Medium: MovingImage
Date: 2014
This is an oral history of Jack Alexander, the 2014 President of the Kansas Historical Foundation Board of Directors. Jack recounts his work in public service as well as his…
Medium: MovingImage
Date: 1951
This is an 8mm motion picture film showing the 1951 flood in northeast Kansas. Locations in northeast Kansas include Topeka, Lecompton, Lawrence, and Kansas City. Alexander Weir, the cinematographer, took…
Medium: MovingImage
Date: Between 1955 and 1960
This is black & white, silent footage from an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway film titled Steam and Diesel, Argentine. The footage shows interior and exterior views of the…
Medium: MovingImage
Date: February 13, 2004
Click the thumbnail images below to play clips of Kansas Governor William Preston “Bill” Graves discussing his experience as governor of Kansas from January 9, 1995 to January 13, 2003.…
Medium: MovingImage
Date: 2012
This is a video recording of Henry Worrall’s original composition Sebastopol interpreted from the original manuscript and performed by Brian Baggett. Worrall initially published “Sebastopol” in the 1850s with W.…
Medium: MovingImage
Date: 2012
This is a video recording of Henry Worrall’s original composition Carmencita interpreted from the original manuscript and performed by Brian Baggett. Worrall published his solo instrumental “Carmencita Series of Mexican…
Medium: MovingImage
Date: Between 1950 and 1955
This motion picture film titled “Assembling A Freight Train” was part of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company film series. It shows the procedures for assembling a freight…
Medium: MovingImage
Date: May 08, 2012
Here are two video clips showing Francis Kelsey using precision technology, GPS auto steer, and real time mapping to plant soy beans in the Kansas River valley, Shawnee County, Kansas.…
Medium: MovingImage
Date: 2004
Produced by the Kansas Bar Association, this 70-minute video features a reenactment of the 1952 and 1953 oral arguments presented to the United States Supreme Court in the landmark school…
Medium: MovingImage
Date: 1929
This film presents silent footage of Canton, Kansas. Beginning with a steam engine pulling into a railroad depot, the film features many street scenes, people, schools and other small town…
Medium: MovingImage
Date: 1960
This film by the Kansas Centennial Commission commemorates 100 years of Kansas statehood with an overview of Kansas history. The twenty-five minute film begins with the Louisiana Purchase and ends…
Medium: MovingImage
Date: 1940
This silent film by an unknown photographer features various businesses and industries in Lawrence, Kansas. The film begins with children playing on a playground followed by an airplane landing at…
Medium: MovingImage
Date: 1929
This silent film shows street and farm scenes of Fairview, Kansas.
Medium: MovingImage
Date: Between 1933-1944
This silent film shows the production of a geography textbook by the Kansas State Printer, Topeka, Kansas. William C. Austin served as Kansas State Printer between 1911-1915 and 1933-1944. This…
Medium: MovingImage
Date: 1970s
Produced by the Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce and Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, this film promotes Topeka, Kansas, as a commercial and culture center of the Midwest. It features many…
Medium: MovingImage
Date: 1974
This film depicts the life a young boy in Kansas in the 1890s. Filmed in the old Kansas Historical Society museum, the film portrays a dentist, photographer, blacksmith, and printer,…
Medium: MovingImage
Date: 1935
This silent film documents the State Industrial School for Boys of Topeka, Kansas, in 1935 and depicts all aspects of the institution’s educational, health, recreational, vocational and boarding programs. A…
Medium: MovingImage
Date: 1938
This silent film documents the State Industrial School for Girls in Beloit, Kansas, and depicts every aspect of the school’s educational, vocational, and boarding programs. The Women’s Christian Temperance Union…
Medium: MovingImage
Date: 1968
This twenty minute, 16mm film was written and produced by the Kansas Department of Economic Development and promotes the variety and quality of Kansas-made goods and services. Jack Lacy, director…
Medium: MovingImage
Date: 1950s
This twenty-three minute silent film documents salt mining in the 1950s at the Independent Salt Company in Kanopolis, Kansas. The film shows miners descending a mineshaft and drilling and cutting…
Medium: MovingImage
Date: 1951
This silent film shows footage of the Kansas River flooding in Topeka, Kansas, in 1951. Filmed by Steve Smith. The 1951 flooding of the Missouri and Kansas rivers and their…
Medium: MovingImage
Date: June 1966
This film of the June 8, 1966 tornado in Topeka, Kansas, includes footage from several cameras spliced together, including footage shot by Jim Ward, John Coyle and Al Tebben. The…
Medium: MovingImage
Date: 1954
This film footage of the Topeka centennial parade includes intermittent commentary and shows horses and wagons, marching bands (from Chanute and Ottumwa), and floats of various clubs and organizations including…
Medium: MovingImage
Date: 1961
This silent film includes footage of Kansas centennial festivities from across the state. The footage includes Kansas Governor John Anderson, Jr. at a flag raising ceremony; a marching band in…
Medium: MovingImage
Date: 1930s
This silent film features all aspects of the Topeka Hunt Club including stables, riding classes, club members, employees, and buildings.
