News Releases
Look here for recent news releases in PDF format from the Kansas Historical Society.
May 22, 2012
Territorial-Era Church Among Properties Nominated to National Register
Historic Preservation Fund Grants Awarded
May 21, 2012
Stringtown Exhibit Opens June 1 at Red Rocks State Historic Site
May 18, 2012
Teaching with Primary Sources Focus of Library of Congress Workshop
May 18, 2012
Workshop Brings Project Archaeology to the Classroom
May 15, 2012
William Clark Papers Collection Added to Kansas Historical Society’s Online Archives
May 14, 2012
Three Kansas Listings Approved for National Register of Historic Places
May 11, 2012
Heritage Trust Fund Grant Workshop in Independence
May 10, 2012
Daily Life of Civil War Soldiers at Mine Creek Battlefield State Historic Site
May 2, 2012
Author Debra Goodrich Bisel at Mine Creek Battlefield State Historic Site
April 27, 2012
Event Celebrates Fiber Arts and Pays Tribute to Early Johnson County Residents
April 27, 2012
Hollenberg Pony Express Station State Historic Site to Reopen for Travel Season
April 20, 2012
Edward Curtis Photography Exhibit Opens May 2 at Pawnee Indian Museum
Exhibit Features Art of Cheyenne and Kiowa Warriors at Kaw Mission State Historic Site
April 18, 2012
Food of Civil War Soldiers at Mine Creek Battlefield State Historic Site
April 17, 2012
Grinter Place Hosts 36th Annual Quilt Show
April 12, 2012
John Brown Museum Offers Special Tours for Railroad Day
April 11, 2012
"A Glimpse of Kanza Geography" at Kaw Mission State Historic Site
April 10, 2012
"Kansas: The Center of It All" at Pawnee Indian Museum State Historic Site
April 4, 2012
"Historic Springs in Kansas" at Kaw Mission State Historic Site
April 2, 2012
Head Bling! Features Beautiful and Bizarre Headwear at Kansas Museum of History
March 30, 2012
Mine Creek Battlefield State Historic Site to Reopen for Travel Season
March 29, 2012
Kansas City Fire Insurance Atlas
Added to Kansas Historical Society’s Archives
March 29, 2012
Students Go Green at History & Environmental Fair
March 27, 2012
Spring Tea at Grinter Place State Historic Site
March 22, 2012
Application Deadline Near for Historical Society Internships
March 21, 2012
Robert Morris Peck on the Santa Fe Trail, 1857-1861
March 20, 2012
Santa Fe Trail History 101 Featured in Kaw Councils 2012
March 14, 2012
Kaw Councils 2012 at Kaw Mission Explores Santa Fe Trail, Historic Springs
March 12, 2012
Public Invited to Experience, Explore Archeology at Field School
March 8, 2012
Historical Society Research Grant Deadline Upcoming
March 7, 2012
Wood stove demonstrations, lunch at Grinter Place
February 22, 2012
Heritage Trust Fund Grants Approved for 2012—24 Projects at $1,096,000
Traveling Exhibit Tells the Story of Homesteaders
February 16, 2012
Kansas Memory Features African American History
New National Register Properties Named
Gospel Concert Benefits John Brown Museum
February 8, 2012
Wood Stove Cooking Demonstrations,
History Presentations, and Lunch at Grinter Place
January 30, 2012
Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas Contest Winners Announced
January 27, 2012
William Allen White House to Open for Kansas Day
January 25, 2012
Students Research Local Civil War Veterans Through Sleeping Heroes Project
January 19, 2012
Tracing the Wind People Through Time: An Introduction to Kaw Archeology
January 18, 2012
Free Access to Selected Kansas Archives on Ancestry.com
Politicians, Underground Railroad, Quantrill’s Raid Survivors Topics of Bleeding Kansas Series
January 13, 2012
Melodrama to Highlight Kansas Day Events
at KC-Area State Historic Sites
January 12, 2012
Pawnee Indian Museum to Honor Bison for Kansas Day
Kansas Day Commemoration at Fort Hays State Historic Site
