Red Rocks State Historic Site (William Allen White House)

William Allen White Community Partnership, Inc., invites you to White Christmas at Red Rocks, an afternoon of music, refreshments and seasonal fun.

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 White’s first book published in 1893 was of poetry. Join us on the porch of Red Rocks to listen and/or share.

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 living room.

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.

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 beginning in 1895. This is a chance to ask questions and learn more about the Main Street organization. Join us on the porch of Red…

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…

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 Defend America by Aiding the Allies, the German American Bund, spy rings, and congressional influencers where everywhere in America. Join us on the porch of…

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 the former College of Emporia campus. Editor White served as a college trustee for many years. Join us on the porch of Red Rocks.

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 exhibit, Mary White's mandolin, and other aspects of the family appreciation for music. Derrick Doty will speak about the history of the instrument and play…

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 editing THE EMPORIA GAZETTE family newspaper in Kansas. Mrs. Walker, who gave the historic Red Rocks family home and contents to the citizens of Kansas,…