May 2009/ Vol. 5, No. 1 TIMES The State Historical Society of Missouri and Western Historical Manuscript Collection

Missouri Conference on History held in Ozarks’ Queen City

with the following winners announced. Shannon L. Fogg of Missouri University of Science & Technology received the 2009 Best Book Award for The Politics of Everyday Life in Vichy France: Foreigners, Undesirables, and Microfiliming Resumed Strangers. The 2009 Best Article Page 2 Award was presented to Missouri State University’s James N. Giglio for “’Tom, You’re Not Going to Get [It] On a Silver Platter’: The Inaugural Senate Campaign of Thomas F. Eagleton,” which appeared in the April 2008 Missouri Historical Review. And, the award for Best Graduate Virginia J. Laas receives recognition for her service to the Missouri Conference Student Paper was presented on History by 2009 president, Stephen L. McIntyre. to Jeffrey D. Howison of The fifty-first annual Missouri Conference Binghamton University for “’This on History was hosted by the Missouri State Is Not a Cotton-Picker’s Dream’: The National University Department of History in Springfield, Commission on Constitutional Government and Page 4 April 15-17, 2009. Through the leadership the Formation of the ‘New Right.’” of MSU Associate Professor and Conference The recent death of J. Christopher Schnell, President Stephen L. McIntyre, and support Southeast Missouri State University professor from the State Historical Society of Missouri, for more than thirty-five years, was noted with the conference offered over 100 attendees remarks and a resolution to acknowledge an interesting array of nearly fifty paper Schnell’s academic record and show appreciation presentations and panel discussions. for his public service and personal friendship. Virginia Laas of Missouri Southern State The 2010 Missouri Conference on History University gave a luncheon address evaluating will be hosted by the Missouri State Archives the life of writer, suffragist, feminist, and in Jefferson City. State Archivist and incoming Page 5 Democratic Party leader Emily Newell Blair, Conference President John Dougan is already whose work both challenged and making plans for another great year. acquiesced to the existing political structure during the first half of the Summer twentieth century. Professor Laas, who retired at the close of this academic Calendar year, was honored by the Steering Pages 6-7 Committee in recognition of her many years of participation and service to the conference. The keynote speech was given by Curators’ Professor Kerby Miller, who spoke about the oversimplification and errors that occur when discussing Irish and WHMC American history within limiting “Irish” Pages 8-11 or “Scotch-Irish” traditions. Annual conference awards were made at the business luncheon Steve McIntyre, right, introduces keynote speaker Kerby Miller. From the Executive Director

The National Women and Media Collection The National Women and Media Collection was at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection- established in 1987 with the papers and monetary Columbia recently received attention from the donation of Marjorie B. Paxson, an MU graduate, American Journalism Review (April/May 2009) in a longtime newspaperwoman, and publisher. feature titled “Don’t Empty That Inbox,” www.ajr.org/ Currently, the collection comprises the records and Article.asp?id=4744. The article notes the valuable papers of over eighty organizations and journalists, perspective of the collection and details efforts including those of Laura Redden Searing, deaf currently underway to encourage more women journalist, poet, and author sent to cover Washington, journalists, and women who have been media D.C., for the St. Louis Republican during the Civil War; subjects, to offer their professional papers, letters, Mary Paxton Keeley, the first woman graduate of the e-mails, photographs, diaries, notes, and video and University of Missouri School of Journalism; Donna audio recordings for historical and cultural studies. Allen, director of the Women’s Institute for Freedom We are fortunate that the collection is supported of the Press and editor of Media Report to Women; by women leaders in the field. These same women Theo Wilson, trial reporter for the New York Daily caution against thinking of the collection as home News; and Ann Bryan Mariano McKay, Vietnam War only to the records of retiring professionals. We are correspondent and editor of Overseas Weekly. Visit seeking records produced by young journalists as http://whmc.umsystem.edu/invent/desc-womedia. well as those who have moved in and out of the field html to learn more and view the full title list. due to layoffs or purposed career changes. —Gary R. Kremer

