Ozarks Studies News Today

An “Upper Current River celebration” will take place Saturday, May 11, at Big Rock Candy Mountain in Jadwin.

Broadcasting the Ozarks explores the vibrant country music scene that emerged in Springfield in the 1930s and thrived for half a century.

Kelly, author of the new UA Press book about Lucile Morris Upton, will give a book talk at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Fayetteville Public Library, 401 W. Mountain Street.

The popularity of Norman Lear’s “All in the Family” gave CBS leverage to purge a host of rural sitcoms that were “permanently in the past.”

Before the word Ozarks was synonymous with the idea of goofy hillbillies, fast boats and family vacations, it was a place where real people lived their lives day-to-day and learned about the world from their local newspapers.

When I lived on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., in the 1980s, one of my favorite annual events was the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall. I would visit with people from the featured parts of the country, try food from those areas and listen to music. It was a good way to spend a Saturday.

On a winter day in 1992, Brooks Blevins walked into a cramped, windowless office in the attic of the Alphin Building on the campus of whats now Lyon College in Batesville. The man I consider the authority on the Ozarks had no idea at the time that he would spend his career studying the region.

History scholars will uncover Missouris past by studying post office murals from the 1930s, urban and rural environmental conflicts from the 1960s and divisive concepts from the Cold War era thanks to fellowships from the State Historical Society.

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The State Historical Society of Missouri is awarding Center for Missouri Studies fellowships to three history scholars in 2023.

The State Historical Society of Missouri is awarding Center for Missouri Studies fellowships to three history scholars in 2023. Sarah S. Jones, interpreter and educator at the Missouri State Museum