Missouri Committee for the Humanities Records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 2002.043

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, brochures, program invitations, and photographs from the events and planned projects. The records are divided into three series, administrative files, events and projects, and photographs. The majority of the records consist of correspondence, event invitations, posters and brochures.

Dates

Creation: 1973-1986

Rights Statement

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Organizational Sketch

The Missouri Council for the Humanities is a non-profit foundation dedicated to the promotion of public engagement with history, and other fields concerned with the human experience. The organization was founded in 1971 as the Missouri Humanities Council (MHC).

Extent

1 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Correspondence, photographs (31), newspaper clippings, publicity materials, and administrative records of the Missouri Council for the Humanities, from Professor Fred Goodwin, Dean of the College of Humanities at Southeast Missouri State University and chair of the committee during this time period. The records document the formation and the work of the Committee.

Provenance

Donated by Professor Fred Goodwin, Dean of the College of Humanities at Southeast Missouri State University and member of the Missouri Committee for the Humanities.