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Kent Frizzell Republican for Kansas Governor

Date: 1970

This campaign card promotes Kent Frizzell as the Republican candidate for Kansas Governor. On the backside a bar graph compares the number of votes Frizzel received, in the 1968, general…

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Docking: the man who knows Kansas

Date: 1972

A 1972 campaign brochure with Dockings’s name printed on the cover in the design of a color wheel with a center that has the printed slogan “The man” in blue…

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Elect Robert Docking for Governor

Date: 1966

A 1966 campaign brochure that promotes Robert Docking as the Democratic candidate for governor who has an eye on the future of Kansas. Docking and the entire Democratic team of…

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Coal operators refuse to show production cost

Date: August 21, 1917

In this article, the Topeka Capital newspaper provides information about the Governors inquiry into the coal producing company’s margin of profit. The governor has argued that the prices are unfair.…

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State to make coal operators tell all the facts

Date: August 20, 1917

This article in the Topeka Capital newspaper provides some details about the probe into the coal operating companies doing business in Kansas. Coal operators and dealers were called into Topeka…

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Arkansas Valley Guide, Southwest Kansas

Date: 1878

This circular would be free to any address. Its purpose was to promote the development of the Arkansas River Valley in southwest Kansas. It tells of the agricultural progress of…

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Special excursion via Santa Fe to Kansas City

Date: November 21, 1926

This poster advertises excursion trains from fifty-one towns in Kansas to “Kansas City, The Heart of America, with its many attractions.” Attractions noted were: Missouri National Players; 5 vaudeville acts;…

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County and railroad map of Kansas

Date: 1885

A detailed map of Kansas showing the grazing lands of the upper Arkansas Valley and the land grant of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. This is a brochure…

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Special Santa Fe excursion to Kansas City

Date: August 16, 1925

A poster promoting travel via the Santa Fe from Lawrence and Topeka to Kansas City. The attractions listed are Swope, Electric, Fairmount and Fairyland parks as well as bathing, dancing,…

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Governor Arthur Capper’s slackers file

Date: 1917-1918

During American involvement in World War I, Kansas Governor Arthur Capper kept this file of correspondence on suspected German sympathizers and persons thought to be disloyal to the U.S. government.…

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Kansas!

Date: 1885-1886

Frederick Collins wrote this booklet using data from the 1885-1886 report from the State Board of Agriculture. It lists information relating to Kansas such as general land features, population, crop…

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Ladie’s day at the ranch

Date: June 1885

An account of one family’s journey from New York to Kansas. Descriptions of sheep shearing, grasshopper swarms, tornadoes, and prairie fires, are described in the article.

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Southwestern Kansas seen with Eastern eyes

Date: July 1885

An account by M. H. Leonard on his move from the East Coast to Cleopatra, Kansas, printed in the Atlantic Monthly. Leonard describes the vast differences between the two places,…

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Henry Kuhn address book

Date: Between 1850 and 1890

This address book lists names of persons and the towns and states in which they live. The book also includes newspaper clippings and a receipt. Some pages are glued together,…