Medium: Text
Date: 1900-1935
Myron A. Waterman’s ties with the religious Progressivism of his day are apparent in this pamphlet. Waterman’s brother-in-law was Charles Sheldon, a well-known Congregationalist minister who wrote the book In…
Medium: Text
Date: 1900-1935
This short pamphlet is an advertisement for the Missouri Meerschaum Company. Founded in 1869 and located in Washington, Missouri, this company is still in business today and is the oldest…
Medium: Text
Date: 1900
Along with J. F. Jarrell, Myron A. Waterman edited a quarterly journal titled The Kansas Knocker: A Journal for Cranks. Though short-lived, the journal received essays from such contributors as…
Medium: Text
Date: 1944-1957
Glenn Dale Stockwell Sr. (1901-1964) was a life-long resident of the Blue River Valley. He lived in the vicinity of Randolph and Leonardville, near the area flooded by Tuttle Creek…
Medium: Text
Date: 1835-1937
Myron A. Waterman was a banking executive, writer, and cartoonist from Wellsville, New York, who moved to Kansas City, Kansas in the 1890s. This collection of papers includes a short…
Medium: Text
Date: 1918
This collection consists of correspondence between individuals and committee members to the state chair of the Woman’s Committee of the Kansas Council of National Defense. The Council of National Defense…
Medium: Text
Date: 1903
This black and white photograph shows Dr. Ebberly J. Leigh,(1860-1939), a physician from Hiawatha, KS, from the book entitled “Annals of Brown County, Kansas” by Grant W. Harrington. Leigh, a…
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1940 and 1960
These two scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings and other items relating to the amateur, semi-professional, and professional baseball career of Abraham “Abe” Coffman, a right-handed pitcher from Topeka, Kansas. Coffman, who…
Medium: Text
Date: July 26, 1880
In this letter, G.W. Robinson requests Kansas Governor St. John deliver an address at a temperance rally in Le Roy in early September. Robinson predicts “as large a harvest from…
Medium: Text
Date: July 26, 1880
In this letter, G.W. Sulton feels the people of Hartford “need working up” on the temperance amendment question, and requests Kansas Governor St. John address them sometime soon.
Medium: Text
Date: July 25, 1880
In this letter, the publisher of the Salina Herald notifies Kansas Governor St. John that prohibition information and advertisements will soon be mailed out. He asks the Governor to influence…
Medium: Text
Date: July 22, 1880
In this letter, having recently discovered the announcement of an August 1 appearance by Kansas Governor St. John that conflicts with a previous promise by the Governor to speak at…
Medium: Text
Date: 1856-1857
A map showing the town site of the Connecticut Kansas Colony, 65 miles west from Lawrence on the Kansas River. A letter written by Charles B. Lines covers the back…
Medium: Text
Date: 1903
This black and white photograph shows Lynn Seely Herbert,(1822-1903), a teacher from Hiawatha, KS, from the book entitled “Annals of Brown County, Kansas” by Grant W. Harrington. Herbert, a native…
Medium: Text
Date: July 20, 1880
In this letter to Kansas Governor St. John, Cyrus Shinn talks about arrangements for the Governor’s visit to Hyde Park on July 28th. He mentions a “good looking” reception of…
Medium: Text
Date: July 17, 1880
In this letter, Attorney Sternberg sends Kansas Governor St. John a clipping from the local paper, apparently reflecting an uncomplimentary reference to the Governor’s new baby. Sternberg jokes about it…
Medium: Text
Date: July 21, 1880
In this letter, John Parson of Iola, invites Kansas Governor St. John to “an old fashioned basket meeting” on the 7th of August, to explain the temperance amendment to the…
Medium: Text
Date: July 19, 1880
In this letter, Kansas Governor St. John receives an invitation from Reverend Riddle to deliver a temperance lecture in Milford, where the people “need enlightenment on the question.” Riddle offers…
Medium: Text
Date: December 01, 1892
This newspaper article from the Kansas Democrat focuses on the lynching of Commodore True and how the town of Hiawatha is defying the state law that prohibits the sale of…
Medium: Text
Date: July 16, 1880
In this letter John Price invites Kansas Governor St. John to a “rousing” temperance camp meeting in Crawford, County on August 22. Price assures the Governor of strong support for…
Medium: Text
Date: July 16, 1880
In this letter, G.S. Smith asks Kansas Governor St. John for written confirmation that 97% of prisoners are incarcerated due to alcohol association. Smith, who intends to lecture on temperance,…
Medium: Text
Date: 1879
This black and white lithograph is a bird’s eye view of Hiawatha, Kansas, which is the county seat of Brown County. The streets are identified while prominent places within the…
Medium: Text
Date: July 16, 1880
After being confronted by a whiskey merchant who claimed Kansas Governor St. John had signed a permit allowing merchants to sell “anything they pleased”, temperance lecturer A.W. Way writes the…
Medium: Text
Date: July 15, 1880
In this letter, E.B. Reynolds writes Kansas Governor St. John and requests the Governor address people in the Carbondale area, a stronghold of the intemperance element.
Medium: Text
Date: July 13, 1880
A letter from George Parker of St. Louis asking Kansas Governor St. John to endorse a Reverend Hooper, whom he considers an “advanced thinker” as a temperance worker.
