Medium: Text
Date: 1915-1965
This collection reflects E. P. Lamborn’s life long interest in crime, criminals and law officers. E. P. Lamborn was an amateur historian and collector of sources on crime and criminals…
Medium: Text
Date: November 12, 1855
The Topeka Constitution, the first constitution written for Kansas Territory, was drafted by free state supporters in reaction to contested elections that gave the proslavery party initial control of Kansas’…
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
This booklet contains twenty-one views of Lawrence, Kansas, including streets, city buildings, the Carnegie Library, city parks, the University of Kansas, the Lawrence National Bank, the Merchant’s National Bank, the…
Medium: Text
Date: 1872
A pamphlet giving the dimensions and floor plans for Fraser Hall at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. Built in 1872, it was named for John Fraser the university’s…
Medium: Text
Date: 1908
This sheet music titled Nocturne was composed by Clyde O. Andrews. He was a student in Harmony Class and the Choral Society at Western University, Quindaro, Kansas and was under…
Medium: Text
Date: 1907
This sheet music titled Farewell, Alma Mater, was composed by Mable E. Harding. Harding was a member of the Harmony Class and Choral Society at Western University, Quindaro, Kansas, and…
Medium: Text
Date: 1906
This sheet music, titled O Western U!, a glee song, was composed for Western University, Quindaro, Kansas. The lyrics were written by Professor Albert Ross and the music composed by…
Medium: Text
Date: 1917
This roster lists members of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) in Kansas by post. The posts are arranged in numerical order by post number. The letter following each…
Medium: Text
Date: 1934
This broadside instructs eligible voters on the procedures for voting in a 1934 primary election. It also includes extracts from the latest election laws. Printed by Crane & Co., Topeka,…
Medium: Text
Date: 1948
This program announces a Rotary International governor’s banquet and ball to be held in Salina, Kansas, on April 12, 1948. The banquet coincided with a Rotary conference for the 122nd…
Medium: Text
Date: 1928
“An account of the First Capitol Building of Kansas, the town of Pawnee, Initial sessions of the First Territorial Legislature, destruction of the town of Pawnee, ruins of the Capitol…
Medium: Text
Date: October 12, 1907
This article from the Wichita Daily Beacon was calling for the restoration of the building where the first Territorial Kansas Legislature met. The First Territorial Capitol was added to the…
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1896 and 1908
These two letters written by Geo. W. Knapp contain his observations on the construction of the First Territorial Capitol building in Ft. Riley, Kansas, which was originally a warehouse. Both…
Medium: Text
Date: August 1, 1928
This poster lists “Low Fares to Pawnee and Ft. Riley, Kas. For the Dedication of Reconstructed First Capitol of Kansas.” The Union Pacific Railroad paid for the restoration of the…
Medium: Text
Date: August 1, 1928
This is an invitation to the ceremonies following the completion of the restoration of the First Territorial Capitol at Fort Riley, Kansas. The Union Pacific Railroad paid for the restoration…
Medium: Text
Date: August 20, 1981
This is a program from the dedication of the four statues by Peter F. Felten, Jr. The statues are of Arthur Capper, Amelia Mary Earhart, William Allen White, and Dwight…
Medium: Text
Date: April 30, 1978
This brochure has pictures and descriptions of the eight mural paintings in the Kansas State Capitol and information about the artist, Lumen Martin Winter.
Medium: Text
Date: November 27, 1900
This article, published in The Industrialist, describes the history of the first territorial legislature which met with 28 pro-slavery and 11 free-state men. It urges that the building be preserved.…
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
This panoramic view of the Kansas State Capitol was published in the Topeka Daily Capital newspaper. The date of publication is not known. The photo shows a view of the…
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1940 and 1942
In this pamphlet, Kansas artist John Stuart Curry describes murals he created for the Kansas State Capitol building in Topeka, Kansas, include the “Tragic Prelude” featuring John Brown.
Medium: Text
Date: February 1935-May 1935
This scrapbook contains postcards, photos, newspaper clippings, and handwritten notes about the dust storm experiences in the Ness City, Kansas, area and other parts of western Kansas.
Medium: Text
Date: July 25, 1870
A letter written by David J. Brewer and C. B. Brace, Leavenworth, Kansas, to Reverend William Kincaid, minister of the Congregational Church in Rushville, New York, encouraging him to become…
Medium: Text
Date: July 12, 1880
A letter written by H[enry] E[dward] Woodcock, Tonganoxie, Kansas, to Reverend William Kincaid, minister of the Congregational Church in Rushville, New York, encouraging him to become the minister of the…
Medium: Text
Date: April 08, 1878
This very detailed letter is from William Strong to Thomas Nickerson, President of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad, Boston, Massachusetts. Strong informs Nickerson of the developments in the…
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1909 and 1910
This pamphlet lists the farms and ranches for sale by the Level Land Realty Company in Bird City, Kansas. Included are photographs and descriptions of the properties that are being…
