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 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 Wanting Some Halloween Spirit? We Got You, Boo. Thursday, October 3, 2019 Halloween Reading Lists Events Signature Events Films Youth and Family Digital Services What's Your KCQ? KC History Local History It’s fall, y’all, and the Library is kicking off the Halloween season with a monstrously good mashup of haunted local history tales, scary story recom... Read More
News Item Kansas City Black History 2020 Friday, January 31, 2020 Black History KC History Each year, the Library partners with the Local Investment Commission (LINC) and the Black Archives of Mid-America to... Read More