Timothy O’Sullivan
Photographer Timothy O’Sullivan (first image), born c. 1840, died on January 14, 1874. He began his career as an apprentice in Matthew Brady’s New York City studio in the late 1850s, and later worked for Alexander Gardner in the 1860s, traveling with the Union army to...Fossil exhibit opening Monday will spotlight Kansas City’s (paleo) beachfront past
Paleo Kansas City, the Linda Hall Library’s newest exhibition, features fossils on loan courtesy of Richard Gentile, professor emeritus of geosciences at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and curator of UMKC’s Richard L. Sutton Jr. Museum of Geosciences.
An age-old fascination may yet get us to Mars
Steve Stich, Director of Exploration Integration and Science at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, toured the Linda Hall Library History of Science Center on Thursday, May 14, prior to his lecture that evening in the Main Reading Room…
May the Fourth Be With You: Library Honors Greater Kansas City Science and Engineering Fair winners; Recognizes Shipman Award Winner
Star Wars was the theme at Monday evenings event honoring the group of students with outstanding Science Fair projects…