Local History
Local History
Explore our books, pamphlets, clippings and other written sources that tell the story of Topeka’s unique history. You will also find photographs, prints, posters, scrapbooks and audio-visual materials that help bring this history to life. The Topeka Room houses the library’s local history collection. Our digital collection includes the Sanborn maps and the Sherwood Smith blueprints.
Recent Articles
January 22, 2024 ·
Finding local & family history in Newspaper Index
Learn a little history about the Topeka and Shawnee County newspaper index and how to use it to find your family history.
All Articles
January 22, 2024 ·
Local History: Last illegal public hanging in Topeka (Part 1)
December 14, 2023 ·
Retro recipes from the Topeka Room
November 14, 2023 ·
Researching your family's veterans
November 7, 2023 ·
Bank robbers, G-Men & 1937 Topeka shoot out
October 12, 2023 ·
Local History: The eccentric life & death of Samuel Radges
September 19, 2023 ·
Local History: Topeka's spiritualist fraud
Events
Events
Mar
18
Mar 18 @ 09:00AM
Our Stories: African American Topeka Before and After Brown
Alice C. Sabatini Gallery 110AB
Mar
19
Mar 19 @ 09:00AM
Our Stories: African American Topeka Before and After Brown
Alice C. Sabatini Gallery 110AB
Mar
20
Mar 20 @ 09:00AM
Our Stories: African American Topeka Before and After Brown
Alice C. Sabatini Gallery 110AB
Mar
21
Mar 21 @ 09:00AM
Our Stories: African American Topeka Before and After Brown
Alice C. Sabatini Gallery 110AB
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