Medium: Text
Date: 1890 through 1900
This pamphlet is addressed to the “Grain-Growers of Kansas” and explains how the Alliance Produce Company plans to assist farmers in generating greater profits from the sale of their crops.…
Medium: Text
Date: 1891
This pamphlet explains how the Alliance Produce Company proposed to allow the producer to eliminate steps in getting products to the consumer and, thus, increasing the producer’s profits. The company…
Medium: Text
Date: December 20, 1889-[n.d.], 1890
The Grafton and Center [Farmers’] Alliances of Chautauqua County petition Governor Lyman Humphrey to call a special session of the state legislature to provide farmers relief from mortgages. The Farmers’…
Medium: Text
Date: August 9, 1936
Letter written by Glenn Cunningham, 1909-1988, on Olympic Village stationery during the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany, to Leslie M. Heath, Emporia, Kansas. Cunningham, a well known Kansas runner who…
Medium: Text
Date: December 4, 1893
With this circular, Governor Lorenzo Dow Lewelling of Topeka, Kansas, appeals to police commissioners of Kansas cities to show restraint in the prosecution of the unemployed. The governor argues that…
Medium: Text
Date: September 7--12, 1885
This leaflet list the various horse races that were scheduled during the 1885 Western National Fair held at Bismarck Grove, Lawrence, Kansas, Sept. 7-12. They included waling, trotting, pacing, and…
Medium: Text
Date: September 7-12, 1886
The Western National Fair Association held its 1886 fair at Bismarck Grove, Lawrence, Kansas from September 7 through 12. This was the premium list for the fine and liberal arts…
Medium: Text
Date: 1887
This complimentary press ticket was to “admit one Gentleman and one Lady” from “The Weekly Mail.” The Western National Fair was held September 5-10, 1887, at Bismarck Grove, Lawrence, Kansas.
Medium: Text
Date: 1884
This complimentary admission ticket to the Western National Fair was issued to F. G. Adams “and lady.” The 1884 fair was held from September 1-6 at Bismarck Grove, Lawrence, Kansas.
Medium: Text
Date: December 24, 1894
The chairman of the Sheridan County Republican Central Committee, C. C. Evans, of Allison (Decatur County), writes Governor Edmund Morrill to inform him of the desperate circumstances facing farmers in…
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
This informational circular was developed by the Alliance Produce Company of Topeka, Kansas. One of the reasons the company had been organized was to aid farmers and other organizations to…
Medium: Text
Date: Unknown
The Alliance Produce Company was formed “to secure the laborer a more just and equitable share in the product of his labor.” The company intended to assist in marketing products,…
Medium: Text
Date: 1890--1891
The Alliance Women’s Association of Barton County, Kansas, was organized on July 5, 1890, in Hoisington, Kansas. This pamphlet records their activities for the rest of 1890 and it also…
Medium: Text
Date: February 2, 1897
Jason A. McCarrick, of Kansas City, Kansas, advises Governor John W. Leedy, of Topeka, on the political importance of the office of Labor Commissioner to the Populist Party. McCarrick recommends…
Medium: Text
Date: 1861
A copy of “The Grand Canyon of the Colorado” drawn by H. B. Mollhausen. It appeared in Reisen in die felsengebirge Nord-Amerikas bis zum hoch-plateau von Neu-Mexico by Heinrich Balduin…
Medium: Text
Date: January 19, 1901
The warden of the Kansas State Penitentiary at Lansing, J. B. Tomlinson, writes Governor William Eugene Stanley, of Topeka, concerning the events preceding the lynching of Fred Alexander, an African…
Medium: Text
Date: June 8, 1903
The County Clerk of Johnson County, J. G. Rudy of Olathe, writes Governor Joshua Bailey, of Topeka, regarding the Johnson County Commission’s efforts to aid victims of the Kansas River…
Medium: Text
Date: 1885
The Western National Fair Association held its 1885 fair at Bismarck Grove, Lawrence, Kansas, from September 7 through 12. This item is the premium list for the agricultural department. Wm.…
Medium: Text
Date: 1880
The Western National Fair Association held its first “annual” fair at Bismarck Grove, Lawrence, Kansas, from September 13 through 18, 1880. This pamphlet contains the premium list for the fair,…
Medium: Text
Date: August 18-19, 1881
This Musical Jubilee was held at Bismarck Grove, near Lawrence, Kansas. It was under the direction of C. E. Leslie, who was assisted by a number of music teachers and…
Medium: Text
Date: September 14--16, 1879
This broadside lists the various events that were planed for the 25th anniversary celebration of the opening of Kansas Territory to settlement. The events were held at Bismark Grove near…
Medium: Text
Date: February 18, 1905
K. L. Browne of Kansas City, Kansas, writes Governor Edward W. Hoch of Topeka concerning the segregation of Kansas City (Kans.) High School. Browne requests the Governor sign a bill…
Medium: Text
Date: February 21, 1905
C. M. Moates, M.D. of Leavenworth (Leavenworth County) writes Governor Edward W. Hoch of Topeka (Shawnee County) concerning the segregation of Kansas City (Kans.) High School. Moates requests the Governor…
Medium: Text
Date: March 27, 1911
H. C. Ericsson, special investigator into illegal liquor sales, reports his findings directly to Governor Walter Stubbs of Topeka (Shawnee County). This report regards Ericsson’s visit to Pittsburg (Crawford County).…
Medium: Text
Date: between 1840 and 1850
Group of Iowa Indians copied from The Iowa (1911) by William Harvey Miner.
