the State Historical Society of Missouri
The Baby Tooth Survey was formed in 1958 by the Committee of Nuclear Information, a grassroots organization that…
![George Washington Carver. [Courtesy of Tuskegee University Archives]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2020-07/George-Washington-Carver.jpg?h=c1b467ab&itok=XYqrNEG3 "George Washington Carver. [Courtesy of Tuskegee University Archives]")
Historians have been unable to determine the exact date, or even year, of George Washington Carver’s birth.…
![Carl Chapman at an unidentified archaeological site. [University of Missouri, Museum of Anthropology and American Archaeology Division, 23SN202-2]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-03/1.%20Carl%20H.%20Chapman.jpg?h=85b4253e&itok=CIxXS6JP "Carl Chapman at an unidentified archaeological site. [University of Missouri, Museum of Anthropology and American Archaeology Division, 23SN202-2]")
Carl Haley Chapman has appropriately been called the dean of Missouri archaeology, a title…
![Arthur Holly Compton. [University of Chicago Library, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Photographic Archive, apf1-01878]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2024-01/1.-arthur-holly-compton.jpg?h=c249c502&itok=k2I3fXR9 "Arthur Holly Compton. [University of Chicago Library, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Photographic Archive, apf1-01878]")
Arthur Holly Compton earned international recognition for his research in X-rays, sharing the 1927 Nobel Prize for…
Dorothy Van Dyke Leake, an educator noted for her ecological work and her efforts to…
![Curtis Fletcher Marbut, circa 1930s. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Curtis F. Marbut Papers, C3720]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2023-11/1.-curtis-marbut.jpg?h=7eacce50&itok=WJeNXo04 "Curtis Fletcher Marbut, circa 1930s. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Curtis F. Marbut Papers, C3720]")
Curtis Fletcher Marbut revolutionized American thinking in soil science and had an…
![Luella Agnes Owen, circa 1880s. Colorized photograph by Uhlman Photographers, St. Joseph. [Courtesy of the St. Joseph Museums, Inc., object no. P2013.003.00020]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2025-05/1.-luella-owen.jpg?h=e69abb05&itok=3VIUiavE "Luella Agnes Owen, circa 1880s. Colorized photograph by Uhlman Photographers, St. Joseph. [Courtesy of the St. Joseph Museums, Inc., object no. P2013.003.00020]")
Luella Agnes Owen was a female pioneer in the fields of speleology, geography, and geology. She viewed these…
![Marlin Perkins holding a bison calf. [Marlin Perkins Papers (S0516), State Historical Society of Missouri]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2024-02/1.-marlin-perkins.jpg?h=340ad325&itok=fjnCeB_T "Marlin Perkins holding a bison calf. [Marlin Perkins Papers (S0516), State Historical Society of Missouri]")
Marlin Perkins served as director at three zoos during his career: the Zoological Gardens in Buffalo, New York; the…
![Homer G. Phillips. Painting by Vernon Smith. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Objects Collection, 2016-058-0001]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2020-07/Homer-G.-Phillips.jpg?h=f2a75ae1&itok=Bgxael7W "Homer G. Phillips. Painting by Vernon Smith. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Objects Collection, 2016-058-0001]")
Homer G. Phillips was born in Sedalia, Missouri, on April 1, 1880. He was raised by an aunt…
![Dr. Katharine Berry Richardson. [Courtesy of Children’s Mercy Kansas City]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-11/1.%20Katharine%20Berry%20Richardson.jpg?h=b605a0a0&itok=_o9SvyvO "Dr. Katharine Berry Richardson. [Courtesy of Children’s Mercy Kansas City]")
Katharine Berry Richardson founded the highly respected Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas…