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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Humanities Council Awards Grant to UCM for Historic Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ

By Jeff Murphy, August 30, 2022

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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.

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