Mining Memories, a How To by Dr. MJ Morgan

Chapman Center Research Director MJ Morgan spoke Sunday afternoon, October 13, 2013, at the 50th Anniversary celebration of the Riley County Genealogical Society. Her talk, “Reliability in Oral History,” was based on at least forty interviews she and undergraduates did to collect material for our 2010 book, Portrait of a Lost Town: Broughton, Kansas:  1869-1966. The Riley County Genealogical Society’s History:…

2012 End of the Year Intern Meeting: Wrapping it all Up!

2012 was a busy year for the Chapman Center. On May 3rd we held our last Intern meeting and it was a bitter-sweet event. We noted all the accomplishments for the year and had to say good-bye to three graduating interns. Erin Strathe, Melissa Slagle and Katie Jones were surprised with a cake and treats…

Loss of Rural Grocery Stores Draws National Attention

This topic is near and dear to our hearts here at the Chapman Center. We would like to share the news that the CECD is hosting a Rural Grocery Summit on June 5-6, 2012 at Kansas State University. “The Center for Engagement and Community Development’s (CECD) director, David Procter traveled to Washington DC on December…

Angela Schnee ~ Fall 2011 Intern Biography

Angela Schnee is the mother of three great children. This semester is her second internship with the Chapman Center for Rural Studies and she is already planning on sticking around for a third semester with us!!  She is currently a junior here at KSU, majoring in geography and minoring in history. This semester she is…

Early Kansas Home Canning Research Project

Katie Goerl, Chapman Center Intern for fall, 2011, with early home canning equipment. Jars of canned green beans and apple butter pictured here were found on cellar shelves in Pottatwatomie County, dating probably from the late 1940s. According to intern research, the first zinc canning lids were devised around the Civil War era; the familiar…