William Allen White Community Partnership, Inc.

Amy Bickel of Hutchinson and Kathy Hanks of Virginia jointly present this profile of William Allen White’s granddaughter, Barbara White Walker, from her London Blitz adoption in 1940, to her…

Beverley Buller of Newton & Derrick Doty of Manhattan jointly present this program on the W. A. White family's love of music. Beverley Buller will highlight a new artifact on…

Christine Steinkuehler of Topeka presents this program on philanthropist Carnegie who funded public libraries across the Midwest. Emporia has two Carnegie libraries, one of which is an academic library on…

Christopher Lovett of Topeka presents this program on the Nazi influence in America, both publicly and covertly in the lead-up to WWII. While Editor White was chairing the Committee to…

Lynda Schreck of Emporia presents this profile on native-Emporia “gold digger,” Isabel Graham. Using a nom de plume, Belle Livingstone was a show girl, a courtesan of the European rich and royal, and later, a high-end NYC speakeasy hostess who served a short sentence in the Harlem Prison for Women. Her adoptive father was the…

An Emporia Main Street panel presents its program of work to promote Emporia and build greater vitality in the historic downtown district today. William Allen White worked to boost Emporia…

Join us on the porch of Red Rocks to learn about the planned redevelopment of the Emporia Gazette Building. William Allen White built his newspaper building in 1900. It was the family newspaper headquarters for over 120 years until digital technology changed the need for space.

Barbara Fowler of Emporia presents a historical portrayal of Mrs. William Allen White, Sallie Moss Lindsay White, 1869 –1950. Join us on the porch of Red Rocks, Mrs. White’s summer…

Kevin Rabas of Emporia, recent Kansas Poet Laureate, facilitates this popular poetry sharing event. Local poets read recent works along with a featured guest poet to be announced. William Allen…

ESU Special Collections and Archives and the William Allen White Community Partnership, Inc. invite the campus and community to “William Allen White and the KKK in Kansas,” a program presented…