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

Holidays in Wartime

Posted by on November 28, 2011

sheet music, Christmas card, 1944 advertisement

Join Special Collections staff member Charity Rouse in the Topeka Room on Saturday, December 3, 2-3pm for a discussion of holiday traditions and how they changed during World War II with rationing, men overseas, and all the complications the war brought on the home front. The program includes caroling around the piano, advertisements from the [...]

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Sunday Afternoon with Kansas Author Elizabeth Ann Brook

Posted by on August 18, 2011

It's Within: A Memoir by Elizabeth Ann Brook

Come meet the author on Sunday, August 21, 2-3pm in the Topeka Room (204).  You will hear about these adventures and find out more about how to become a published author. The memoir “It’s Within” tells the story of one Brown County, Kansas girl and her family during and after the great depression.  The 5th [...]

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2011 Kansas Notable Books

Posted by on July 2, 2011

2011 noteable kansas books

The 2011 Kansas Notable Book List includes a wide range of fiction, nonfiction, adult and children’s books. The list features the best books published in 2010 by Kansas authors or Kansas stories. The list is a project of the Kansas Center for the Book (KCFB) at the State Library of Kansas.

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We have yearbooks!

Posted by on November 21, 2010

Yearbooks

Our yearbook collection in the Topeka Room (204) is great but we need your help to fill in the holes in the collection. Years currently needed to fill out our collection (we keep two copies: one on the shelf and one back-up): Assumption/Capital Catholic/Hayden: pre-1960, 1963-1967, 1969-1977, 1980, 1981, 1983-1991, 1993-1997, 1999-2010 Highland Park: 1916-1939, [...]

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City Directories for Topeka, KS

Posted by on August 1, 2010

City Directories

So, you want to find out more about your house in Topeka. This blog will tell you about some of the resources and search methods which might help you find out about your house and about the people who have lived there through the years. Throughout the history of Topeka from as early as 1870 [...]

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