KANSAS STATE LIBRARY
300 SW 10th, Topeka, KS 66612
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SOME LINKS TO INFORMATION ON:
Kansas Facts (Kansas Governor's Office)
http://www.governor.ks.gov/Facts/default.htm
(Basic information on Kansas history, government and symbols)
Kansas (Wikipedia: the free online encyclopedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas
(Excellent resource for basic information on Kansas)
Hays Daily News Information site
http://northwestkansas.hdnews.net/
(Basic information on the Sunflower State)
Kansas at a Glance (Kansas Secretary of State)
http://www.kssos.org/images/Kansas%20Kids/glance.pdf
(An excellent resource on Kansas. You'll need the Adobe Acrobat software to view this online document)
Kansas Fast Facts (Kansas Travel a& Tourism)
http://www.travelks.com/s/index.cfm?aid=25
(An excellent site with basic information on Kansas)
Kansas Facts and Fancies (The Kansas Collection Web Site)
http://www.kancoll.org/articles/kstrivia/
(Trivia questions about Kansas history)
Kansas Statistical Abstract (Policy Research Institute, University of Kansas)
http://www.ku.edu/pri/ksdata/ksah/
(In depth statistical information on Kansas. Adobe Acrobat software required)
StateMaster.com
http://www.statemaster.com/index.php
A good resource for statistics with charts, lists, etc. for all 50 states of the United States
Netstate.com
http://www.netstate.com
An excellent place to get basic information on all 50 states of the United States
U.S. Census Bureau web site
http://www.census.gov/
(Click on the menu link, AMERICAN FACT FINDER or select Kansas in the drop down box under STATE AND COUNTY QUICK FACTS)
Kansas Timeline of State History (provided by The Statehouse Girls)
http://www.statehousegirls.net/ks/timeline/
(An excellent chronological look at Kansas history)
Topics in Kansas history (Kansas State Historical Society)
http://www.kshs.org/research/topics/index.htm
(Various subjects and time periods in Kansas history with links to resources)
Photographs of Kansas scenes
http://www.kansasphototour.com/
(A photo tour of Kansas provided by Harland J. Schuster)
The World's Largest in Kansas (Kansas Sampler Foundation)
http://kansassampler.org/wekan/largest.html
("some strange, all true")
"Capitals" of Kansas (Kansas Sampler Foundation)
http://kansassampler.org/wekan/capitals.html
(Find out which town is the Greyhound Capital, the Energy Capital, the Outhouse Capital, the Pinto Bean Capital, etc)
Kansas Firsts (Kansas Explorers Club)
http://explorekansas.org/firsts.html
(The first state to have a teachers hall of fame, the first woman mayor, etc)
(From" The Kansas Directory)
1)-- Kansas Voting information
2)-- Incorpoarted cities of Kansas
3)-- Population of Kansas counties and cities from most recent federal census
3)-- Primary Zip Codes for Kansas towns
http://www.kssos.org/forms/communication/pop.pdf
You'll need Adobe Acrobat software to view this online document)
Kansas County Officials (From: The Kansas Directory)
http://www.kssos.org/forms/communication/county.pdf
(Names, addresses and telephone numbers of county officials in Kansas
You'll need Adobe Acrobat software to view this online document)
Historic documents Available Online (Kansas State Historical Society)
http://www.kshs.org/research/collections/documents/online/
(Territorial constitutions, old photos, Territorial Kansas Online Project, Western Trails Project)
The Kansas Collection (Carrie Project, University of Kansas)
http://www.kancoll.org/
(Articles, books, illustrations and research projects on the history of Kansas and the Great Plains)
Kansas Book Transcriptions On-Line (KSGenWeb Project)
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/kslinks/books.html
(Online transcriptions of books on statewide and local Kansas history)
Western Trails Project (Kansas State Historical Society)
http://www.kshs.org/research/collections/documents/online/westerntrails/index.htm
(Digitized photographs, printed materials, and maps that document several facets of transportation across Kansas)
Territorial Kansas Online, 1854-1861 (Kansas State Historical Society)
http://www.territorialkansasonline.org/cgiwrap/imlskto/index.php
(A virtual repository for territorial Kansas history)
Kansas Historical Quarterly Transcription site
http://www.kancoll.org/khq/index.html (Kansas Collection Project)
http://www.kshs.org/publicat/khq/index.htm (Kansas State Historical Society)
Kansas Historical Collections Transcription site (Kansas State Historical Society)
http://www.kshs.org/research/collections/documents/booksmags/histcollections/histcollectionsmflistvol1-11.htm
(Transcriptions of articles on Kansas history appearing in two older Kansas State Historical Society journals)
kansas.gov
http://www.kansas.gov/
(Official web site of the state of Kansas)
Basic Kansas Government Information (From: The Kansas Directory)
http://www.kssos.org/forms/communication/legis.pdf
(A list of all current state officials. ALSO INCLUDES SALARIES OF MOST KANSAS STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
You'll need Adobe Acrobat software to view this online document)
Kansas at a Glance (Kansas Scretary of State)
http://www.kssos.org/images/Kansas%20Kids/glance.pdf
(Includes a section on Kansas government. You'll need Adobe Acrobat software to view this online document)
Kansas State Constitution online
http://www.kslib.info/constitution/index.html
(The current state constitution. Does not includes amendments)
Kansas--History
Kansas--Politics and government
Kansas--Biography
Kansas--Constitution
Topeka (Kan.)--History
Shawnee County (Kan.)--History
Topeka (Kan.)--Biography
Shawnee County (Kan.)--Biography
The State Library also has an extensive newspaper clippings file with articles from several Kansas daily
newspapers covering this topic. This collection does not
circulate but is available in the library for research.
If you see something you'd like to borrow from the Kansas State Library or have further questions feel free to contact us