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Columbia (Missouri) / Vereinigte Staaten

Columbia ist eine Stadt mit rund 120.000 Einwohnern und Sitz der Countyverwaltung des Boone Countys. Die Stadt liegt an der Interstate 70 circa in der Mitte zwischen Kansas City und St. Louis; , 44 km nordwestlich von Jefferson City, 188 km westlich von St. Louis, und 136 km südwestlich von Quincy). Columbia ist Sitz der University of Missouri .

State Historical Society of Missouri

Columbia (Missouri) / Vereinigte Staaten

The State Historical Society of Missouri, a private membership and state funded organization, is a comprehensive research facility located in Columbia, Missouri specializing in the preservation and study of Missouri's cultural heritage. Established in 1898 by the Missouri Press Association and made a trustee of the state in 1901, the Society is the official historical society of the state of Missouri and is located on the campus of the University of Missouri in Downtown Columbia, Missouri. The Society publishes the quarterly Missouri Historical Review, the only scholarly academic journal produced in the state. The Society engages in a number of outreach programs to bring Missouri's history to the public. Such programs are the Missouri History in Performance theatre, the Missouri History Speakers' Bureau, and the Missouri Conference on History. The collection of the Society, concerning pamphlets, books, and state publications, is over 460,000 items. In addition, the Society has over 500,000 manuscript items, 2,900 maps, over 150,000 state archival records, and over 57,000 reels of microfilm. In 2011, the Western Manuscript Collection, accessible in Columbia, Kansas City, Rolla, and St. Louis, Missouri, specializing in the preservation and collection of Missouri and Middle West history, was absorbed into the Society.