Child giving tooth to survey
The Baby Tooth Survey in St. Louis

The Baby Tooth Survey was formed in 1958 by the Committee of Nuclear Information, a grassroots organization that…

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George Washington Carver. [Courtesy of Tuskegee University Archives]
George Washington Carver (1865?–1943)

Historians have been unable to determine the exact date, or even year, of George Washington…

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Carl Chapman at an unidentified archaeological site. [University of Missouri, Museum of Anthropology and American Archaeology Division, 23SN202-2]
Carl Haley Chapman (1915–1987)

Carl Haley Chapman has appropriately been called the dean of Missouri archaeology, a title…

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Dorothy Leake in the 1920s
Dorothy Van Dyke Leake (1893–1990)

Dorothy Van Dyke Leake, an educator noted for her ecological work and her efforts to…

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Homer G. Phillips. Painting by Vernon Smith. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Objects Collection, 2016-058-0001]
Homer G. Phillips (1880–1931)

Homer G. Phillips was born in Sedalia, Missouri, on April 1, 1880. He was raised by an aunt…

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John S. Sappington. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Thomas Easterly Daguerrotypes Collection, Photographs and Prints Collection, N17356]
John S. Sappington (1776–1856)

            John S. Sappington was a frontier physician in Tennessee and Missouri who…

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Henry Rowe Schoolcraft. [Popular Science Monthly, May 1890]
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793–1864)

Henry Rowe Schoolcraft has a deserved reputation as an accomplished scientist-explorer who…

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