State Historical Society News Microfilming of the collection and to identify in collection management, the become increasingly crucial to Newspapers Resumed cost-saving measures. As part Society is proud to announce the smooth running of many of this review, the Society the resumption of microfilming departments, as all student The Society recently released a request for proposal Missouri’s valuable newspaper workers have been released conducted an internal review (RFP) for microfilming services, records. due to budgetary constraints. of the newspaper microfilming and vendors from Missouri and Certificates of achievement operations to improve across the Midwest responded Volunteer for hours of service and gifts efficiencies in management of with proposals. After careful Appreciation were awarded at the dinner. review, the Society selected Kathleen Conway, a Society Microfilm and Imaging of volunteer since November MISSOURI TIMES On April 29, 2009, the Kansas City as the primary Society hosted the annual 2004, recently reached 500 is published quarterly vendor for these services. Due hours given and received by The State Historical volunteer awards dinner in to stringent fiscal oversight the Society conference room special recognition for this Society of Missouri. throughout the year, a 30 in honor of the men and milestone. Editor percent savings to result from women who donate their time. Please consider volunteering Lynn Wolf Gentzler the RFP process, and changes Volunteers at the Society have at the Society. If you are interested, contact coordinator Assistant Editor Seth Smith at SmithSet@ Laura O. Wilson umsystem.edu or call (573) Information Specialist 882-1180. & Design Paul Dziuba E-Newsletter The State Historical Signup Continues Society of Missouri More than 300 members Phone have requested to receive (573) 882-7083 or this edition of Missouri Times (800) 747-6366 in digital form. You too can elect to “go green,” reduce the Fax Society’s printing costs, and (573) 884-4950 read the newsletter through the E-mail convenience of your computer. To add your name to the list of [email protected] those receiving an e-newsletter, Web site please communicate with shs.umsystem.edu Society volunteers enjoyed a dinner in their honor on April 29. From left to right: Rebecca Ballew at ballewr@ Meredith Donaldson, Jennifer Beasley, Linda Ridgeway, Trevor Eischen, Kathleen Conway, Rita Terry, and Alice Reese. umsystem.edu. MISSOURI TIMES 2 if applicable, Web address of the year (July 1-December and e-mail contact for your 31) from organizations organization. Send the that have not yet used the information to the attention service in 2009. Events must of Kimberly Harper at the be open to the public and Society or e-mail: harperk@ organizations are required umsystem.edu to guarantee an audience of twenty. For information, visit Art History Students http://shs.umsystem.edu/ Survey Main Gallery speakersbureau/ or call (573) 882-9365. The following are MU students in the Art the events scheduled for May, History and Archaeology June, and July 2009: course 1120 visited the Main May 14 Gallery the week of April University City: “The Osage- 27-May 1 to survey artworks. French Fur Trade in Missouri One group leader, teaching Before and After Lewis and assistant Tristan Barnes, Clark” University students observe Embarkation (Prelude to Death) by Thomas Hart Benton. explained that the class, “History of Western Art II,” is May 31 The newsletter can be Famous Missourians: meant to introduce students Independence: “Frontier Justice” sent as a small attached file Truman and Bradley to the architecture, sculpture, (less than five megabytes) June 8 and painting of Europe and compatible with Adobe Kansas City: “The Liberty Two new profiles have America from the Renaissance Acrobat Reader, or a link Memorial: Mortality, Memory been added to the Famous to modern times. Barnes stated will be included with e-mail and Modernity in Kansas City” Missourians Web site: President that the Society is important correspondence directing June 9 Harry S. Truman and General for its display of fine examples you to the newsletter online. Omar N. Bradley. Designed of American regionalism not Arrow Rock: “The Missouri River Remember, for those who to support elementary found elsewhere on campus Before Lewis and Clark” request the e-version, no students’ study of Missouri and and, as an added bonus, offers July 2 additional hard copy will be American history, specifically significant works by Missouri Bowling Green: “French Creole delivered. The Society will at the fourth-grade level, artists that also illustrate Music and Language