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Irene-and-Leo Celebrating the life of Irene Elizabeth Chapman April 27, 1918-February 4, 2013 of Broughton, Kansas. Irene Chapman was the inspiration for Mark Chapman’s interest in recording the history of Broughton, Kansas, which is now a book Broughton Kansas: Portrait of a Lost Town 1869-1966.Read more here.

BROUGHTON PRIZE WINNER!

Hochfeld We are proud to announce that the second annual Broughton Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Regional Kansas History is awarded to Samuel W. Lehrman, senior in social studies, secondary education, for his paper, "An Old Home in a New Place, Hochfeld, Marion County, Kansas, 1874 - 2012." This careful and original study of Mennonite land use in Menno Township analyzes the agrarian hearth culture that traveled with Mennonite settlers from their southern Russian/West Prussian village of Molotschna. Mennonite settlers created a network of nine villages that formed the Alexanderwohl Church Community. This excellent essay is now posted in our Lost Towns archive. Congratulations, Sam!

Saturday morning, March 30, five interns and former interns met to clean, organize, and preserve the photos, documents, and artifacts collected from Max Miller’s cabin last fall. In a bequest to Beach Museum of Art, Mr. Miller left an extraordinary personal collection of memorabilia, historic photos, personal photographs, and artifacts from his long life. Read full story here.

Want to learn about co-ops in Kansas? So do we! Meet our new CHS interns!

Two K-State historians, Jim Sherow & Chapman Center Director Bonnie Lynn-Sherow, are the authors of one of the 10 essays in a commemorative portfolio that will be given to attendees of the inauguration lunch in Washington, DC. Read full story here.

Applications for Graduate Editorial Assistantships for Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains are now being accepted for 2013-14!

logo The Chapman Center for Rural Studies is an undergraduate research-based center that provides hands-on experience in doing the real work of historians. We are located in 109-112 Leasure Hall in the heart of the Manhattan, Kansas, campus.

The summer office hours are Mondays 9:30-4:30, Tuesdays 9:30-3:30, and Wednesdays are 9:30-4:30. Our main office number is 785-532-0380.

An important ongoing project of the Center is the Lost Town Digital Archive.

For more information, e-mail us at chapmancenter@ksu.edu or contact the director, Professor Bonnie Lynn-Sherow, at blynn@ksu.edu or 785-532-0380.