Due to a 25 percent withholding in its fiscal year 2010 state
appropriation, the State Historical Society of Missouri has decreased
its hours open to the public to Mondays through Thursdays, 8 a.m. to
4:45 p.m.
The society will no longer be open for research on Fridays or
Saturdays. The withholding ($364,010), caused by the continued downturn
in Missouri state revenues, was made public Wednesday, Oct. 28.
To continue operations and implement the withholding, the society’s 22
staff members have voluntarily taken a 20 percent pay reduction, and
three staff positions have been eliminated. These positions included
one unfilled position left temporarily vacant, one retirement and one
layoff.
The society will seek private funds to continue its newspaper microfilming program and to print the Missouri Historical Review.
You can read more at http://www.buffaloreflex.com/articles/2009/12/30/news/doc4b3a896c5ea73975790599.txt.
