With this year's Missouri Conference on History coming up in March, many scholars will soon be going to Kansas City. To help prepare for the conference, the Our Missouri Podcast invites listeners to explore the City of Fountains from the confluence of two mighty rivers near the downtown skyline to the Plaza, the Paseo, and the intersection of 18th and Vine. This five-part series entitled "Going to Kansas City" focuses on several projects and institutions that document and define Kansas City's history and identity. This episode features Mark Adams discussing all things Harry S. Truman from his upbringing in Missouri and early political career to the later establishment of his presidential library and plans for future renovations to the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum.
About the Guest: Mark Adams is the Education Director at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum. He is also a history educator with more than twenty-five years of experience at the high school and university level. Prior to joining the Truman Library, Adams was affiliated with the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka. Presently, in addition to his role as Education Director, Adams serves as a coordinator for National History Day programs and workshops at the state and regional level.
Episode 13: National History Day in Missouri – Maggie Mayhan
Episode 12: Negro Leagues Baseball Museum – Raymond Doswell (Going to Kansas City, Part 5)
Episode 11: "Wide-Open Town" – Diane Mutti Burke & Jason Roe (Going to Kansas City, Part 4)
Episode 9: SHSMO Kansas City Research Center — Lucinda Adams (Going to Kansas City, Part 2)
Episode 8: Public History in Kansas City and Beyond — Sandra Enriquez (Going to Kansas City, Part 1)
Episode 7: Missouri's Bicentennial – Michael Sweeney
Episode 6: A How-to Guide to Genealogy – Bill Eddleman
Episode 5: "Degrees of Allegiance" – Petra DeWitt (Missouri and The Great War, Part 3)
Episode 4: The National World War I Museum and Memorial – Jonathan Casey (Missouri and The Great War, Part 2)
Episode 3: "Love and Death in the Great War" – Andrew J. Huebner (Missouri and The Great War, Part 1)
More Missouri Moments: Rose Wilder Lane – Caroline Fraser
Episode 2: "Prairie Fires" – Caroline Fraser
More Missouri Moments: February 5, 1911 – Bob Priddy
Episode 1: "The Art of the Missouri Capitol" — Bob Priddy
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