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Missouri Environment Oral History Columbia, Missouri, United States. The Missouri Environment Oral History Project is a regular, on-going project conducted by the State Historical Society of Missouri. The project, which began in 1997, seeks to document the history of conservation, preservation, environmentalism, land and natural resource use in Missouri. Topics and issues addressed include [or will include] forestry, wildlife management, minerals extraction, waterways issues, and environmental politics. [View Collection Details] [View Repository Details]
Missouri Ex-Prisoners of War Oral History Project Columbia, Missouri, United States. The Missouri Ex-POWs Oral History Project is conducted by the State Historical Society of Missouri and the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia. The purpose of this ongoing project is to record, preserve, and honor the personal histories of Missouri's Ex-Prisoners of War. The initial phase of the project concentrated on members of the American Ex-Prisoners of War, Heart of America Chapter based in Kansas City, Missouri. The American Ex-Prisoners of War (AX-POW) is a national, non-profit organization of American citizens who were captured by the enemy. Researchers will note that some of the interviewees, although members of the Missouri-based chapter, resided in Kansas. [View Collection Details] [View Repository Details]
Missouri Newspapers Oral History Project Columbia, Missouri, United States. The Missouri Newspapers Oral History Project is a regular, on-going project conducted by the State Historical Society of Missouri. The project, which began in 1996, seeks to document the history and development of Missouri newspapers through the collection of oral history interviews with experienced newspaper people. Topics and issues addressed include the role(s) played by local newspapers and newspaper people in community life; careers of important newspaper people; historical and ongoing technological, occupational, and philosophical changes in the newspaper business; and major news events and issues covered by news people. [View Collection Details] [View Repository Details]
Politics in Missouri Oral History Project Columbia, Missouri, United States. The project's initial phase seeks to interview as many former legislators, governors, lobbyists, and other political participants as possible, representing the widest variety of personal, professional, and political backgrounds. A later stage of the project will include second sessions with original interviewees as well as expansion into related fields, such as judiciary appointments. After a substantial body of material is gathered from the large current pool of retired political professionals and observers, the project will be ongoing in order to document the careers of each new round of retirees. [View Collection Details] [View Repository Details]
