January 2008 Vol. 5, No. 1
• Twain Museum Lesson Plans Appeal to Thousands
• Impact of a Governor's Humanities Award by John O. Roberts
• Interactive Document Exhibit by Greg Olson
• Civil War Podcasting by The Border War Network
• Devoted to Books How to Choose Children's Books by Julie Douglas
• "My Pioneer Experience" by Julie Douglas
• Missouri's First Poet Laureate
• i phone, i tune, and now i tube blog by Michael Bouman

November 2007 Vol. 4, No. 11
• Multiple Ways to Create Interest
• "Why Does the Cat Look Guilty?" by Julie Douglas
• Michael's blog on "The Savage Detectives" by Michael Bouman

October 2007 Vol. 4, No. 10
• The Pleasure of a Good Scare
• Podcasting History
• Sac and Fox Exhibit Bookings
• Museum "Consulting Days"
• Bosnian Genocide Project
• Smithsonian "New Harmonies"
• 2007 Governor's Awardees
• Michael's Blog on Baby Steps

September 2007 Vol. 4, No. 9
• Local Chautauquas Enliven the Fall
• History Theatre House Tour in St. Louis
• Sac and Fox Heritage Exhibit at Van Meter State Park
• Workshops for Museums, Historical Organizations
• Free! Connecting to Collections Bookshelf
• We The People Bookshelf for Libraries
• Great New Photo Exhibit in Nodaway County
• Julie's Piece on The Thrill of a New Book
• Michael's Blog about History and Prayer

August 2007 Vol. 4, No. 8
• Sac and Fox at Sikeston Cowboy Festival
• Digital Humanities Network
• Chautauqua 2008 Details
• History-Biography Conference
• Smithsonian "New Harmonies"
• Governor's Humanities Awards
• MHC Board Recruitment
• Michael's blog: "Hands-On,
Body-Involved Learning"

July 2007 Vol. 4, No. 8
•A New Look for Us
•Humor in Children's Books
•Conference for Nonprofits: PDF
•Paul Simon & the Gershwin Prize
•Long Sentences in Novels About Dictators

June 2007 Vol. 4, No. 6

• McPherson's Antietam Lecture in Digital Audio Podcast
• MHC Grants Support an Amazing Array of New Activities
• Family Reading: "Fathers and Books" by Julie Douglas
• Chautauqua 2007 and 2008
• Free On-Line Courses
• Neosho's Living History Festival June 23
• New Exhibits at the St. Joseph Museums
• AASLH Offers Scholarships for Small Museums
• Person-To-Person in the Museum

May 2007 Vol. 4, No. 5

• Making More of Web Pages
• The Gift of a Reading Mother, by Julie Douglas
• "That's Entertainment" Chautauqua Update
• May 18-19 Chautauqua in Nevada, Missouri
• Smithsonian "Between Fences" at the Mansfield Community Center
• Sac and Fox Heritage Exhibit at the Kirkwood Public Library in May
• Lose Your Mother Book Review
• Silly/Serious Sloganeering

April 2007 Vol. 4, No. 4

• Sac and Fox Heritage Exhibit in Versailles
• "Bus-eum" Touring Exhibit on German-American Internment, 1941-1948
• Missouri Conference on History, St. Louis, April 19-20
• Pettis County Museum's Grand Opening in Sedalia
• Blog-in-progress, and other modernizations
• Library of Congress Web Site on "Preserving Family Treasures"
• Poetry and Children by Julie Douglas
• Reflections on Guerilla Season

March 2007 Vol. 4, No. 3

• "Between Fences" in Clinton Creates Interest
• Chautauqua 2008, "That's Entertainment"
• Governor's Humanities Awards 2008 - Last Call for Nominations
• Creating a Family Storytelling Tradition
• Adding Value by Subtracting

February 2007 Vol. 4, No. 2

• ReadMOre Discussion Guide on Winter's Bone
• Call for Nominations - Governor's Humanities Awards
• Joan Musbach's Review of Kenneth Stampp's America in 1857
• Waverly's Call for Civil War Era Crafters and Reenactors
• Favorite Children's Books of Discussion Leaders
• "Picturing America" Posters for Libraries from ALA/NEH
• A Historical Musical about "Gumbo Bottoms"
• Recent Grants Awarded
• My Own "Outsider" View of the Civil War by Michael Bouman

