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Title: Discovery of King Speech Lauded
Description: Months before his death in 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke at Kansas State University's Ahearn Field House to a crowd of more than 7,000 people. The recording was assumed lost after a fire destroyed the radio station building that housed the tapes later that same year. The recording resurfaced from a Wichita man who had requested the tapes years ago and stored it in his personal library. Article includes some highlights of King's speech.
Date: 2011-01-31
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: A Message from the Governor
Description: On January 29, 1861, Kansas was admitted to the Union as the 34th state after the secession of many southern states. Governor Robinson made his first address to the legislature on March 30, 1861, and a condensed version of that message was published in this issue of "Kansas History" to commemorate the Kansas statehood sesquicentennial.
Date: 2010
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: President Jimmy Carter
Description: President Jimmy Carter stands at a lectern to address the National Conference of Catholic Charities annual meeting in Kansas City, Missouri. First Lady Rosalyn Carter sits at the far left. Other individuals on dais are unknown.
Date: 1979-10-13
Object Type: Negative

Title: President Jimmy Carter
Description: President Jimmy Carter stands at a lectern to address the National Conference of Catholic Charities annual meeting in Kansas City, Missouri. First Lady Rosalyn Carter sits at the far left. Other individuals on dais are unknown.
Date: 1979-10-13
Object Type: Negative

Title: Debaters Poised to Descend Here
Description: Park Hill and North Kansas City school districts will host the National Forensic League's National Tournament June 13-18, 2010. The tournament includes acting, debating, and public speaking events. The estimated economic impact is more than $4 million. The event was previously held in Kansas City in 1983 and 1994.
Date: 2010-05-15
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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