The collections highlighted below are a small part of our 19th and 20th century collections. Most of the materials in these collections and many others can be located through Library Search.

Dr Billie Follensbee, a professor at Missouri State is coordinating the exhibition. She said the exhibit will feature vintage ...

but in the 19th century, much more was packed into trunks ... made the journey 'to gain health' one of the most popular destinations in the 19th and early 20th centuries. This was linked to the ...

During the 19th century, the idea that the individual was responsible for their own health was widely accepted. Under this approach, politicians believed that the state only had limited ...

This course aims to provide an overview of the development and integration of the world economy from 1800 to the present, giving an understanding of the origins of the challenges we face in the 21st ...

The GOP’s stunning election triumph is the latest sign that 21st century elections, with rapid reversals of fortune and small ...

Bathing, from the early 19th to the early 20th centuries, required stamina and fortitude. Without indoor plumbing, bathing involved filling small portable tubs with water, bucket by bucket. This, as ...

The 19th century was a remarkable century. With its many inventions, it provided the building blocks upon which the 20th century was built — from the elevator and escalator, to the sewing ...