Topics in Kansas History: Community & Daily Life

Sports

Kansans today enjoy baseball, basketball, football, hiking, horseback riding, racquetball, road racing, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, and numerous other activities. Many of these sports first became popular in the state in the late 19th century, when Americans discovered leisure time. read more

Find resources on sports.

• Baseball, Kansas Style
• Cunningham, Glenn
• Games from our Past
• Johnson, Walter
• Naismith, James
• Race Horses at Prairie Dell Farm
• Woodard, Lynette
• Woodard, Lynette

Letters, documents, objects, and photographs

• America3 yacht model
• Jess Willard's boxing gear
• Soap box derby car
• Woman's bathing suit

Bibliographies, finding aids, and guides to the collections

Kansas Heritage, our popular history magazine

• "Hooked on Hoops: A Photo Essay," Spring 1999
• "Riding to Hounds," Spring 2002
• "The Sound and the Fury: The Glory Days of Motorcycle Racing in Kansas," Spring 1999

Kansas Kaleidoscope, our children's magazine

• "Making History with Kansas Sports," April/May 1998

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