by Sam Smith | Jun 25, 2020 | Kansan Portraits
Cut paper illustration by Lauren Fitzgerald Langston Hughes Birth: Feb. 1, 1902 Death: May 22, 1967 Poet, social activist, novelist and playwright, leader of the Harlem Renaissance His words spoke to the human heart. And although he wrote of the African... 
by Sam Smith | May 29, 2020 | Kansan Portraits
Louise Caldwell Murdock Birth-1857 Death-1915 Interior Designer, Co-founder of Twentieth Century Club Louise Caldwell Murdock provided the seed money to start the Wichita Art Museum. When it opened in 1915, the Wichita Carnegie Library was considered a temple... 
by Sam Smith | May 29, 2020 | News
Photo credit: Leadership Teaching Sketchpad In the last eight weeks, the Kansas Leadership Center (KLC) has facilitated over 120 hours of online learning in English and Spanish. We reached more than 2300 people in Zoom and Facebook Live events. We taught free... 
by Sam Smith | Apr 21, 2020 | Kansan Portraits
Samuel Jay Crumbine Birth-Sept. 17, 1862 Death-July 12, 1954 Public Health Pioneer This frontier doctor from Dodge City started a grassroots movement in Kansas that soon spread around the world. He took a stand against germs and encouraged Kansans to use more soap....
