Red Rocks - William Allen White Community Partnership

Specific Need

This year we will be honoring Barbara White Walker, who died in March. Barbara was the daughter of William Lindsay and Kathrine White, and the granddaughter of William Allen and Sallie White. It was Barbara who gifted Red Rocks to the citizens of Kansas in 2001. Match Day funds received this year will be used to repaint/update the Visitors Center, inside and outside. We also have plans to create a nice patio between the Visitors Center and the Mother's House, complete with picnic tables and an awning. And, we are still raising funds to renovate White's mother's house across the garden from Red Rocks, with the hope of someday turning it into a state-of-the-art Education Center.

Mission

The mission of the William Allen White Community Partnership, Inc., is to promote and support the history of the William Allen White family.  William Allen White was the owner/editor of the Emporia Gazette and was a Pulitzer-prize winning author.  At his home, "Red Rocks," White hosted many influential visitors, including 5 U.S. Presidents.

Profile

The William Allen White Community Partnership, Inc., is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote and suppot the history of the William Allen White family through preservation, interpretation, and operation of the Red Rocks State Historic Site. Activities of the corporation include providing fund raising, grant writing, site administration, volunteer services, advocacy, and public relations; and advising the Kansas State Historical Society on these activites.