Kansas History
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We publish new research on Kansas and Western history suitable for scholars and general readers. Quarterly and peer reviewed. We love history, and it shows.
We publish academic articles of around 8,000 words, conduct peer review, and have a speedy turn around time! Please consider submitting if you are working on a Kansas topic.
November 15, 2025 at 6:33 AM
We publish academic articles of around 8,000 words, conduct peer review, and have a speedy turn around time! Please consider submitting if you are working on a Kansas topic.
Here’s a sneak peek of our Autumn issue! 🤩
November 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Here’s a sneak peek of our Autumn issue! 🤩
Check out the gorgeous cover of our Autumn issue! #comingsoon
November 3, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Check out the gorgeous cover of our Autumn issue! #comingsoon
INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT THE WORLD OF PUBLISHING? DO YOU ENJOY LEARNING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF KANSAS? We are hiring an undergraduate editorial assistant for the 2025-2026 academic year. Must be a current KSU student; more details below or feel free to DM us.
September 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT THE WORLD OF PUBLISHING? DO YOU ENJOY LEARNING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF KANSAS? We are hiring an undergraduate editorial assistant for the 2025-2026 academic year. Must be a current KSU student; more details below or feel free to DM us.
Our biennial tradition of publishing film reviews is coming your way in the Summer issue! Scholars from across the nation discuss films (and TV series) with Kansas or Great Plains themes, ranging from blockbusters like Wicked to local documentaries. 🎥 🎬 🍿
August 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Our biennial tradition of publishing film reviews is coming your way in the Summer issue! Scholars from across the nation discuss films (and TV series) with Kansas or Great Plains themes, ranging from blockbusters like Wicked to local documentaries. 🎥 🎬 🍿
Our second article out Summer 2025 is another oral history from Garden City's Hispanic community, this time with Pedro "Pete" Sandoval. Subscribe today to receive this issue!
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July 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Our second article out Summer 2025 is another oral history from Garden City's Hispanic community, this time with Pedro "Pete" Sandoval. Subscribe today to receive this issue!
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Following the creation of the state’s fish commissioner position in 1877, Kansas began devoting more resources to support recreational fishing. To facilitate this, the department stocked fish, constructed or altered waterbodies, and combated pollution and siltation. Learn more in our Summer issue!
July 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Following the creation of the state’s fish commissioner position in 1877, Kansas began devoting more resources to support recreational fishing. To facilitate this, the department stocked fish, constructed or altered waterbodies, and combated pollution and siltation. Learn more in our Summer issue!
Guess what's coming in our summer issue? An article connected to this famous train car! Can you identify it? #kansashistory
July 14, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Guess what's coming in our summer issue? An article connected to this famous train car! Can you identify it? #kansashistory
The last article in our Spring issue is “Contextualizing the Monroe Neighborhood Using Archaeological Methods” by Nikki Klarmann, Laura Murphy, and Victoria Shaw. It details the results of the 2022 Kansas Archeology Training Program (KATP) field school at the Brown v. Board of Education site.
May 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The last article in our Spring issue is “Contextualizing the Monroe Neighborhood Using Archaeological Methods” by Nikki Klarmann, Laura Murphy, and Victoria Shaw. It details the results of the 2022 Kansas Archeology Training Program (KATP) field school at the Brown v. Board of Education site.
We continue our oral history series with Cipriana Rodriguez. Born in 1914, five years after her parents came to the U.S., her story speaks to the resilience of those who navigated persistent discrimination, dangerous labor in the sugar beet fields and railroads, and the Arkansas River flood of 1965.
May 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
We continue our oral history series with Cipriana Rodriguez. Born in 1914, five years after her parents came to the U.S., her story speaks to the resilience of those who navigated persistent discrimination, dangerous labor in the sugar beet fields and railroads, and the Arkansas River flood of 1965.
Our Spring 2025 issue has some wonderful articles, spanning a variety of topics! First up is “Rural Depopulation and Reduced-Player High School Football in Kansas” by Andrew Husa. This article tracks rural depopulation, school consolidation, and the rise in the number of six-man teams in Kansas.
May 16, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Our Spring 2025 issue has some wonderful articles, spanning a variety of topics! First up is “Rural Depopulation and Reduced-Player High School Football in Kansas” by Andrew Husa. This article tracks rural depopulation, school consolidation, and the rise in the number of six-man teams in Kansas.
Want to subscribe? We have new membership levels, starting at $60, with education and government discounts available! More details at www.kansashistory.gov/p/membership.... #kansashistory
January 27, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Want to subscribe? We have new membership levels, starting at $60, with education and government discounts available! More details at www.kansashistory.gov/p/membership.... #kansashistory
In the 1980s Robert Oppenheimer, a professor at KU, conducted oral history interviews with Hispanic residents of Garden City. We are starting a series that will share three, translated and annotated by faculty and students at FHSU. The first in the series was with Gregorio Mujica in 1981.
January 25, 2025 at 1:36 AM
In the 1980s Robert Oppenheimer, a professor at KU, conducted oral history interviews with Hispanic residents of Garden City. We are starting a series that will share three, translated and annotated by faculty and students at FHSU. The first in the series was with Gregorio Mujica in 1981.
The opening article in our forthcoming issue details how Eli Thayer envisioned New Englanders’ role in stopping slavery’s expansion. His New England Emigrant Aid Company believed that free-labor settlements in the West could stop slavery’s expansion, evangelize the nation, and also make a profit.
