By Chad King

Greetings! My name is Chad King and I am a graduate student in the Department of History. I have received my B.A. and M.A. in political science here at UMKC, and I have since decided that a career in history is my true calling. I study American political and legal history and how politics and law have changed our society. My focus centers on the American presidency and the federal judicial system. My interest in the presidency led me to work at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas in 2013, and I have just stated an internship at the Harry S. Truman Presidential library in their archives division for the fall semester.

I will be working on quite a few projects that I find very exciting. I will be working with the photograph collections and creating digital files that will soon be available for the public to access online, and I will also be working with the Truman Map Room collection in preparation for and exhibit to be showcased next year. This will be a very exciting and rewarding experience for me, and look forward to sharing more in the coming days.

You can see more about the library and upcoming events here: http://www.trumanlibrary.org/