Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1920 and 1930
A view of young men operating a tractor and plow at Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas. Established in 1884 as the Indian Industrial Training School, Haskell Institute evolved into what…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1900 and 1920
This is a view of men and boys working in the school garden at Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas. Established in 1884 as the Indian Industrial Training School, Haskell Institute…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1884 and 1909
This is a view of the laundry and boiler house on the grounds of Haskell Institute (now Haskell Indian Nations University) in Lawrence, Kansas. When this photograph was taken, sometime…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1884 and 1909
This is a view of young girls standing at the foot of their beds in the small girl’s dormitory ward at the Haskell Institute (now Haskell Indian Nations University) in…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1884 and 1909
This is a view of uniformed boys standing at the foot of their beds in the small boy’s dormitory ward at the Haskell Institute (now Haskell Indian Nations University) in…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1884 and 1909
This is a view across the Wakarusa Bottoms located on the grounds of Haskell Institute (now the Haskell Indian Nations University) in Lawrence, Kansas. When this photograph was taken, sometime…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1900 and 1915
This photograph shows a view of C. T. McLellan’s business railcar at the ATSF depot in Leavenworth, Kansas. The depot was built by the Leavenworth and Topeka Railway Company, which…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1900 and 1919
This is a view of the farm land and buildings of Haskell Institute (now Haskell Indian Nations University), which was established in 1884 in Lawrence, Kansas, as the Indian Industrial…
Medium: StillImage
Date: August 1, 1911
An informal portrait of Mr. and Mrs. William O’Connor of Miami County, Kansas, on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary, standing in front of the log cabin he built…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1960 and 1970
View of the Oregon Trail crossing near old Uniontown in western Shawnee County, Kansas. This crossing site was considered the last point west of the Mississippi River where supplies could…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1840 and 1860
View of the Pottawatomie Indian Mission in St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas. The mission was built by Catholic missionaries to educate the Pottawatomie people, and to convert them to Christianity.
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1870 and 1890
View of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in St. Marys, in Pottawatomie County, Kansas. This was the first Catholic cathedral built west of the Missouri River.
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1950 and 1960
Scene on the lake at Silver Lake, Kansas.
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1870
This postmortem photograph of Carrie Rood (1869-1870), infant daughter of George H. and Helen Mars (Thomas) Rood, was taken after her death from consumption in Lapeer, Michigan. The Rood family…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1868
This postmortem photograph of Elmina (“Mina”) Rood (1867-1868), infant daughter of George H. and Helen Mars (Thomas) Rood, was taken after her death from consumption in Lapeer, Michigan. The Rood…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1880
A studio portrait of Helen Mars (Thomas) Rood (1840-1930) at the age of 40. Rood, her husband, George H., and their son, Ashley, built a successful and innovative farm, livestock,…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1929
A studio portrait of Helen Mars (Thomas) Rood (1840-1930) at the age of 88. Rood and her husband, George H., and their son, Ashley, built a successful and innovative farm,…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1894
A portrait of George H. Rood, born George Washington Rood (1840-1913), at the age of 54. Rood, and his wife, Helen, and son, Ashley, built a successful and innovative farm,…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
A studio portrait of George H. Rood (1840-1913) of East Branch Township and Peabody, Kansas. Rood, and his wife, Helen Mars (Thomas) Rood, and son, Ashley, built a successful and…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1857
This map, drawn by Henry Rogers and Alexander Keith Johnston in 1857, details Kansas Territory and Indian Territory. Kansas Territory included portions of what would become eastern Colorado. Indian Territory…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1830 and 1860
Maurice Gailland, a Catholic Missionary among the Pottawatomie Indians, developed a dictionary and spelling system for the Pottawatomie to use in their masses.
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1930 and 1950
Oscar Stanley Stauffer publisher of the Topeka Capital-Journal and founder of Stauffer Publications, latter known as Stauffer Communications. He remained on the board as honorary chairman until his death in…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1940 and 1950
Oscar Stanley Stauffer was publisher of the Topeka Capital-Journal and founder of Stauffer Publications, latter known as Stauffer Comunications. He remained on the board as honorary chairman until his death…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1920 and 1930
This black and white photograph looking west from the third block on West Central Avenue in El Dorado, Kansas. Carnegie Library is in the left foreground; Christian Church, right foreground;…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1910 and 1920
This photograph shows Mr. and Mrs. Eliga Carter at Gordon oil field, El Dorado, Kansas.