January 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The opening article in our forthcoming issue details how Eli Thayer envisioned New Englanders’ role in stopping slavery’s expansion. His New England Emigrant Aid Company believed that free-labor settlements in the West could stop slavery’s expansion, evangelize the nation, and also make a profit.
✨COVER REVEAL✨ Our Winter 2024-25 issue includes an article about the New England Emigrant Aid Company by Courtney Buchkoski. So, our cover depicts the Goodnow House, home of Isaac and Ellen Goodnow in Manhattan! It is now part of the Riley County Historical Museum. #kansashistory
January 18, 2025 at 1:53 AM
✨COVER REVEAL✨ Our Winter 2024-25 issue includes an article about the New England Emigrant Aid Company by Courtney Buchkoski. So, our cover depicts the Goodnow House, home of Isaac and Ellen Goodnow in Manhattan! It is now part of the Riley County Historical Museum. #kansashistory
Our Winter 2024-25 issue is in press! In 1887, the Kansas legislature revised the age of consent to sex for girls from ten years old to eighteen. Its passage came thanks to the WCTU, suffrage associations, labor reformers, and Populists. Kansas’s revision—one of the first—provided a jump start.
January 17, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Our Winter 2024-25 issue is in press! In 1887, the Kansas legislature revised the age of consent to sex for girls from ten years old to eighteen. Its passage came thanks to the WCTU, suffrage associations, labor reformers, and Populists. Kansas’s revision—one of the first—provided a jump start.
Working on a Kansas history project? Visit our online editorial policies to learn more. www.kshs.org/p/kansas-his.... #kansashistory
December 21, 2024 at 1:52 AM
Working on a Kansas history project? Visit our online editorial policies to learn more. www.kshs.org/p/kansas-his.... #kansashistory
Our Autumn 2024 issue also includes Bernard Harris’s research uncovering the story of vocational training programs at Western University during World War I. This was the only historical Black college or university (HBCU) in Kansas. We can’t wait for you to read it! #kansashistory
November 24, 2024 at 2:37 AM
Our Autumn 2024 issue also includes Bernard Harris’s research uncovering the story of vocational training programs at Western University during World War I. This was the only historical Black college or university (HBCU) in Kansas. We can’t wait for you to read it! #kansashistory
In this issue, we continue our reprint series with “The Political Roots of City Managers in Kansas,” originally published by Ed Flentje in 1984. The author himself contributed to the new foreword along with an expert on urban Kansas (and our book review editor), Chase Billingham. 👏🏼 #kansashistory
November 21, 2024 at 1:09 AM
In this issue, we continue our reprint series with “The Political Roots of City Managers in Kansas,” originally published by Ed Flentje in 1984. The author himself contributed to the new foreword along with an expert on urban Kansas (and our book review editor), Chase Billingham. 👏🏼 #kansashistory
Our Autumn 2024 issue is heading your way soon! The first article, by Abi Scott, examines the fascinating history of the Catholic sisters who ministered to the Potawatomi after their forced removal to Kansas. If you’ve ever driven through St. Mary’s and been curious about the town, this is for you!
November 20, 2024 at 12:36 AM
Our Autumn 2024 issue is heading your way soon! The first article, by Abi Scott, examines the fascinating history of the Catholic sisters who ministered to the Potawatomi after their forced removal to Kansas. If you’ve ever driven through St. Mary’s and been curious about the town, this is for you!
✨COMING SOON!✨
Our Autumn issue is on its way to our subscribers!
Our Autumn issue is on its way to our subscribers!
November 19, 2024 at 4:20 AM
✨COMING SOON!✨
Our Autumn issue is on its way to our subscribers!
Our Autumn issue is on its way to our subscribers!
We always welcome submissions of academic articles on Kansas history and culture. Visit www.kshs.org/p/kansas-his... for the full details. #kansashistory
March 10, 2024 at 1:26 AM
We always welcome submissions of academic articles on Kansas history and culture. Visit www.kshs.org/p/kansas-his... for the full details. #kansashistory
The year 1941 marked the 400th anniversary of Francisco Coronado's expedition through the American Southwest and his brief sojourn into Kansas in search of Quivira. Find out more about this "cuarto centennial" celebration in this fascinating article by Marilyn Irvin Holt.
February 15, 2024 at 11:29 PM
The year 1941 marked the 400th anniversary of Francisco Coronado's expedition through the American Southwest and his brief sojourn into Kansas in search of Quivira. Find out more about this "cuarto centennial" celebration in this fascinating article by Marilyn Irvin Holt.
Our Winter 2023-24 issue should be hitting your mailboxes next week! The issue begins with the story of how women in late-nineteenth-century Kansas encountered (and fended off!) unwanted male attention. The author, Isaias McCaffery, is a professor at Independence Community College. #kansashistory
February 15, 2024 at 2:56 AM
Our Winter 2023-24 issue should be hitting your mailboxes next week! The issue begins with the story of how women in late-nineteenth-century Kansas encountered (and fended off!) unwanted male attention. The author, Isaias McCaffery, is a professor at Independence Community College. #kansashistory
Check out the abstracts for the three articles in our forthcoming Winter 2023-24 issue at www.kshs.org/p/kansas-his.... It also includes book reviews and book notes, as usual. Our Winter issue always includes an index and errata for the entire volume as well.
January 16, 2024 at 3:40 AM
Check out the abstracts for the three articles in our forthcoming Winter 2023-24 issue at www.kshs.org/p/kansas-his.... It also includes book reviews and book notes, as usual. Our Winter issue always includes an index and errata for the entire volume as well.