One year before the United States granted women the right to vote, the Sisters of St. Joseph broke ground on the construction of the first all-women's college in Kansas. Escalating construction costs put the school's future in jeopardy until Mother Antoinette took her plea for additional funds to Pope Benedict XV himself. Dubbed the "Million-Dollar College," the hilltop campus overlooking the Smoky Hill River finally opened its doors in 1922. The...

Presents illustrated history of Salina since 1858.

"This is the story of one family of former slaves and Free People of Color who left the South after the Civil War to settle in the Midwest. Not much has been written about such ordinary families of African Americans who struggled in an extraordinary era to overcome obstacles that challenged their values and efforts to succeed. The attitudes and practices which influenced this family's actions, however, are not uncommon to other cultures. Indeed, the...