Medium: Text
Date: 1872
This map shows the Kansas Pacific Railway routes from Texas, through Indian territory (Oklahoma), to north central Kansas. In Texas there are 35 named stations or towns; the southern most…
Medium: Text
Date: 1866
A table of the distances from Junction City, Kansas, to Denver and all stops of the coaches in between. Coaches leave the terminus of the Union Pacific Railway daily. Each…
Medium: Text
Date: June 27, 2007
Marvin Metzger enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1942 and served in Fox Company, Third Marine Division. Interviewed by Brian Grubbs on Jun 27, 2007, Metzger talked about military experiences…
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Date: September 19, 2007
Wilbur J. Meier enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1942 and served until 1946. Interviewed by Deborah Pye on Sept. 19, 2007, Meier talked about military experiences in the Second…
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Date: November 9, 2007
Robert Laushman enlisted in the Army (Air Force) in 1943 and served until 1945 in the 39th Air Depot Group Dance Band, 11th Air Force. He spent most of his…
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Date: September 30, 2007
Virginia A. Kurata enlisted in the Women Marines in September 1943 and served until the end of 1945. She did her training at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and she attended…
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Date: September 26, 2007
Allen C. Easum was inducted into the Army (Infantry) in 1945 and served until 1946 in the 40th Infantry Division, 160th Infantry. He was drafted in 1944 and went to…
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Date: August 23, 2007
Orvel Criqui enlisted in the Navy in 1944 and served until 1946. He was sent to Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa for Navy Aviation training. He was then sent…
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Date: August 28, 2007
John Clifford was inducted into the United States Army in 1941 and served until 1946. Clifford wanted to be a writer before being drafted into the Army in 1941 and…
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Date: August 24, 2007
Warren “Blue” Barrand was inducted into the Army (Artillery) in 1944 and served until 1946 in the 7th Army, 79th Field Artillery Group. Interviewed by Deborah Pye on Aug 24,…
Medium: Text
Date: 1911
This photograph and roster shows the Big B Band of Topeka, Kansas. The brass band was organized in 1910 and was comprised primarily of African American girls and a few…
Medium: Text
Date: 1936
This is a campaign poster for Harry W. Colmery, who ran for National Commander of the American Legion. He was elected to that office and served 1936-1937. Throughout his life,…
Medium: Text
Date: April 12 - 14, 1921
In this series of articles, Alexander Howat, president of the Kansas miners, pleads the cause of organized labor and denounces the newly created Kansas Court of Industrial Relations in an…
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Date: April 20, 1922-November 19, 1922
This collection of newspaper clippings recounts William Allen White’s defiance of the Kansas governor and Court of Industrial Relations with his public support for striking railroad workers which ultimately led…
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Date: April 13, 1925
“Hours of labor in packing houses and other industries cannot be regulated by states through commissioners or industrial courts” is the decision handed down by the United States Supreme Court…
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Date: July 11, 1925
The Kansas Court of Industrial relations is not empowered to determine minimum wage for women and minors in industry reads an article in the Kansas City Star. The constitutional right…
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Date: November 27, 1920
In these letters submitted to the Colliers Magazine, Kansas Governor Henry Allen and Samuel Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, continue the debate over the Kansas Court of Industrial…
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Date: April 1, 1937
This article in the Topeka Journal discusses a 1937 U.S. Supreme Court decision on the ability of states to grant minimum wages. The recent ruling reversed a previous decision on…
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Date: Between 1865 and 1880
This map by the Kansas Pacific Railway Company features their “Golden Belt Route” from Kansas City to the “rich silver discoveries in Colorado.” It advertises the “shortest and quickest, therefore…
Medium: Text
Date: 1878
A geographically correct map of Kansas and Colorado showing the principle cities and the resorts of the Rocky Mountains. The Golden Belt route of the Kansas Pacific Railway is clearly…
Medium: Text
Date: 1879
A map of over one hundred mining claims at Leadville, Colorado. Another small map occupies one corner and details the Kansas Pacific Railroad in Kansas and Colorado. Health and pleasure…
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Date: 1870
This advertisement for lands for sale has three panels: the first is of the eastern United States from the Atlantic Coast to the eastern border of Kansas; the second is…
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Date: February 13, 1944
An attractive poster advertising the Union Pacific Railroad in Kansas. The advertisement first appeared in The American Weekly and pictures a farmer plowing the land by hand at sunset. He…
Medium: Text
Date: November 16, 1869
This notice is for persons who settled on railroad lands stating that the land office of the Union Pacific Rail Way company is now open for business. All persons on…
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1870 and 1885
This detailed map of the Union Pacific Railroad show stops in Kansas and Colorado, as well as connections in Missouri, Iowa, and in states further east. It includes estimated times…
