Medium: Text
Date: 1900-1961
These materials include letters written by Carry Amelia Nation possibly between 1900 and 1906, and letters, articles, and other items written about her between 1901 and 1961. These papers originally…
Medium: Text
Date: 1921
This atlas shows maps of each township, school district boundaries, and the names of landowners in Decatur County, Kansas. It has a patrons’ directory, portraits and plats of towns as…
Medium: Text
Date: 1870-1900
Although difficult to read due to considerable water damage, Carry Nation’s diary and scrapbook records her concern for her family, fear for her marriage to David Nation, and worry for…
Medium: Text
Date: February 17, 1906-August 01, 1907
This correspondence from Joab Spencer to George W. Martin of the Kansas State Historical Society, deals with numerous issues related to Spencer’s time as a missionary to the Shawnee Indians,…
Medium: Text
Date: November 24, 1929-November 27, 1929
This correspondence between Grant W. Harrington and William E. Connelley addresses the efforts to locate the village where Shawnee Prophet Ten-squa-ta-wa lived at while in Kansas.
Medium: Text
Date: December 25, 1923
In this letter to C.L. Phifer, editor of the Kansas City Kansan, William E. Connelley writes about Shawnee prophet Ten-squa-ta-wa (also known as La-u-le-was-I-kaw). Connelley explains that Ten-squa-ta-wa was at…
Medium: Text
Date: 1839-1859
This is the Recording Steward’s book for the Shawnee Methodist Mission. It contains meeting minutes for various quarterly conferences held between 1838 to 1853 and Sabbath school reports, disciplinary charges,…
Medium: Text
Date: March 28, 1907-April 3, 1907
In this correspondence with George W. Martin, Belle R. Greene, daughter of Jesse Greene, discusses the material covered in her father’s papers from the period when he worked at the…
Medium: Text
Date: 1837-December 12, 1840
This item details some of the expenses related to the running of the Shawnee Indian Manual Labor School during the years 1837 to 1840. Some expenses were for the school…
Medium: Text
Date: January 26, 1940-February 05, 1940
This correspondence centers on Lewis E. Dofflemyer’s knowledge of the work of his father, Daniel Dofflemyer, who taught at the Shawnee Methodist Mission beginning around 1850.
Medium: Text
Date: March 11, 1969
This technical drawing by the Thrall Car Manufacturing Company shows the stenciling layout of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company boxcar BX-138.
Medium: Text
Date: March 11, 1965
This technical drawing by the Pullman Incorporated shows the stenciling for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company boxcars BX-101 & 107.
Medium: Text
Date: January 24, 1967
This technical drawing by the engineering department of the Thrall Car Manufacturing Company shows Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company boxcar BX-124.
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1970 and 1979
This technical drawing by the mechanical department of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company shows a FT-79-89670 autorack.
Medium: Text
Date: July 23, 1976
This technical drawing by the engineering department of the Whitehead and Kales Company shows a FT-69 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company autorack. Autoracks were used to transport automobiles.
Medium: Text
Date: March 3, 1902
In this letter to George W. Martin of the Kansas State Historical Society, Mahalah Jay of Richmond, Indiana, discusses her early life in Kansas. According to Jay, her parents came…
Medium: Text
Date: October 17, 1884-November 08, 1884
These item, sent by Dr. Wilson Hobbs of Knightstown, Indiana, to Franklin G. Adams of the Kansas State Historical Society, provide details on Hobbs’ tenure as superintendent and principal of…
Medium: Text
Date: August 23, 1940
This item, written by Dorothy Duvall, the granddaughter of Caleb and Rebecca Harvey, provides a four-page history of the Harvey’s missionary experiences at the Quaker Shawnee Mission. Duvall explains that…
Medium: Text
Date: January 20, 1934
In this letter to George A. Root of the Kansas Historical Society, Reverend J.T. Crawford discusses the location of the Shawnee Baptist Mission in Kansas. Rev. Crawford states that the…
Medium: Text
Date: January 01, 1934-January 02, 1934
This correspondence focuses on Grant W. Harrington’s work at the Shawnee Baptist Mission near Kansas City, Kansas. In particular, Harrington’s goal was correct rumors regarding the Shawnee Baptist Mission. Harrington’s…
Medium: Text
Date: April 10, 1876
This item concerns the legal heirs of the estate of Wah-na-se. In council, the Shawnee leaders decided that the land owned by Wah-na-se would be given to her sole heir,…
Medium: Text
Date: April 21, 1877
This item contains a declaration signed by Shawnee Native Americans Charles Tucker, Dudley Tucker, Charles Bluejacket, Stephen Bluejacket, and Jonathan Blackfeather. The declaration’s purpose was to address the transfer of…
Medium: Text
Date: February 19, 1907
This item provides a detailed history of the Shawnee Native American warrior Blackhook (Catahecassa). Born in Florida, Blackhoof moved with his tribe as it was pushed north and west during…
Medium: Text
Date: May 12, 1938
In this letter to Kirke Mechem of the Kansas State Historical Society, James Anderson provides information regarding his grandfather Reverend Thomas Johnson. Anderson explains that “some time after the death…
Medium: Text
Date: February 12, 1907
In this letter to George W. Martin, Joab Spencer discusses his knowledge of Shawnee Indian history, including the lives of Chief Blackhoof and Eli Blackhoof. The letter also addresses Spencer’s…
