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Board of Agriculture reports
Date: 1874
This series of Board of Agriculture notes from 1874 covers broad topics relating to live stock and crops. Materials included in the collection is: correspondence, reports and handwritten notes.
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Golden anniversary: 1914 class reunion
Date: 1964
Henry Maloy, illustrator of the first Jayhawk, co-created this program for the KU Class of 1914 fiftieth anniversary reunion. The front cover shows “The Faculty Man,” Maloy’s caricature of a…
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University of Kansas Alumni Association Fourth Annual Dinner
Date: April 08, 1911
An invitation to the fourth annual dinner of the KU Alumni Association of Kansas City on April 8, 1911. Henry Maloy designed the Jayhawk emblem printed on both the cover…
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Preston Dunn, World War I diary
Date: 1917 - 1918
A diary written by Preston Dunn who served in Company D 314th Engineers and Ambulance Company 119th, 105 Sanitation Train during World War I. He enlisted on November 20, 1917…
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Presbyterian Church Survey
Date: 1874
This survey, taken by the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, shows the number of church organizations in each county by denomination. The records shown here document the aggregate membership, number…
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Township Trustee Records
Date: 1875
This folder contains handwritten reports of the township trustees in each county of Kansas in 1875. Alfred Gray, Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, sent a form to each…
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List of Chartered Agricultural Associations
Date: January 19, 1874
This is a record of all agricultural associations incorporated in Kansas betewen January 9, 1866 and January 19, 1874. Many are county agricultural associations, but some serve more specific populations,…
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Harper County Agricultural and Mechanical Association annual report
Date: 1880
This annual report of the Harper County agricultural association and county fair was compiled by H.O. Meigs of Anthony, Kansas. The fair was held from September 23 to September 25,…
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Board of Agriculture Treasurer’s Annual Reports
Date: 1871-1873, 1876
These records include the treasurer’s annual reports of the State Board of Agriculture and related vouchers. The January 10, 1872 report, written by treasurer Thomas Murphy, itemizes the proceeds of…
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company’s general offices, Topeka, Kansas
Date: April 18, 1925
This souvenir program published by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company is announcing the formal opening for the new general office building at Ninth and Jackson Streets in…
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company’s Fred Harvey Alvarado Hotel, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Date: Between 1902 and 1904
This brochure, published by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, promotes travelers to stay at the Fred Harvey Alvarado Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The booklet describes the…
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Planting plan for Orphan’s Home of the Security Benefit Ass’n, Topeka, Kansas
Date: January 1922
This is a planting plan for the landscape surrounding the Orphan’s Home of the Security Benefit Association in Topeka, Kansas.
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William Heckman
Date: 1868
Here is a photograph of William Heckman along with the text of his diary transcribed by his great grandson Lawrence D. Heckman. (Click the “Text Version” button below to view.)…
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Thurlow Lieurance to Edith Wharton
Date: September 1913
This is a letter written by Thurlow Weed Lieurance, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, to Edith Wharton. In the letter Thurlow Lieurance describes in detail, a hoop or ring dance (courtship…
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On the Inside of the Cuban Revloution by Frederick Funston
Date: Between 1898 and 1899
This broadside advertises a lecture by Frederick Funston, Lieutenant-Colonel and Chief of Artillery of the Cuban Insurgent Army. As noted in this broadside he will describe a number of important…
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Olympic Games 1936 magazine cover
Date: 1936
This illustration is the cover for the official publication of the Publicity Commission of the XI Olympic Games that were held in Berlin, German.
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Olympic passport for Glenn Cunningham
Date: 1936
This is Kansan Glenn Cunningham’s Olympic passport for the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany. On the boat traveling to Germany, the U.S. Olympic Team voted him “Most Popular Athlete.” The…
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Proclamation of the Governor for Dr. Glenn Cunningham Homecoming Day
Date: November 7, 1984
A proclamation by Governor John Carlin, proclaiming November 7, 1984 as Dr. Glenn Cunningham Homecoming Day.
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Glenn Cunningham shaking Jack Lovelock’s hand at the 1936 Olympic Games
Date: August 1936
This is a photograph of Glenn Cunningham shaking Jack Lovelock’s hand at the 1936 Olympic Games. Lovelock, from New Zealand, won the gold medal in the mile beating Cunningham.
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Glenn Cunningham receiving an ancient warrior’s helmet
Date: October 07, 1934
This is a photograph showing Glenn Cunningham, captain of the American track team, receiving a helmet from Educational Minister Genji Matsuda after the American team defeated the Japanese athletes. The…
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Glenn Cunningham, Jack Lovelock, and Bill Bonthron racing at Princeton University
Date: 1935
A photograph showing a race between Glenn Cunningham, Kansas University, in the lead, Jack Lovelock, New Zealand, in second place, and Bill Bonthron, Princeton University, third place. The race was…
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Glenn Cunningham article in The Elkhart Tri-State News
Date: May 31, 1930
This is an extra edition published by The Elkhart Tri-State News. It contains a photo and article about Glenn Cunningham breaking the world’s record for the mile with a time…
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Der Leichtathlet magazine cover, August 7, 1936
Date: August 07, 1936
Der Leichtathlet magazine cover featuring Jack Lovelock and Glenn Cunningham at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany. The backside describes a javelin competition.
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General regulations for the 10th Olympiad
Date: 1932
A general regulations pamphlet for the 10th Olympiad held in Los Angeles in 1932.
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Hall of Enshrinement program, Charleston, West Virginia
Date: August 30, 1974
A program for a National Track and Field Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony held August 30, 1974 in Charleston, West Virginia. Among the enshrinees are Glenn Cunningham and Jesse Owens.