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
The new Ozarks Heritage Resource Center (OHRC) at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) will be the topic of the Nov. 5 meeting of the Friends of the Garnett Library. OHRC advisory committee members Professor of English Frank Priest, Associate Professor of History Dr. Jason McCollom and Director of Library Services Rebekah McKinney will provide an overview of the … [Read more...] about Ozarks Heritage Resource Center topic of Nov. 5 Friends of the Garnett Library meeting
A small group of Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) faculty and staff gathered in the Garnett Library recently to sift through a collection of old documents, maps and books about the Ozarks and its residents. Their task? To determine what pieces to include in the new Ozarks Heritage Resource Center (OHRC). Years in the making, the OHRC will house an archive of … [Read more...] about New center will house historical, cultural materials about the Ozarks