1861 Missouri Speaks:
Rebooting History
About the Editor
Fry’s Lyon Foundation, Inc. is an IRS 501 (c) (3) Tax Exempt Private Operating Foundation with three elements focused on educating the general public on the role Missouri played in the American Civil War.
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The first element is the Missouri Civil War Passport Book, released in 2019 to encourage Civil War tourism in Missouri and support those working to make information about Missouri’s involvement in that conflict available to the public. The Third Edition, pictured here, is now available on Amazon.com in two sizes.​
Visit mo-passport.org for more information.
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Second is the 1861 Missouri Speaks Collection, a 70-plus volume series intended to be Missouri’s most extensive repository of consolidated primary source documents available for the study of Missouri’s political and military situation during the run-up to and the first year of the Civil War.
These books are organized to interest the layman while still being useful to every category of researcher; they contain summaries, explanatory notes, footnotes, and a large number of pictures and maps to make them user-friendly.
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See the Series Descriptions page for more information.
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Third, is this website that serves to collect comments on the volumes, provide samples, and offer an errata sheet for revisions.
Thanks
This project would not have come about without the valued help of so many people, namely:
Alan Aimone, West Point library (U.S.M.A.)
LeAnn Arndt, Collections Specialist, The State Historical Society of Missouri
Jaime Bourassa, Missouri History Museum Library and Research Center
John F. Bradbury, manuscript specialist with Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Rolla
Mary Beth Brown, Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia
Robin Burnett, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, Mo.
Marie Concannon, University of Missouri Library
Lyndell Farrah, Mexico Ledger Newspaper
Carol Ganz, Connecticut State Library
Evelyn George, The State Historical Society of Missouri
Katie Giddings Cosby, contributor
Renee Glass, Local History, Greene County Library, MO
Amy Grover Horton, contributor
Debbie S. Hamm, Illinois State Library
Susan M. Hart, Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia
Molly Kodner, Missouri History Museum Library and Research Center
Tracey Kry, American Antiquarian Society
Bonnie J. Linck, Connecticut State Library
Edward B. McCaul, Jr., author of The Mechanical Fuze and the Advance of Artillery in the Civil War
Rob McDonald, A. Y. McDonald Mfg. Co.
Laura Mosher, U.S. Military Academy, (U.S.M.A.)
Dennis Northcott, Missouri History Museum Library and Research Center
Jeff Patrick, Librarian, Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, Republic, MO
Jackie Penny, American Antiquarian Society
Jaimie Phillips, contributor
Scott Price, author of Nathaniel Lyon: Harbinger from Kansas and U.S. Army Major (retired)
Donna Rupp, contributor
Jason Stratman, Missouri History Museum Library and Research Center
Mary Bobbitt Townsend, author of Yankee Warhorse: A Biography of Major General Peter J. Osterhaus
Teresa Veleces, contributor
Doreen Woodward, contributor
Richard Worth, contributor