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'''Holidays:'''<ref name="Holiday">[http://www.wichita.lib.ks.us/Library/Holiday.htm Holiday Closings] at ''Wichita Public Library'' (accessed 14 April 2014).</ref> | '''Holidays:'''<ref name="Holiday">[http://www.wichita.lib.ks.us/Library/Holiday.htm Holiday Closings] at ''Wichita Public Library'' (accessed 14 April 2014).</ref> | ||
:Closed holidays, please check our [http://www.wichita.lib.ks.us/Library/Holiday.htm calendar]. | :Closed holidays, please check our [http://www.wichita.lib.ks.us/Library/Holiday.htm calendar].<br> | ||
'''Directions, and public transportation:'''<ref name="Central" /><br> | |||
*From US 400 / US 54 / Kellogg Avenue take the Central Business District exit. Turn north onto South Main Street. The library is located on the left next to Century II Convention Center. | *From US 400 / US 54 / Kellogg Avenue take the Central Business District exit. Turn north onto South Main Street. The library is located on the left next to Century II Convention Center. | ||
*Public transportation is available through Wichita Transit. All bus routes return to Downtown Transit Center. From Downtown Transit Center, head south on Topeka or Emporia to English (next street) and then walk west 3-4 blocks on English. NOTE: Requires walking and service is limited. <br> | *Public transportation is available through Wichita Transit. All bus routes return to Downtown Transit Center. From Downtown Transit Center, head south on Topeka or Emporia to English (next street) and then walk west 3-4 blocks on English. NOTE: Requires walking and service is limited. <br> | ||
*No entrance fee, but parking lots are metered. The short-term Library Parking Lot on the south side of the library is 25 cents for one hour maximum. The larger Public Parking Lot further south is 25 cents for two hours with ten hours maximum.<br> | *No entrance fee, but parking lots are metered. The short-term Library Parking Lot on the south side of the library is 25 cents for one hour maximum. The larger Public Parking Lot further south is 25 cents for two hours with ten hours maximum.<br><br> | ||
'''Internet sites and databases:''' | |||
*[http://www.wichita.lib.ks.us/ Wichita Public Library]is the main web page for the library. | *[http://www.wichita.lib.ks.us/ Wichita Public Library]is the main web page for the library. | ||
*[http://www.wichitalibrary.org/Services/LocalHistory Local History and Genealogy] events, local history resources, and genealogy resources. | |||
*{{WC}}[http://catalog.wichita.lib.ks.us/polaris/Search/default.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.4 WPL online catalog] allows Keyword, Title, Author, Subject, and ISBN/ISSN searches, and in [http://www.worldcat.org/ WorldCat].<br> | *{{WC}}[http://catalog.wichita.lib.ks.us/polaris/Search/default.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.4 WPL online catalog] allows Keyword, Title, Author, Subject, and ISBN/ISSN searches, and in [http://www.worldcat.org/ WorldCat].<br> | ||
*[http://www.wichita.lib.ks.us/Researchers/ElectronicResources.htm Online Reference Sources] contains a listing of the library's databases.<br> | *[http://www.wichita.lib.ks.us/Researchers/ElectronicResources.htm Online Reference Sources] contains a listing of the library's databases.<br> | ||
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=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
The '''Kansas and Local History''' collection has many genealogies. Their emphasis is mostly books, periodicals, and special publications for southeast Kansas, and corners of Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.<ref name="DB47">William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 47. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> | The '''Kansas and Local History''' collection has many genealogies. Their emphasis is mostly books, periodicals, and special publications for southeast Kansas, and corners of Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.<ref name="DB47">William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 47. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> | ||
The Wulfmeyer Genealogy Center contains over 25,000 genealogy books and magazines covering Kansas, the Great Plains, the Midwest, the South, and the Colonial States. There is a large Native American collection, mainly covering the Great Plains tribes, and a large military collection with over 1,600 volumes on the Civil War. Other major collections include: Dawes Rolls Applications, Draper Manuscripts, Germans to America, Italians to America, and the Barbour Collection. Over 15,000 rolls of microfilm cover the city's major newspapers, the Wichita Eagle and the Wichita Beacon, along with state and federal census.<br> | The Wulfmeyer Genealogy Center contains over 25,000 genealogy books and magazines covering Kansas, the Great Plains, the Midwest, the South, and the Colonial States. There is a large Native American collection, mainly covering the Great Plains tribes, and a large military collection with over 1,600 volumes on the Civil War. Other major collections include: Dawes Rolls Applications, Draper Manuscripts, Germans to America, Italians to America, and the Barbour Collection. Over 15,000 rolls of microfilm cover the city's major newspapers, the Wichita Eagle and the Wichita Beacon, along with state and federal census.<br> | ||
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