Topics in Kansas History: Cultural & Ethnic Groups

Hispanics

Find resources on Mexican American, Hispanic, and Latino history in Kansas.

• Hispanics in Kansas
• "From Kanasin to Kansas: Mexican Sisal, Binder Twine, and the State Prison Twine Factory, 1890-1940." Winter 2001
• Mariachi Music

Letters, documents, objects, and photographs

• Connie's Mexico Cafe items
• Statue of St. Therese

Bibliographies, finding aids, and guides to the collections

• Hispanic Americans Bibliography

Kansas Heritage, our popular history magazine

Kansas History, our scholarly journal

• "Eastward Ho! The Mexican Freighting and Commerce Experience Along the Santa Fe Trail," Winter 1996
• "Immigration and Integration: The Mexican American Community in Garden City, Kansas, 1900-1950," Spring 1997
• "A Road of Culture and Commerce: Introduction," Winter 1996
• "La Voz de la Gente: Chicano Activist Publications in the Kansas City Area, 1968-1989," Autumn 1999

Kansas Interpretive Traveling Exhibit Service (KITES)

• Continuing the Tradition: Mexican American Folk Art
• Those Who Came Before: Mexican Americans in Kansas 1900-1950

Kansas Kaleidoscope, our children's magazine

• "Kansas Celebrates All Year Long!" October/November 1999
• "A Moving Experience: Immigration to Kansas," October/November 2001
• "The Mexican History of Kansas," August/September 2002

Teaching Materials

• Classroom Materials: Cultural & Ethnic Groups
• Field Trips: Cultural & Ethnic Groups