Engineered Irony: Octave Chanute’s Kansas City Bridge (Hybrid)
Wed, Apr 23 2025
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Registration Required
Join historian David W.
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Hedy Lamarr: The Beauty and the Inventor (Zoom) (Rescheduled from 3/27/25)
Thu, Apr 24 2025
6:30pm - 8:00pm Central
Virtual Event
Hedy Lamarr starred in such hit films as Algiers, Lady of the Tropics, Boom Town, and Samson and Delilah.
The Harvey Girls: Women’s Roles in Railroads, Kansas, and U.S. History (Rescheduled to the Woodneath Library Center on 6/10/25)
Tue, Apr 29 2025
2:00pm - 3:00pm
The Fred Harvey Company, concessionaire along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, offered young women employment opportunities as waitresses and tour guides.
The Harvey Girls: Women’s Roles in Railroads, Kansas, and U.S. History (Rescheduled to 6/11/25 at the Colbern Road Branch)
Wed, Apr 30 2025
2:00pm - 3:00pm
The Fred Harvey Company, concessionaire along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, offered young women employment opportunities as waitresses and tour guides.
Engineered Irony: Octave Chanute’s Kansas City Bridge
Mon, May 5 2025
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Registration Required
Join historian David W.
Engineered Irony: Octave Chanute’s Kansas City Bridge
Sun, May 11 2025
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Registration Required
Join historian David W.
Engineered Irony: Octave Chanute’s Kansas City Bridge
Mon, May 19 2025
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Registration Required
Join historian David W.
Harry & Bess Truman: A Love Story and Partnership in Letters (Zoom)
Wed, May 28 2025
6:30pm - 7:30pm Central
Virtual Event
No other presidential couple has a love story like the Trumans, and much of it is captured in a series of letters written between 1910 and 1959.
Harry S Truman: Paving the Road to Civil Rights (Zoom)
Wed, May 28 2025
6:30pm - 7:30pm Central
Virtual Branch
Canceled
Between 1945 to 1953, President Harry S Truman worked with Congress and used the powers of the presidency to advance the cause of Civil Rights. His work influenced the efforts of his successors.
The Harvey Girls: Women’s Roles in Railroads, Kansas, and U.S. History (Rescheduled from the Green Hills Branch on 4/29)
Tue, Jun 10 2025
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Registration Required
The Fred Harvey Company, concessionaire along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, offered young women employment opportunities as waitresses and tour guides.
The Harvey Girls: Women’s Roles in Railroads, Kansas, and U.S. History (Rescheduled from the Lee's Summit Branch on 4/30/25))
Wed, Jun 11 2025
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Registration Required
The Fred Harvey Company, concessionaire along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, offered young women employment opportunities as waitresses and tour guides.