Library Notes

The Missouri Humanities Council (MHC) has awarded a grant of $7,000 to Springfield Community Gardens in support of the project, “Our Food: Our Stories”. The MHC is the only state wide agency in Missouri devoted exclusively to humanities education for citizens of all ages. It has served as a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities since 1971. Springfield Community Gardens is sponsoring this progroject in partnership with Missouri Humanities and with support from the Missouri Humanities Trust…

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Ashley Morrill recently joined MSU Libraries’ Special Collections and Archives as a non-student, part-time employee. Ashley completed an internship with Anne Baker during the spring 2023 semester and graduated with a Master of Library and Information Sciences from the University of Denver. While Anne is on leave, Ashley will assist with processing archival collections, answering reference questions, and digitizing materials. Welcome to the Missouri State University Libraries, Ashley!

Tonight at 7 p.m. in the Library Center auditorium, local golf pro Rick Grayson will be having an author talk. His book, Horton Smith: A Masters Legacy, was published in December 2022 by the Ozarks Studies Institute, an ongoing initiative of the Missouri State University Libraries. The biography chronicles the life of Smith, a Springfield native, from birth through his rise as a professional golfer, to his PGA presidency and the controversial events regarding race in sports history, and on…

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Melissa Eiken, Executive Assistant II for the MSU Libraries, recently accepted an executive assistant position with the Conservation Division of Bass Pro Shops at their Base Camp corporate offices on East Kearney Street in Springfield. Melissa is excited about this new opportunity and is looking forward to working closely with projects funded through the Johnny Morris Conservation Foundation. Her last day at MSU will be Friday, May 12. Melissa has served the MSU Libraries since March 2018. A farewell reception…

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You and your family and friends are invited to attend an old-fashioned, up-tempo Ozarks Jamboree to be held on Friday, May 12th from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the new John Goodman Amphitheater (JGA) on the main Springfield campus of Missouri State University. This event, the first public event to be held in JGA, is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Jeff Houghton will serve as the host with the most. Originally from Iowa City, Iowa,…

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Dr. John Schmalzbauer, the Blanche Gorman Strong Chair in Protestant Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at Missouri State University, will give the spring lecture in the semiannual lecture series organized and hosted by the Johnson Library and Museum (JLM) in Osceola, Missouri. The lecture will be given at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 11, 2023 at the Johnson Library and Museum located at 220 Main Street in Osceola, overlooking the Osage River. Thomas Moore Johnson, a neoplatonic scholar…

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On April 17, 2023, the Missouri State University Libraries, in conjunction with the MSU Department of English, kicked off English Week with a panel discussion on Robert Wallace and a book launch reception for the book The Orbit of Meter: Writings on Poems and Prosody by Robert Wallace. This latest publication of the Ozarks Studies Institute, an ongoing initiative of the Missouri State University Libraries, was edited by James S. Baumlin and Anne Marie Baker, and includes a foreword by…

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