from the continue adding members as Famous Missourians is a great Missouri and American history. Missouri Mines: 1723-2008” information is received, but educational resource offering July 10 the deadline to sign up for the content and visual materials digital August newsletter is July not readily accessible in Missouri History St. Louis: “African American 24, 2009. textbooks or school library Speakers’ Bureau Customs and Traditions holdings. Students, teachers, throughout Missouri History” The Speakers’ Bureau home schooling families, and July 16 2009 Brownlee will accept requests for Missourians of all ages will find Jefferson City: “Gospels in Awards Suspended speakers beginning June 1 the Web site a valuable tool for Glass: Stained Glass Windows in for bookings through the end Due to the economic understanding the growth and Missouri Churches” downturn and forecast of development of Missouri as led continuing limited resources, by famous Missourians. Check the Society regretfully out all of the biographies at announces suspension of http://shs.umsystem.edu/index. the 2009 Richard S. Brownlee shtml Awards. The Brownlee Fund has supported research, Call for documentation, and Directory Updates publication of Missouri history through quality projects for The Society invites twenty-two years. The Society historical and genealogical anticipates resumption of this societies, museums, and important grant program as preservation groups to soon as possible. For more submit and/or update their information, or to speak contact information for the with executive director Gary online Directory of Local R. Kremer about proposals Historical Societies, Museums, submitted for the 2009 and Genealogical Societies. deadline, e-mail kremerg@ Please include the name, Society staff were pleased to welcome artist Keith Crown for a visit to the Main umsystem.edu, or telephone physical address, mailing Gallery on Monday, April 6, 2009, to view and remember his creations presented in Keith Crown: A Retrospective. Above, Crown explains to a friend portions of his (573) 882-7083. address, phone number, and, painting London. MISSOURI TIMES 3 A sign of the times: Society opens “Wall Street and Main Street” on June 6 He won the Pulitzer Prize twice, but in a Society’s nationally Time magazine interview in 1941, St. Louis recognized collection Post-Dispatch editorial cartoonist Daniel of over eight thousand Fitzpatrick said that cartooning was not editorial cartoons and always the best line of work: “The trouble illustrations. These with my job is that I have no friends.” images chronicle It’s hard to tell if Fitzpatrick was joking. important events of During his roughly forty-five years as the the era, from the stock Post’s artist, the Superior, , native market crash of 1929 was not afraid to take on through his work to the beginning of the any person or issue facing the American pre-war recovery in public: politicians, social programs, and 1939. even World War II were discussed and Fitzpatrick was a sometimes ridiculed with searing irony. classically trained artist, Some of Fitzpatrick’s most visually and the principles compelling editorial cartoons, however, of fine art always were drawn as America was in the throes underpinned his of the Great Depression. Facing the worst approach to editorial economic crisis many Americans had seen cartooning. He often and would ever see, Fitzpatrick did not created hauntingly try to sugarcoat the truth. His cartoons realistic images of show the stark realities of the time: soup suffering people that kitchens, downtrodden citizens, and have a visual impact “Hoovervilles,” the president-castigating rarely seen in modern name given to shantytowns across newspaper cartoons. This December 15, 1935, cartoon titled Unemployment Relief in St. Louis is America. Fitz’s distinctive style “Woefully Inadequate.”–Church Federation Report. described the helplessness As the United States again reels from is characterized by felt by many in the city without jobs. economic change, the Society opens powerful volumetric presents viewers with a rare opportunity “Wall Street and Main Street”: Cartoons forms and dramatic contrasts between to see how Fitzpatrick’s original drawings on the Economic Crisis of the 1930s from light and shadow. The overall effect is express the passionate emotions of a the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on June 6, reminiscent of the great lithographic turbulent decade. “Wall Street and Main 2009. The exhibition displays a selection cartoonists of the nineteenth century Street” will remain on display through of Fitzpatrick’s artworks from the such as Honoré Daumier. This exhibition October 3, 2009.

