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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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…
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…
Remembering Cathy: A thank you from us all
Blog by Dr. MJ Morgan Research & Curriculum Director, Chapman Center for Rural Studies Cathy Haney, enthusiastic curator and historian at Clay County Museum, left us June 21, 2016. She was spearheading a massive effort to move the museum from its location in an old hospital to a newly-acquired building downtown. Cathy, we will miss you…
“On the Brink of Medical Change…” Lost Kansas Communities Student Returns to Serve
Blog by Emmalee Laidacker 2015-2016 Chapman Center Intern Each year, thousands of students graduate from K-State and move to bigger and better things outside Manhattan. However, one former student of Dr. Morgan’s Lost Kansas Communities class is doing bigger and better things after moving back to town. Dr. Taylor Funke, who recently began working at a…
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…
Straight to Video: Meet our Chapman Center undergraduate researchers
Chapman Center for Rural Studies undergraduate students and researchers Make History come to life! Check out this video/slide show of who we are, what we do and why; and where we are headed. Click here for the Spring 2016 Video (or you can click on the photo below)! Wondering what new Lost Kansas Communities have been added…
Spring Break in Western Kansas with Friends
While K-State students searched for their Spring Break refreshment, the Chapman Center’s Executive Director, Bonnie Lynn-Sherow, and KSU’s Kansas History Professor, Jim Sherow, headed west to forge new connections on behalf of Chapman Center for Rural Studies’ research. Our goal is to have at least one researched place name per Kansas county in the Chapman Center’s digital archive. While the archived student work continues to grow…
Student Determination Opens Doors in Research
By Emmalee Laidacker, Chapman Center for Rural Studies Intern Each semester, Dr. Morgan’s Lost Kansas Communities class researches and writes a study of lost Kansas towns in order to preserve each community’s memory. One recent student, Rachel Tucker, chose the Pearl Opera House, located in Alta Vista, as the subject of her study. Built in 1904 by a…
The Rural Telegraph 