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Date: February 14, 1858
A letter written from Lawrence, Kansas Territory, by John Stillman Brown, addressed to his son, William Brown, who was studying at Phillips Exeter Academy. Brown admonished his son for not…
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Date: 1940-1950
This item, written by Kansas City Star editor Charles Cecil Howes, concerns the Chisholm Trail, its origins, and its impact on Kansas. Howes explains that the Chisholm Trail was named…
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Date: 1940-1950
This item, written by Kansas City Star editor Charles Cecil Howes, addresses the long history of newspaper publication in Kansas. According to Howes’s research, “Jotham Meeker was the first newspaper…
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Date: 1940-1950
This item, written by Kansas City Star editor Charles Cecil Howes, concerns the Battle of Arickaree that took place in Kansas in 1868. Howes does not address any of the…
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Date: 1940-1950
This item, titled “Opening of the Santa Fe Trail,” was written by Charles Cecil Howes in the 1940s. Howes explains that “the commissioners of the United States completed [1825], at…
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Date: 1940-1950
This item was written by Charles Cecil Howes sometime after World War II in order to educate the public about the Native American tribes in Kansas. As Howes indicates, the…
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Date: May 18, 1939
These are several items from H.E. Bruce that were sent to Charles Cecil Howes. The first item is a letter from Bruce to Howes that concerns the meeting Bruce was…
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Date: March 21, 1928
In this letter to Charles Cecil Howes, editor of the Kansas City Star, Mrs. Mina P. Davis of Lawrence, Kansas, addresses the political dispute that occurred in the early 1870s…
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Date: July 21, 1927
In this letter to Charles Cecil Howes, editor of the Kansas City Star, attorney Patrick Hayes addresses the January 30, 1927, article that the Star published on the Battle of…
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Date: January 30, 1927
In this letter to Kansas City Star editor Charles Cecil Howes, S. Shlesinger addresses an article on the Battle of Arickaree that appeared in the January 30, 1927 edition of…
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Date: October 27, 1894
This item from the papers of Carl Julius Adolph “Ado” Hunnius is an invitation to the 33 year reunion for the 54th Regiment, New York Volunteers, which was held in…
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Date: 1910-1920
This item is a story written by Carl Julius Adolph “Ado” Hunnius. Hunnius states that he wrote the story after being requested to write down his recollections of and experiences…
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Date: 1889
Written by Carl Julius Adolph “Ado” Hunnius, a collection of his thoughts on the subject of buffalo that would likely have been supported by his experiences in the U.S. Army…
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Date: 1910-1920
This item contains Carl Julius Adolph “Ado” Hunnius’s story titled “Indian Trading Store.” Having traveled throughout Indian Territory as a civilian and soldier.
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Date: 1914
Description of Fort Zarah written by Carl Julius Adolph Hunnius in 1914. Fort Zarah was an active military fort in Great Bend, Kansas, from 1864-1869, and Hunnius had been to…
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Date: October 21, 1874
This item is a certificate from the Museum fur Volkerkunde (Anthropological and Ethnological Museum) in Leipzig, Germany. It was issued to Carl Julius Adolph “Ado” Hunnius by the Museum’s executive…
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Date: January 19, 1879
This is a letter from E.A. La Fever, Hiawatha, Kansas, to a friend and his family. La Fever writes about daily life, from trying to build a stable for his…
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Date: January 10 - 24, 1876
Carl J. A. “Ado” Hunnius kept this diary while visiting the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes in Indian Territory. The diary contains detailed information about the trip and sketches (drawn illustrations)…
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Date: Possibly 1920s
This is a history of the first settlement in Brown County, Kansas. Thurston Chase and James Gibbons marked claims on Wolf river on May 11, 1854.
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Date: January 14, 1902
This is a charter for “The Brown County Kansas University Students’ Association” filed in the office of the Kansas Secretary of State. The purpose of the organization was to maintain…
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Date: 1870-1900
This item contains an article on the Indians of the United States written by Carl Julius Adolph Hunnius. Known as Ado to his friends and colleagues, Hunnius was a Civil…
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Date: February 14, 1903
This Topeka State Journal front page reports the activities of Blanche Boise, a follower of Carry Nation. Boise smashed two Topeka drugstores and four joints before she was arrested.
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Date: March 30, 1867-October 9, 1867
This diary, written by Carl Julius Adolph Hunnius, contains entries from his time serving under Major General Winfield Scott Hancock on his expedition to pacify the plains Indians shortly after…
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Date: February 5, 1901
This front page of The Topeka State Journal reports Carry Nation’s attack on the Senate Saloon located at 406 Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas. Nation and her followers entered the saloon…
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Date: March 1867
This item contains Carl Julius Adolph Hunnius’s notes on his participation in Major General Winfield Scott Hancock’s expedition to pacify Indians living on the American plains that took place shortly…