Memorial Day gift opportunities The State Historical Society of Missouri offers memorial and Works of Art tribute gift opportunities that provide enduring remembrances of The Society continues to expand a nationally recognized parents and other family loved ones, friends, teachers, or mentors. art collection that features Missouri artists and subjects. A sampling of gift opportunities at the Society includes: Opportunities to purchase fine art are always available. The Society’s curator of art seeks to respond to unexpected chances for Books for the Society Library acquisitions that fill special needs. A painting or print displayed in the Society’s Art Gallery is a lasting tribute that will be appreciated Every book is a gift of knowledge that will be used and by many. appreciated by Society patrons and staff. A nameplate with the name of the honored person and the donor will be placed in the Awards and Grants front of each memorial book. Donors can talk with a librarian to help choose a book. Awards and grants can provide funds to encourage scholarship, research, or historical preservation, such as the Mary C. Neth Prize for writings about women or gender issues. Endowments Fully funded endowments begin at $10,000 and may be built The quality, richness, and diversity of the research holdings with gifts over a number of years. The Gary Burns Endowment of The State Historical Society of Missouri would not exist, and provides for the acquisition, preservation, and exhibition of maps, cannot continue, without the ongoing support of donors. The and the James W. Goodrich Fund provides for a graduate research Society has many gift opportunities that provide symbols of assistantship in Missouri history. Needs range from art restoration honor and respect. Gifts may be mailed to the Society or made to rare book preservation to support for the Missouri History securely on the Society’s Web site. For assistance with a memorial Speakers’ Bureau and National History Day in Missouri. Tribute or tribute gift or for more information, contact Carole Sue DeLaite, funds can provide recognition in perpetuity. development officer, at (573) 882-7083 or [email protected].

MISSOURI TIMES 4 National History Day in Missouri MISSOURI TIMES 5 MISSOURI Nathaniel Townsend, Townsend, Nathaniel Justin Knoll, Rockhurst High Angela Cannady and Leah and Leah Cannady Angela Brittany Golden and Andrew Golden and Andrew Brittany Austin Echelmeier, Blue Springs Echelmeier, Austin Mark Castera, Rockhurst Mark Castera, High School; Michaela Joines and Abigail Miner, Michaela Miner, Joines and Abigail Bradley Dice, Liberty Dice, Bradley Junior High School; Dee Congratulations, Mr. Arnold! Mr. Congratulations, The State Historical Society of Missouri’s fifteenth Historical Society State The Missouri’s of Bloomfield at Middle Arnold began the NHD program Senior Individual Documentaries: Senior Documentaries: Group Sites: Web Senior Senior Historical Papers: Senior Individual Exhibits: Senior Exhibits: Group Senior Individual Performances: Senior Performances: Group Paul Arnold Honored with Webber Award Webber with Arnold Honored Paul students have been successful at regional and state contests. contests. and state regional at been successful have students students his inspired so Arnoldhas principal, his to According come some have high school, on to after moving even that of the process. the joy on NHD projects for work back to and extra-Arnold uses a variety of methods in the classroom He curricular activities learn help students and succeed. to is an expert ties maintains in southeast Missouri history, to students and encourages with local history professionals in several connections with them, and is involved develop community events. history-related annual Joseph Webber Teaching Award was given to a very to given was Award Teaching Webber annual Joseph Arnold. Paul teacher, and successful enthusiastic, dedicated, ago. School as a new district years about three teacher and his enormously, has grown then, the program Since Schesser, Carthage HighSchool; Grissom, Kassie Alexa Schesser, Lawrence, Robinson, Gideon High School. Taylor and Hannah Moore, High School. Warrensburg High School;Clayton Henry Shull, Christian Christine Academy; Schlafly and Westminster Gruneisen, Christian Academy. Westminster Yu, Rachel High School. Clayton and Chi Zeng, Luo Amanda Lalk,Amanda Risco R-2 Schools. High Randolph, School; Clearwater Logan High School. Carthage Daniel Galarza, High and School; Nabeel Chowdhury, Rolla McBroom, Junior High School. Tianna School; Rock Kate Bridge LaRose, High School. Shannon Shaffer, Kirksville Shannon Shaffer, Ashwath Kumar, Smithton Smithton Kumar, Ashwath David Behrend and Will Shao, Shao, Will and Behrend David Kelsey Collins, Olivia Denslow, Olivia Denslow, Kelsey Collins, Eric Peer, Home