For week three of our Kansas sesquicentennial series, because Kansas is celebrating its birthday on the 29th, we thought it would be fun to take a closer look at our collection of Wizard of Oz books. L. Frank Baum never lived in Kansas and “his experience there was limited to only one or two days, yet [...]

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For week two of our Kansas sesquicentennial series, because Kansas celebrates its birthday on January 29th, we thought it would be appropriate to feature our amazing, panoramic Kansas landscape mural by reknowned Kansas artist, Stan Herd. Herd’s mural can be found in the Research/Reference Center surrounding the walls near the ceiling (see yellow area on [...]

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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. Our collections are available [...]

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