WEST PLAINS, Mo. – A small group of Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) faculty and staff gathered in the Garnett Library recently to sift through a collection of old documents about the Ozarks to determine what pieces to include in the new Ozarks Heritage Resource Center (OHRC).
The OHRC will house an archive of materials related to the south-central and southeast Missouri Ozarks that can be used by researchers, regional history enthusiasts and students when it opens in the lower level of the Garnett Library in 2022.
As the center’s committee members continue to review items, renovations will soon begin on the library’s lower level. Although there is no firm timeline for completion of the renovations, they anticipate the center will open sometime in 2022.
Area residents who have historical materials – written, visual or physical – they would like considered for the center’s holdings should contact the Garnett Library at 417-255-7945 for more information.
