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