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Lincoln, Sherman, McKinley and others on silver
Date: 1896
This pamphlet does not list an author but quotes a number of politicians and others about their views related to the unlimited coinage of silver. This was one of the…
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Taming the Trusts
Date: July 1900
This pamphlet/magazine was the first issue ( Vol. 1 No. 1) of The Advocate Quarterly published in Topeka, Kansas. The author was Carl S. Vrooman. The three sections of the…
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Daniel Mulford Valentine’s diary
Date: 1859
Daniel Mulford Valentine, 1830-1907, moved to Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, from Fontanelle, Iowa, in 1859. Valentine was 28 years old at the time, and was a lawyer and surveyor. Many of…
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J. E. Foley to the Kansas Legal Control Council
Date: January 14, 1949
Topeka, Kansas resident J. E. Foley writes the Kansas Legal Control Council of Wichita concerning the repeal of the “Bone Dry” prohibition law originally passed in 1917. A more strict…
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Sterling Price to Governor Charles Robinson
Date: March 22, 1861
Sterling Price, President of the Missouri State Convention at St. Louis, writes Governor Charles Robinson of Topeka, Kansas with a resolution affirming states’ rights. The resolution outlines Missouri’s position with…
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B. W. Lewis Bros. To Governor Thomas Carney
Date: August 24, 1863
B. W. Lewis Bros. of Glasgow, Missouri, writes Governor Thomas Carney of Topeka, Kansas, concerning its plan to send emancipated slaves to Kansas. The letter claims a high number of…
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Colored people of Topeka to Governor Samuel J. Crawford
Date: February 25, 1867
Black residents of Topeka submitted a resolution to Governor Samuel J. Crawford concerning impartial suffrage. The resolution expresses the residents’ gratitude to the legislature and the governor for their support…
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New Scandinavia settlers to Governor Nehemiah Green
Date: December 4, 1868
Settlers of the New Scandinavia settlement, Kansas, petition Governor Nehemiah Green of Topeka for protection from possible Indian depredations. The petitioners request a company of fifty soldiers to protect the…
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Willliam B. Shockley affidavit
Date: March 25, 1869
William B. Shockley, Clerk of the District Court at Cherokee County, testifies before Henry G. Sumner, Justice of the Peace of Cherokee County, concerning an armed band of men opposing…
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C. M. Ricker to Charles Morris
Date: November 6, 1874
Captain C. R. Ricker of the Kansas State Militia, Medicine Lodge, Kansas, writes to Adjutant General Charles Morris of Topeka concerning a band of Pawnee Indians. Ricker notes that the…
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Charles F. Morse to Governor George T. Anthony
Date: May 21, 1878
Charles Fessenden Morse, general superintendent of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail Road Company (AT&SF) of Topeka, Kansas, writes to Governor George Tobey Anthony, also of Topeka, concerning a…
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Isaiah T. Montgomery to Governor John P. St. John
Date: May 23, 1879
Isaiah T. Montgomery of Hurricane, Mississippi, wrote Governor John P. St. John of Topeka, Kansas, concerning the migration of twenty five families of black refugees from Mississippi to Kansas. Montgomery…
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Bond Holders and Bread Winners: A Portrayal of Some Political Crimes Committed in the Name of Liberty
Date: April, 1892
S. S. King was a member of the Kansas City, Kansas, Bar Association. King was an ardent Populist, and the pamphlet details the causes of the harm done working people…
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The phonograph of human liberty
Date: September--November 1902
These items are the first three (and perhaps only) issues of a monthly publication dated September, October, and November, 1902. The publication promoted Populist ideas that came to be part…
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Revised constitution of the Kansas Alliance Exchange Company
Date: 1890s
The purposes of this company were to operate a mercantile business, to act as agents for buying and selling produce and crops, and to build and operate warehouses, grain elevators,…
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Declaration of principles, platform, constitution and by-laws of the National Citizens’ Industrial Alliance and proceeding of the National Assembly held at Topeka, January 13 to 17, 1891
Date: 1891
This pamphlet provides information about the efforts to organize the National Citizens’ Industrial Alliance. The organization was trying to unite farmers and laborers into one reform organization to promote issues…
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Citizens of Dodge City to Governor George W. Glick
Date: May 15, 1883
Twelve citizens of Dodge City, Kansas, write Governor George W. Glick, of Topeka, protesting the forcible removal of Luke Short from Dodge City. The letter recounts the events which led…
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Testimony concerning the G. I. Bill of Rights presented by Harry W. Colmery
Date: 1944
Harry Colmery may have used this copy of prepared remarks when he presented testimony to Congress concerning the G. I. Bill of Rights. It contains several hand written notations. Later…
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Warren H. Atherton to Harry W. Colmery
Date: November 30, 1943
Warren H. Atherton, National Commander of the American Legion, wrote to ask Harry Colmery, a past National Commander of the American Legion, to serve on a committee to look at…
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Edwin M. Watson to Harry Colmery
Date: June 15, 1944
Edwin M. Watson, Secretary to the President of the United States, invites Harry Colmery to be present at the signing of the G. I. Bill. Harry Colmery was a member…
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Address to be delivered at Versailles, October 6, 1937, at the dedication of the monument erected to General Pershing by the Republic of France
Date: October 6, 1937
This speech was written and delivered by Harry W. Colmery at Versailles, France, October 6, 1937, at the dedication of the monument erected to General Pershing by the Republic of…
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Frances Elizabeth Willard to Governor John Martin
Date: March 13, 1888
Educator and reformer Frances Elizabeth Willard of Evanston, Illinois, writes Governor John Martin of Topeka, Kansas, requesting information on the effect the woman’s vote in municipal elections has had on…
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Mrs. G. Monroe to Governor John Martin
Date: February 11, 1887
Mrs. G. Monroe, of Topeka, Kansas, writes Governor John Martin, also of Topeka, requesting he veto a bill that would give women equal suffrage in municipal elections. Monroe claims women…
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Governor Lyman Humphrey to John Hughes
Date: December 11, 1889
In this letter Governor Lyman Humphrey of Topeka (Shawnee County) responds to John Hughes of Howard (Elk County) regarding a petition requesting a special session of the legislature to provide…
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Rules of the Barton County Alliance Exchange Company
Date: 1890
This pamphlet outlines the rules under which the Barton County Alliance Exchange Company operated. Its purpose was to assist farmers to get the best prices for their crops and livestock.…