Park University's Program of History

09/28/2025

Washington C.M.E. Church

A historic Black church in Parkville is nearing the completion of a major restoration project that saved it from potential closure.

06/04/2025

Christian LeBlanc fall ‘25, a history major, has accepted the position of Museum Administrator at the Fifth Maine Regiment Museum, a small museum on Peaks Island, Me. The museum was built in 1888 by the veterans of the regiment following the Civil War as a place to connect with fellow veterans and work through their post-war issues (PTSD). LeBlanc will be responsible for visitor engagement, membership, strategic planning, and general logistics. He is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps.

03/06/2025

Congratulations to Stuart Paulsen, ’23 who has been accepted to the University of Chicago’s graduate program of history starting in fall 2025. He also was awarded the Compass Research Scholarship at the University of Chicago.

Paulsen, as an undergraduate student in Park University’s Program of History, spent over a year organizing archival collections related to buildings that currently or have graced the grounds of Park University's flagship Parkville (Mo.) Campus. The project assisted the associate archivist in writing and digitizing the narratives related to these buildings to be included in the Park Encyclopedia. In addition to his archival duties, he was a staff member at the George S. Robb Centre for the Study of the Great War where he researched minority servicemembers for the Valor Medals Review Project authorized by the U.S. Congress in S.1218, H.R.2249. World War I Valor Medals Review Act in 2017. Paulsen is a resident of Kansas City, Kan.

09/30/2024

POSTPONED: Due to technical issues, the Frances Fishburn Archives and Special Collections presentation scheduled for tomorrow evening (1 October) has been postponed.

The entire staff has spent hours preparing for the presentation and we promise to bring you in the near future the presentation.

Tim Westcott, Ph.D.
Associate University Archivist
Park University

09/29/2024

“Sojourners to Mission Disrupted by Internment”

The Frances Fishburn Archives and Special Collections at Park University will be hosting a free, virtual presentation to commemorate National Archives and National Mission Month.

The Japanese military, within hours of the attack on Pearl Harbor, invaded the American territory of the Philippines and by early May 1942, captured the island. On Jan. 2, 1942, Japanese forces entered
Manila and began interning foreigners, including 3,200 Americans at the University of Santo Tomas Internment Camp. By May 1943, due to overcrowding, internees, including 1,527 Americans, were transferred to a new facility named Los Banos. The transferred Americans included Park alumni Rev. Allen T. and Alice (Knight) Bassett; Rev. Herbert Blair; Rev. Roy and Nellie (Po***ck) Brown; Dr. James and Ethel (Robinson) Chapman; and Rev. H. Hugh Bousman. In late February 1945, led by U.S. Army Airborne and Filipino guerrilla forces, the Los Banos camp was liberated. Unfortunately, not all of the Park alumni survived. Join the presentation to learn more about these horrific stories of survival.

Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024
7:30-8:30 p.m. (Central Time)

08/13/2024

The fall-winter 2024 edition of The Archives Magazine

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06/13/2024

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/12/science/ancient-dna-maya-child-sacrifices-scn/index.html

A new analysis of ancient DNA from the ancient Maya city of Chichén Itzá in Mexico challenges long-held misconceptions about the victims of ritual sacrifice.

05/29/2024

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/29/world/ancient-egyptian-skull-cancer-treatment-scn/index.html

In a skull marred with bone damage from multiple tumors, archaeologists have found never-before-seen evidence from ancient Egypt of surgical intervention for cancer.

03/29/2024

"Credit Where Credit Is Overdue" presentation at the Kansas City Public Library--Plaza Branch.

Timothy Westcott, Damon Grosvenor, and Martin Roberson of Park University’s George S. Robb Centre for the Study of the Great War discuss their research into African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, Jewish American, and Native American service members during World War I who may have bee...

03/08/2024

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02/05/2024

The latest edition of the Park Stylus

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08/01/2023

I'm excited to announce the publication of our first edition of The Archives magazine. The magazine shall be published quarterly.

An official publication of Park University's Frances Fishburn Archives and Special Collections