Nearly full coverage including current issues, historical issues from 1880, and the Kansas City Times.
Genealogy & History
Explore hundreds of oral history interviews with Kansas City residents from all walks of life. The Library partnered with eight local organizations to provide access to these video and audio recordings conducted over the last 50 years. Every recording can be played directly from the site and is accompanied by a full...
In 1940, over a period of eight months, more than 58,000 images of Kansas City structures were photographed and assembled as the 1940 Tax Assessment Photograph Collection. View buildings, homes, stores, shops, banks, schools, and parks which, all together, convey a sense of what life was like in Kansas City at that...
Provides online access to historical newspapers from nearly 60 locations in the U.S. and worldwide. The World Collection is a prime resource for genealogy and historical content.
Over 500,000 genealogy books, family histories, maps, yearbooks, and more from contributing libraries and archives, including the Kansas City Public Library....
Explore the Kansas City Public Library's archive of local websites, blogs, and social media. These sites will be preserved in perpetuity, offering a snapshot of local life as available on the web at the time of capture.
These unique materials tell both the historical and the personal stories of the colonization of the Americas.
The Kansas City Call is a Black weekly newspaper founded in 1919 to provide leadership for the Black community. It quickly became one of the most successful Black newspapers in the U.S. covering civil rights issues and fighting segregation, discrimination, and other important issues of the African American community. T...
Explore the places where "Bird" lived, worked and played.
Explore biographies, lesson plans, research resources and recorded presentations on this collaborative website dedicated to the contributions of African Americans to Kansas City history.