Kansas State Historical Society
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Name (Latin)
Kansas State Historical Society
Other forms of name
K.S.H.S. (Kansas State Historical Society)
KSHS (Kansas State Historical Society)
Kansas Historical Society
Kansas. State Historical Society
State Historical Society (Kansas)
Coordinates
-95.77575 -95.77575 39.05655556 39.05655556 (gooearth )
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Sources of Information
- 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; 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)
- Kansas Historical Society. Annual report, 2007:PDF cover (Kansas Historical Society; a state agency)
- Kansas State Historical Society Website, June 25, 2007:KSHS overview p. (The Kansas State Historical Society was established in 1875 by the Kansas Editors' and Publishers' Association to save present and past records. In 1879 the state enacted legislation that recognized the Society as "the trustee of the state" for the purpose of maintaining the state's history. Today the Society operates with six divisions: Administration, Cultural Resources (Archeology and Historic Preservation), Education, Historic Sites, Library, and Museum. The Society serves as the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and State Archives. The Society's executive director is appointed by the governor)
- Our Kansas stories, 2019:cover (Kansas Historical Society; Kansas Historical Foundation)
- List of Kansas newspapers issued by the State Historical Society, 1913, surrogate:t.p.; p. 3 (Kansas State Historical Society)
- Directory of historical and genealogical societies and selected libraries ... 1992:t.p. (Kansas State Historical Society)
- Phone call 12/22/92 to R. Sherrer at Kansas State Historical Society(The Society is a State agency)
- Kansas State Historical Society WWW home page, viewed on Dec. 16, 2003(KSHS)
- Reflections, spring 2007:p. 1 (Reflections is a joint effort of the Kansas Historical Society, a state agency)