January 6, 2012
New Exhibit at Kansas Museum of History
Includes World’s Earliest Printed Map
January 3, 2012
Wood Stove Cooking Demonstrations,
History Presentations, and Lunch at Grinter Place
November 30, 2011
Exhibit Features Art of Cheyenne and Kiowa Warriors
Holiday Traditions Celebrated at Grinter Place State Historic Site
November 23, 2011
Site of 1958 Dockum Drug Store Sit-In Among National Register Nominations
Holiday Open House at Pawnee Indian Museum State Historic Site
November 18, 2011
Holiday Open House and Comic Melodrama
at Shawnee Indian Mission State Historic Site
Celebrate Christmas Past at Fort Hays State Historic Site
November 17, 2011
Holiday Open House at Kaw Mission State Historic Site
November 14, 2011
William Allen White House State Historic Site Closing for Winter
November 2, 2011
Military Veteran Experiences Featured on kansasmemory.org
October 25, 2011
Wood Stove Cooking Demonstrations, Lunch at Grinter Place
“Search for the Lost Trail of Crazy Horse” at Pawnee Indian Museum State Historic Site
October 24, 2011
Citizen Potawatomi Nation to Commemorate 150th Anniversaries of Kansas Statehood and Treaty Signing
October 17, 2011
Historical Society Announces Newest National Register Listings
October 11, 2011
"Graveside Conversations" at Fort Hays State Historic Site
October 10, 2011
"Legends Around the Campfire" at Grinter Place State Historic Site
October 6, 2011
"Eliza Huffaker" Returns to Kaw Mission
Leavenworth's Book Barn Celebrates Kid's Kansas Children's Book with Activities, Giveaways
September 28, 2011
Volunteers Needed for Kaw River Nature Trail Cleanup at First Territorial Capitol
September 23, 2011
Kansas Ancestor Fair to be Held in Topeka
September 22, 2011
Kid's Kansas Activity Book to Debut at Kansas Book Festival
Shawnee Indian Mission Hosts 25th Annual Fall Festival
September 21, 2011
Museum Store Announces Sales, Temporary Closure
September 15, 2011
Governor Brownback Announces Last Five Notable Kansans in Hutchinson
September 6, 2011
Exhibit Features Front Pages From 9/11 Newspapers
"Seth Hays" at Kaw Mission State Historic Site
September 2, 2011
Sundays on the Porch Series at William Allen White House State Historic Site
Governor Brownback to Announce Five More Notable Kansans in Wichita
August 31, 2011
Governor Brownback Announces Five More Notable Kansans at Fort Scott
August 30, 2011
New Hours at Shawnee Indian Mission State Historic Site
August 29, 2011
Hollenberg Pony Express Station State Historic Site to Close For the Season
August 26, 2011
New Hours at William Allen White House State Historic Site
Governor Brownback to Announce Five More Notable Kansans at Fort Scott
August 25, 2011
Governor Brownback Announces Five More Notable Kansans in Fairway
August 23, 2011
Governor Brownback to Announce Five More Notable Kansans in Fairway
August 19, 2011
Historic Sites Board of Review Nominates Six Properties for National Register of Historic Places
Historical Society Announces Newest National Register Listings
August 18, 2011
Governor Brownback Announces First Five Notable Kansans
August 16, 2011
August 12, 2011
KSU Graduate Student New Site Administrator
at First Territorial Capitol State Historic Site
Zenger Named New Site Administrator at Hollenberg Pony Express Station State Historic Site
August 11, 2011
Governor Brownback to Announce Top 25 Notable Kansans
August 8, 2011
KANSAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY RECEIVES FUNDING TO DIGITIZE 100,000 MORE NEWSPAPER PAGES
July 27, 2011
AMERICAN INDIAN ARTIFACT DAY AT PAWNEE INDIAN MUSEUM STATE HISTORIC SITE
July 21, 2011
FLINT HILLS COMMUNITY BAND CONCERT RETURNS TO KAW MISSION
July 11, 2011