January 2007 Vol. 4, No. 1

• Civil War Era Program Initiative for Museums
• Route 66 or What? We Want Your Ideas for Chautauqua 2008
• Smithsonian Exhibit on Charting America's Coasts
• Speakers Bureau at the State Historical Society
• Julie Douglas on "Developing a Taste for Great Books"
• Congress Looks Into Expanding Trail of Tears in Missouri
• Shirley Brozzo on Food Images in Louis Erdrich's Antelope Wife

December 2006 Vol. 3, No. 12

• Picturing Osage County
• Chautauqua Study Group Submits Long-Anticipated Report
• Family Reading in Winter by Julie Douglas
• Human Invention: The No. 1 Asset in a Small Museum by Michael Bouman

November 2006 Vol. 3, No. 11

• "Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature"
• Books for Young Readers by Missouri Authors by Julie Douglas
• Using Creative Talent in Local Museums
• 21st by 21 Museum Initiative
• Ben Franklin Touring Exhibit Available for Libraries
• A Memory of the Journalist, Ed Bradley
• National Archives in Kansas City Promotes History Education
• The Bluesy Literature of Spam (Michael Bouman's Blues Lyric in the Style of Bob Dylan)

October 2006 Vol. 3, No. 10

• Interpretive Training - New Wind Blowing
• ReadMOre Takes Up Ozark Story
• "Ears" (Michael Bouman's Occasional Essay)
• Baseball in Children's Literature by Julie Douglas
• Sac and Fox Heritage Exhibit Available for Winter 2007 Touring

September 2006 Vol. 3, No. 9

• Chautauqua Program's Future
• "Century Farms" Living History Festival October 6-7 in Cass County
• Children's Books About the U.S. Constitution by Julie Douglas
• Governor's Humanities Awards Ceremony October 25
• Churchill Museum Opens New Exhibits
• Board and Staff Transitions at MHC

August 2006 Vol. 3, No. 8

• Museum Experience Leads to National Prize for Missouri Student
• Book Clubs Turn Twenty-Eight
• Julie Douglas on Picturing Yourself as a Real Person
• The Chautauqua-in-a-box Starter Kit
• Clark Beim-Esche on the Mark Twain Teachers' Workshop in Hannabal
• Michael's Essay on "Another Corps of Discovery"
• Call for Self-Nominations to Serve on the Board of MHC

July 2006 Vol. 3, No. 6

• Do-It-Yourself Chautauqua Programs: Grants and Help Available Now
• Results of the Woman's Chautauqua Institute at Cottey College
• Missouri Students Place First in National History Day
• Tourism Industry Offers Grants for Humanities Institutions
• St. Joseph Black Archives Offers Program on Slave Dwellings
• What Makes Someone an "Other?" Essay by Julie Douglas

June 2006 Vol. 3, No. 6

• Exemplary Programming in Cass County
• New Speakers Bureau at the MO State Historical Society
• READ from the START Training in St. Joseph
• Chautauqua Memories next month

May 2006 Vol. 3, No. 5

• Sac and Fox Heritage Exhibit in Hannibal
• Missouri Chautauqua in Kirkwood, Maryville, Cape Girardeau
• The "Dance" of Family Reading by Julie Douglas
• A German Looks at German Heritage in Missouri by Uwe Simon-Netto
• On Telling a Big Story in a Small Space (Michael Bouman's occasional essay)
• Calvin Trillin and ReadMOre
• Some Family Reading for Adults

April 2006 Vol. 3, No. 4

• Mark Twain Museum Charts a New Course
• UMSL Museum Studies Program Supports Twain Planning
• Read MOre - A Father's Legacy by Sandra Kaye Massey
• Call for Nominations for 2006 Governor's Humanities Awards
• Julie Douglas on a Young Father's Breakthrough

March 2006 Vol. 3, No. 3

• Arrow Rock is One of "A Dozen Distinctive Destinations"
• Osage Tribal Speakers in Washington, Missouri
• Introducing Julie Douglas with "A Reason to Read"
• "Drop Everything and Read" Day
• ReadMOre Invites Family Memoirs
• More New Projects Encourage Best Practices
• Girl Riding into Town on a Pony, by Michael Bouman

February 2006 Vol. 3, No. 2

• Love Stories: "The Engagement Ring"
• Love Stories: Nominate Someone for a Humanities Award
• Love Stories: Save America's Treasures
• Love Stories: New Community Projects Coming Up
• Love Stories: Clarice and Perry
• Love Stories: "On Giving Lavishly" by Michael Bouman

January 2006 Vol. 3, No. 1

• Sullivan, Missouri and the Smithsonian "Key Ingredients" Exhibit
• The Strange Combinations of Comfort Food
• Heading into the 21st Century
• Call for Nominations: Governor's Humanities Awards
• Civil War Discovery Guide - February 6 deadline
• Vanished! - Guest Column by Arthur Jacobs, Major, USAF Retired

