By Jeff Murphy,
August 30, 2022

WARRENSBURG, MO -- The Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Humanities Council (MHC) has awarded a $10,000 grant
to the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ in support of Historic Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ.
Historic Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ is a website and a free mobile app that provides users easy access
to information about the important places, people, and stories that are unique to
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ. Developed by the faculty and students in the History Program at the University
of Central Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ, the mobile application provides interpretive and curated narrative
tours about Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s history. Each point on the map includes historical information
about that site and features historic images from Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s archival institutions
such as the State Historical Society of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ and the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ State Archives.
According to UCM history professor and project director, Dr. Jon Taylor, the grant
supports UCM Master of Arts in History students to research, write, and upload content
to Historic Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ that will be used to create at least 10 walking/driving tours
for several Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ communities. Students plan to finish the tours by May 2023 when
the tours will be featured on www.historicmissouri.org and also available for android
and iphone users via the Historic
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ app.
For more information about the grants program of the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Humanities Council,
call 314-781-9660 or 800-357-0909 or write to the MHC, 415 S 18th Street, Suite 100,
St. Louis, MO 63103-2269. The MHC is the only state- wide agency in Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ devoted
exclusively to humanities education for citizens of all ages. It has served as a state
affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities since 1971.
