Special News

Ralls County, Missouri Heritage Driving Trail.

The Missouri Humanities Council is kicking off its support of heritage tourism projects throughout Missouri. Take a historic drive through Ralls County with a driving trail, brought to you by the Missouri Humanities Council and the Ralls County Historical Society. Learn more about the Ralls County Missouri, Heritage Driving Trail.

President Obama Awards National History Day with National Humanities Medal

President Barack Obama awards National History Day, a year-long academic program focused on historical research for 6th to 12th grade students, the prestigious 2011 National Humanities Medal at a White House ceremony on Monday, February 13. Dr. Cathy Gorn, executive director of NHD, accepted the award on behalf of the NHD staff, board and honorary advisory council. To learn more, read our recent press release.

AAA MIDWEST TRAVELER Awards Missouri Humanities Council

The Missouri Humanities Council’s Museum on Main Street program is proud to announce it has been awarded Midwest Travel Treasure by AAA’s magazine, AAA MIDWEST TRAVELER. See the press release for more information.

Storm Country: MHC/MO Writers’ Guild-sponsored Anthology to Assist Joplin School Libraries

Storm Country, an anthology published to benefit the Joplin School libraries that were damaged or destroyed by an E-5 tornado in May, was recently released and is now available for purchase at http://stormcountry.wordpress.com. The book is a joint project of the Missouri Writers’ Guild and its Joplin Writers Guild chapter, Mozark Press in Sedalia, and the Missouri Humanities Council.

The anthology contains 70 pieces of poetry, short stories and creative nonfiction works by authors ranging from the Missouri and Kansas poets laureate, to a Joplin High School sophomore, to a 2011 Pushcart nominee, to sixth-grade students from Fair Grove Middle School, to mystery writer Elaine Viets. Cover price for the anthology is $10.

All proceeds from the sale of Storm Country go to the Missouri Writers’ Guild Joplin Book Drive to benefit Joplin School Libraries for the purchase of books, furniture and equipment as they continue to rebuild.