School; Joseph Eric Peer, : Aishwarya Yadama, Wydown Middle Wydown Yadama, : Aishwarya Wesley Hjelm and Peyton Munch, Hjelm and Peyton Wesley Emily Duncan, Liberty High Junior School; 2009 Missouri Delegates to the National History Day National Contest, June 2009 Contest, History National the National to Day 2009 Missouri Delegates Junior Web Sites: Web Junior Junior Group Documentaries: Junior Group Junior Individual Documentaries: Junior Group Performances: Junior Group Junior Individual Performances: Junior Individual Exhibits: Exhibits: Junior Group Junior Historical Papers The National History National was The in Missouri contest Day state Rachel Hauser, Holy Infant School. Rachel Hauser, Wydown Middle School; Paige Robison and Emily Schueppert, Middle School; Paige Wydown Holy Infant School. Tunks, and Makinsey Workman, King CityWorkman, R-1 Schools. and Makinsey Tunks, Risco R-2 Schools. Middle School; Kassidy Murphy, McKenzie Simmons, Cameron Snyder, and Camden Woods, Kirksville Woods, Camden and Snyder, Cameron McKenzie Simmons, and Louderman, Middle Jordan School; Louderman, Jacqueline Kennedy Townsend, Hannibal Middle Morrall, Abigail School; Skylar Kirksville Middle School. R-5 School. Kellen, Princeton Victor Middle School; Schneider, St. Margaret of Scotland School. Margaret St. Schneider, Hannibal Middle Lambert School; Sydney Ridgeway, and Allie School; Sydney Goggins, Columbia Independent School. Columbia Goggins, School; Sydney 28 students won special prizes at the state contest. For a For contest. the state at special prizes won 28 students History please visit the National list, in Day winner’s complete http://whmc.umsystem.edu/nhd/nhdmain. site, Web Missouri named below. NHD are to delegates Missouri’s html. second-place winners of each division and category second-place advance Behring the Kenneth E. History at National to Contest Day In of Maryland-Collegethe University addition, in June. Park documentaries, interpretive Web sites, live performances, live sites, Web interpretive documentaries, of 85 a total were There papers. research and traditional and 55 first- The places. third medal winners in first through 111 teachers, had researched historical topics related to to related topics historical had researched 111 teachers, “The Individual in History: theme, Actions and the national in various their research presented Students Legacies.” multimedia such as museum-style exhibits, categories, held at the University of Missouri on April 4. The 520 students 520 students The of Missouri the University held at on April 4. by 86 schools and coached 6-12, representing in grades State Contest Decides Missouri’s Decides Missouri’s Contest State History National to Day Representatives National HistoryNational ceremonies. in Missouri Day winners pose after the award The State Historical Society of Missouri Summer 2009 Calendar Deal, and additional Depression-era issues. According to AskART.com, Fitzpatrick is “acknowledged by many as the dean of editorial cartoons” and was and cartoons” editorial of for known dean underdog.”the of “stronglyrights the supporting the as many drawings,bold Viewersthe ponder they as maycurrentdraw the economiccrisis parallelswith by “acknowledgedis Fitzpatrick AskART.com, to According issues. with informationDepression-era additional and Deal, beexhibited will placing cartoons each image in historical context. 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Western Historical Manuscript Collection Charles H. Callison, Tireless Conservation Advocate In 1992, one year before his death, Charles H. Callison became the first recipient of the award bearing his name from the Missouri Parks Association. The honor was a fitting tribute to a man who devoted his life to conservation efforts Columbia in Missouri and throughout the nation. Born in Alberta, Canada, on November 6, 1913, Callison moved to Missouri with his family at age five and attended Missouri schools, graduating from the University of Missouri School of Journalism in 1937. He served as chief of information and editor of the Missouri Conservationist (1941-1946), the magazine of the Missouri Department of Conservation, and later became executive secretary of the Conservation Federation of Missouri. This statewide experience enabled Callison to take on national environmental issues. He moved to Washington, DC, in 1951 to become secretary and conservation director of Charles H. Callison the National Wildlife Federation. From 1957 to 1959 he served as chairman watershed, qualified as a National Scenic Missouri voters in 1984, when the state of the Natural Resources Council of River. The section between Thomasville legislature put it on the ballot, but was America, an organization that seeks and the Highway 142 bridge became renewed overwhelmingly in 1988 when coordination and partnerships among one of eight initial units of the National citizens returned it for a vote through environmental groups and businesses. Wild and Scenic River System in 1968. the initiative petition process. Since Callison joined the staff of the National Returning to Missouri in 1982, that time the tax has been approved by Audubon Society in 1960, becoming Callison founded the aforementioned voters twice, in 1996 and 2008. Half of executive vice president in 1966. He Missouri Parks Association. The the revenue is earmarked for Missouri’s wrote “National Outlook,” a regular column in Audubon magazine. In 1977 volunteer group lobbied for a one- soil conservation program; the other Callison founded the Public Lands tenth-cent sales tax to provide funding half goes to state parks. Institute, a research and conservation for Missouri state parks and historic Consisting of twelve linear feet organization that worked to reform sites to facilitate future growth and of correspondence, notes, memos, the Bureau of Land Management. development. According to a speech organizational newsletters, articles, During this time, Callison was involved Callison gave in 1989 titled “Missouri’s House and Senate bills and journals, in drafting legislation for many Parks and Soil Sales Tax,” the state photographs, and published and important conservation issues, such as parks administration had experienced unpublished material, the Charles the Wilderness Act, the Golden Eagle financial difficulty five years earlier. Callison Papers were donated to Act, the Natural Streams Act, and the Federal assistance, including land Western Historical Manuscript Endangered Species Act. Consequently, and water conservation grants, was Collection-Columbia in 1999 by he was very familiar with the workings rapidly diminishing. Early in 1984, Charles’s wife, Amelia (Amy). The of conservation legislation, lobbying with state revenues in a downturn, Callison papers provide a detailed organizations, and issues of great the administration was forced to close view of legislative issues pertaining debate and interest to conservationists. ten parks and lay off personnel to to the conservation movement, both Callison was also instrumental in comply with an emergency order by nationally and within the state. The drafting the National Wild and Scenic the governor that cut all state agency papers also give a unique insight into Rivers Act, incorporating the Eleven budgets. The solution to this cash flow the exhaustive and far-reaching efforts Point River in Missouri as one of the problem was an earmarked increase of of a tireless conservationist. Callison first waterways managed by the act. A one-tenth of one percent, one dime on died on February 23, 1993, in Jefferson forty-four-mile portion of the Eleven a hundred-dollar purchase, in state sales City. The inventory for the collection is Point, free of impoundments and with tax. The Parks and Sales Tax, as it was online at http://whmc.umsystem.edu/ a largely undeveloped shoreline and initially called, was narrowly adopted by invent/4029.html.

MISSOURI TIMES 8 Western Historical Manuscript Collection Kansas City Dolls for Democracy In cooperation with the Jewish Community Archives of Greater Kansas City, the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Kansas City is mounting an exhibit of sixty-five dolls used in an outreach project of the B’nai B’rith Women (BBW), now Jewish Women International. The exhibit is on display at the Jewish Community Campus in Overland Park, Kansas. In the fall of 1951, Sidney Lawrence, director of the Jewish Community Relations Bureau, approached Eleanor Jacobson Borenstine, president of the Heart of America BBW chapter, with the idea of using dolls to teach tolerance and erase racial and religious prejudice. In cooperation with the interfaith, interracial Fellowship House of Kansas City and funded with a grant from the Women’s City Club, research began on people, living and dead, who embodied the abstract notions of brotherhood, equality, tolerance, and courage. Early in 1952 “The Fellowship House Doll Collection” came to classrooms. Originally, BBW chapter members and African American businessmen from the Fellowship House were “diversity-by- example” teams. Among the first dolls were Abraham Lincoln, Eleanor Roosevelt, Saint Francis of Assisi, Mahatma Gandhi, Justice Louis Brandeis, Jackie Robinson, and Chaim Weizman. Within two years the project became a national BBW project renamed “Dolls for Democracy.” Eventually more than ninety BBW chapters across the country and Canada were sending “Doll Ladies” to schools and scout and club meetings. With the United [“Dolls for States Bicentennial in 1976, a renewed interest in teaching the Democracy” values and ideals of America’s showed] that heritage produced new dolls and programs. The Dolls for