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James Madison fellowships promote study of Constitution
March 1 is the deadline for interested college students and graduates to apply for the 2007 James Madison Fellowships, says Dr. Patrick Huber, associate professor of history at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Read More »UMR student discusses Bureau of Mines at history conference
Konya L. Lafferty of Rolla, Mo., a senior in history at the University of Missouri-Rolla, presented a paper at the 49th meeting of the Midwest Junto of the History of Science Society, held April 28-30 in Madison, Wis.
Read More »James Madison Fellowships promote study of Constitution
March 1 is the deadline for interested college students and graduates to apply for the 2006 James Madison Fellowships, says Dr. Patrick Huber, assistant professor of history at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Read More »Mural depicting UMR’s history to be unveiled Sept. 30
Jack Guth, a 1950 graduate of the University of Missouri-Rolla, will unveil his “MSM-UMR 20th Century” mural at 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, at the Havener Center on the UMR campus. The event is part of UMR’s Homecoming weekend ceremonies.
Read More »UMR historian launches project to research the U.S. Bureau of Mines
When University of Missouri-Rolla historian Dr. Jeff Schramm began researching the U.S. Bureau of Mines Rolla experiment station last spring, he found that almost no scholarly works about the bureau exist.
Read More »American Experience at Normandy featured in UMR historian’s new book
University of Missouri-Rolla military historian Dr. John C. McManus has published the second volume in a two-book series that examines the Normandy invasion from the American perspective.
Read More »97 years later, Union soldier’s memoir republished
After 97 years, the only memoir written by a Union guerrilla in the American Civil War is finally being reprinted thanks in large part to John F. Bradbury Jr., senior manuscript specialist at the University of Missouri Western Historical Manuscript Collection branch at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
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