the State Historical Society of Missouri
![Henry Marvin Belden. [University of Missouri Archives, Collection C:1/141/6]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2023-03/1.%20Henry%20Marvin%20Belden_0.jpg?h=53c868f4&itok=KpZx02e_ "Henry Marvin Belden. [University of Missouri Archives, Collection C:1/141/6]")
Henry Marvin Belden, a pioneer in the study of Missouri balladry and song, was born October…
![Gert Goebel. [Courtesy of Edith Moore]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2020-06/Gert-Goebel.jpg?h=e6a97a35&itok=BgcFo_EZ "Gert Goebel. [Courtesy of Edith Moore]")
Gert Goebel came to Missouri in 1834 as an eighteen-year-old German immigrant, settling in Franklin County,…
![May Kennedy McCord. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Vance Randolph Ozark Folksongs Collection, C3774]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2026-06/mkm-vance-randolph-ozark-folksongs-collection-c3774.jpg?itok=ZA29v5c3 "May Kennedy McCord. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Vance Randolph Ozark Folksongs Collection, C3774]")
May Kennedy McCord was an Ozark folklorist, writer, musician, and radio personality whose work…
![Silas Turnbo. [Courtesy of the Springfield–Greene County Library District]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-07/1.%20Silas%20C.%20Turnbo.jpg?h=2741bb13&itok=Ot1erhP8 "Silas Turnbo. [Courtesy of the Springfield–Greene County Library District]")
Silas C. Turnbo collected stories from Ozarkers in the upper White River country of…
The Yocums, a prolific clan in the interior Ozarks for two centuries, are inextricably…