Welcome
The Kansas Humanities Council creates, sponsors, and promotes humanities
programs across Kansas. Through the humanities history, literature,
philosophy, and related areas we gain understanding of where
we've been, who we are, and what
we've valued over time and across generations.
New Harmonies in Lawrence

New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music
is at the Watkins Community Museum of History in Lawrence June 27
through August 10. Click here
to find out about more.
Click here for more information
about the New Harmonies Kansas Tour.
Journey Stories Hosts Announced
Journey Stories, a traveling Smithsonian Institution exhibition,
tours Kansas 2009-2010. Kansas was selected as one of only 5 states
to host this premier exhibition examining the history of American
transportation. The exhibit will spend 10 months touring the sunflower
state with stops at the McPherson County Old Mill Museum
in Lindsborg, the Glasco Community Foundation in
Glasco, the Geary County Historical Society and Museum
in Junction City, the Parsons Public Library in
Parsons, the Prairie Museum of Art and History
in Colby, and the Atchison County Historical Society
in Atchison.
Journey stories - tales of how we got "here" - are as
American as apple pie. Why did our ancestors come to America? Why
did our families choose Kansas as home? The exhibition combines
America's transportation history (trails, trains, wagons, cars,
airplanes, and trucks) with the innovative ways people have used
transportation to find their place. The exhibit includes stories
of people coming in search of promise in a new country; stories
of individuals and families relocating in search of fortune, their
own homestead, or employment; the harrowing journey of Africans
and Native Americans forced to move; and, of course, fun on the
open road.
2008 "Bright Dreams, Hard Times" Chautauqua

Click here to see
the Beloit Chautauqua photo gallery.
Click here to
see the Lawrence Chautauqua photo gallery.
The 2008 Bright Dreams, Hard Times: America in the Thirties
Chautauqua is over for the summer. Thank you to the Solomon
Valley-Highway 24-Heritage Alliance and the City
of Beloit for hosting the 5-day event in Beloit. More than
500 people enjoyed the daily workshops, Youth Chautauqua Camp, The
Dust Bowl museum exhibition, and evening portrayals by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Senator Huey Long, evangelist Aimee Semple
McPherson, author Zora Neale Hurston, and humorist Will Rogers.
Another thank you to the Lawrence Convention and Visitors
Bureau for hosting the event in Lawrence. More than 3,000
people attended this unique summertime experience in South Park.
For more information about Chautauqua in 2009 and 2010, click here
or visit the Kansas-Nebraska Chautauqua website, www.knchautauqua.org,
or call 785/357-0359.
Planning for the Future
The Kansas Humanities Council is compiling a list
of email addresses for future e-newsletters. If you would like to
receive KHC's e-news in the future, please send Tracy
Quillin your:
- Email
- Name
- Contact information
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Our Mission
The Kansas Humanities Council promotes understanding of the history
and ideas that shape our lives and strengthen our sense of community.
Kansas
Humanities Council
112 SW 6th Ave., Suite 210
Topeka KS 66603-3895
(785) 357-0359 phone
(785) 357-1723 fax
info@kansashumanities.org
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