Today in History–January 29–the Library of Congress features Kansas, which entered the Union as a free state on this day in 1861. Find out more by visiting the Today in History section, then follow the links below to learn more about the culture and history of the “Sunflower state” through the review of primary sources.
Kansas stories from America’s Library
Magazine articles related to Kansas
- “Kansas and Nebraska” Putnam’s Monthly Magazine of American Literature, Science and Art Volume 4, Issue 23, November 1854
- “Kanzas [sic] and Nebraska” The North American Review Volume 80, Issue 166, January 1855
- “War in Kansas” The United States Democratic Review Volume 37, Issue 5, May 1856
- “Buchanon on Kansas” New Englander and Yale Review Volume 15, Issue 60, November 1857
- “Kansas Congressional Record” The United States Democratic Review Volume 41, Issue 6, June 1858
- “Thomas Hughes’s Struggle for Kansas” The North American Review Volume 95, Issue 196, July 1862
- “The Kansas City Bridge” Manufacturer and Builder Volume 1, Issue 6, June 1869
- “The Kansas City Bridge” Manufacturer and Builder Volume 2, Issue 12, December 1870
- “Topeka, Kansas” The American Missionary Volume 39, Issue 5, May 1885
- “The Kansas City Review” Manufacturer and Builder Volume 18, Issue 3, March 1886
- “Kansas City, Missouri. What Makes Kansas City?” The North American Review Volume 160, Issue 460, March 1895
Pictorial Americana: Selected images of Kansas
More Kansas images
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