KC History

What's Your KCQ? What do you want to know about our community? The Library and The Kansas City Star combine resources to find answers to questions abo...

The Library's website now hosts The Kansas City Star's photo archives....

In 1951, local musician, amateur songwriter, and sound engineer, Roger C. Webb, composed a song titled "Plaza Lights."...

The Library takes a look back at KU-MU football games that began in the 1890s, which were played on Thanksgiving Day....

What's Your KCQ? What do you want to know about our community? The Library and The Kansas City Star combine resources to find answers to questions abo...

What's Your KCQ? What do you want to know about our community? The Library and The Kansas City Star combine resources to find answers to questions abo...

Eight crew members and 37 passengers — many from the Kansas City metro area — died in one of the deadliest air crashes in U.S. history. A book explore...

What's Your KCQ? What do you want to know about our community? The Library and The Kansas City Star combine resources to find answers to questions abo...

There's an open call for stories about Kansas City social movements from the mid- to late-20th century....

What's Your KCQ? What do you want to know about our community? The Library and The Kansas City Star combine resources to answer questions about region...