The State Historical Society of Missouri
Fall 2006 Events
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Talk: “Community Design: How Small Towns Can Shape the Future They Want” W. Arthur Mehrhoff, PhD, author of Community Design: A Team Approach to Dynamic Community Systems, will offer an interactive presentation demonstrating how small communities can go from where they are now to where they want to be. Mehrhoff will show practical techniques and successful examples of how small towns can draw upon their natural, cultural, and historic resources to renew their environments, economies, and communities. |
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MU Gallery Crawl Come experience art and culture during an open house of MU’s galleries, including the Society’s Art Gallery. This event marks the opening of Artists/Friends: The Adolf and Rebecca Schroeder Collection and will also feature the following ongoing exhibits on display through December 16: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as Illustrated by Thomas Hart Benton (Main Gallery) and Careless Talk: World War II Posters from the William Copeland Collection (North-South Corridor Gallery). |
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Exhibit: Artists/Friends: The Adolf and Rebecca Schroeder Collection Adolf and Rebecca Schroeder have two lifelong passions—history and art—that are reflected in this collection that includes the work of artists Frank Nuderscher, Frank Stack, Robert Stack, Pat Behler, Laura Cansler, Brooke Cameron, Bill Helvey, Jerry Berneche, and JoAnne Berneche. Adolf E. Schroeder served as professor of Germanic studies at the University of Missouri-Columbia from 1969 to 1985, and Rebecca Schroeder is editor of the University of Missouri Press Missouri Heritage Reader Series. This exhibit will be on display in the Main Gallery. |
 Sunny Afternoon by Frank Nuderscher |
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Exhibit: Telegrams Stop In January 2006, Western Union stopped its telegram service after 155 years. This exhibit, on display in the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia, will feature telegrams from WHMC-C’s holdings, the earliest dating from the mid-nineteenth century. |
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Missouri Day In observance of Missouri Day, the Society will offer several activities that are free and open to the public. Come brush up on your knowledge of the state with trivia games and displays about Missouri facts. |
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Talk: “Doodlebugs, Ghosts, and the Floating Corpse: Superstitions in ”Tom Sawyer” Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) based much of the novel Tom Sawyer on his own boyhood in Hannibal, Missouri, in the 1840s. As Halloween draws near, explore Thomas Hart Benton’s illustrations for Tom Sawyer and learn about some northeast Missouri superstitions. Presented by Mary Barile, playwright of Leaving Hannibal. |
Woman Feeding Chickens, ca. 1910
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Talk: “Missouri Memories: A Slice of Missouri Life as Described in Historical Diaries” Wonder what it was like to live on a farm in 1876 or in the Governor’s Mansion in 1929? Come explore the thoughts and writings of ordinary Missourians, including farmers, pioneer wives, students, teachers, and soldiers. Presented by William T. Stolz, senior manuscript specialist for WHMC-Columbia. |
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Workshop: “Salute to Veterans” In observance of Veterans’ Day, the Society will sponsor a miniconference with two workshops. The morning workshop will focus on military records collections at the Society. The afternoon workshop will show how to use World War I draft registration cards for genealogical and historical research. Pre-registration is required, and space is limited. Call (573) 882-7083 for more information or to register |
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Society Executive Director Gary Kremer has several talks scheduled across the state in September and October. The following are free and open to the public: September 18, 12:00 p.m. October 13, 6:00 p.m. October 24, 1:30 p.m. |
