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October 30, 2007 New Anthology Kansas City, America’s Crossroads: Essays from the Missouri Historical Review, 1906-2006 now available Kansas City, America’s Crossroads: Essays from the Missouri Historical Review, 1906-2006, the second anthology in the Society’s Century of Missouri History Scholarship Series, is now available. The fourteen essays describe important episodes in the social, economic, racial, and political life of Kansas City, long a place of intersection in American life. Society members pay only $15.00 for the paperbound book and $30.00 for the hardbound book. posted @ 3:51 PM
 
October 11, 2007 Lee Lowenfish to Speak at The State Historical Society Annual Meeting When Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey signed Jackie Robinson in 1945, he changed Major League Baseball forever. Destroying the color barrier that had kept African Americans out of the league, Rickey showed that he was dedicated to both the Dodgers and human rights, and not afraid of the inevitable controversy. In fact, he was used to it: a religious man and noted Sabbatarian, Rickey never played, attended, or managed a baseball game on Sunday. The experiences of the “moral and idealistic” executive will be the subject of this year’s luncheon speech at the State Historical Society of Missouri’s Annual Meeting and Luncheon as Lee Lowenfish presents “The Midwestern Roots of Branch Rickey’s Racial Progressivism, 1920-1940.” A historian, journalist, broadcaster, jazz commentator, and New York City native, Lowenfish earned his doctorate at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and currently teaches at Columbia University. He is the author of The Imperfect Diamond: A History of Baseball’s Labor Wars, as well as Branch Rickey: Baseball’s Ferocious Gentleman. The State Historical Society of Missouri’s Annual Meeting and Luncheon will be held on Saturday, November 3, at the Reynolds Alumni and Visitor Center on the University of Missouri–Columbia campus. Reservations for the luncheon must be made by October 22. For information or to make reservations, call the Society at (573) 882–7083 or go online at shs.umsystem.edu/annualmeeting/. posted @ 1:46 PM
October 10, 2007 Missouri History in Performance Theater to Present on October 23Author and playwright William Wells Brown was born a slave near St. Louis and served many masters before his escape in 1834. Freed from servitude, he spent years helping others escape from slavery as part of the Underground Railroad before becoming a public speaker and writer. His play The Escape; or, A Leap for Freedom (1858) is considered the first play by an African American to be published in America.Now, The State Historical Society of Missouri's MoHiP Theater, a reader's theater organized by playwright Mary Barile, is bringing this play to the Conley House on the MU campus. At 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 23, MU theater professor Cheryl Black will direct the reading of Brown's play, which tells the tale of two slaves, Melinda and Glen, who secretly marry and determine to gain their freedom so they can remain together. A reception sponsored by the Center for Arts & Humanities will follow the performance. The play and reception are both free and open to the public. The Conley House is located on the corner of Conley Avenue and Sandford Avenue on the MU campus. Parking is available in Turner Garage on Conley Avenue. posted @ 8:48 AM
October 02, 2007 Picturing Native Americans in the Nineteenth Century: Lithographs from McKenneyWhile serving as Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Thomas McKenney advocated Native American rights and commissioned the painting of over one hundred portraits of Native Americans as they made diplomatic visits to the nation’s capital. Now, thirty-seven hand-colored lithographic copies of those portraits are on display in the Society’s main gallery as part of Picturing Native Americans in the Nineteenth Century. All of the portraits were contained in History of the Indian Tribes of North America, which was published between 1836 and 1844, and most of the lithographs reproduce now-lost paintings, destroyed in an 1865 fire. Viewers are encouraged to contemplate the images and consider how they influenced past and present perceptions of Native Americans. The exhibit will run through March 15, 2008.Guests are invited to a public reception celebrating the exhibit’s opening in the Main Gallery from 5:00 to 8:30 p.m., October 2, during the MU Campus Gallery and Culture Crawl. Light refreshments will be provided, and curator Joan Stack will be available to discuss the exhibit with visitors. The Society is located on the ground floor, east side of Ellis Library on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus. The Main Gallery is free and open to the public Tuesday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., and Wednesday through Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. posted @ 8:09 AM
October 01, 2007 MU Campus Gallery Crawl Ne-Sou-A-Quiot, Fox Chief MU Campus Gallery Crawl Join the Society as it takes part in an open house of MU’s galleries, including the Museum of Art & Archaeology, the Bingham Art Gallery, the Museum of Anthropology, and the Brady Art Studio. The crawl will feature ongoing exhibits Daniel Fitzpatrick: Artist/Cartoonist (North-South Corridor Gallery) and Picturing Native Americans in the Nineteenth Century: Lithographs from McKenney and Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America. posted @ 1:42 PM
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