Advocating for a Cause Written by Chrissy Sommer, Community Engagement Director “It isn’t enough to say we ‘need’ the humanities because we ARE the humanities.…
The Importance of Belonging Written by Chrissy Sommer, Community Engagement Director, Missouri Humanities What does it mean to belong? Why is it so important to…
Roots & Routes: An Update on the Trail of Tears in Missouri Written by Christopher W. Dunn, Esq. Introduction: In the late 1830s five Native…
No Loafing Matter Written by Kirsten Mouton Adult Services Coordinator / Archives & Genealogy Livingston County Library M.A. in Archaeology, B.A. in Anthropology Born and…
Missouri Humanities helped WPSC’s dream come true by Joy Hays-Pace The West Plains Senior Center/SeniorAge received $5,000 from Missouri Humanities to publish a magazine. We…
The Meteor Shower By Susan Howard We stepped out into the chill November night air. My thirteen-year-old son had asked me to take him in…
Ulysses S Grant promoted to General of the Armies of the United States. Missouri history was made last week on December 23, 2022, when the…
Black Archives Museum of St. Joseph I am so excited to share our final report with you on the use of the $5,000 of funding…
Food for Our Table By Stephana Landwehr As the daughter of a first generation German immigrant Missouri farmer in the 1940’s, our family always had…
Holiday Traditions By: Nicholas W. Inman As we finish another year at Missouri Humanities, we are reminded of our 2021 signature series, “Eat, THINK, &…