December 2005 Vol. 2, No. 12

• Children Thrill to "Key Ingredients" Exhibit in Webb City
• Families Target Reading Activities
• "We The People" Bookshelf - New Funding for 2000 Libraries
• First 21st by 21 Project in Waverly
• "Looking At Jazz" at Your Library
• Life in the Azkaban Historical Museum
• End of the Year Charitable Giving
  

November 2005 Vol. 2, No. 11

• Call for Papers - Fur Trade History Conference in St. Louis
• A Little Boy and a Fireman
• Post-Feminist Sculpture at Lewis Park
• War Requiem

October 2005 Vol. 2, No. 10

• New Program Directions in 2006
• Smithsonian Offers "Barn Again" Exhibit
• Key Ingredients: America By Food
• The Elusive Silver Salmon, by Marianne Inman
• Hooked On History, by Betty Marshall Ergovich
• My Antebellum Home by Gary Fuenfhausen
• Ten Years in Missouri

September 2005 Vol. 2, No. 9

• Kente Cloth Exhibit in St. Louis
• Smithsonian's "Key Ingredients" Opens in Bates County
• Governor's Humanities Awards Invitation
• Miracle of Philanthropy: READ from the START
• Multi-lingual Work Expands

August 2005 Vol. 2, No. 8

• Salem Hosts Smithsonian's "Key Ingredients" August 14 - September 24
• "NEH On The Road" Exhibits Program - Great New Opportunity
• More Big News for Small Museums - New Guidelines for CAP Grants
• Jazz Quits at the Sheldon Gallery in St. Louis
• Save Our History Grants - Deadline October 21
at The History Channel
• Shaping Communities with "Civic Reflection" Projects
• Storycorps at the Missouri History Museum
• Lewis & Clark Programs Continue to Delight Audiences

July 2005 Vol. 2, No. 7

• Chautauqua Scrapbook
• State Fair Preview
• Smithsonian's "Key Ingredients" in Missouri
• Orphan Train Reenactment in Belton
• Save Our History Grants - Deadline October 21
at The History Channel
• Grants to Support Faculty Workshops on American Culture - Deadline August 10 at NEH
• "Motherless Child," a Reflection on Mothers

June 2005 Vol. 2, No. 6

• Carver Days and Chautauqua in Diamond, Missouri
• Call for Chautauqua Sponsors for 2006
• Beth Felice on New Vacation Trips on MO State Parks Web Site
• "Key Ingredients" Opens in Ste. Genevieve
• Martin Zahn's Scrumptious Essay on The Benchmark of BBQ

May 2005 Vol. 2, No. 5

• A Revolution Coming to the Field of Oral History
• Battle Literature -- All of It -- Surveyed in Rolla
• Mark Twain Museum Embraces Its Future
• Andrew County Museum - Seven Years After a Charette
• Smithsonian's Between Fences Exhibit is Available for Missouri Towns
• Key Ingredients - Beth Felice recipe
• Bill Trapp and Patricia Zahn on Barbeque
• African American Heritage Tourism in Missouri and Elsewhere

April 2005 Vol. 2, No. 4

• St. Louis Reception for Author Ntozake Shange
• "White Cloud Comes Home" by Greg Olson
• Chautauqua is Open for 2006 Host Community Applications
• Smithsonian's "Between Fences" Exhibit Tour is Taking Applications
• April 30 Deadline for Governor's Award Nominations
• Charettes - An Invitation to Participate
• Sensational Judy Onofrio Exhibit in Sedalia
• "Homer and Dylan" by Michael Bouman

March 2005 Vol. 2, No. 3

• In Praise of the "Virtual" Museum
• Audubon Speaks at Chautauqua 2005
• Conference on Public History and Community Revitalization
• Barbara Gill's Retirement Party
• New Colleague at MHC

February 2005 Vol. 2, No. 2

• Food and Culture: Our New "Key Ingredients" Program Theme
• Maya Angelou's New Food Memoir
• Molly Reads from the Start
• Books About Love for Children
• A Retirement Party for Barbara Gill
• Nick Knight on "Love in Shakespeare"
• A Valentine for Mom
• NEH and ALA Grant Deadlines in February and March

January 2005 Vol. 2, No. 1

• Tuesday Nights at "The Pony"
• The Women of the John Wornall House
• Fred Harvey and "America the Bountiful"
• Governor's Humanities Awards - Who Deserves Them This Year?
• NEH Seminars for School Teachers
• A Christmas Tale from Jinzhou
• About New Year's Resolutions

