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Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with Kansas City Star founder William Rockhill Nelso...

Meet the Past features Library Director Crosby Kemper III interviewing prominent historical figures (as portrayed by veteran Chautauqua p...

Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with William Clarke Quantrill, portrayed by...

Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with Willa Cather, portrayed by Jan Chapman...

Educators and researchers have long recognized the importance of mastering reading by the end of third grade. Students falling short often falter in l...

Military historian Brian Steed of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College recounts the history-altering c...

In the latest installment of the Library’s Turning Points series in partnership with the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, military histori...

Harry S. Laver of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College recounts a critical juncture in the Civil War: the...

The Southeast Asian country of the Philippines became an American colony in 1898. Today it is a key ally in the Indo-Pacific. Geoff Babb, military his...

Just northeast of Australia is Guadalcanal, the largest of the Solomon Islands. From August 1942 through February 1943, it was the staging ground for...