On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space, making a brief suborbital mission that marked the first manned launch of Project M...

Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican victory over the French invaders at the Battle of Puebla in1862. Now one of the most popula...

Kansas native and renowned baseball statistician Bill James discusses his new book Popular Crime, an examin...

On July 1, 1893, President Grover Cleveland boarded a friend’s yacht, sailed into the waters of Long Island Sound, and disappeared. What happened was...

The Library’s fifth Script-in-Hand season closes with the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre’s performance of Guys and Doll...

In recognition of Preservation Week (April 24–30, 2011), the Library offers a series of presentations aimed at helping community members save and stor...

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Historian David Goldfield discusses his vivid narrative history of the Civil War, America Aflame, which off...

Selected clips from Freedom Riders — a new documentary describing the experiences of 400 black and white Americans that rode...

Author Gregory Wolk discusses his new book,...