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Jacque Sherrill Full Story People   Meet Jacque Sherrill Jacque is the director at the Jetmore Public Library. Full Story Kirk Sharp Full Story People   Meet Kirk Sharp Kirk is the Executive Director at the Gordon Parks Museum in Fort Scott. Full Story Jancita Warrington Full Story People   Meet Jancita Warrington Jancita is the Executive Director of Native American Affairs. Full Story Bill Tsutsui Full Story People   Meet Bill Tsutsui Bill Tsutsui is the Chancellor and Professor of History at Ottawa University. Full Story
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Coal Mine   Full Story Mining for Stories in a Kansas Ghost Town A new documentary, "Minersville: The Town, the Mines, the People, the Legacy", tells the little-known story of a ghost town. This documentary was supported by a Humanities For All Grant. Full Story
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UFIO Full Story   It Was Us We Were Looking For: Kansas, UFOs, and the Unknown February 18th is Pluto Day, the 95th anniversary of Kansan Clyde Tombaugh’s discovery of Pluto. In commemoration, HK is sharing this essay, originally published in the Written in the Stars celestial poetry chapbook. Full Story
Sarmiento Full Story   Big Idea: A Filipino Writer in Wichita Dr. Thomas X. Sarmiento explores a Kansas story from Wichita, discussing the life and work of writer Bienvenido Santos. Full Story
Lutie Full Story   Celebrating Our Stories: Topeka Trailblazers The Our Stories traveling exhibition weaves together the stories of African American Topeka, past and present. Full Story
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For the Love of the Prairie

A four-part interview series is preserving the stories of Kansas farmers and ranchers.

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Bhala Full Story   From International Trade to Shakespeare's Stage: Asian American Angles on Law and Literature A four-part interview series is preserving the stories of Kansas farmers and ranchers. Full Story 1950s All Electric House exterior Full Story   Hotline: Holidays at the All-Electric House A four-part interview series is preserving the stories of Kansas farmers and ranchers. Full Story photo of female 1940s college students at a party Full Story   Hotline: Marymount College A four-part interview series is preserving the stories of Kansas farmers and ranchers. Full Story prairie in winter Full Story   Hotline: The Wintering Prairie A four-part interview series is preserving the stories of Kansas farmers and ranchers. Full Story Cash Hollistah Full Story   Hotline: Winter Soundtrack A four-part interview series is preserving the stories of Kansas farmers and ranchers. Full Story woman and girl celebrating kwanzaa Full Story   Hotline: The Story of Kwanzaa A four-part interview series is preserving the stories of Kansas farmers and ranchers. Full Story
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Big Idea: Sharing Women's Stories in Museums

Dr. Sarah Bell, Director, and Donna Rae Pearson, Curator, Kansas Museum of History, in conversation with Big Idea host Dr. Valerie Mendoza as they discuss the future of telling women's stories in museums.

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