The Topeka Room has the full set of Shawnee County Historical Society Bulletins from 1946 to the present. An index of the bulletins is available here.... ...

The Topeka Room maintains files on the history of Topeka and Shawnee County. A list of vertical file subject headings is available here.

These files include newspaper clippings, photographs,...

The Topeka Room has a collection of Garlinghouse Home Plan catalogs and blueprints that cover a range of home styles from bungalows to colonials to "kamp kabins". Garlinghouse was founded in Topeka...

The Topeka Room has Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps dating from 1913-1955. Earlier editions are available online with a Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library card here.

These large-scale maps may...

The Topeka Room has an extensive collection of Topeka city directories dating from 1870 to the present. These directories can be helpful in establishing the year a house was built, as well as the...