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Date: 1933-1937
Relief correspondence received and created by Governor Alfred M. Landon from 1933-1937. It largely concerns the appropriation of federal relief funds for Kansas relief projects and programs as part of…
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Date: 1918
These two reports by the Division of Vital Statistics, Kansas Board of Health, compile statistics on Kansas deaths by cause and by county for 1918. The first volume reports death…
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Date: 1894
W. H. Carruth compiled this map of foreign settlements in Kansas. The map is included in the Ninth Biennial Report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, Vol. XIV. It…
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Date: 1880 to 1910
A photograph of an unidentified mine in Cherokee County, Kansas.
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Date: Between 1940 and 1970
Three photographs of the Spencer Chemical Company’s Jayhawk Works facility in Cherokee County, Kansas.
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Date: Between 1940 and 1970
Three photographs of Spencer Chemical Company’s Jayhawk Works facility in Cherokee County, Kansas.
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Date: March 12, 1900
A copy of the last will and testament of Cyrus K. Holliday. Holliday was one of the founders of Topeka, Kansas and also helped in the organization of the Atchison,…
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Date: 2007
Three interviews with former Emporia Gazette editor Everett Ray Call conducted by Emporia State University professor Loren E. Pennington. The first interview addresses Call’s boyhood days in Sedan, Kansas, his…
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Date: 1863-1864
Thomas Carney compiled this series of correspondence on military matters for 1863 and 1864, from letters he received while governor of Kansas. Included are letters about “raids of bushwackers and…
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Date: May 08, 1863
This letter was written to Governor Thomas Carney from Captain Charles G. Keeler. Keeler advises Carney about the location of a Kansas bridge that is about to be built. He…
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Date: 1863-1864
Thomas Carney compiled this series of correspondence on criminal matters for 1863 and 1864, from letters he received while governor of Kansas. A complete transcription is available by clicking “Text…
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Date: 1863
Thomas Carney compiled this series of correspondence on college and university lands in 1863 from letters he received while governor of Kansas. A searchable, full-text version of this correspondence is…
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Date: March 1896-November 1900
This monthly paper served as the official organ of the Kansas Equal Suffrage Association (KESA). The paper began publication in March 1896 and was apparently discontinued in November 1900. This…
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Date: 1933-1936
This is the correspondence of Governor Alfred M. Landon on drought conditions in Kansas between 1933-1936. The correspondence proceeds in reverse chronological order within each folder. The governor’s response is…
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Date: 1861
Governor Charles Robinson compiled this series of correspondence on the sale of the Lecompton Capitol in 1861. The property was sold at public auction to R. S. Stevens for $300.…
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Date: May 03, 1861
A report to Governor Robinson relating to the Kaw, Osage, and Cherokee Indians, around White Water Creek in Butler County. Unease was being felt in the area. Indians had set…
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Date: January 13, 1862
The results of an election determining the permanent location of Kansas’ capital. Topeka received the most votes, then Lawrence, Leavenworth, Emporia, and Baldwin City.
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Date: March 26, 1870
A letter written by Joseph Harris to James C. Quire. Harris a farmer in Paola Township, Miami County, Kansas writes to his nephew James C. Quire, who possibly lived in…
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Date: 1878
Governor George Anthony received these telegrams and letters from various people concerning raids by a group of Cheyenne Indian in Kansas in 1878. The incident is often labeled Dull Knife’s…
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Date: 1877-1878
Governor George Anthony compiled this series of correspondence on immigration from letters received while in office.
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Date: 1877
Governor George Anthony compiled this series of correspondence on grasshoppers from letters received while in office from 1877-1879. A complete transcription is available by clicking “Text Version” below.
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Date: 1877-1878
Governor George Anthony compiled this series of correspondence on crime and criminals, specifically the Bender case, from letters received while in office from 1877-1879. The Bender family operated a remote…
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Date: 1873-1876
Governor Osborn complied this series of correspondence on Indian Affairs from letters received while in office from 1873-1877.
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Date: 1873-1876
Governor Thomas Osborn compiled this series of correspondence on immigration issues from letters received while in office from 1873-1877. The letters address many aspects of immigration including the appointment of…
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Date: 1882
A brochure of information and exercises for use in every Kansas school containing Kansas history, geography, poems, songs, and politics together with excerpts from the state constitution and a list…
