~ Kansas City, Kansas Public Library ~

Updated 12 September 2006.

Address: Main Library, 625 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, KS 66101

Directions: See the map at http://www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/locate.htm. There is a parking lot behind the library and one-hour parking in front of the library.

Hours: Mon.-Thurs., 8:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sun., 1-5 p.m.

World Wide Web: http://www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/

Phone: (913) 551-3280

Fax: (913) 279-2032

E-Mail: refinfo@kckpl.lib.ks.us  

Collection Scope: The library's genealogical materials deal primarily with Wyandotte County, Kansas, and Kansas City, Kansas.

Special Collections: The William E. Connelley Collection contains some genealogical information relating to the Wyandot Indians.

Library Catalog: www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/sirsi2.htm

Reference Services: The library staff will do limited research in response to phone, fax or e-mail requests. For example, they will check an indexed book for a specific name. Extended research costs $16.50 per hour.

Guides: For a description of the Kansas Collection, see www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/kscoll/kscoll2.htm.

Copies: Self-service photocopies are 10 cents per copy from books and microfilm.

Circulation: Some local history and genealogy sources in the general collection circulate, but books in the Kansas Collection cannot be checked out of the library.

Interlibrary Loan: Some local history and genealogy sources in the general collection may be available for interlibrary loan.

Thanks to Georgia Murphy, Kansas Collection Librarian, Kansas City, Kansas Public Library, for help in preparing this library profile.

© 2006 Rick Crume