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The Missouri Humanities Council, also known as Missouri Humanities (MH), is a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization that was created in 1971 under authorizing legislation from the U.S. Congress to serve as one of the 56 state and territorial humanities councils that are affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
In 1982, the Missouri Cultural Heritage Center was established at the University of Missouri and directed by Howard Wight Marshall, a professor in the Department of Art History and Archaeology. The Center found its permanent home in 1986 at the University of Missouri’s historic Sanford F. Conley House . [ 5 ]
Howard Wight Marshall (born 1944) is an American academic, author, folklorist, historian, and fiddler. He is a professor emeritus and former chair of the Department of Art History and Archeology at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. [1]
The Center for Missouri Studies in Columbia, Missouri is the headquarters of the society. The State Historical Society of Missouri, a private membership and state funded organization, is a comprehensive research facility located in Columbia, Missouri, specializing in the preservation and study of Missouri's cultural heritage.
Robert J. Behnen (born May 8, 1966) is a genealogist [citation needed] and a former Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives. He currently resides with his wife, Michele McGuire, and their two children, John and Joseph, in Kirksville, Missouri. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated from Lindbergh High School.
James E. Cofer, professor at Missouri State University, president 2010-11 J. Alan Groves , Biblical Hebrew scholar; editor of Groves-Wheeler Hebrew morphology database Edwin P. Hubble , of Hubble Space Telescope fame (born in Marshfield ) [ 4 ]
The Missouri Historical Society was founded in St. Louis on August 11, 1866. [1] Founding members created the historical society "for the purpose of saving from oblivion the early history of the city and state".
Gerald Lyn Early (born April 21, 1952) is an American essayist and American culture critic.He is currently the Merle Kling Professor of Modern letters, of English, African studies, African-American studies, American culture studies, and Director, Center for Joint Projects in the Humanities and Social Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.