All Library locations will be closed Thursday, June 19, for Juneteenth.
History & Genealogy
Signature Event
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Archivists Randy Roberts and Shannon Julien discuss their new book Pittsburg State University: A Pho...
Signature Event
Sunday, August 29, 2010
4:00pm
In Person
Katie Armitage explores how survivors of Quantrill’s Lawrence Raid rebuilt their lives, their town, and memorialized their exper...
Signature Event
Sunday, August 22, 2010
4:00pm
In Person
Restaurateur Carl DiCapo tells the history of Kansas City’s iconic eatery, Italian Gardens, on Sunday,...
Signature Event
Thursday, August 19, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Filmmaker Gary Jenkins presents Negroes To Hire, a documentary on slavery in Missouri based on American...
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Allan Meltzer, the leading historian of the nation’s central bank, and Tom Hoenig, president of the Federal Reserve...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 18, 2010
4:00pm
In Person
Don Lambert discusses the efforts of 40 men and women whose so-called Topeka Constitution marked a milestone on the road Kansas w...
Signature Event
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Steven Casey discusses his new book Selling the Korean War: Propaganda, Politics, and Public Opinion in the United St...
Signature Event
Thursday, July 8, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Joseph Opala, the exhibit creator for Bunce Island: A British Slave Castle in Sierra Leone, draws on his 30 ye...
Signature Event
Thursday, July 1, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Just in time for Independence Day, William Hogeland presents new research and top-notch scholarship to reveal how the American R...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Most Americans are unaware of how revered Ulysses S. Grant was in his lifetime, then often considered to be equal in stature to George Washington...