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Don’t get caught in a fat-cat squeeze
Date: 1958
This pamphlet encourages voters not to support “right to work” legislation in the form of an amendment to the Kansas constitution. Issued by the Kansas chapter of the AFL-CIO (American…
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Right-to-Work laws aim to destroy unions
Date: 1958
This commentary, excerpted from an address by Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, was reproduced by the Kansas State Federation of Labor in 1958. It provides an opposing view to “right to…
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Goodby to holidays with pay
Date: October 23, 1958
This political advertisement in the Wyandotte Echo sought to defeat the “right to work” amendment to the Kansas state constitution before voters in the November 1958 election. Though carried in…
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) urges you to vote no on amendment three
Date: 1958
In 1958, Kansas voters ratified the “right to work” amendment. Earlier attempts to pass “right to work” legislation were unsuccessful. This flyer created by the NAACP argues that the primary…
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Prominent Negro leader denounces right-to-work laws
Date: Between 1954 and 1958
In this flyer, the Kansas State Federation of Labor quotes the civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., in his opposition to “right to work” laws. Dr. King argues that…
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An analysis of the proposed right-to-work legislation
Date: August 1954
In 1958, Kansas voters ratified the “right to work” amendment to the state constitution. The amendment stated, in part, that “No person shall be denied the opportunity to obtain or…
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Circular of the State Impartial Suffrage Association
Date: 1867
This circular describes the efforts to secure suffrage for blacks and women in the state of Kansas. The flyer indicates the Henry B. Blackwell of New York and Mrs. Lucy…
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The devastating tornado in Greensburg, Kansas on May 4, 2007
Date: 2007
Ryan Clayton of Rapid City, South Dakota, describes his first glimpses of Greensburg and damage caused by the May 4, 2007, tornado. Clayton tells about coming to Greensburg to help…
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An act regulating the diversion, appropriation, storage and distribution of water for industrial purposes
Date: 1891
In this bill (H.B. 602), the House Committee on Irrigation drafted legislation to control and regulate the rights of water in Kansas. Articles within the bill include, Diversion and Appropriation…
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Geneseo Town Company stock certificate
Date: 1889
This Geneseo Town Company stock certificate issued to Samuel Arthur Crihfield by himself as he served as secretary of company. The town was located on the Missouri Pacific and Atchison,…
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Cyrus Leland, Jr. to Mother and other family members
Date: August 3, 1862-January 24, 1864
These letters were selected from a larger group of Civil War letters written by Cyrus Leland, Jr. primarily to his mother but to other family members also. Leland served in…
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Samuel Ayres [Ayers?] to Lyman Langdon
Date: January 7, 1859-July 6, 1864
Samuel Ayres [Ayers?] served as a chaplain for the Seventh Kansas Cavalry, which was led by Colonel Charles R. Jennison. He was mustered in October 14, 1861. Several of the…
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Lewis Stafford to Kate Newland
Date: March 26, 1861-January 24, 1863
These letters are from a larger collection of Civil War letters written by Lewis Stafford of Grasshopper Falls, Kansas, to his girlfriend Kate Newland, also of Grasshopper Falls and later…
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Samuel Worthington to “My Dear Mother”
Date: August 22, 1864
Samuel Worthington was a Private in Company A, 11th [Cavalry] Regiment, Kansas Volunteers. Worthington’s place of residence when he mustered in was Leavenworth, Kansas. Writing from Fort Riley, Kansas, this…
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Samuel Worthington to Enos
Date: October 20, 1862
Samuel Worthington is writing from the Pea Ridge (Arkansas) Battlefield, though his unit did not participate in the battle. The letter is addressed to a friend named Enos. Worthington writes…
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Mrs. Grenville M. Dodge to Mrs. S. N. Wood
Date: March 31, 1862
From St. Louis, Missouri, Mrs. Dodge writes her friend Mrs. S. N. Wood about how a Mr. Wheelan has taken Mrs. Robbins’ slave Louisa to a “slave yard.” Mrs. Dodge…
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Mark W. W. Baldwin to Governor Andrew Schoeppel
Date: June 4, 1944
Mark W. W. Baldwin writes to Kansas Governor Andrew Schoeppel This newspaper article, attached to a letter written to Governor Schoeppel, refers to the upcoming of election of 1944 in…
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Blanche Ketene Bruce for auditor
Date: October 26, 1892
According to this article from the Topeka Daily Capital, B. K. (Blanche Ketene) Bruce Jr. was given a place on the Republican ticket and ran for state auditor in 1892.…
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Kansas approves amendment on poll tax
Date: March 29, 1963
This is a clipping from the Topeka Capitol. The article explains how Kansas became the twenty sixth state in the country in 1963 to approve an amendment to the United…
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An act to repeal all poll tax laws in the state of Kansas
Date: January 1913
This act was created by the Kansas House of Representatives in an attempt to do away with any poll taxing which required Kansas voters to pay a small fee before…
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Richard W. Cummins to Willam Clark, Superintendent of Indian Affairs
Date: April 2, 1831
Letter by Richard W. Cummins detailing the physical conditions of the Delaware and Weas Indian tribes under his care for the time period between 1830 and 1831.
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Map of United States
Date: 1835
Map of the United States in 1835 contained in T.G. Bradford’s “A Comprehensive Atlas Geographical, Historical and Commercial”
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Country drained by the Mississippi, western section
Date: 1822
This map shows Stephen Long’s depiction of the “Great American Desert” and the rivers draining east from the Rocky Mountains. The map supported the claim that much of the great…
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Front page of account of Major Zebulon M. Pike’s exploration
Date: 1807-1810
The beginning page of the report submitted by Major Zebulon M. Pike of his exploration of the western United States submitted to Congress and published in 1810. Zebulon Pike was…
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Lieutenant Zebulon M. Pike
Date: 1807-1810
This illustration of Lieutenant Zebulon M. Pike is taken from an account of his military expedition from western Louisiana to the interior parts of New Spain conducted between 1806 and…