Due to severe weather conditions, including heavy snow, ice accumulation, and high winds, all Kansas City Public Library locations will be closing early at 4 p.m. Saturday, January 4 and remain closed Sunday, January 5.
Genealogy & History
Nearly full coverage including current issues, historical issues from 1880, and the Kansas City Times....
Explore hundreds of oral history interviews with Kansas City residents from all walks of life. The Library partnered with eight local organizations...
In 1940, over a period of eight months, more than 58,000 images of Kansas City structures were photographed and assembled as the 1940 Tax Assessmen...
Over 500,000 genealogy books, family histories, maps, yearbooks, and more from contributing libraries and archives, including the...
Explore the Kansas City Public Library's archive of local websites, blogs, and social media. These sites will be preserved in perpetuity, offering...
These unique materials tell both the historical and the personal stories of the colonization of the Americas....
The Kansas City Call is a Black weekly newspaper founded in 1919 to provide leadership for the Black community. It quickly became one of the most succ...
Explore the places where "Bird" lived, worked and played....
Explore biographies, lesson plans, research resources and recorded presentations on this collaborative website dedicated to the contributions of Afric...
Discover the Civil War's legacy in the Greater Kansas City region....