PBS' HISTORY DETECTIVES EPISODE FEATURES KANSAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS
June 21, 2011
KANSAS STATE CAPITOL OFFERS EVENING TOURS AS PART OF FILM SERIES
June 16, 2011
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE APPROVES KANSAS HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN
HERITAGE TRUST FUND GRANT WORKSHOP IN HAYS
"HEALTHY EATING FROM YOUR GARDEN 101" AT SHAWNEE INDIAN MISSION STATE HISTORIC SITE
June 15, 2011
COMMUNITY ICE CREAM SOCIAL
AT GRINTER PLACE STATE HISTORIC SITE
June 14, 2011
KANSAS LOTTERY OIL PAINTING EXHIBIT
June 13, 2011
FREE COMMUNITY CONCERT AT KAW MISSION STATE HISTORIC SITE
WASHUNGA DAYS AT KAW MISSION STATE HISTORIC SITE
June 10, 2011
INDEPENDENCE DAY AT FORT HAYS STATE HISTORIC SITE
June 8, 2011
SUNDOWN FILM FESTIVAL: MOVIES FOR THE KANSAS 150
June 6, 2011
HOLLENBERG PONY EXPRESS STATION TO HONOR VISITING VETERAN WOUNDED IN ACTION
June 3, 2011
TERRITORIAL GOVERNOR'S DAY AT FIRST TERRITORIAL CAPITOL STATE HISTORIC SITE
June 2, 2011
"EASY AS PIE" WORKSHOP AT SHAWNEE INDIAN MISSION STATE HISTORIC SITE
June 1, 2011
UPDATE: EVENTS AT HOLLENBERG PONY EXPRESS STATION STATE HISTORIC SITE
May 31, 2011
May 26, 2011
HOLLENBERG PONY EXPRESS STATION COMMEMORATES KANSAS 150 WITH TWO EVENTS
May 24, 2011
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND GRANTS AWARDED
May 18, 2011
HERITAGE TRUST FUND GRANT WORKSHOP IN McPHERSON
May 16, 2011
HISTORIC SITES BOARD OF REVIEW ANNOUNCES NEW NATIONAL REGISTER LISTINGS
May 13, 2011
PUBLIC INVITED TO JOIN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT KANSAS HISTORY AND PRESERVATION
May 10, 2011
SUMMER READING PROGRAM AT GRINTER PLACE STATE HISTORIC SITE
May 5, 2011
PUBLIC INVITED TO EXPERIENCE, EXPLORE ARCHEOLOGY AT POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY FIELD SCHOOL
May 4, 2011
PRESERVATION WORKSHOP OFFERS TIPS ON PRESERVING BUILDINGS, DOCUMENTS, PHOTOS, AND OBJECTS
May 2, 2011
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF IOLA REGISTER NOW ONLINE
April 29, 2011
PUBLIC INVITED TO RECOMMEND NOTABLE KANSANS AND EVENTS
April 27, 2011
THREE KANSAS LISTINGS APPROVED FOR NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
April 25, 2011
COMMUNITY INVITED TO SHARE NATIVE PLANTS, PLAY CROQUET AT GRINTER PLACE GARDEN PARTY
April 20, 2011
HERITAGE TRUST FUND GRANT WORKSHOP IN CHANUTE
April 19, 2011
EVENT CELEBRATES FIBER ARTS AND PAYS TRIBUTE TO EARLY JOHNSON COUNTY RESIDENTS
HISTORIC FORT HAYS IN NEED OF VOLUNTEERS
April 18, 2011
HISTORICAL SOCIETY LOOKING FOR PRE-1861 BUILDINGS IN KANSAS
April 15, 2011
GRINTER PLACE HOSTS 35th ANNUAL QUILT SHOW
April 14, 2011
"THE KANZA AND THE CIVIL WAR" AT KAW MISSION
April 5, 2011
MINE CREEK BATTLEFIELD STATE HISTORIC SITE TO REOPEN FOR SUMMER TRAVEL SEASON
April 4, 2011
KANSAS POET ESTHER MARY CLARK HILL COLLECTION NOW AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC
March 31, 2011
LONG KNIVES AND THUNDER WAGONS:
CIVIL WAR ON THE KANSAS PLAINS 1861-1865 AT KAW MISSION
March 28, 2011
PUBLIC INVITED TO SHARE ARTIFACTS, EXPLORE ABOLITIONIST COMMUNITY DURING KANSAS ARCHAEOLOGY MONTH
March 25, 2011
SHAWNEE COUNTY 4-H DONATES RECORDS TO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
March 23, 2011
TRADE BEADS: THE FIRST WORLDWIDE CURRENCY
March 22, 2011
CHILDREN’S AUTHORS TO SIGN BOOKS AT KANSAS MUSEUM OF HISTORY
March 17, 2011
CIVIL WAR GIVES BIRTH TO KANSAS CATTLE DRIVE ERA AT KAW MISSION STATE HISTORIC SITE
March 15, 2011
SPRING VICTORIAN TEA AT GRINTER PLACE STATE HISTORIC SITE
March 10, 2011
A HISTORY OF NORTH LYON COUNTY AT KAW MISSION
March 8, 2011
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OFFERS PAID INTERNSHIPS
March 3, 2011
KAW COUNCILS 2011 PROGRAM SERIES: 150 YEARS OF KANSAS HISTORY AT KAW MISSION
