Happy 150th Birthday, Kansas!
Every object has a story, and stories build history. To celebrate 150 years of Kansas statehood we’re featuring 52 objects (or collections of related objects)—something new each week throughout the year—from the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library’s 130-year-old special, and permanent collections, that represent our collective state history and cultural diversity.
This weekly video project begins Monday, January 3, 2011.
Check back every Monday for something new and exciting. Our collections are available for teachers, students, researchers and general interest, and we hope this online video program will provide insight into what’s so “special ” about Special Collections. Your library’s commitment to collecting art and preserving local history makes it possible for users today and in the future to have immediate access to invaluable research material and cultural artifacts.
Video Index / Featured People and Objects
1 — Kanzas and Nebraska by Edward E. Hale
2 — Kansas: Four Directions from Topeka mural by Stan Herd
3 — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
4 — The Kansas Collection
5 — Art Nouveau / Edward Wilder
6 — Dean Mitchell
7 — Gordon Parks
8 — Aaron Douglas
9 — Hirschberg African art collection
10 — Sheet Music (Watch our very own Charity and Rob sing the “Topeka” song)
11 — Victorian-era Swiss Music Box
12 — Elizabeth “Grandma” Layton
13 — TSCPL Charter and History
14 — Michael Graves Pt. 1 (Library Construction Story) and Michael Graves Pt. 2 (Library As Art Object)
15 — Johnson Dictionary
16 — Ken Ferguson
17 — Charles Sheldon
18 — Art Spiegelman
19 — Kansas WPA Collection
20 — Roger Shimomura
21 — Local History and Vertical File Collection
22 — Yearbook collection
23 — State and Local Maps
24 — Birger Sandzén
25 — Ceramic Arts
26 — Robert Sudlow & Horace Eubank
27 — Merrell Gage
28 — Trade Cards
29 — City Directories
30 — Stained Glass Windows
31 — Yoshi Ikeda
32 — Mary Huntoon
33 — Chinese Pewter
34 — Sanborn Fire Maps
35 — Book Art
36 — Jorge López
37 — Friends of Art & Friends of the Library
38 — Museum Plus
39 — Chickering square grand piano
40 — Microfilm
41 — Topeka State Hospital
42 — Fore Edge Books
43 — Moses Fine Art Book Collection
44 — Pop-up & Movable Books
45 — Chinese Snuff Bottles
46 — Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
47 — History of the Indian Tribes of North America by McKinney & Hall
48 — Eanger Irving Couse
49 — John Steuart Curry
50 — Albert Bloch
51 — Paperweights
52 — Schoenhut Circus Toys