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JT Lardner clippings and notes

Date: Between 1950 and 1970

This item contains newspaper clippings about the Eisenhower Library construction and State Office Building. There are also several notes and sketches.

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Edna Hanks

Date: Between 1940 and 1949

This photograph shows Edna Hanks pitching bundles of wheat into a threshing machine at a undientified location.

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Mathias and Eliza Charloe Barnett Splitlog

Date: Between 1890 and 1897

This photograph shows Mathias and Eliza Charloe Barnett Splitlog, copied from “The Chronicles of Oklahoma”, The couple were early pioneers and settlers of Wyandotte County, Kansas. As members of the…

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Wilt Chamberlin and Jack Parr

Date: 1958

This photograph, copied for the University of Kansas Jayhawker yearbook, shows University of Kansas basketball player Wilt Chamberlin and Kansas State University basketball player Jack Parr battling for the ball…

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Mexicans in Kansas

Date: 1930

This map, copied from “An Ethnic History of Shanee County, Kansas” by Roy Bird, shows the counties where the population contained 190 or more Mexicans. A key within the map…

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Diana Putnam scrapbook

Date: Between 1979 and 1980

This item is Diana Putnam’s scrapbook of her time competing for the title of Miss Rodeo Kansas in 1979 and Miss Rodeo America in 1980. In the Miss Rodeo America…

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Goldia Bourm Driver’s License

Date: October 16, 1931

A Kansas motor vehicle operator’s license for Goldia Bourm. Goldia Bourm worked as a schoolteacher in Jackson County, beginning her career at the Bartlett school in 1910. Bourm’s family regularly…

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Aristocrats Poster

Date: Between 1965 and 1975

A Poster for the Aristocrats, The first band in Arkansas City, Kansas, that Steve Clark joined. Band members Bob White, Randy Rocks, and Mike Mott are also featured on the…

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Thomas Stinson Ledger

Date: Between 1848 and 1868

A ledger from the business papers of Thomas N. Stinson that is from 1848-68 and contains information on both Uniontown and Tecumseh trading posts. Thomas Nesbit Stinson was born in…

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Bill of Sale for Isaac

Date: June 10, 1837

Bill of sale issued to James D. Craig for his purchase of a young, enslaved boy named Isaac for $675.

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Bill of sale for family of five

Date: September 27, 1839

This bill of sale was issued to James D. Craig for the purchase of five enslaved people for the sum of $1,095. Family members included: Billy, about 40; Violet, wife,…

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Bill of Sale for Moses

Date: May 15, 1851

This bill of sale documents the sale of a 26-year-old enslaved man named Moses to Thomas N Stinson of Union Town Potawatomi Nation for the price of $400.

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George R. King

Date: February 1937

This photograph shows George R. King, (1872-1954 ), copied from the University of Kansas Graduate Magazine. Born in the community of Port Williams in Atchinson County, Kansas, his parents Joseph…

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Angell One-Way Disc Plow

Date: Between 1900 and 1930

This photograph shows the first Angell One- Way Disc Plow. In 1920, Charles Angell, a farmer from Plains, Kansas, invented a plow that discs at the same vertical angle on…

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Bernard Emerson “Poco” Frazier

Date: 1930

This photograph shows Bernard Emerson “Poco” Frazier, (1906-1976), copied from The Jayhawker, the University of Kansas yearbook. Born in the small town of Athol, Kansas near Smith Center, Kansas, Frazier…

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William M. Boular

Date: November 1928

This photograph shows William M. Boular, (1869-1953), copied from “American Magazine.” Born in the small town of Summer, Kansas he later moved with his family to Atchison, Kansas. As a…

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Hamilton Perkins Cady

Date: November 1943

This photograph shows Hamilton Perkins Cady, (1874-1943), copied from the University of Kansas’ “The Graduate Magazine.” Born in the small town of Skiddy, Kansas near Council Grove, Kansas, Cady became…

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Sensational Showmen scrapbook

Date: Between 1970 and 2009

This scrapbook contains newspaper articles, performance posters, photographs, and ephemera from the Sensational Showmen music group. A succession of bands using this name played in Kansas from the mid 1960s…

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Evan Johnson promotional materials

Date: Between 1967 and 1969

This folder includes posters, business cards, and informational brochures about The Red Dogs and Midwest Garage Band Series- Kansas edition. The Red Dogs were hired in 1965 to be the…

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The Red Dogs newspaper articles

Date: Between 1968 and 1969

This item includes three short newspaper clippings of articles written about The Red Dogs. One is a printout from the Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise Online and is signed by the band members.…

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Fabulous Flippers reunion tour posters

Date: 1993

A set of posters for Fabulous Flippers events in July of 1993. The set includes nine posters total. Two copies, one neon yellow and one white, of the overall event…

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Fabulous Flippers sticker poster

Date: Between 1965 and 1970

This is a large sticker poster that has the original Fabulous Flipper band art on it with signatures from Roger Lewis, Danny Hein, Doug Crotty, Jerry Tammen, and John Brown.…