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Kansas Songs Through the Years

Kansas has inspired many songwriters through the years. On Sunday, September 25, 3:00-4:00pm, join us in the Marvin Auditorium for a program highlighting just a few of the songs written in Kansas, including a number of songs written right here in Topeka. As part of our Kansas 150 program series, library staff members and musicians including Robert Banks, James Mosher, and Charity Rouse will provide a musical look into the history of Kansas. All of the songs featured on this program can be found in the library’s sheet music collection, one of our many Special Collections.

For a sneak peek at one of the Topeka-related songs click here and to learn more about our library’s sheet music collection click here.

For more information please call the Topeka Room at 785-580-4510.

Author: Charity Rouse

Charity is a Public Service Specialist working with genealogy and local history reference in the Topeka Room/Genealogy. Her start at TSCPL came as a genealogy researcher soon after the Baker Genealogy Center opened in November 2007. In early 2009, she became a Genealogy volunteer and in May 2010 she came to work at TSCPL. She earned her Master of Library Science degree from Emporia State University in December 2011. One of the Topeka Room programs Charity coordinates is the "Sunday Afternoon with Kansas Authors" series.

2 Responses to Kansas Songs Through the Years

Jack Shutt

March 19, 2012

I am interested in seeing the sheet music in the Frank Ripley collection looking for music written by Maudie Shreffler Carlson and Albert Shutt.
Charity Rouse

March 19, 2012

Anyone interested in seeing this collection can contact me at crouse@tscpl.org to set up an appointment. It’s a great collection and you can see some of it in a short video about it at: http://tscpl.org/art-blog/52-for-150-whats-so-special-about-your-librarys-sheet-music-collection/. Enjoy!