Officials at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) will host a grand opening celebration for the Ozarks Heritage Research Center at 6 p.m. April 2 at the Garnett Library, 304 W. Trish Knight St., in West Plains. Years in the making, the OHRC houses an archive of materials related to the south-central and southeast Missouri Ozarks that can be used by researchers, … [Read more...] about Grand opening of Ozarks Heritage Research Center set for April 2
You may have seen some of them in your grandparents’ or great-grandparents’ storage boxes – aged photographs or postcards showing people and places from long ago that reveal a bit about life from a bygone era. Local historian and collector Toney Aid recently donated nearly 1,500 such images from his personal collection to the Ozarks Heritage Research Center (OHRC) at Missouri … [Read more...] about Local collector donates historical postcards, photos to OHRC
Officials with the Ozarks Heritage Research Center (OHRC) at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) will host an exhibit about the African American experience in the Ozarks during Black History Month in February. Entitled “African American Heritage in the Ozarks,” the traveling exhibit curated by the State Historical Society of Missouri (SHSMO) will be on display Feb. … [Read more...] about OHRC to host ‘African American Heritage in the Ozarks’ Exhibit
Officials with the Ozarks Heritage Research Center (OHRC) at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) will host a presentation on the poetry of Christmas hymns at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19 at the Garnett Library, 304 W. Trish Knight St., in West Plains. The presentation, “The First Noel: Poetry of Christmas Hymns,” will be given by Frank Priest, professor of English at … [Read more...] about Celebrate the poetry of traditional Christmas hymns at Dec. 19 event
Officials with the Ozarks Heritage Research Center (OHRC) at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) will host a presentation on the “Mythological Monsters of the Ozarks” beginning at 6 p.m. Oct. 26 at the Garnett Library, 304 W. Trish Knight St., in West Plains. The presentation will be given by Dr. Brooks Blevins, the Noel Boyd Professor of Ozarks Studies at Missouri … [Read more...] about Learn more about ‘Mythological Monsters of the Ozarks” Oct. 26