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Farm Bureau News Commercial
Date: circa 1940s
A 16mm motion picture film promoting the Kansas Farm Bureau created by the Kansas Farm Bureau. There is no date, but it is estimated to be from the 1940s.
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Richard Waters Echoes from the Steel Rails interview
Date: 2021
In this video interview Richard Waters describes his early years growing up in North Topeka, Kansas, and telling of the games they played in his community. He started grade school…
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E.W. Houghton Echoes from the Steel Rails interview
Date: 2021
In this video interview, Edward Houghton describes his early years growing up on a farm ten miles northeast of Emporia, Kansas. Since his parents couldn’t afford to send him to…
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Joan Wagnon
Date: May 11, 2018
This oral history interview is being conducted under the sponsorship of the Kansas Oral History Project, Inc., a nonprofit corporation created for the purpose of establishing an archive of oral…
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Robert H. Miller
Date: November 9, 2017
This oral history interview is being conducted under the sponsorship of the Kansas Oral History Project, Inc., a nonprofit corporation created for the purpose of establishing an archive of oral…
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Marvin Barkis
Date: October 27, 2017
This oral history interview of Marvin W. Barkis, former speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives, is being conducted under the sponsorship of the Kansas Oral History Project, Inc., a…
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Wendell Lady
Date: December 15, 2017
An interview with Wendell Lady, a former speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives. Mr. Lady, from Overland Park and now retired, worked for Black & Veatch as a consulting…
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Fred Kerr
Date: April 13, 2018
An interview with Fred Kerr, a former majority leader of the Kansas Senate. He is from Pratt, Kansas, and farms in Pratt County. He is a graduate of Oklahoma State…
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Patrick Hurley
Date: March 23, 2018
An interview with Patrick Hurley, a former majority leader of the Kansas House of Representatives. He was first elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1974 and reelected twice…
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Donna Whiteman
Date: January 11, 2018
An interview with Donna Whiteman, a former majority leader of the Kansas House of Representatives. She was appointed to a vacant seat in the Kansas House of Representatives in 1983,…
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Ed Schwerdt Echoes from the Steel Rails interview
Date: 2018
In this video interview Ed Schwerdt describes his family leaving Russia to work for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, growing up in the “Little Russia” community in North…
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Kenneth C. Bauman Echoes from the Steel Rails interview
Date: 2019
In this video interview Kenneth C. Bauman describes early years growing up in Hamlin, Kansas, how he became interested in the telegraph and railroad communication, and the different positions he…
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Echoes from the Steel Rails: Richard Spain oral history
Date: 2019
In this video interview Richard Spain describes his upbringing in Oklahoma, his apprenticeship as a depot agent, and his experience working for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway as…
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Chicago World’s Fair paintings, Columbian Theater, Wamego, Kansas
Date: November 14, 1991
This video documents the restoration of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair paintings at the Columbian Theater in Wamego, Kansas. Wamego banker J. C. Rogers built the theater in 1895 and…
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The Columbian, Wamego, Kansas
Date: 1990s
In this video Clark Balderson advocates for the restoration of the Columbian Theater in Wamego, Kansas, and offers a financial model for funding the renovation. Wamego banker J. C. Rogers…
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Columbian Theater restoration project, Wamego, Kansas
Date: March 1990
This video documents the initial stages of renovation of the Columbian Theater in Wamego, Kansas, in the early 1990s. Wamego banker J. C. Rogers built the theater in 1895 and…
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Columbian Theater raw girder restoration, Wamego, Kansas
Date: 1990s
This video documents the raw girder restoration at the Columbian Theater in Wamego, Kansas. Wamego banker J. C. Rogers built the theater in 1895 and used it to celebrate and…
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Columbian Theater restoration, Wamego, Kansas
Date: 1990s
This video includes interviews with five investors in the renovation of the Columbian Theater in Wamego, Kansas. It also shows school children at a musical theater interpretive skit about Harriet…
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Columbian Theater Rogers Building, Wamego, Kansas
Date: 1990s
This video footage shows the Columbian Theater in Wamego, Kansas, at the early stages of its renovation in the early 1990s accompanied by instrumental piano music. Wamego banker J. C.…
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Columbian Theater paintings restoration, Wamego, Kansas
Date: 1990s
This video footage documents the restoration of paintings at the Columbian Theater in Wamego, Kansas, in the early 1990s. Wamego banker J. C. Rogers built the theater in 1895 and…
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Columbian Theater fundrasing proposal, Wamego, Kansas
Date: 1990s
In this video Clark Balderson of Wamego, Kansas, proposes the renovation of the historic Columbian Theater in Wamego and suggests a financial model for funding the renovation. Wamego banker J.…
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B roll Columbian Theater, Wamego, Kansas
Date: 1990s
This rough cut video of the Columbian Theater renovation in Wamego, Kansas, proposes a funding model for restoring the theater. Wamego banker J. C. Rogers built the theater in 1895…
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A century restored, Columbian Theater, Wamego, Kansas
Date: 1990s
This video describes the history and importance of the Chicago World’s Fair, otherwise known as the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, and banker and entrepreneur J. C. Rogers’ efforts to preserve…
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Steam and Diesels, Argentine
Date: 1950 - 1960
This silent film depicts passenger service in the 1870s and 1950s. The first part is staged using the “Cyrus K. Holiday” steam locomotive. The second part shows one of the…
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SSG Harrold Wayne Sherman video interview
Date: May 28, 2016
Staff Sergeant Harrold Wayne Sherman was born in Topeka, Kansas in 1961. He entered the United States Army on January 31, 1980 and retired after twenty-one years of service on…