Programs & Projects

• Archives Alive! Performances
  The new performance group Archives Alive! will bring Missouri history to life for your fourth-sixth grade students. These forty minute performances, sponsored by the Friends of the Missouri State Archives, with additional support from the A.P. Green Foundation and Target Stores, will take place at the Missouri State Archives in Jefferson City, just minutes from the Capitol. Performances and tours are free of charge.
  

• African American History Initiative
  The initiative aims to create a broad public awareness of the rich contributions of African Americans to the state.

  • Guide to African American History at the Missouri State Archives
  • Timeline of Missouri's African American History
  • Before Dred Scott: Freedom Suits in Antebellum Missouri
  
  
  

• Lewis & Clark Bicentennial, 2003-2006
  The Lewis and Clark Bicentennial is being commemorated across the United States from 2003 through 2006. The Missouri State Archives is pleased to take part in the activities and foster a spirit of wonder and discovery, similar to that of the original Corps of Discovery, by offering several new resources to historians and others interested in Missouri’s role in that legendary transcontinental expedition.

• Local Records Preservation Program

• Missouri Historical Records Grant Program

• Missouri Supreme Court Historical Database

• St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project

• Missouri Electronic Records Education and Training Initiative