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T. Moonlight to S. F. Tappan

Date: February 12, 1865

This letter, written by T. Moonlight, Colonel of the 11th Kansas Cavalry, states that the purpose of this military investigation, among other things, was to ascertain if Colonel John Chivington,…

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Post sutler’s day book, Fort Scott

Date: 1851-1852

This day book/ledger records the sales in the post general store. In 1844, Hiero T. Wilson partnered with John A. Bugg as the post sutlers. Bugg had been named sutler…

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Post sutler’s day book, Fort Scott

Date: 1844-1845

This day book/ledger records the sales in the post general store. In 1844, Hiero T. Wilson partnered with John A. Bugg as the post sutlers. Bugg had been named sutler…

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Henry Raymond diary

Date: November 11, 1872-November 11, 1873

This diary of Henry Hubert Raymond (1848-1936) contains daily entries for one year during his trip from Calinville, Illinois to Kansas from November 11, 1872 to November 11, 1873. The…

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Colored Directory, Topeka, Kansas

Date: 1934; copyright 1934

This “Colored Directory” is similar to other city directories. It lists African American churches, organizations, businesses and professionals. The bulk of the directory lists the names of African Americans and…

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Valve motion charts

Date: Between January 01, 1920 and December 31, 1939

A mechanical drawing from The Baldwin Locomotive Works, showing the Walschaerts valve motion and the Stephenson valve motion. Parts for the valve motions are listed in numerical order beside the…

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Help the crippled children!

Date: September 2, 1931

A newspaper article written by Kansas Senator Arthur Capper published in the New York Herald Tribune on September 27, 1931. The column focuses on the recent wave of infantile paralysis…

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The drouth of ’34: a farm woman’s account

Date: 1935

In this magazine article, Mary McKinney relates her experiences during the drought of the 1930s. Her reminiscence includes details about how farm families conserved water and kept cool during the…

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Home Life in Early Days

Date: February 23, 1908

In this reminiscence, Martha Valentine relates her experiences as a Kansas housewife during the early years of white settlement in Kansas. Valentine and her husband Daniel first came to Kansas…

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The drouth

Date: August 1, 1874

This brief, unsigned article published in the Junction City Union presents the hardships Kansans faced during times of drought. Settlers looked to the skies for rain but were disappointed. According…

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The Black Sunday of April 14, 1935

Date: 1950

In this reminiscence, Pauline Winkler Grey of Meade County recounts the raging dust storm that hit western Kansas on April 14, 1935. Her retelling includes information about how she prepared…

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The Panic of 1893

Date: 1894

This speech on the financial crisis (or “panic”) of 1893 was written by C. W. Trickett of the Wyandotte National Bank of Kansas City, Kansas. It was published in the…

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W. J. Buchan to Governor George Anthony

Date: July 25, 1877

W. J. Buchan of Wyandotte, Kansas, writes Governor George Anthony of Topeka, regarding a railroad strike in Wyandotte County. Buchan states that striking workers were not causing trouble, but a…

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Clem Blangers to Senator Arthur Capper

Date: January 30, 1946

A telegram from Clem Blangers, Salina, Kansas, to Kansas Senator Arthur Capper of Topeka. Blangers, Secretary of the Salina Building Trades Council, requested something be done for the returning war…

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Earl M. Smith to Senator Arthur Capper

Date: April 20, 1945

This is a telegram from Earl M. Smith, Concordia, Kansas, to Kansas Senator Arthur Capper, Washington D.C. With World War II taking much of the male labor force overseas, prisoners…

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A.R. Sleeper to Senator Arthur Capper

Date: August 20, 1943

A letter from A.R. Sleeper of Iola, Kansas, to Kansas Senator Arthur Capper in Topeka. Sleeper, a member of the Allen County Selective Service Board, asks that the operation of…

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Hjalmar Winblad to Senator Arthur Capper

Date: July 1, 1939

A letter from Hjalmar Winblad, Lindsborg, Kansas, to Kansas Senator Arthur Capper, Washington, D.C., addressing the issue of chain stores and their effect on independent businessmen of Kansas.

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History of Kansas newspapers

Date: 1916

The subtitle of this publication is “A History of the Newspapers and Magazines Published in Kansas From the Organization of Kansas Territory, 1854, to January 1, 1916.” This history includes…

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Kansas grit

Date: August 1936

Josephine Strode, a social worker in western Kansas, wrote this brief account of how Kansans coped during the 1930s Dust Bowl. She expresses the concerns of social workers who believe…

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Dust storm collection

Date: 1934

This collection of poems, written during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, provides insight into the hardships of daily life in drought-stricken Kansas. The poets’ subjects range from harsh despair…