Kansas City Museum to house Hispanic history

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Visitors to Kansas City museums can easily find exhibits about Anglo, Native American and African-American contributions to the metro region.

But there's been a major gap in documenting the history of Latino residents, even though it stretches back hundreds of years.

Kansas City Museum officials have begun an effort to collect artifacts and documents from Latino history for its collections. The first important step was announced this week, when the museum received the entire 30-year archives of the Dos Mundos bilingual newspaper, according to The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/pUN0a7 ).

"We're incredibly honored to be identified as the repository of this material," said Christopher Leitch, director of the Kansas City Museum. "It's a real obligation. It's really humbling."...