LC control no. | no2019174388 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Corporate name heading | Kansas Historical Society |
Variant(s) | Kansas. Historical Society Kansas. Kansas Historical Society |
See also | Predecessor: Kansas State Historical Society |
Located | Topeka (Kan.) |
Found in | Our Kansas stories, 2019: cover (Kansas Historical Society; Kansas Historical Foundation) page 4 of cover (6425 SW 6th Avenue, Topeka, KS) Kansas Historical Society. Annual report, 2007: PDF cover (Kansas Historical Society; a state agency) Kansas Historical Society WWW site, viewed November 22, 2019: history (Kansas Historical Society; a committee of the Kansas Editors' and Publishers' Association met December 13, 1875, and formed the Kansas Historical Society to collect newspapers and manuscripts on the territorial period; in 1905 the Kansas Legislature passed a bill establishing the Historical Society as the repository of official government records, and the Historical Society became the State Archives for Kansas; the Kansas Legislature separated the functions of the Historical Society in 2001, and membership, retail, and fund raising portion of the organization became the Kansas State Historical Society, Inc., dba Kansas Historical Foundation; the Kansas Historical Society operates as a state agency supported by state appropriations; activities and programs are conducted by its divisions: Administration, Cultural Resources (comprising archeology, historic preservation, and historic sites), Museum and Education, and State Archives) List of Kansas newspapers issued by the State Historical Society, 1913, surrogate: t.p.; p. 3 (Kansas State Historical Society) |