Families and businesses that last have hard-earned stories of how they survived and thrived. They’re stories of ingenuity, adaptability, risk-taking, service and persistence that draw on the past but deliver lessons today. But people understandably lack the time or expertise to get the specifics down. Learn how the process of producing a family or business history works. Learn how a writer and designer uses interviews, archives, photos and research to uncover themes, provide context and produce books and stories more comprehensive than even the family or business imagined.
Brian Whepley, a KU history and journalism graduate, spent 16 years with newspapers including The Wichita Eagle. Since forming Brian Whepley Communications in 2003, he has done writing, editing and design work for clients including Greteman Group, SAP Concur, Kansas Leadership Center and KU School of Medicine-Wichita. He has researched and written histories of McClelland Sound Co., the Cornejo family, Exline Inc. in Salina, Wichita YMCA, Farm Credit Bank of Wichita and the Kansas Turnpike.
