The State Historical Society of Missouri

Notable

November 6 10:00 a.m.Columbia Area Senior Center
Senior Center seminar: “What Did Columbia Look Like in the Mid-20th Century?”
November 11 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Jesse Wrench Auditorium, Memorial Union, MU Campus
Mormon Passage through Missouri
A lecture by Fred E. Woods, Professor of Religious Understanding at Brigham Young University. Reception follows.

November 9, 2009 – May 2010
The Golden Age of the Comic Strip
Collected by the well–known former editor of the Mexico Ledger, L. Mitchell White, and his son, Robert M. Works by some of the greatest artists of the genre will be displayed.

September 19, 2009 – March 2010
Twentieth–Century Missouri Portraits: From Famous to Familiar
This exhibition focuses on a variety of approaches to twentieth-century portraiture of and by Missourians.

New acquisitions at the Society
Call for Papers - 52nd Missouri Conference on History
Proposals for conference sessions and papers are welcome on any historical topic or era. The conference is particularly interested in proposals for complete sessions, including panelists, chair, and commentator.
Call for Directory Updates
The State Historical Society of Missouri invites historical and genealogical societies, museums, and preservation groups to submit and/or update contact information for the Society’s online Directory of Local Historical Societies, Museums, and Genealogical Societies.