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In this episode of the "Origins" series, Julie Winch talks to Sean Rost about the history and legacy of the Clamorgan family of St. Louis. Episode Image: Laclede's Landing and Clamorgan Alley in St. Louis, date unknown [George McCue Photograph Collection (S0718), SHSMO] About the Guest: Julie Winch is Emerita Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She is the author of…
In this episode of the "Origins" series, Lily Santoro joins host Sean Rost to discuss the new exhibit, "Stars, Stripes, & Celebrations: Missourians Commemorating America’s Founding in Uncertain Times," curated by her and ASH Scholars from the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy, which will be on display at the Missouri State Museum in Jefferson City from June 2026-May 2027. Episode Image:…
In this episode of the "Origins" series, Stephen L. Kling, Jr. joins host Sean Rost to talk about his research into the American Revolutionary War in the West, the exhibition Gálvez and Louisiana in the American Revolution at the Louisiana State Cabildo Museum in New Orleans, and his October 2026 presentation for SHSMO's History on Elm series. Episode Image: Drawing of Laclede's House [Gloria…
In this episode of the "Origins" series, Bill Eddlemen, regional director of the SHSMO-Cape Girardeau Research Center, joins host Sean Rost to discuss his upcoming presentation on June 30, 2026, at the Center for Missouri Studies in Columbia, "The Role of the Revolutionary War and its Veterans in the Settlement of Southeast Missouri." Also, be sure to check out Bill's YouTube presentation for…
In this episode of the "Origins" series, John Craig Hammond joins host Sean Rost to discuss his new book, The Centrality of Slavery: Empire and Enslavement in Colonial Illinois and Missouri. Episode Image: Map of Illinois and Missouri, 1827 [The State Historical Society of Missouri Map Collection] About the Guest: John Craig Hammond is Associate Professor of History at Penn State University, New…
In this episode of the "Origins" series, Frances Turnbell joins host Sean Rost to discuss her new book, Spanish Louisiana: Contest for Borderlands, 1763–1803. Episode Image: Spanish Commander’s Home in Ste. Genevieve, ca. 1916 [Ethel Massie Withers Collection (C1440), SHSMO] About the Guest: Frances Turnbell holds a PhD in History from Vanderbilt University. Presently, she is a Visiting Lecturer…
In this episode, host Sean Rost sits down with Rachel Davidson to discuss Missouri's newest national park, Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park. Episode Image: Pencil drawing by Roscoe Misselhorn of Jean Baptiste Valle Home [Missouri Postcard Collection (P0032), SHSMO] About the Guest: Rachel Davidson is Superintendent of Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park
In the next episode of the "Origins" series, Linda Carol Jones joins host Sean Rost to discuss her book, The Shattered Cross: French Catholic Missionaries on the Mississippi River, 1698-1725. Episode Image: Steeple of Ste. Genevieve Catholic Church, date unknown [Missouri Postcard Collection (P0032), SHSMO] About the Guest: Linda Carol Jones holds a PhD in Instructional Technology from the…
In this episode for the "Origins" series, Mark Walczynski joins us to talk about his new book, Jolliet and Marquette: A New History of the 1673 Expedition. Episode Image: Tower Rock in the Mississippi River, ca. 1960 [Missouri Postcard Collection (P0032), SHSMO] About the Guest: Mark Walczynski is a retired faculty member at Illinois Valley Community College and the Park Historian for the Starved…
Next up in the “Origins” series, Patricia Cleary joins host Sean Rost to talk about her award-winning book, Mound City: The Place of the Indigenous Past and Present in St. Louis. Episode Image: Monk’s Mound, 1987 [James Stebbings Photograph Collection (S0811), SHSMO] About the Guest: Patricia Cleary holds a PhD in History from Northwestern University. Presently, she is Professor of History at…
