Written by Hannah Palsa Chapman Center Scholar Student Curatorial Assistant – Beach Museum of Art “Oh, Cricket’s the name. Jiminy Cricket,” chirped the suave cricket in the Walt Disney Productions’ 1940 adaptation of Pinocchio. The sharp dressed cricket acted as Pinocchio’s conscience throughout the film, and sang the well-known Disney classic, “When You Wish Upon…
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Tin Elephants Bring Lots of Joy
Written by Hannah PalsaChapman Center ScholarStudent Curatorial Assistant – Beach Museum of Art On November 10, 2023, Chapman Center for Rural Studies Director Dr. Mary Kohn, office manager Kim Wescott, and graduate student assistants Hannah Palsa and Holly Hill traveled to Concordia, Kansas to visit the National Orphan Train Complex. The Chapman Center agreed to…
Seek Special: Behind the Scenes with the Chapman Center for Rural Studies
Malorie SougeyCommunications and Events CoordinatorKansas State University, College of Arts & Sciences The Chapman Center for Rural studies is a thriving center of excellence in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kansas State University. With a focus on strengthening rural communities and advancing student learning, the Chapman Center’s faculty, staff, and students produce high-quality…
Film Analysis: Rural Representations in “Capote”
“It’s the hardest when someone has a notion about you and it’s impossible to convince them otherwise.” These words are spoken by Philip Seymour Hoffman, as famed author Truman Capote, in the 2005 film Capote. Though Capote is the author of several well-known works—the novella Breakfast at Tiffany’s and the short story “A Christmas Memory”—arguably…
Interview: Cady, Kansas Writer and Visual Artist
In the Chapman Center for Rural Studies, we strive to highlight work from writers and/or creators that showcases rural Kansas communities. Please enjoy our interview with Cady, a writer and visual artist whose work is inspired in part by their experience growing up in rural Kansas. In the following interview, Cady discusses their rural origins,…
Brad & Lin’s Excellent Adventure
“What is past is prologue.” – William Shakespeare Located on the northeast corner of the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C., sits the sculpture, “Future,” with Shakespeare’s words inscribed on its foundation. This fall, Chapman Center for Rural Studies (CCRS) Editorial Assistant, Brad Galka, and CCRS Intern, Bo Lin, worked together to plan a research trip to…
Welcome Fall 2016 Interns!
Meet the Chapman Center for Rural Studies’ three new interns: Brandon, Bo, and Mallory. They have joined the Center while we usher in the “Going Home: Hidden Histories of the Flint Hills” exhibit. Each have helped prepare thematic and town displays, clean artifacts, and keep the coffee flowing! Brandon Williams I am a sophomore history major; I…
New Video Trailers: “Going Home” Exhibit, September 24, 2016 – January 8, 2017
Laura Ingalls Wilder once said, “Home is the nicest word there is.” What if your home or hometown no longer stands? The Chapman Center for Rural Studies will host “Going Home: Hidden Histories of the Flint Hills,” an exhibit at the Flint Hills Discovery Center, starting September 24. You are invited to explore the histories…
Chapman Center Intern and 2016 Graduate, Anthony Porter, Leaves Written Legacy
by Dr. MJ Morgan, Research Director, Chapman Center for Rural Studies Chapman Center for Rural Studies intern, Anthony Porter, a 2016 K-State graduate, Bachelor of Arts (BA) in history, left a written legacy of his time with us. Anthony’s study of the vanished community of Magic, Riley County, Kansas, appears in the May issue of Kansas…
Passion for History Evident in Smallpox Research
By Emmalee Laidacker, Intern Every semester, students in Dr. Morgan’s Lost Kansas Communities class research a local history topic that interests him or her. Students then write an in-depth essay detailing the results of their semester-long research. For her project, “The End of an Old Enemy: Smallpox in Clay County from 1900-1925,” Shannon Nolan discusses…
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