Medium: Text
Date: 1894
This is the February catalogue for the Kansas Phonograph Company located in Topeka, Kansas. The Kansas Phonograph Company was founded in 1888 by George E. Tewksbury and Simon S. Ott.…
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1949 and 1956
A scrapbook focused on John and Pat Jordan’s hydroplane boat racing careers. John Jordan and Patricia Dodds Jordan started racing hydroplane boats from the late 1940’s to the mid 1960’s.…
Medium: Text
Date: Between April 24, 1875 and February 6, 1879
The probate court ledger (Volume H) includes judgments related to cases heard at the Saline County Probate Court, some presided over by August Bondi, a probate court judge in Saline…
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1979 and 1987
This photograph shows John Carlin during a meeting a unidentified location. Carlin was elected to the House of Representatives in 1970 and served from 1971 to 1979. In addition, Carlin…
Medium: Text
Date: 1884 to 1888
Bound book containing meeting minutes and memberships between 1884 and 1888. The Saturday Night Literary Club was a fraternal organization located in Topeka.
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1926 and 1930
The Bill Proctor papers consists of 7 posters relating to boxer Bill, or Billy, Proctor’s boxing events. The events took place in across Kansas, including Topeka, Salina, Beloit, Concordia, and…
Medium: Text
Date: November 08, 1978
This photograph shows Ramona and John Carlin holding the “Topeka Daily Capital ” newspaper. The masthead reads ” Kassebaum, Bennett win for GOP.” The paper projected an early win for…
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1922 and 2007
The Lucinda Todd papers document her activities during the civil rights movement, including her involvement with Brown v. Board of Education and information about Martin Luther King, Jr. The papers…
Medium: Text
Date: 2026
A collection of watercolor paintings created by Anne Dorcey, a member of the museum design team, for the Kansas Museum of History. The artwork was featured in the Kansas 1776…
Medium: Text
Date: Between April 16, 1880 and May 1, 1880
A memorandum book containing notes written by Franklin George Adams between April 16th and May 1st of 1880. Many of the notes contained in this book are written in Pitman…
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1957 and 1958
These two photographs show John Carlin clipping, also know as grooming, a calf as part of the 4-H Jr. Leadership program. In the top photograph he is clipping the calf…
Medium: Text
Date: 1990
This brochure is from John Carlin’s third gubernatorial campaign. He sought the nomination for governor “because he is concerned about the lack of leadership in state government.” He campaigned around…
Medium: Text
Date: 1968
This is a political card encouraging voters to elect John Carlin to the 92nd District for the Kansas House of Representatives. The back of the card lists his qualifications. Carlin…
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1971 and 1979
This is a political poster encouraging voters to re-elect John Carlin to the 73rd District for the Kansas House of Representatives. He was first elected in 1970, and served from…
Medium: Text
Date: 1976
This photograph shows John William Carlin on his family farm, know as the Carlin Holstein Farm, in Smolan, Kansas. He was first elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in…
Medium: Text
Date: 1959
This photograph shows President Dwight D. Eisenhower with 4-H delegates at the Oval Office, during National 4-Club Week, in Washington, D.C. To the right holding a notebook is Kansas delegate…
Medium: Text
Date: October 21, 1976
This photograph shows John William Carlin as a candidate for the Kansas House of Representatives. He was first elected in 1970, and served from 1971 to 1979. Carlin also served…
Medium: Text
Date: 1978
This photograph shows Democratic candidate for Kansas Governor John Carlin with his daughter Lisa, son David, and wife Ramona at a unidentified location.
Medium: Text
Date: November 08, 1978
This masthead from the “Topeka Daily Capital ” projects Republican Nancy Landon Kassebaum in the U.S. Senate race and Republican Kansas Governor Robert Bennett as winners for the GOP. John…
Medium: Text
Date: 1978
This campaign document designed as an electric bill is promoting Democratic candidate for Kansas Governor John Carlin and his running mate for Liet. Governor Paul Dugan. The flyer states that…
Medium: Text
Date: Between August 22, 1967 and August 27, 1967
This program for the 1967 Kansas State Men’s Fast Pitch Championship Softball Tournament shows advertisements, lists past state champions, and has a bracket completed by hand on the inside. This…
Medium: Text
Date: Between August 21, 1968 and August 25, 1968
This item is a program for the 1968 Amateur Softball Tournament at Brit Spaugh Park in Great Bend, Kansas. The front shows the 1967 state Champions, the Metzger Salvage team.…
Medium: Text
Date: 1978
This class photograph shows the graduating nurses from the Stormont-Vail School of Nursing, program in Topeka, Kansas.
Medium: Text
Date: 1968
This item is a program for the September 6-13, 1968 program for the Men’s Fast Pitch Softball Tournament at Jack Russell Stadium in Clearwater, Florida. Ruben Lopez played in the…
Medium: Text
Date: 1977
This photograph shows William D. Woodburn (right) from the Atchison, Topeka and Sant Fe Railway Company’s adverting department with an unidentified man on the front of engine #5627. In the…
