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Marshall’s Band journal

Date: 1884 - 1903 (bulk 1884-1887)

This journal contains Marshall’s Band meeting minutes, membership lists, officers, concerts and rehearsals, newspaper articles, financial reports, constitution, and by-laws. Marshall’s Band was organized in the summer of 1884, at…

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Governor Crawford Indian correspondence

Date: 1867-1868

In response to Indian attacks on frontier settlers, Governor Samuel J. Crawford was authorized by Congress to recruit a battalion of men to handle the crisis. This series of correspondence…

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Allen M. Coville collection

Date: 1898-1913

This is a small collection of papers relating to Allen M. Coville’s childhood years spent on a farm west of Topeka, and to his service in Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders…

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Cheyenne women with travois

Date: Unknown

This is a photograph of two Cheyenne women utilizing a travois and digging for roots in the ground. There is also a child visible sitting on the travois. There are…

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Jasper M. Franklin to Lewis Allen Alderson

Date: March 16, 1831

A letter written by Jasper M. Franklin and Sarah Franklin to Lewis Allen Alderson. Alderson later moved to Atchison, Kansas, in 1858 and was a prominent Baptist minister. He died…

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I. S. C. Griffin to Lewis Allen Alderson

Date: July 17, 1834

A letter written by I. S. C. Griffin to Lewis Allen Alderson. Alderson later moved to Atchison, Kansas, in 1858 and was a prominent Baptist minister. He died in Atchison…

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S. Jones to Lewis Allen Alderson

Date: May 1834-October 1834

Several letters written by S. Jones to Lewis Allen Alderson. Alderson later moved to Atchison, Kansas, in 1858 and was a prominent Baptist minister. He died in Atchison in 1881.

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Joseph B. Miles to Lewis Allen Alderson

Date: October 1832-March 1833

Several letters written by Joseph B. Miles to his brother-in-law, Lewis Allen Alderson. Alderson later moved to Atchison, Kansas, in 1858 and was a prominent Baptist minister. He died in…

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William Feamster to Lewis Allen Alderson

Date: August 1833-January 1834

Two letters written by William Feamster to his brother-in-law, Lewis Allen Alderson. Alderson later moved to Atchison, Kansas, in 1858 and was a prominent Baptist minister. He died in Atchison…

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Joseph L. Baker to Lewis Allen Alderson

Date: October 7, 1834

A letter written by Joseph L. Baker to Lewis Allen Alderson. Alderson later moved to Atchison, Kansas, in 1858 and was a prominent Baptist minister. He died in Atchison in…

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John Steele to Lewis Allen Alderson

Date: 1828-1833

Several letters written by John Steele to Lewis Allen Alderson. Alderson later moved to Atchison, Kansas, in 1858 and was a prominent Baptist minister. He died in Atchison in 1881.

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W. Sands to Lewis Allen Alderson

Date: 1830s

Letter written by W. Sands to Lewis Allen Alderson and his father, Joseph. Lewis Allen Alderson later moved to Atchison, Kansas, in 1858 and was a prominent Baptist minister. He…

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J. H. Lockwood to Governor John St. John

Date: August 04, 1880

In this letter from J.H. Lockwood to Kansas Governor St. John, he writes detailed traveling suggestions and urges the Governor to also stop at Burr Oak, for laying of the…

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J. H. Lockwood to Governor John St. John

Date: July 28, 1880

A letter from J.H. Lockwood to Kansas Governor St. John giving him a detailed program itinerary for speeches to be made in Burr Oak, Jewell City and Beloit. Lockwood pays…

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Morris T. Locke to Governor John St. John

Date: July 09, 1880

In this letter, Morris Locke of Jerseyville, Illinois, comments to Kansas Governor St. John, that their celebration for July 3rd was spoiled by rain and rescheduled on July 29th. He…

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Thomas M. Drake to Lewis Allen Alderson

Date: April 18, 1833

Letter written by Thomas M. Drake to Lewis Allen Alderson. Alderson later moved to Atchison, Kansas, in 1858 and was a prominent Baptist minister. He died in Atchison in 1881.

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Catherine B. Dart to Lewis Allen Alderson

Date: 1832-1833

Several letters written by Catherine B. Dart to Lewis Allen Alderson and his wife, Lucy. Lucy died in February 1833. Lewis Allen Alderson later moved to Atchison, Kansas, in 1858…

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L. W. Allen to Lewis Allen Alderson

Date: December 1833-February 1834

Several letters written by L. W. Allen to Lewis Allen Alderson. Alderson later moved to Atchison, Kansas, in 1858 and was a prominent Baptist minister. He died in Atchison in…