MU official to speak Oct. 26 at Historic Preservation meeting

MU Director of Campus Facilities Space Planning & Management Gerald Morgan will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26 in a meeting of the Historic Preservation Alliance of Columbia in the Friends Room of the Columbia Public Library. Morgan will explain the complex decision-making process that goes into deciding which MU buildings to save and…

News: Highlights of Historical Society building and marking ROTC 150th year

May 13, 2019 — New Historical Society building will connect Missourians to a rich past. Source: Columbia Missourian. Summary: The new headquarters for the State Historical Society of Missouri on Elm Street will open this summer. It will be 76,000 feet, double its old home in Ellis Library at MU. The $35 million building includes…

A 1994 view of East Campus

On Monday, Columbia City Council OK’d the creation of a new East Campus neighborhood association. But on this website, I like to look into the past. Here’s a report from February 1994 that will let you take a peek at the past in the East Campus area. The document includes a 1931 map of the…

Black women fighting for equality

Strong women fighting for equality isn’t new. At 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, MU History Professor Keona K. Ervin will discuss her book, “Gateway to Equality: Black Women and the Struggle for Economic Justice in St. Louis.” The event will be held in Fisher Auditorium in 88 Gannett Hall. According to an announcement…