Officials with the Ozarks Heritage Research Center (OHRC) at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) will host a special presentation on the Ozarks Regional Commission for economic development at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 15, at the Garnett Library, 304 W. Trish Knight St., in West Plains. The presentation by historian Joe Hutchison, Evening Shade, Arkansas, discusses the … [Read more...] about OHRC to host presentation on the Ozarks Regional Commission July 15
Officials with the Ozarks Heritage Research Center (OHRC) at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) will host a presentation about “Fire in the Ozarks” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, at the OHRC. The center is inside MSU-WP’s Garnett Library, 304 W. Trish Knight St., in West Plains. The presentation will be given by Denise Henderson Vaughn. Vaughn is an independent … [Read more...] about OHRC to host presentation about ‘Fire in the Ozarks’ Jan. 21
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 Kloz Klozet invite everyone to their “It’s a Fun Time” fashion show and luncheon from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, April 13, at the West Plains Country Club, 402 Country Club Dr., in West Plains. The event is sponsored by the Friends of the Garnett Library and benefits the Garnett Library at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP). Show details It … [Read more...] about ‘It’s a Fun Time’ theme of spring fashion show benefitting the Garnett Library
Officials with Missouri State University-West Plains’ (MSU-WP) Ozarks Heritage Research Center (OHRC) and the Garnett Library will host a discussion of the book “Queen of the Hillbillies: The Writings of May Kennedy McCord” at noon Nov. 10 at the library, 304 W. Trish Knight St., in West Plains. The event is free, and everyone is welcome to attend, organizers said. Edited by … [Read more...] about ‘Queen of the Hillbillies’ topic of Nov. 10 presentation at Garnett Library