What's New

New Collection! Kansas School for the Deaf historic photos

February 2008

• Updated History mystery page
• Created articles page.
• Completed the Johnson County Aerial photograph collection

January 2008

• Created Aerial photographs page
• Began adding aerial photographs from Johnson County Museum
• Created collection page for Kansas School for the Deaf and others.
• Added 260+ photos from Overland Park Historical Society.
• Created page for the Shawnee Indian Mission Library

December 2007

• Unveiled Kansas School for the Deaf collection
• Updated History Mystery page
• Edited Students and Teachers page layout and included link to homework assistance email.
• Added catalog links to community history bibliographies

November, 2007

• Created an awards page
• Added more links to local history museums page, research institutions page, and online collections page.
• Updated calendar of events

October, 2007

• Added new pages under "Research tools." In addition to bibliographies, this section now includes links to online collections, Local research institutions, and local history museums.
• Updated calendar of events
• Updated History Mystery
• Created new collections page and linked to 'browse' headings on navigation menus.

June, 2007

• Collection of 1860 Survey Maps of Johnson County made accessible.
• New user feedback incorporated into photograph collections
• Calendar of Events updated

May, 2007

• New user feedback incorporated into photograph collections
• Calendar of Events updated

April, 2007

• New user feedback incorporated into photograph collections
• Calendar of Events updated

March, 2007

• New user feedback incorporated into photograph collections
• Calendar of Events updated

February, 2007

• New user feedback incorporated into photograph collections
• Calendar of Events updated

January, 2007

• New user feedback incorporated into photograph collections
• Calendar of Events updated to include events related to the sesquicentennial celebrations of Gardner and Spring Hill and the centennial celebration of Lenexa

December, 2006

• National and Kansas standards updated on Curriculum Guides
• New user feedback incorporated into photograph collections
• Calendar of Events updated

November, 2006

• New user feedback incorporated into photograph collections
• Calendar of Events updated

October, 2006

• Site launches - features nearly 15,000 historic images, over 80 historic maps from three atlases, hundreds of scholarly essays, a timeline, an obituary database, and a "History Mystery" feature which allows users to help identify photographs will little or no identification information
• User feedback incorporated into photograph collections
• Links to user surveys added to appropriate pages
• Order form added to Obituary Index
• History Mystery feature pictures changed

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