Missouri Valley Special Collections

Stories of the most famous African Americans from Kansas City are well told, but the work of many more community members often goes unrecognized.

Segment 1: Some residents say big, new homes on small, old lots are changing the nature of the Kansas suburb.Home teardowns are not a new problem in…

Segment 1: A Screentime show on Love, Simon.Love, Simon is the first big-budget romantic comedy for teens where the central love story is between two…

What do you expect to find at a vending machine? Soda or chips? How about a full-blown history tour?That’s the idea behind photographer Chris Dahlquist’s…

People generally get their history lessons from a book or movie, not from a vending machine. Today, we learn about a novel way to put historical photos of…

How do you tell a city's history? We talk with the head of one of the city's largest and most important historical collections on his last day on the…

Long time readers of the Kansas City Star and Times might remember a column by a woman named Mrs. Sam Ray. The columns always featured commentary and a…