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…
Pitching immortal Satchel Paige, noted for his tall tales as much as his pitching, claimed that James “Cool Papa”…
![Robert Russell Bennett (right) with Salvatore Dell’Isola at rehearsals for the Broadway production of South Pacific. Bennett served as orchestrator for the show, and Dell’Isola as musical director. [New York Public Library Digital Collections, Billy Rose Theatre Collection Photograph File, TH-52233]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-12/1.%20Robert%20Russell%20Bennett.jpg?h=49354a9d&itok=i_VVfYms "Robert Russell Bennett (right) with Salvatore Dell’Isola at rehearsals for the Broadway production of South Pacific. Bennett served as orchestrator for the show, and Dell’Isola as musical director. [New York Public Library Digital Collections, Billy Rose Theatre Collection Photograph File, TH-52233]")
Robert Russell Bennett was born on June 15, 1894, in Kansas City, Missouri, the only son of…
![Kenneth Brown Billups Sr. [National Association of Negro Musicians]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2020-07/Kenneth-Brown-Billups-Jr.jpg?h=58aae8de&itok=fQIuobvD "Kenneth Brown Billups Sr. [National Association of Negro Musicians]")
Kenneth Brown Billups Sr. was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 14, 1918, the son of…
![William K. Bixby. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, N20996]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-03/1-William-Bixby.jpg?h=79938f3b&itok=wGp-dj86 "William K. Bixby. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, N20996]")
One of the key St. Louis businessmen and philanthropists of his generation in St. Louis,…
Writer, suffragist, national Democratic Party political leader, and feminist, Emily Newell Blair was born in Joplin…
![John Homer Bothwell. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Missouri General Assembly Portraits, P0217]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-07/1.%20John%20Homer%20Bothwell.jpg?h=357b2635&itok=GCDDnAWE "John Homer Bothwell. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Missouri General Assembly Portraits, P0217]")
John Homer Bothwell, a capitalist, philanthropist, attorney, and state representative, was…
![Nathaniel C. Bruce (right) and an unidentified student from the Bartlett Agricultural and Industrial School. [State Historical Society of Missouri photo collections]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-Nathaniel-C-Bruce.jpg?h=65d6c70f&itok=DxLXYkGH "Nathaniel C. Bruce (right) and an unidentified student from the Bartlett Agricultural and Industrial School. [State Historical Society of Missouri photo collections]")
Although his date of birth remains uncertain, Nathaniel C. Bruce was probably born in 1868…
![DeVerne Calloway. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Mary K. Dains Photograph Collection, P0300-018642]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-03/1-DeVerne-Calloway.jpg?h=6789cd7f&itok=GATiXLLc "DeVerne Calloway. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Mary K. Dains Photograph Collection, P0300-018642]")
DeVerne Lee Calloway was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on June 17, 1916. She attended LeMoyne…
![Ernest Calloway. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Ernest Calloway Papers (S0011), S540.267]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-03/1-Ernest-Calloway.jpg?h=4299bc80&itok=Zr6bOOin "Ernest Calloway. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Ernest Calloway Papers (S0011), S540.267]")
Ernest Calloway was born in Herberton, West Virginia, on January 1, 1909. His family became…