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Locked Up in Leavenworth - Jake Ersland

Murderers. Mob bosses. Anarchists. Bootleggers. Thieves. They’ve all found a home at the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, regarded for many years as the ultimate high-security prison.

Now their stories are told by the National Archives’ Jake Ersland in an exploration of the Archives’ “Record Group 129,” the inmate case files for the Leavenworth penitentiary. Ersland gives an illustrated lecture on the history of these valuable research files and the untold stories they contain, many with a Kansas City connection.

Ersland has been an archivist with the National Archives at Kansas City since 2008. He received his Bachelor of Arts and Masters in History from Pittsburg State University.

Upcoming in this series:
Watch or Listen to Past Events in this Series:
22
Sep
Kansas City Founder: Race, Exploitation, and the R...
Central Library |
2:00pm
8
Jan
Stories of the 1900 Convention Hall Fire
Central Library |
2:00pm
18
May
Steaks, Stockyards, and Sin: Kansas City’s Meat & ...
Central Library |
2:00pm
23
Apr
Kansas City Beer: A History of Brewing in the Hear...
Central Library |
2:00pm
man getting mugshots

Locked Up in Leavenworth - Jake Ersland

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In Person
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Adults