Democracy all races, Doll lady Evie Lowenthal with Judy Herman’s class at Beth Shalom Sunday program had several purposes: to school, 1976. religions, social prove to children that fame and classes, and success in life do not depend on she painted and dressed with clothing she designed and race, religion, family origins, or sewed. Cecil was assisted by her husband, James S. “Jay” nations produce money. Another was to show that Weeks (1894-1979), who fabricated the wire substructure all races, religions, social classes, and wood base for each figure. For dolls that would be brilliant people and nations produce brilliant duplicated for many BBW chapters, Cecil cast molds of the people with great souls. A third head and hands for further refinement and painting. The with great was to inspire children with the body and clothing for each doll were uniquely fashioned so souls. idea that they too can become that comparing dolls of the same character reveals subtle what they dream if they try hard differences of expression, dress, and posture. enough. Lastly, a fourth purpose was to show the many roads Beyond the core set of figures, Cecil created special dolls to success—science, music, sports, literature, politics, and of local persons to be part of a chapter’s program. For the social service. Heart of America Chapter there were several, including H. All but four of the figures in the Dolls for Democracy Roe Bartle, Dowdal H. Davis, Carolyn Doughty, Rabbi Samuel Collection were handcrafted by Ruth Cecil Bullard Weeks S. Mayerberg, Randall Jessee, Harry S. Truman, and Leonard (1895-1984) of Independence, Missouri. She began making Wood. portrait dolls of historical individuals in the 1940s and had Today, Cecil’s dolls are in museums and collections across established a reputation for figure accuracy and beauty the country. The exact number she made for the project is when she was approached in 1951 to make dolls for the “The not known, but at least ninety-five subject figures were used Fellowship House Doll Collection.” When the project became in national and local programs. Cecil ended her construction Dolls for Democracy, BBW chapters purchased dolls from Cecil of the dolls in the early 1970s after making many hundreds— commissioned by the national BBW. perhaps more than one thousand—in the twenty years she Cecil studied pictures and other sources to plan her worked with Dolls for Democracy. WHMC-KC holds fifty-five of portraits, sculpting the figures from a clay-like material that the known characters.

MISSOURI TIMES 9 Western Historical Manuscript Collection

WHMC-Rolla Partners in Digital Exhibits Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Rolla is a partner full bibliography and digitized maps of the Tri-State District in in two digital exhibits that open this year. Both projects will the collections of Missouri Southern State University. Riches

Rolla be available online through Library Services and Technology from the Earth can be seen on the Missouri Digital History Act grants funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Initiative Web site: http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/mdh_ Services and coordinated by the Missouri State Library. Both splash/default.asp?coll=riches. exhibits offer broad public access to a wide variety of source Community and Conflict: The Impact of the Civil War in the materials. Ozarks is the second collaborative digital imaging project Riches from the Earth: The Geological and Industrial Heritage funded through a Library Services and Technology Act of Jasper County, 1865-1965 was directed by the Powers grant coordinated by the Missouri State Library. Directed Museum, Carthage, and offers an introductory look at the by staff from the Springfield-Greene County Library District, history of the Tri-State Mineral District, the United States’ Community and Conflict will offer digital images from a wide range of primary source materials concerning the Civil War in the Ozarks. The material derives primarily from the collections of WHMC-Rolla, the Greene County Archives and Records Center, the History Museum for Springfield and Greene County, the Jasper County Records Research Center, Missouri State University, and Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield. Among WHMC-Rolla’s contributions are the Moses J. Bradford letters (R360), the journal of John Harvey Doran (R582), the letters of the Chadwell- Leavenworth family (R883), the correspondence of Lizzie Gilmore (R346), and the Lyman G. Bennett Papers (R274). The items represent experiences of northern and southern soldiers, a Greene County civilian, and the wife of a Union soldier soon to be a refugee from her home in Laclede County. To Miners pose for a photo at the Golden Rod No. 5 site. promote Community and Conflict, John Bradbury, richest mineral