-minute video clips will appear on Chism (standing left) and Brian Woodman look on. the Web site. Craig will conduct five more interviews before completing the project. WHMC-St. Louis in Space When the Web site is available online, it will contain a wealth of downloadable An unresearched WHMC-St. Louis specializing in local and regional stories content including PDFs of the McDonnell photograph collection provided research and pioneering the use of 35 mm cameras Airscoop Newsletter, the official company assistant Craig Hadley with inspiration for in news photography. The Post-Dispatch publication during the Gemini project, his graduate program exit project, an in- sent Witman to Cape Canaveral in the fall Gemini-related materials from the program house exhibit and Web site documenting of 1966 to photograph the preparation between 1963 and 1966, McDonnell- the development of Gemini 12. St. Louis of the Gemini capsules, which had been Gemini brochures, and news articles Post-Dispatch photographer Arthur built in St. Louis by McDonnell Aircraft relating to the Gemini program in PDF Witman donated the photos in August Corporation, for launch. format. The site will also include several 1984. Witman worked as a photojournalist The Web site Hadley developed turned short autobiographies submitted by for the newspaper from 1932 until 1969, out to be only the beginning of the project. retirees.

Staff Profile: Brian Woodman Brian Woodman recently doctoral dissertation is a history on Iris Video, a feminist video joined the WHMC-St. Louis of guerrilla video movements,” collective in Minneapolis that staff as a manuscript specialist Brian said. “The cooperatives grew out of the city’s first on a two-year appointment to that made up the guerrilla video Women Take Back the Night process the papers of Laura movements hoped to find how march in 1979. After deciding X. He holds a BA in history portable video technology could to pursue a career in archives, and political science from be used as a social change tool Brian began working at the the University of Missouri- that provided a media voice to Minnesota Historical Society Columbia and an MA in film/ those individuals not normally library and archives. From video studies and a PhD from represented by mainstream there, he went on to spend two the University of Kansas. The media.” Prior to joining the years at the Kinsey Institute for focus of his interest has been WHMC-St. Louis staff, Brian Research in Sex, Gender, and the history of social movements volunteered at the office, in the 1960s and 1970s. helping with the Gemini space Reproduction in Bloomington, Last year, Brian completed program video history project. Indiana, where he worked as his doctorate in film studies Brian’s PhD work focused user services coordinator and with a cognate minor in on video collectives in the guest curator. Dr. Brian Woodman joined the WHMC- American studies. His research Twin Cities of Minnesota, Brian has also been involved St. Louis staff on January 2. involved representations of such as University Community in several political campaigns race in Vietnam, gender and Video and the Twin City and grassroots activism for the sexuality topics, and alternative Women’s collective. He has Human Rights Campaign and media movements. “My just completed a book chapter Greenpeace. 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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