December 2004 Vol. 1, No. 12

• The Hidden Humanist - Part I
• Chautauqua Profile - Theodore Roosevelt
• The National Museum of the American Indian
• Call for Proposals for Next Year's "America The Bountiful" Program Bureau
• READ from the START Benefits from Local Fund-Raisers
• Read MOre Holiday Gift Idea
• Food Quiz
• Dawn Schwab's Pick of "Web Resources for the Holidays"

November 2004 Vol. 1, No. 11

• Chautauqua to Introduce Mary Elizabeth Lease
• Changing Demographics and the Arts of Inclusion
• Ntozake Shange is Featured as Read MOre Enters Its Fourth Season
• Cultural Citizenship and the Process of Election

October 2004 Vol. 1, No. 10

• Chautauqua to Feature George Washington Carver
• Interpretive Planning for Communities?
• Family Reading -- Investment in Lifelong Relationships
• Mizzou Hosts Conference on The Haitian Revolution Next Month
• Transitions at the Missouri Humanities Council
• Farmers and Decency

September 2004 Vol. 1, No. 9

• Did We See You at the State Fair?
• Symphonic Oratorio Brings Native Voice to Lewis and Clark Bicentennial
• 2004 Governor's Awards at the Mansion - you're invited, too
• Missouri Scores Another Win for History
• "What I Did on my Summer Vacation"

August 2004 Vol. 1, No. 8

• Goodbye to a Dear Friend
• A note from Patricia Zahn, Summer E-News Editor
• Another Smithsonian exhibition to visit Missouri in 2005
• Don't miss MHC at the State Fair in Sedalia this August
• Opportunity to enrich local museums and cultural institutions
• Applications available for Heartland Chautauqua 2005
• Grant deadlines update
• MHC Program Bureau scholar and noted Chautauquan, Bill Worley, portrays Harry Truman in the Northern Marianas
• A new "humanities" perspective

July 2004 Vol. 1, No. 7

• Introducing Patricia Zahn, Summer E-News Editor
• The Fun of Chautauqua, and Host Towns for 2005
• Lewis & Clark Programs
• MHC Grant Developments and Opportunities
• Summer Reading
• Book Grants for Libraries
• An Appreciation of My Academic Mentor

June 2004 Vol. 1, No. 6

• Cultural Recovery:  Missouri Museums in Partnership with American Indian Tribes
• Kansas City Museum Workshop Rescheduled to June 17
• Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House in Mansfield"
• Lewis and Clark Chautauquas in Carthage, Maryville, and Alton, Illinois
• "By The People:" Opportunities for grants to conduct public forums on the U.S. role in the world
• Key Ingredients: A story about a banana train by MHC Chair, Nick Knight

May 2004 Vol. 1, No. 5

• Kansas City's Union Station Revisited
• An Edison Phonograph's Rebirth in Bollinger County
• Baseball and History
• Chautauquas near the old Chautauqua Grounds
• Thirty Plays in Thirty Days: Brown Bagging it with Will Shakespeare in Rolla

April 2004 Vol. 1, No. 4

• The Finest Victorian Restoration in the U.S.?
• Mississippi Solo discussions begin
• One Mother's Detective Work
• Tell us who should receive a Governor's Humanities Award
• An appreciation of Mississippi Solo by Nick Knight

March 2004 Vol. 1, No. 3

• Shaping Our Community Through Museum Workshops
• Exploring Our Heritage of "America, The Bountiful" in 2005
• Call for Chautauqua Host Towns for 2005
• "Changed Lives" Lewis and Clark Program Tour Begins
• Lewis and Clark National Signature Event in St. Louis This Month
• Home Schoolers Included in NEH Faculty Development Grants
• Recent Grant Awards by the Missouri Humanities Council
• A "We, The People" letter from Montana by MHC board member, Nancy Dornan

February 2004 Vol. 1, No. 2

• Historic houses in the spotlight
• "Key Ingredients" Exhibition and Chautauqua 2005
• The 1904 World's Fair at the St. Louis Public Library
• Request for nominations for the 2004 Governor's Awards in the Humanities
• A link to an essay about "Lewis and Clark: The National Bicentennial Exhibit"

January 2004 Vol. 1, No. 1

• Some good news about READ from the START
• An upcoming museum conference on Native American heritage
• The launch of a four-state "Lewis and Clark" project
• The next Read MOre statewide book discussion
• A link to an essay about Handel's Messiah

updated Jan 15, 2008