Medium: Text
Date: Between 1892 and 1910
An illustration and description of the John Brown Fort on exhibition in Chicago, Illinois. The fort was originally part of the United States Gun Factory and Arsenal at Harpers Ferry,…
Medium: Text
Date: December 3, 1966
These are site plans for the Frontier Historical Park and Old Fort Hays, Hays, Kansas, drawn by Architectural Services Division, Department of Administration, Topeka, Kansas. The site plan was adapted…
Medium: Text
Date: 1950s
This anonymously written pamphlet was printed at the Monitor, Leonardville, Kansas. The author urges readers to study the problems that the proposed construction of the Tuttle Creek dam might create…
Medium: Text
Date: 1906
This business and residential directory of El Dorado, Kansas, includes an alphabetically arranged list of business firms and private citizens including state, city and county offices, colleges, churches, public and…
Medium: Text
Date: 1895
This poster announces the Seventh annual fair of the Riley County Agricultural Society to be held at Riley, Kansas. Highlights of the fair include trotting, running and pace races; and…
Medium: Text
Date: November 27, 1862
This letter, written by Leigh R. Webber from the “Camp of Grant’s Army near Grand Junction Tenn.,” was addressed to Miss Brown, a daughter of John Stillman Brown, a Unitarian…
Medium: Text
Date: September 30, 1862
A letter written by J. Heath from Paola, Kansas, addressed to John Stillman Brown, a Unitarian minister who lived west of Lawrence. Brown had apparently asked Heath for assistance in…
Medium: Text
Date: September 20, 1862
A letter written by Leigh R. Webber from Trenton, Tennessee, likely addressed to a member of the John Stillman Brown family. Webber describes a “jayhawking trip” his regiment took to…
Medium: Text
Date: August 30, 1862-August 31, 1862
A letter written by Leigh R. Webber from Gibson County, West Tennessee, addressed to Miss Brown, a daughter of John Stillman Brown, a Unitarian minister who lived west of Lawrence,…
Medium: Text
Date: August 12, 1862
This letter, written by Leigh R. Webber from Gibson County, West Tennessee, was addressed to Miss Brown, a daughter of John Stillman Brown, a Unitarian minister who lived west of…
Medium: Text
Date: May 28, 1862-May 29, 1862
A letter written by Leigh R. Webber from “Steamer Robert Campbell Jr. near Liberty Mo.,” is addressed to Miss Brown, a daughter of John Stillman Brown, a Unitarian minister who…
Medium: Text
Date: April 30, 1862
A letter written by Leigh R. Webber from Fort Riley, Kansas, addressed to “Senorita Morena,” or Miss Brown, a daughter of John Stillman Brown, a Unitarian minister who lived west…
Medium: Text
Date: May 5, 1862
This letter, written by Daniel L. Chandler “on the prairie five miles west of Ft. Scott,” was addressed to James H. Buxton, a young soldier who had been under Chandler’s…
Medium: Text
Date: September 10, 1832-January 4, 1855
The journals of Jotham Meeker, in three volumes, describe his daily activities as an Indian missionary, printer, and minister in Michigan and Kansas territories. In 1825 Meeker served as a…
Medium: Text
Date: April 27, 1862
A letter written by James H. Buxton from Lawrence, Kansas, addressed to Daniel L. Chandler, an army hospital steward who had cared for Buxton. James describes life in Lawrence with…
Medium: Text
Date: April 26, 1862
A letter written by Daniel L. Chandler from Mound City, Kansas, to John Stillman Brown, a Unitarian minister who lived west of Lawrence. Chandler described promotions and staff changes in…
Medium: Text
Date: April 22, 1862
This letter was written by Daniel L. Chandler from Paola, Kansas, to John Stillman Brown, a Unitarian minister who lived west of Lawrence. The first portion of Chandler’s letter describes…
Medium: Text
Date: 1961-1964
Republican politician John Anderson compiled this series of correspondence on capital punishment issues from letters received while governor of Kansas from 1961-1965. The State of Kansas executed fifteen men between…
Medium: Text
Date: 1961-1964
Republican politician John Anderson complied this series of correspondence on communist issues from letters received while governor of Kansas from 1961-1965. Anderson’s tenure in office was in the early 1960s…
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Date: Between 1969 and 1971
Reminiscences of the Rush County county seat war, which took place between 1886-1888, recounted by Ellis Kepler Porter.
Medium: Text
Date: March 23, 1862
A letter written by Leigh R. Webber from Fort Scott, Kansas, addressed to Charles Brown. Webber expresses frustration at his bad health, the poor weather, and fort life. He wished…
Medium: Text
Date: March 8, 1862
A letter written by Leigh R. Webber from Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas, to Miss Brown, a daughter of John Stillman Brown, a Unitarian minister who lived west of Lawrence,…
Medium: Text
Date: 1907
In this item, Mrs. Emily L. Millikan recounts her experiences related to her May 28, 1857 arrival in the Kansas Territory. Arriving with her brother, Dr. J.B. Whittier, Millikan explains…
Medium: Text
Date: February 23, 1862
A letter written by Sarah Brown from Lawrence, Kansas, addressed to her brother, William Brown, who was in college in New York. The first part of her letter discusses the…
Medium: Text
Date: February 1, 1862
A letter written by Leigh R. Webber from Kansas City, Missouri, addressed to Miss Brown, a daughter of John Stillman Brown, a Unitarian minister who lived west of Lawrence. Webber…
