Book Sale Buy 2015-2016 titles — novels, picture books, board books, and nonfiction. Hardbacks are $4 each and paperbacks $2 each. Payment is limited to credit or debit cards only. All proceeds will support the Children’s and Young Adult Book Review Board of Missouri (BRB), part of the Infant Through Grade 12 Resource area of Meyer Library. Date and time: Thursday, October … [Read more...]
Author Talk and Concert with Howard Wight Marshall Author Howard Wight Marshall presents his new book Fiddler's Dream: Old-Time, Swing, and Bluegrass Fiddling in Twentieth-Century Missouri. The program will include a live performance with question and answer, followed by a book signing and refreshments. Marshall will be joined by musicians Gordon McCann, Luke Cormier and … [Read more...]
Author Talk with J. Blake Perkins Historian J. Blake Perkins talks about his new book, Hillbilly Hellraisers: Federal Power and Populist Defiance in the Ozarks. Perkins will talk about his research on rural defiance in the Ozarks. A book signing with the author to follow. Perkins’ book explores the root of anti-government sentiment in the Ozarks, looking at the relationship … [Read more...]
Please join us on Wednesday, October 18, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. in Special Collections and Archives (Meyer Library 306) as students, faculty, and supporters responsible for the “Native Art of the Americas” exhibit gather for an opening reception. Featuring art and artifacts from throughout the Americas, this exhibit reflects the research and interpretation of Dr. Billie … [Read more...]
The “Shutterbugs: Photographers of the Ozarks” exhibit in Meyer Library displays photographs and memorabilia held in MSU Libraries' Special Collections and Archives from three Ozarks photographers of the early 20th century: Domino Danzero, an Italian immigrant to Springfield; Oscar Carter, who also took his traveling "Silent Picture Show" to Ozarks towns; and Mary St. John, a … [Read more...]