region in the late nineteenth and early interim associate director at WHMC-Rolla, participated as a twentieth centuries. Joplin was the hub of the district, which consultant in a well-attended “Civil War antiques road show” encompassed southwest Missouri, southeast Kansas, and hosted by the Springfield-Greene County Library District. northeast Oklahoma. Digital materials include photographs, WHMC-Columbia also contributed to the exhibit, as well printed documents, postcards, and other records from as the Greene County Medical Society, Carthage artist Andy collections at WHMC-Rolla, the Joplin Museum Complex, the Thomas, the Rogers History Museum and Benton County Spiva Library Archives and Special Collections at Missouri Archives in Rogers, Arkansas, and various private collectors. Southern State University, and the Powers Museum. The Community and Conflict helps fill a dearth of research Jasper County Archives, Carthage Public Library, and Webb on the Ozarks region during the Civil War period and will City Area Genealogical Society also loaned materials to the be especially valuable as the nation looks toward the war’s project. sesquicentennial in 2011. The exhibit opens online in May at Much of the exhibit concerns zinc and lead mining, but http://ozarkscivilwar.org. there is a significant component on quarrying “Carthage marble,” as well as views of the towns, homes, and businesses built by mineral money. WHMC-Rolla’s contribution includes photographs from the collection of prominent Joplin mine owner and operator Frank C. Wallower and from the Missouri Historic Mining Photographs Collection (R620). The views show mining activities above and below ground and run the gamut from simple affairs with horse-drawn hoists to extensive operations that used mules and electric locomotives on underground tramways pulling ores to steam-operated hoists. The richness of the mineral district is juxtaposed with the laborious life of men and mules through the use of images capturing places with such names as Disbrow, Golden Rod No. 5, Jack Daw, Prosperity, Prairie Chicken, and Yellow Dog mines. Staff at the Powers Museum prepared descriptive finding aids to accompany the digital images, and links are given to a Drawing of the camp of the Thirty-Sixth Regiment at Rolla.

MISSOURI TIMES 10 Western Historical Manuscript Collection St. Louis

Robert F. Kennedy speaks with William Hungate. Increased Access to William Hungate Collection

Western Historical Manuscript as a research source for important topics. Collection-St. Louis has begun detailed Space considerations at the St. Louis office processing and description of the papers of made it difficult to recall enough of the William Hungate, a U.S. Representative and boxes to do the necessary rearrangement St. Louis area judge whose legal career had and organization. Hungate. . . significant impact at the state and national With the recent addition of staff, WHMC- investigated Gerald levels. During the time of the Watergate St. Louis made the decision to approach the scandal, Hungate (who served in the House Hungate collection in small sections. The Ford’s pardon of from 1963 to 1977) became the main author records center has been shipping boxes to [former President of one of three articles of impeachment St. Louis in ten-to twenty-box increments, against U.S. President Richard M. Nixon. and three staffers have completed folder Richard M.] Nixon, Hungate also investigated Gerald Ford’s lists on each group before shipping them pardon of Nixon, leading to Ford’s sworn back. So far, thirteen series have been leading to Ford’s testimony before Congress, the only such developed: Watergate, Desegregation, Case occurrence for a sitting president. After his sworn testimony Files, Campaign/Election Speeches, Legal, appointment as a U.S. district court judge in before Congress, 1979, Hungate made a significant ruling in a Personal, Events, Subject Files, Agencies, St. Louis segregation case (Liddell v. Board of Scrapbooks, Photographs, Books, and the only such Education of City of St. Louis) regarding state Audio/Visual. responsibilities in education. Half of the collection has been processed occurrence for a Judge Hungate donated his papers to this way to date, with basic folder lists and sitting president. WHMC-SL in large increments from 1980 boxes identified by one or more categories. to the mid-1990s. The collection numbers The list will be added to WHMC-St. Louis over four hundred boxes and is stored in the online inventories, granting a great deal Columbia records center. Its enormous size of searchable access to an important has long inhibited work with processing the collection. WHMC-St. Louis plans to have papers despite their tremendous potential the inventories complete by the end of July.

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