Medium: Text
Date: July 19, 1879
This unsigned article in the Topeka Colored Citizen relates how a swindler, who had represented himself as a government agent, stole money from Southern blacks who were looking for passage…
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Date: June 7, 1879
According to this unsigned article, Rev. John Turner and General Conway spoke with President Rutherford B. Hayes about the black exodus from the South. Hayes listened intently to their report…
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Date: April 23, 1879
This article discusses what lessons may be learned from the black exodus out of the South. The unnamed author maintains that Southerners will realize their dependence upon black labor. Furthermore,…
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Date: October 31, 1879
This article in the Wyandotte Gazette responds to the Kansas Democrat’s claim that Republicans want to disfranchise black voters. According to the unnamed author of this Republican newspaper, Southern whites…
Medium: Text
Date: April 26, 1879
This brief, untitled article in the Topeka Daily Capital claims that, while the St. Louis Republican argues that “the colored exodus is the result of Republicanism,” in reality white Southerners…
Medium: Text
Date: 1879
This pocket-sized booklet contains the articles of incorporation and by-laws of the Kansas Freedmen’s Relief Association that assisted Southern blacks emigrating to Kansas influencing the Exoduster Movement of 1879. In…
Medium: Text
Date: June 24, 1879
This certificate of incorporation laid out the details of the Singleton Colony’s town company, including its purpose, term of duration, and number of directors. The document was signed by Benjamin…
Medium: Text
Date: May 18, 1879
In this letter Charles Striger, a radical Republican from Kentucky, expresses his concern for free blacks in the South. With rather forceful language he berates Southern Democrats for their harassment…
Medium: Text
Date: August 22, 1881
In this letter, Andrew Atchison updates Kansas governor St. John on the condition of the Exoduster settlement near Dunlap, Kansas. Benjamin Singleton had established this colony in May, 1878, and…
Medium: Text
Date: 1920
The purpose of this booklet was to assist “the women of Kansas in discharging the duties of citizenship.” The pamphlet describes who should vote, where to register, where to vote,…
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1938 and 1940
Windom Rural High School 6-man football play book. It contains information and diagrams for the short punt and T formations.
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1957 and 1960
Windom Rural High School 8-man football play book. It contains information and diagrams on the single wing and T formations.
Medium: Text
Date: 1958
Statistical book for Windom Rural High School 8-man football team. They were McPherson County League Champions in 1957 and 1958. In 1956, Windom Rural High School was the first school…
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1880 and 1900
This political cartoon from the satirical Puck magazine illustrates the Republican perception of the People’s (Populist) Party belief in the coinage of silver and the redistribution of wealth to the…
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Date: April 1892
This concise article in the Populist publication The Farmer’s Wife defines the terms “bosses” and “machine,” arguing that both the Republicans and the Democrats are corrupted by their involvement with…
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Date: May 10, 1892
In this letter, W. W. Cone of Topeka, Kansas, discusses the pending election and the People’s (Populist) Party nominations. He provides the names of several leading Populists, including John Davis,…
Medium: Text
Date: January 14 - April 10, 1879
This collection of governor’s correspondence comprises letters written by Kansas Governor John St. John and copied into a letter press book. Governor St. John’s term of office (1879-1883) embraced the…
Medium: Text
Date: June 16, 1881
In this letter Elizabeth Comstock, a former agent of the Kansas Freedmen’s Relief Association, relates her experiences during her visit to the East coast in 1881. Comstock and some of…
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Date: February 7, 1881
This letter, by the correspondent for the Labette County Freedmen’s Relief Association in Parsons, Kansas, described the condition of black refugees in the area. Walton thanked Governor John P. St.…
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Date: May 17, 1879
S. H. B. Shoonmaker of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, wrote this letter to Governor St. John on behalf of the black residents of his parish (county). He asked the governor a…
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Date: May 13, 1879
Governor John P. St. John wrote this letter in response to Rev. Smith’s letter dated May 7, 1879. St. John informed Smith that the only problem with Southern blacks’ emigrating…
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Date: June 24, 1879
In this letter, Governor St. John responded to Cunningham’s inquiry (from June 18, 1879) about receiving financial assistance to cover the cost of emigration to Kansas. He informs her that…
Medium: Text
Date: 1881
J. Lincoln, a resident of Belvidere, Illinois, wrote this letter to obtain more information about the condition of black refugees in Kansas. Apparently Lincoln had planned on sending clothing to…
Medium: Text
Date: June 18, 1879
Roseline Cunningham, a black schoolteacher from Westpoint, Mississippi, wrote this letter to Kansas governor John St. John concerning emigration to Kansas. Cunningham, like many other Exodusters, was unable to make…
Medium: Text
Date: May 7, 1879
Henry Smith and his daughter, Clara, wrote this letter to Kansas Governor John St. John requesting information about black emigration to Kansas. Smith wrote on behalf of his community in…
