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The Westport Historical Society Speaker Series seeks to promote and foster public interest in and preserve the significance of local history....

Historians have long pointed to the devastation of smallpox and other European-introduced diseases in tracing the demise of North America’s indigen...

Whitney Terrell’s novel, The King of Kings County, remains a landmark examination of white flight and th...

Jessica Neuwirth, founder of the women’s rights organization Equality Now, discusses her new book Equal Means Equal: W...

Author Cynthia Bond is joined by the Library’s Director of Readers’ Services Kaite Stover for a discussion of Bon...

Journalist and local historian Cindy Higgins presents an illustrated talk about the brewers and breweries of early Kansas, their role in fostering a s...

Former Library of Congress Chief Executive Officer Donald Scott discusses his new memoir Recipient of Grace...

Travel the world without leaving Kansas City. Northeast Kansas City Chamber of Commerce CEO and President Bobbi Baker discus...

Author Pete Dulin is joined by the Library’s director of programming and marketing Steven Woolfolk, and represent...

The Westport Historical Society Speaker Series seeks to promote and foster public interest in and preserve the significance of local history....