The Bookmobile will not be at any stops this week for scheduled maintenance. We will resume a normal schedule Tuesday, May 28.

Displays on the Second Floor Spring 2013

Posted by on March 18, 2013

Displays Spring 2013

Next time you’re in the library, take time to come upstairs and explore our displays featuring items from our Special Collections. This spring we are featuring Early Kansas History, Rex Stout: Topeka’s Man of Mysteries, Peggy of the Flint Hills and Topeka Sheet Music. The “Early Kansas History” display case features the state seal of [...]

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Kansas Songs Through the Years

Posted by on September 20, 2011

Kansas Songs

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 [...]

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52 for 150: What’s So Special About Your Library’s Sheet Music Collection?

Posted by on March 7, 2011

For week 10 of our Kansas sesquicentennial series we’re celebrating National Music In Our Schools Month—the theme this year is “Music Lasts A Lifetime”—by taking a closer look at our collection of Sheet Music. Between our John Ripley collection of late 19th- and early 20th-century songs, jazz  and wartime music, and our local music written by songwriters from Topeka [...]

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