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Cheyenne County livestock brand registrations

Date: 1886-1936

Records of livestock brands in Cheyenne County, Kansas, as compiled by workers on a project sponsored by the Kansas State Planning Board. The forms provide the owner’s name and county…

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Chase County livestock brand registrations

Date: 1880-1936

Records of livestock brands in Chase County, Kansas, as compiled by workers on a project sponsored by the Kansas State Planning Board. The forms provide the owner’s name and county…

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Butler County livestock brand registrations

Date: 1864-1935

Records of livestock brands in Butler County, Kansas, as compiled by workers on a project sponsored by the Kansas State Planning Board. The forms provide the owner’s name and county…

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Barton County livestock brand registrations

Date: 1872-1936

Records of livestock brands in Barton County, Kansas, as compiled by workers on a project sponsored by the Kansas State Planning Board. The forms provide the owner’s name and county…

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Barber County livestock brand registrations

Date: 1924-1934

Records of livestock brands in Barber County, Kansas, as compiled by workers on a project sponsored by the Kansas State Planning Board. The forms provide the owner’s name and county…

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Atchison County livestock brand registrations

Date: 1864-1934

Records of livestock brands in Atchison County, Kansas, as compiled by workers on a project sponsored by the Kansas State Planning Board. The forms provide the owner’s name and county…

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Allen County livestock brand registrations

Date: 1867-1935

Records of livestock brands in Allen County, Kansas, as compiled by workers on a project sponsored by the Kansas State Planning Board. The forms provide the owner’s name and county…

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Schmelzer’s football advertisement

Date: September 24, 1911

Schmelzer’s sporting goods advertisement for football equipment as published in the Kansas City Star, September 24, 1911. Although Schmelzer’s began business in Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1911 Schmelzer’s was located at…

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Harriet Beecher Stowe to Edward Everett Hale

Date: Between 1854 and 1859

A letter from abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe to Edward Everett Hale writing on a course on the sentiments of religious men and their views on slavery. Stowe was the author…

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Harriet Beecher Stowe to Edward Everett Hale

Date: February 28, 1854

This is a letter from abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe to Edward Everett Hale. She writes of forthcoming lectures arranged with Brother Edward and Horace Greeley. Stowe was the author of…

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G. W. Bain to Governor John St. John

Date: August 20, 1880

In this letter, Kansas Governor St. John receives a rather poignant letter from old friend G.W. Bain, apologizing for endorsing the introduction of a reformed alcoholic, who aspired to become…

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Campaign brochure for John William Carlin

Date: 1974

This is an election brochure distributed by John William Carlin during his campaign for State Representative, 73rd District. It was sent to voters in Ellsworth County, rural Saline County and…

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Kanwaka Good Will Club

Date: September 20, 1928-September 20, 1930

This is a ledger for the Kanwaka Good Will Club, a women’s literary group in Douglas County, Kansas. It contains the club’s motto, constitution, club songs, colors, officers, minutes, annual…

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Letter from Ben Davidson to J. C. Swanson

Date: February 22, 1874

This is a letter from Ben Davidson, Victoria, Kansas to J. C. Swanson, England. Davison, who worked for W. Grant as farm manager, talks about his job, living conditions, climate,…

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Mexican Consul to Governor Jonathan M. Davis

Date: September 19, 1924

A five-page telegram from the Mexican Consulate in Kansas City, Missouri to Governor Jonathan M. Davis in Topeka, Kansas. The consul expresses concern over a report of four Mexican boys…

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Robert Taft general correspondence

Date: 1918-1955

Rober Taft (1894-1955) was a professor of chemistry, author, historian, and editor at the University of Kansas. The general correspondence letters of Mr. Taft consist of letters between various organizations…

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William Lloyd Lamb to family

Date: Between 1951 and 1952

Here are letters written by William (Bill) Lloyd Lamb to his family while he served in the Korean War. Lamb, a member of the United State Army, Company G, 180…