All Library locations will be closed Sunday, April 20, for Easter.
History & Genealogy
Signature Event
Thursday, August 9, 2012
3:00pm
In Person
Representatives of the Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners delve into the history of the Republican and Democratic partie...
Signature Event
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Bingham (1811-1879) - portrayed by actor Robert Gibby Brand - returns for the Library's popular Meet the Past series...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 29, 2012
2:00pm
In Person
Local historian Joelouis Mattox discusses the history of Prospect Avenue and the life of one of the surrounding community’s leadin...
Signature Event
Thursday, July 26, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
In pursuing the Civil War, did Abraham Lincoln play fast and loose with civil liberties?
Pulitzer Prize winner Mark E. Neely, Jr....
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with Kansas City Star founder William Rockhill Nelso...
Signature Event
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Wilburn Stancil discusses the King James Bible, of which it has been written: “If everything else in our language should perish, it a...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 15, 2012
2:00pm
In Person
Since his first celluloid depiction in 1908, Jesse James has been the subject of more than 40 films and has been portrayed by the likes of Tyrone P...
Signature Event
Thursday, July 12, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
How could a president have won a war and lost a re-election? For George H.W. Bush, being Commander-in-Chief during Desert Storm was not enough....
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with James Naismith, portrayed by Bill Worle...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Historian Jeff Broadwater argues that no single figure can tell us more about the origins of the American republic than our fourth pr...