22Titles
Explore publications and collections from the past.
Community History Archive Partner
Wamego Public Library
Wamego, Kansas
Explore this community history collection to discover the people, places, organizations, and events of Wamego.
1867 to 2025Dates represented
See individual titles for available dates.
262,720Archive pages
Historical pages reported for this collection.
Explore local history
Discover the people, places, and stories of Wamego, Kansas.
Explore the past of Wamego, Kansas through newspapers as well as yearbooks and annuals in the Wamego Public Library's digital archive. Its twenty-two titles include material from 1867 to 2025.
Opens in a new tab.
-
Selected titles
Examples from Wamego Public Library’s collection include “Census” and “Yearbook”.
-
Free and open access
No subscription or payment required.
-
Different views of the past
Yearbooks and annuals bring together the people and activities their editors chose to remember, offering a view of life within a particular year. An earlier generation comes into view through the stories its newspapers chose to report, placing familiar names and events within the concerns of their time.
Reporting from the time can reveal how people described the events, work and concerns of their day, placing a local story within the history unfolding around it. Whether you are tracing a family connection, exploring a local event or sharing history with a class, there is more to discover than names and dates alone. Explore the archive online for free, without a subscription.
Explore the collection
Titles in this collection
Browse twenty-two titles and 262,720 digitized pages, with material from 1867 to 2025. A partnership between Wamego Public Library and Advantage Archives makes this collection available. Some years or items may be missing between the dates shown.
Start with a detail you already know, then browse the titles below for another perspective on the people and places connected with this collection.
Census
4,194 pages from 1875 to 1885
County Atlas and Plat Book
3,088 pages from 1879 to 1928
Kansas Agriculturalist
32 pages in 1879
Kansas Agriculturist
25,974 pages from 1879 to 1909
Kansas Reporter
5,704 pages from 1870 to 1881
Kansas Reporter
978 pages from 1881 to 1882
Kansas Valley
188 pages from 1869 to 1870
Kansas Weekly Valley
8 pages in 1870
Louisville Lyre
5,992 pages from 1904 to 1911
Pottawatomie County Times
496 pages in 1893
Pottawatomie Gazette
1,210 pages from 1867 to 1879
St George News
16,650 pages from 1912 to 1942
Tribune Extra
16 pages in 1879
Wamego Blade
486 pages from 1876 to 1877
Wamego Reporter
45,242 pages from 1910 to 1958
Wamego Semi Weekly Tribune
218 pages in 1878
Wamego Times
122,238 pages from 1893 to 2016
Wamego Tribune
2,578 pages from 1877 to 1881
Wamego Weekly Times
6,318 pages from 1909 to 1917
Wamego Weekly Tribune
62 pages in 1879
Weekly Kansas Valley
304 pages from 1870 to 1871
Yearbook
20,744 pages from 1920 to 2025
Opens in a new tab.
About the Library
About Wamego Public Library
The Wamego Public Library has been serving the Wamego community with pride and dedication for many years. Located at 431 Lincoln, directly across from City Hall, the library offers an array of resources and services, including a diverse collection of books, DVDs, audiobooks, and newspapers for all ages. Free WiFi and public computers are available, and the library regularly hosts storytimes, book clubs, workshops, and special events for children, teens, families, and adults.
Library History
The History Of Wamego Public Library
Established with a mission to promote literacy and build community, the Wamego Public Library has grown into a dynamic and accessible space for learning and recreation. Over the years, it has expanded its collections and services to meet the changing needs of its patrons. The library continues to foster a love of reading and learning, offering modern amenities while honoring its rich history as a cornerstone of the Wamego community.
Local History
Did You Know?
Did you know that the Wamego Public Library offers a wide range of digital archives that allow you to explore local history dating back to 1867? The archives include historical newspapers, yearbooks, and county records, providing a fascinating glimpse into Wamego's past.
More ways to explore and share local history
Research Guidance
Look beyond a familiar name
For a school or community question about Wamego, note the year and section of a yearbook entry. Use the yearbooks and annuals shared by the Wamego Public Library to explore related names or activities, keeping each possible link separate until another reference supports it. The material can preserve everyday school life alongside milestone events, but its selection is not a complete portrait of the community.
Where the available dates overlap, use a name, activity, or organization in a yearbook or annual as a starting point for a newspaper search. Compare the details carefully; a similar name is a lead to investigate, not an identification by itself.
Keep the title, date, page or item reference with each useful finding. Separate the words in a historical account from your interpretation, and note conflicting perspectives rather than choosing one too quickly. These notes help you connect a local story to its evidence and explain what remains uncertain.
Community Partnership
Keeping local history a community resource
This community archive is made possible by the collaboration of the Wamego Public Library, its community, and Advantage Archives. Together, these partnerships preserve local sources and give people a way to explore, learn from, and share the history around them.
Advantage Archives covers ongoing archive hosting, storage, development, and maintenance. The institution and its community do not pay a subscription, seat license, annual support contract, or other recurring archive-service charge. Local history remains a community resource, not a subscription to maintain.
Would you like to see more of your community's history preserved and accessible? Start a conversation with your library, newspaper publisher, historical or genealogical society, museum, or school about the materials they would like to share and a possible partnership with Advantage Archives.
Learn about partnerships
Stories, research tips, and archive news
Read All About It connects archive research with the people and institutions preserving local history. Explore partner and community stories, project updates, research ideas, and perspectives on digitization, education, and working with primary sources. Use the articles as a starting point for your next question or a new way to share a discovery.
May 7, 2025
Why Microfilm is still important in 2023
Preserving documents on microfilm has been a popular method of storage for many years, and it still holds many benefits today. Here…
Read article
May 7, 2025
Don’t Search For An Obituary By Only Searching For An “Obituary”
In the quest to trace our roots and understand our heritage, obituaries often serve as a crucial starting point. Obituaries are undoubtedly…
Read article
April 9, 2025
Unveiling the Hidden Mysteries: Exploring Cold Cases and Unconventional Clues
Even the most esteemed police forces in the county encounter perplexing cold case files. These unsolved mysteries often leave investigators and genealogists…
Read article
April 1, 2025
This Week in History: March 31st through April 6th
Discover History in The Community History Archives. This week in history, there is absolutely nothing to talk about… April Fools! April…
Read article
March 24, 2025
This Week in History: March 24th through March 30th
Discover History in The Community History Archives. It has officially been a year since I started writing This Week in History,…
Read article
March 18, 2025
It’s Your Community’s History, So Why Rent Something You Own?
We believe that history belongs to the communities where it was made - not locked behind paywalls or inaccessible due to budget restrictions. Subscription-based services and large content aggregators are generally more concerned with "content" and less concerned with the history that content contains. Their models typically involve a reoccurring charge for a plan that renews annually or licensing agreements with the library based on population served or circulation numbers. You are essentially Renting Access To YOUR History.
Read article