Topics in Kansas History: Cultural & Ethnic Groups

European Americans

Find resources on European American history in Kansas.

• Bobbin Lace Making (Czech family heritage)
• Button Box Accordion
• Jewish Farming Communities
• Kraslice (Czech Egg Decorating)
• Swedish Crown Making
• Tatting

Letters, documents, objects, and photographs

• From Far Away Russia: Russian-Germans in Kansas
  (an online exhibit)
• German P.O.W. carvings
• Irish immigrant's violin
• Swedish American folk art carvings

Bibliographies, finding aids, and guides to the collections

• English Americans Bibliography
• German and German-Russian Americans Bibliography
• Scandinavian Americans Bibliography
• Welsh Americans Bibliography

Kansas Heritage, our popular history magazine

• "Say Yule Dance With Me,", Winter 2002

Kansas Interpretive Traveling Exhibit Service (KITES)

• From Far Away Russia: Russian Germans in Kansas

Kansas Kaleidoscope, our children's magazine

• Kansas Celebrates All Year Long!, October/November 1999
• A Moving Experience: Immigration to Kansas, October/November 2001

Teaching Materials

• Classroom Materials: Cultural & Ethnic Groups
• Field Trips: Cultural & Ethnic Groups