All Library locations will be closed Thursday, June 19, for Juneteenth.
History & Genealogy
Thursday, April 7, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Greg Hurd introduces his documentary, From Separate to Equal: The Creation of Truman Medical Centers, a collaboration wit...
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces attacked Union-held Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, ending an excruciating period of uncert...
Sunday, March 27, 2011
2:00pm
In Person
Local historian Joelouis Mattox of the Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center in Kansas City presents the story of the United S...
Sunday, March 20, 2011
2:00pm
In Person
Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with George Caleb Bingham, whose paintings of Missouri and the American frontier have...
Thursday, March 10, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Eric Rauchway, professor of history at the University of California - Davis, presents How Well Did the New Deal Work?...
Thursday, March 10, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
John Kuehn of the Military History Department at the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth discusses Admiral...
Monday, March 7, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
An expert in the field of contemporary cultural studies, Susan Bordo explains how society’s perception of beauty has changed over...
Monday, March 7, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Author and historian Sir Max Hastings presents a talk based on his book Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45....
Sunday, February 20, 2011
2:00pm
In Person
Historians Kristen Tegtmeier Oertel and Marilyn S. Blackwell discuss their new biography of Clarina Howar...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
During the 2003 looting of Iraq’s National Museum some 15,000 priceless objects dating back to ancient Babylon and Mesopotamia were damaged or stol...