Medium: Text
Date: May 26, 2003
Payton enlisted in the Women Marines in 1945 and served until 1946. Interviewed by Karen Bentley on May 26, 2003, Payton talked about military experiences in the Second World War.…
Medium: Text
Date: 1899
An address by George W. Martin, editor of the Kansas City Gazette, to the Mayor and City Council of Kansas City, Kansas, focusing on organized labor in Wyandotte County.
Medium: Text
Date: October 24, 1899
An address delivered before the city council of Kansas City, Kansas, against the adoption of an ordinance limiting public employment to members of Trades’ Unions. The speech was given by…
Medium: Text
Date: June 6, 1900
A letter written by George W. Martin of Kansas, to Representative Chester I. Long in Washington, D.C., on labor trusts and their economic impact on the nation.
Medium: Text
Date: September 03, 1894
A poster advertising a Labor Day celebration at Garfield Park in Topeka, Kansas. Speakers, athletic amusements, a picnic, and fireworks were all to be featured at the event.
Medium: Text
Date: September 07, 1914
A program of the Topeka Industrial Council. The program gives a brief history of the Council as well as a list of other organizations in Topeka, and features a number…
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1908 and 1909
A booklet advertising the Switchmen’s Union of North America, Topeka Lodge No. 12, in Topeka, Kansas. The booklet also contains a brief history of the lodge and a number of…
Medium: Text
Date: 1884
This map shows the lines of the Mexican Central and Sonora Railways completed and projected. It also shows other railways completed and projected. An inset shows the lines of the…
Medium: Text
Date: 1891
A brochure promoting immigration to Oklahoma and the Indian territories using the Santa Fe route. Information about various cities, mineral resources, the Homestead Law, and the raising of cotton are…
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1893 and 1896
This is a paper distributed by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway concerning a lawsuit in which they were the plaintiffs. The paper calls attention to a circular being…
Medium: Text
Date: April 20, 1873
This timetable was for the exclusive use of the employees of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and included the eastern, Arkansas Valley and Wichita divisions.
Medium: Text
Date: 1875
This map is promoting the sale of 3,000,000 acres of land in the Cottonwood and Arkansas river valleys of Kansas held by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. Printed…
Medium: Text
Date: 1880
This map shows the various routes of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad and its leased lines and connections from Topeka, Kansas, to San Francisco, California. The map includes…
Medium: Text
Date: March 1, 1889
A detailed map of Kansas showing the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and its auxiliary roads including many small towns.
Medium: Text
Date: March 1, 1887
This map shows the lines of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad and Southern Kansas Railroad; roads owned jointly with other companies; completed Chicago, Kansas & Western Railroad lines;…
Medium: Text
Date: 1881
This map shows the main lines, and leased roads and connections, of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad in the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado and…
Medium: Text
Date: 1909; copyright 1909
A booklet written by Wiley Britton that focuses on the trades union system. The author asks for equal rights, justice and moderation in the dealings of men with each other,…
Medium: Text
Date: 1898
A speech delivered by John P. Altgeld to the working men of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Labor Day, 1897. Altgeld’s idea was that government ownership is the remedy for the nation’s…
Medium: Text
Date: March 1956
Marc Karson, Associate Professor of Political Science at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, wrote this history of trade unions in Kansas for the Kansas State Federation of Labor in March…
Medium: Text
Date: 1857-1910
Hiram Hill, of Williamsburg, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, was never a resident of Kansas. However, his involvement with the state, primarily as a land investor, was extensive. The letters and diary…
Medium: Text
Date: 1900-1902
A special meeting of railway delegates for the purpose of discussing matters that might come before them. Also included in this pamphlet is a section on pending legislation, including House…
Medium: Text
Date: January 14, 1907
The constitution and by-laws of the Journeymen Bricklayers’ Union No. 9 of Coffeyville, Kansas. The purpose of this union was to unite and associate all bricklayers to help secure work…
Medium: Text
Date: July 25, 1903
The by-laws and trade rules of Carpenter’s Union No. 1212 in Coffeyville, Kansas.
Medium: Text
Date: 1908-1909
The by-laws of the Coffeyville Central Labor Union of Coffeyville, Kansas. Among the reasons to organize this group, was the purpose of bringing the “wealth producers of the world to…
Medium: Text
Date: 1907
The by-laws and trade rules of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Wichita Local Union, No. 201, Wichita, Kansas.
