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Abstract of title report
Date: 1879-1967
This is the complete abstract of title for lots 1 and 2, Block 10, in the Crescent Park 3rd Addition to Hutchinson, Kansas. The abstract contains a condensed history of…
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Kee-an-ne-kuk, the Kickapoo Prophet
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
This is a pencil sketch drawn by an unknown artist from an original painting of Kee-an-ne-kuk, who was called the Kickapoo Prophet. He was a Kickapoo chief, medicine man and…
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Kee-an-ne-kuk, chief of the Kickapoos
Date: 1913
This is a sketch of Kee-an-ne-kuk (c. 1790-1852) printed in “North American Indians, Being Letters and Notes On Their Manners, Customs, and Conditions, Written During Eight Years’ Travel Amongst The…
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Letter from Margaret Hill McCarter to Alice M. Clark
Date: 1912
A letter written to Alice M. Clark, an English teacher at Sumner County High School in Wellington, Kansas, providing some biographical information on Margaret Hill McCarter and discussing where she…
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“The Winding Valley and the Craggy Hillside”: A History of the City of Rosedale, Kansas
Date: 1976
A history of the city of Rosedale, Kansas. Author Margaret Landis concludes her introduction with this hope: “May this effort . . . be a liaison between yesterday and tomorrow.…
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Mount Marty yearbook, 1939, Rosedale, Kansas
Date: 1939
Mount Marty, the 1930 yearbook of Rosedale High School in Rosedale, Kansas. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.
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Mount Marty yearbook, 1930, Rosedale, Kansas
Date: 1930
Mount Marty, the 1930 yearbook of Rosedale High School in Rosedale, Kansas. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.
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Mount Marty yearbook, 1925, Rosedale, Kansas
Date: 1925
Mount Marty, the 1925 yearbook of Rosedale High School in Rosedale, Kansas. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.
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Mount Marty Annual, 1920, Rosedale, Kansas
Date: 1920
Volume ten of the Mount Marty Annual, the 1920 yearbook of Rosedale High School in Rosedale, Kansas. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State…
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Mount Marty Annual, 1914, Rosedale, Kansas
Date: 1914
Volume seven of the Mount Marty Annual, the 1914 yearbook of Rosedale High School in Rosedale, Kansas. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State…
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Mount Marty yearbook, 1910, Rosedale, Kansas
Date: 1910
Volume three of the Mount Marty Annual, the 1910 yearbook of Rosedale High School in Rosedale, Kansas. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State…
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Mount Marty yearbook, 1908, Rosedale, Kansas
Date: 1908
Mount Marty Annual, the 1908 yearbook of Rosedale High School in Rosedale, Kansas. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.
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Receipt from Richter Furniture and undertaking for Coffin
Date: 1893
This receipt, dated April 24, 1893, presents the bill for a coffin and services for Mrs. Louise Gongell, Louis Palenske’s maternal grandmother. The bill includes $25 for the coffin and…
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Letter of closing of Commercial National Bank
Date: November 20, 1913
This letter notifies stockholders of the closing of the Commercial National Bank in Alma. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory…
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A Flint Hills Story by Victor Palenske
Date: 1973
This is a forty-page monograph, authored by Victor Palenske and signed and dated 1973. Palenske’s document recalls his early days in Alma in the 1910s and speaks in detail of…
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Autobiography of Louis Palenske
Date: January 3, 1934
This is a three-page autobiography of Louis Palenske, written on his 76th birthday. The fourth page is a short autobiographical synopsis. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission…
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Letter from Louis Palenske to Victor Palenske
Date: November 23, 1937
This letter, dated November 23, 1937 is from Louis Palenske written to his son and daughter-in-law, Victor and Irene Palenske. Palenske addresses the impending war in Europe and speaks in…
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Letter from Louis Palenske to Victor Palenske
Date: 1937
This letter, dated November 2, 1937, is from Louis Palenske written to his son and daughter-in-law, Victor and Irene Palenske. Written from their home in Alma, Kansas, Palenske speaks of…
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Letter from Louis Palenske to Victor Palenske
Date: 1932
This letter, dated March 3, 1932 is from Louis Palenske written to his son and daughter-in-law, Victor and Irene Palenske of St. Joseph, Michigan. Palenske, living at Osage City at…
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Letter from Louis Palenske to Victor Palenske
Date: 1932
This letter, dated November 2, 1932 is from Louis Palenske written to his son and daughter-in-law, Victor and Irene Palenske of St. Joseph, Michigan. Palenske is discussing the impending 1932…
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Biography of Frederich and Caroline Palenske
Date: 1930-1940
This short biography of Frederich and Caroline Palenske was written by their son, Louis Palenske, born in the Kansas Territory in 1858. The Palenske family immigrated from Germany to the…
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The Joseph Thoes Story
Date: Around 1975
This is a biographical manuscript titled, “The Joseph Thoes Story,” which details the life of the German immigrant Joseph Thoes, who moved to the Kansas Territory in 1854. Joseph Thoes,…
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Autobiography of L. Palenske
Date: 1938-1975
This is an eleven-page autobiographical work by Louis Palenske, dated October 1938. There is a twelfth page, included as an addendum, which is dated October 1975, which is a brief…
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Obituary for Laura Palenske Stella
Date: 1989
This is an obituary from the Alma Signal-Enterprise newspaper, noting the death of Laura Palenske Stella in California in 1989. Laura was the daughter of Louis and Emma Palenske of…
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Obituary for Florence Palenske Hallgren
Date: 1995
This is an obituary contained in Ada Sage Laverty’s weekly column in the Alma Signal-Enterprise newspaper, noting the death of her good friend Florence Palenske Hallgren. Funded by the National…