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JT Lardner clippings and notes
Date: Between 1950 and 1970
This item contains newspaper clippings about the Eisenhower Library construction and State Office Building. There are also several notes and sketches.
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Edna Hanks
Date: Between 1940 and 1949
This photograph shows Edna Hanks pitching bundles of wheat into a threshing machine at a undientified location.
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Mathias and Eliza Charloe Barnett Splitlog
Date: Between 1890 and 1897
This photograph shows Mathias and Eliza Charloe Barnett Splitlog, copied from “The Chronicles of Oklahoma”, The couple were early pioneers and settlers of Wyandotte County, Kansas. As members of the…
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Wilt Chamberlin and Jack Parr
Date: 1958
This photograph, copied for the University of Kansas Jayhawker yearbook, shows University of Kansas basketball player Wilt Chamberlin and Kansas State University basketball player Jack Parr battling for the ball…
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Indian Leader editorial staff, Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas
Date: January 27, 1950
This photograph copied from the ” Indian Leader” , the school newspaper for the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas, shows the editorial staff for the second semester. The individuals have…
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Mexicans in Kansas
Date: 1930
This map, copied from “An Ethnic History of Shanee County, Kansas” by Roy Bird, shows the counties where the population contained 190 or more Mexicans. A key within the map…
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Diana Putnam scrapbook
Date: Between 1979 and 1980
This item is Diana Putnam’s scrapbook of her time competing for the title of Miss Rodeo Kansas in 1979 and Miss Rodeo America in 1980. In the Miss Rodeo America…
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Goldia Bourm Driver’s License
Date: October 16, 1931
A Kansas motor vehicle operator’s license for Goldia Bourm. Goldia Bourm worked as a schoolteacher in Jackson County, beginning her career at the Bartlett school in 1910. Bourm’s family regularly…
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Aristocrats Poster
Date: Between 1965 and 1975
A Poster for the Aristocrats, The first band in Arkansas City, Kansas, that Steve Clark joined. Band members Bob White, Randy Rocks, and Mike Mott are also featured on the…
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Thomas Stinson Ledger
Date: Between 1848 and 1868
A ledger from the business papers of Thomas N. Stinson that is from 1848-68 and contains information on both Uniontown and Tecumseh trading posts. Thomas Nesbit Stinson was born in…
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Bill of Sale for Isaac
Date: June 10, 1837
Bill of sale issued to James D. Craig for his purchase of a young, enslaved boy named Isaac for $675.
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Bill of Sale for Reuben McCausland
Date: April 15, 1862
This bill of sale was issued to Hector A. Chinn of Lafayette County, Missouri, for the purchase of 17-year-old Reuben McCausland for $1.
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Bill of sale for family of five
Date: September 27, 1839
This bill of sale was issued to James D. Craig for the purchase of five enslaved people for the sum of $1,095. Family members included: Billy, about 40; Violet, wife,…
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Bill of Sale for Moses
Date: May 15, 1851
This bill of sale documents the sale of a 26-year-old enslaved man named Moses to Thomas N Stinson of Union Town Potawatomi Nation for the price of $400.
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George R. King
Date: February 1937
This photograph shows George R. King, (1872-1954 ), copied from the University of Kansas Graduate Magazine. Born in the community of Port Williams in Atchinson County, Kansas, his parents Joseph…
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Angell One-Way Disc Plow
Date: Between 1900 and 1930
This photograph shows the first Angell One- Way Disc Plow. In 1920, Charles Angell, a farmer from Plains, Kansas, invented a plow that discs at the same vertical angle on…
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Bernard Emerson “Poco” Frazier
Date: 1930
This photograph shows Bernard Emerson “Poco” Frazier, (1906-1976), copied from The Jayhawker, the University of Kansas yearbook. Born in the small town of Athol, Kansas near Smith Center, Kansas, Frazier…
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William M. Boular
Date: November 1928
This photograph shows William M. Boular, (1869-1953), copied from “American Magazine.” Born in the small town of Summer, Kansas he later moved with his family to Atchison, Kansas. As a…
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Hamilton Perkins Cady
Date: November 1943
This photograph shows Hamilton Perkins Cady, (1874-1943), copied from the University of Kansas’ “The Graduate Magazine.” Born in the small town of Skiddy, Kansas near Council Grove, Kansas, Cady became…
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Sensational Showmen scrapbook
Date: Between 1970 and 2009
This scrapbook contains newspaper articles, performance posters, photographs, and ephemera from the Sensational Showmen music group. A succession of bands using this name played in Kansas from the mid 1960s…
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Evan Johnson promotional materials
Date: Between 1967 and 1969
This folder includes posters, business cards, and informational brochures about The Red Dogs and Midwest Garage Band Series- Kansas edition. The Red Dogs were hired in 1965 to be the…
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The Red Dogs newspaper articles
Date: Between 1968 and 1969
This item includes three short newspaper clippings of articles written about The Red Dogs. One is a printout from the Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise Online and is signed by the band members.…
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2009 South Dakota Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction and concert poster
Date: 2009
A poster advertising the events for the 2009 concert and induction for the South Dakota Rock and Roll Music Association Hall of Fame.
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Fabulous Flippers reunion tour posters
Date: 1993
A set of posters for Fabulous Flippers events in July of 1993. The set includes nine posters total. Two copies, one neon yellow and one white, of the overall event…
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Fabulous Flippers sticker poster
Date: Between 1965 and 1970
This is a large sticker poster that has the original Fabulous Flipper band art on it with signatures from Roger Lewis, Danny Hein, Doug Crotty, Jerry Tammen, and John Brown.…