On the evening of November 24, 1927, the Pla-Mor Ballroom opened at 3142 Main Street to a crowd of 4,100 who reveled at its unprecedented size and mod...

In 1838, the town of Westport stood near the western edge of the American frontier. To reach Westport from the east, traders traveled by river to a ro...

On November 8, 1917, Mary Tiera Farrow and 20 other female lawyers formed the Women's Bar Association of Kansas City....

On Oct. 12, the Heartland Book Festival celebrates the written word – and continues a Library tradition. ...

Continuing with the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Kansas City Public Library, the Missouri Valley Special Collections highlights the car...

A gallery space near the entrance to 'Disney100: The Exhibition' at Union Station, which opened May 24, highlights items from the Library's Missouri V...

Since January, the Central Library's Stanley H. Durwood Vault has been screening daily movies....

The Missouri Valley Special Collections staff will guide patrons through the art of house history research and introduce digital tools....

Over a century after his birth and nearly 70 years after his death, jazz saxophonist Charlie “Bird” Parker remains one of Kansas City’s favorite so...