the State Historical Society of Missouri
![Fran Landesman at the Crystal Palace, 1961. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Thelma Blumberg Collection, S0402]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2024-09/1.-fran-landesman.jpg?h=743325c3&itok=C1Xi1lIz "Fran Landesman at the Crystal Palace, 1961. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Thelma Blumberg Collection, S0402]")
Fran Landesman launched her career as a jazz lyricist in St. Louis in the 1950s. A native New Yorker, she was…
Dorothy Van Dyke Leake, an educator noted for her ecological work and her efforts to…
![Edward V. Long (left) at the inauguration of Missouri governor Warren E. Hearnes, 1965. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Gerald R. Massie Photograph Collection, P0016-045]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-07/1.%20Edward%20V.%20Long.jpg?h=5eaac381&itok=X3sIO4iU "Edward V. Long (left) at the inauguration of Missouri governor Warren E. Hearnes, 1965. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Gerald R. Massie Photograph Collection, P0016-045]")
Edward V. Long was born on July 18, 1908, in Lincoln County, Missouri. He received his…
![In this undated photograph, Mary Margaret McBride (right) interviews Goldena Howard, a local Missouri historian, during a broadcast from the University of Missouri library. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Mary Kathy Dains Photographs, P0300-014950]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2024-03/1.-mary-margaret-mcbride.jpg?h=d30bdad1&itok=ahJDqNgi "In this undated photograph, Mary Margaret McBride (right) interviews Goldena Howard, a local Missouri historian, during a broadcast from the University of Missouri library. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Mary Kathy Dains Photographs, P0300-014950]")
Described as neurotic and ample, Mary Margaret McBride became a great success on network radio while…
![John Francis McDermott. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, N38530]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-03/1.%20John%20Francis%20McDermott.jpg?h=8a6fbbac&itok=bgwwJzuW "John Francis McDermott. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, N38530]")
One of the foremost authorities on the history of culture, art, and society in the…
Patricia C. McKissack dedicated her career as a writer to showcasing black voices through children’s books and…
![<em>Missouri Indian, Oto Indian, Chief of the Puncas</em>, portraits made by Karl Bodmer during an exploration of the Missouri River and its environs led by Prince Maximilian of Wied in 1833–1834. The Missouria man portrayed is Mahinkacha (Maker of Knives). [State Historical Society of Missouri Art Collection, <a href=https://digital.shsmo.org/digital/collection/art/id/477/> 1958.0007c1</a>]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2024-03/1.-missouria.jpg?itok=Qzyu2w6o "<em>Missouri Indian, Oto Indian, Chief of the Puncas</em>, portraits made by Karl Bodmer during an exploration of the Missouri River and its environs led by Prince Maximilian of Wied in 1833–1834. The Missouria man portrayed is Mahinkacha (Maker of Knives). [State Historical Society of Missouri Art Collection, <a href=https://digital.shsmo.org/digital/collection/art/id/477/ >1958.0007c1</a>]")
When French explorer Robert La Salle passed by the mouth of the Missouri River in 1682, he wrote that on its banks…
![The Nelson Hotel, formerly known as Nelson Tavern, in Lebanon, Missouri. [State Historical Society of Missouri, John F. Bradbury Jr. Postcard Collection, R1551]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2026-02/1.-nelsons-dream-village.jpg?itok=bNCVuc4O "The Nelson Hotel, formerly known as Nelson Tavern, in Lebanon, Missouri. [State Historical Society of Missouri, John F. Bradbury Jr. Postcard Collection, R1551]")
At the intersection of Route 66 and Highway 5 in Lebanon, Nelson’s Dream Village was one of the finest…
![Howard Nemerov. [Washington University Libraries, Special Collections, Howard Nemerov Papers]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-Howard_Nemerov.jpg?h=17b87167&itok=5aRtdbee "Howard Nemerov. [Washington University Libraries, Special Collections, Howard Nemerov Papers]")
Howard Nemerov was born on February 29, 1920, in New York City, and died on July 5, 1991,…
![Frank O’Hare as a young man. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-09/1.%20Francis%20Peter%20OHare.jpg?h=4f4df08b&itok=VCeFjcgi "Frank O’Hare as a young man. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis]")
Francis Peter “Frank” O’Hare was born in New Hampton, Iowa, on April 23, 1877, to Peter…