Medium: Text
Date: 1908
Correspondence sent and received by the Kansas State Temperance Union (KSTU). Rev. Robert Norris acted as secretary, John Marshall, attorney, and Julian K. Codding, attorney and later president of the…
Medium: Text
Date: 1907
Correspondence sent and received by Rev. Robert Norris, secretary of the Kansas State Temperance Union, and Julian K. Codding, attorney for the Kansas State Temperance Union. Correspondents include Elizabeth P.…
Medium: Text
Date: Unknown
A city liquor ordinance comprised of 14 sections making it “unlawful for any person to sell or barter any spirituous, mault, vinous, fermented or other intoxicating liquor.” This copy is…
Medium: Text
Date: 1906
Listing of receipts and disbursements of the Kansas State Temperance Union, divided by month and signed by financial manager S. H. Pitcher. Expenses include salaries, rent, postage, stationary, and lecturers.
Medium: Text
Date: April 1862-April 1865
This is the descriptive roll for Civil War soldiers in the Second Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. Information includes description, marital status, nativity, residence, muster information, and remarks. The index to…
Medium: Text
Date: 1906
This is correspondence sent and received by members of the Kansas State Temperance Union, including Robert Norris, secretary Topeka, Kansas;, John Marshall, attorney, Ellsworth, Kansas; and Julian K. Codding, attorney,…
Medium: Text
Date: 1905
Correspondence sent and received by members of the Kansas State Temperance Union, primarily Rev. W. L. Dexter, secretary, Robert Norris, secretary, Julian K. Codding, lawyer, and William T. Jones, solicitor.…
Medium: Text
Date: June 1861
This is the muster in roll for Civil War soldiers in the Second Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry. An index is included at the beginning of the set, giving the name…
Medium: Text
Date: 1903-1904
This correspondence was sent and received by Kansas State Temperance Union secretaries Rev. J. E. Everett and Rev. W. L. Dexter. Correspondents include Howard H. Russell, Superintendent of the American…
Medium: Text
Date: March 10, 1880
With knowledge that Kansas Governor St. John has travel plans to Butler County, J.A. McGinnis invites him to also visit and lecture about temperance in El Dorado.
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1900 and 1909
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company’s steam locomotive #1279. The engine was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Medium: Text
Date: 1885 - 1916
These bound volumes contain the records of the third, fifth, sixth, and seventh districts of the Kansas Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. The third district included Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk,…
Medium: Text
Date: 1910-1939
These financial records of the Kansas Woman’s Christian Temperance Union include pages from account books, ledger books, statements of payments due, receipts, pledge amounts, and detailed operating expenses. The KWCTU…
Medium: Text
Date: 1907-1938
These miscellaneous printed materials are from the Kansas Woman’s Christian Temperance Union collection. The Kansas publications include annual programs for local unions, annual convention programs, conference programs for the Young…
Medium: Text
Date: 1910-1939
These permanent records of the Kansas Woman’s Christian Temperance Union include the records of the treasurer, contracts concerning publications, sworn statements of elected trustees, correspondence with potential speakers, candidate information…
Medium: Text
Date: 1886
This bird’s eye view of Kingman, Kansas, was drawn by Augustus Koch. It shows the court house, a school, churches, the Kingman Planing Mill, the Kingman Opera house, two newspaper…
Medium: Text
Date: July 1904 - December 1906
Correspondence sent and received by the Kansas Adjutant General’s Office and the U.S. War Department between July 1904 – December 1906. Letters were also sent to Governor Willis J. Bailey…
Medium: Text
Date: April 1902 - June 1904
Correspondence sent and received by the Kansas Adjutant General’s Office and the U.S. War Department between April 1902 – June 1904. Letters were also sent to Governor William E. Stanley…
Medium: Text
Date: March 17, 1880
George Martin of Effingham, Kansas, poses several pertinent questions regarding the scope, purpose and probable effects of the prohibition amendment.
Medium: Text
Date: 1905-1910
This correspondence is from the following companies of the First Infantry of the Kansas National Guard: Company A from Clay Center under Captain Guy R. Martin and Captain Theodore E.…
Medium: Text
Date: 1910-1938
These records of the Kansas Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) include materials on legislation involving tobacco, alcohol, and teacher’s moral standards; a proposed amendment to repel Kansas prohibition; several manuscripts…
Medium: Text
Date: January 18, 1856
This newspaper clipping from the Kansas Pioneer, published in the territory city of Kickapoo near Leavenworth, Kansas, describes the violence and tension between pro-slavery and free state forces during the…
Medium: Text
Date: November 27, 1855
This certificate issued by James H. Lane, General Commander of the First Brigade of the Kansas Volunteers, gives the proper authority to Reese P. Brown to serve as Major to…
Medium: Text
Date: February 25, 1880
Winfield Lodge Secretary, James Kelly, invites Kansas Governor St. John to address a mass temperance convention on the 12th or 13th, or whenever its convenient in the future.
Medium: Text
Date: March 02, 1880
Editor Howe, of the Battle Creek, Michigan “True Mission” temperance newspaper, requests a donation from Kansas Governor St. John to help sustain his operation, and offers a one year free…
