Public History at Northwest

Submit your poster for AASLH 2021 conference! This is a great opportunity for students, recent graduates, and new working professionals. The NCPH is pleased to be able to return to sponsoring the poster session at the American Association for State and Local History’s (AASLH’s) annual meeting this September. The poster session will be on Friday, September 24, at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. We’re accepting poster submissions through NCPH's website, and you can view the Call for Posters and submit via https://ncph.org///2021/04/AASLH-2021-Call-for-Posters.pdf

Call for Papers -- Missouri Association for Museums and Archives -- Annual Conference Theme: Approaching the Horizon Date: October 19-21, 2021 (virtual conference) As Missouri celebrates its 200th anniversary, it allows us all to reflect on our state’s history, but it also encourages us to look to the future.... The conference will be held virtually. (Information on registration will be available soon at MAMA Annual Meeting 2021 -- Approaching the Horizon.) CALL for PROPOSALS Session proposal deadline: July 1, 2021 Submit proposals electronically to Christopher Gordon ([email protected]). Proposals should include: Name, Institution/Organization/Company, Address, Phone, Email Title of Proposed Session/Abstract or Description of Session Presenter’s Names / Affiliations Length of presentation (30, or 45 minutes) Individuals from the museum/archives field and related communities are encouraged to present at this conference which will focus on creating optimism, growth, recovery, and new perspectives through planning and self-reflection as we strive to move forward in the post-pandemic world. You are encouraged to submit session proposals that demonstrate how you are envisioning a new future for your museum/archives through strategic planning, business modeling, incorporating new perspectives and interpretations, generating greater access, enhanced programming, or other means of creating a better institution for the next 200 years! Sessions may be 30-45 minutes in length. We encourage you to partner with other museum/archives professionals to collaborate on a panel or present individually. MAMA thanks the Missouri Humanities Council for its support of this conference and other MAMA programming. https://mama.wildapricot.org/event-4325751

Remembering the Tulsa Race Massacre a century later. This week marks the 100-year anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, and numerous news outlets are commemorating the event with thorough coverage. The Wall Street Journal explores the lasting economic consequences of the massacre for the Greenwood neighborhood and Tulsa’s Black residents. https://www.wsj.com//the-tulsa-race-massacre-100-years-lat Root has gone through its archives to collect a decade’s worth of articles... related to the Tulsa Race Massacre. https://www.theroot.com/the-stories-weve-told-a-look-at-the The Associated Press reports on renewed efforts to identify the victims of the massacre and ensure proper burial of their remains. https://apnews.com//tulsa-massacres-race-and-ethnicity-af5 The New York Times’ coverage includes a primer on the massacre; reviews of several documentaries produced for the anniversary; testimonials from the three known living survivors of the massacre; and a feature asking how justice can be served and reparations made to Tulsa’s Black community. https://www.nytimes.com///us/tulsa-greenwood-massacre.html See more

Are you in the St. Charles area this summer? There is a part time position open at the First Missouri State Capitol State Historic Site! https://mocareers.mo.gov//61f42231-682e-45ee-92a1-a8346cd9

History graduate Trevor Tutt created this exhibit on cemeteries in Buchanan County: https://stjomo.com/stories-in-stone-cemeteries-of-buchanan/