News Item New Folly Theater Collection Now Open to Researchers Thursday, February 10, 2022 Missouri Valley If archival items can be called juicy, the Folly Theater Collection... Read More
News Item What’s Your KC Q? Library and KC Star Team Up to Find Answers Friday, September 28, 2018 Missouri Valley What's Your KCQ? What do you want to know about our community? Beginning October 3, the Library and The Kansas City Star are combining resources to fi... Read More
News Item KCHistory, Civil War Websites Undergoing Maintenance Monday, November 12, 2018 Local History KC History Civil War on the Western Border Missouri Valley The Library is currently migrating its large collection of digital historic images to a new software platform. An unfortunate consequence of our da... Read More
News Item Live Your Best Life in 2019 with Library Resources Wednesday, January 2, 2019 Resources Digital Services Education Health and Wellness Signature Events Readers Services Business and Entrepreneurship Tech Access With the beginning of a new year comes the renewed commitment to shake up our usual routines. We tell ourselves we’re going to learn a new skill, take... Read More
News Item The Paseo's Past Wednesday, February 27, 2019 Local History Missouri Valley Street signs along Kansas City's Paseo Boulevard began coming down in late February, replaced with new ones proclaiming the street’s... Read More
News Item Celebrating Remarkable Women, Then and Now Friday, March 8, 2019 Women's History Missouri Valley Reading Lists Digital Services March is Women's History Month, and there are many ways to commemorate the lives and achievements of women throughout history and sha... Read More
News Item Children's Book Week: An Illustrated Celebration of Reading Friday, May 3, 2019 Youth and Family Missouri Valley Children's Book Week, an annual celebration of books for youth and the joy of reading, was launched in 1919 and is currently the long... Read More
News Item Terminal Velocity: Kansas City's Airport History Wednesday, March 20, 2019 Missouri Valley Local History KC History As Kansas City International Airport breaks ground on a new terminal on March 25, 2019, the Library's Missouri Valley Special Collection... Read More
News Item Did Baseball Fandom Originate in Kansas City? Thursday, March 28, 2019 KC Sports KC History Missouri Valley What's Your KCQ? Is Kansas City the home of baseball's original fans? The almanac On This Day in America credits a local newspaper, presumably T... Read More
News Item Need Direction? The Library's Community Reference Team Can Help. Friday, September 27, 2019 Community Reference Job and Career Health and Wellness Personal Finance Legal and Government Next Chapter Business and Entrepreneurship As information discovery has evolved, so has the Kansas City Public Library. We’ve launched a new Community Reference Team to help pa... Read More