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J. H. Ritchie’s lecture on the sub-treasury plan
Date: 1892
This pamphlet contains a copy of a speech by J. H. Ritchie, the “County Lecturer of Montgomery County” Kansas. He was part of the Farmers Alliance movement and was also…
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A hand-book devoted mainly to the money question
Date: 1891
This handbook presents a discussion about what is wrong in the economic system, according to the Populist perspective. It was written by P. B. Maxson and J. C. Hebbard, both…
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Voice of True Reform
Date: October, 1891
This item is the first issue (Vol. I No. 1) of what was intended to be a quarterly publication. It is not clear if more than this issue were published.…
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Fifth biennial report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Date: 1887
This biennial report covers the years 1885-86. The volume contains two parts and the page numbering starts over at the beginning of part II. The volume contains numerous agricultural statistics…
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Is It Ignorance? Or Is It Treachery? Are our National Rulers the Tools, or, Are they the Dupes of the Money Changers?
Date: 1893
James D. Holden describes this pamphlet as an inquiry into issues related to legal tender. An active Populist, Holden’s writing reflects the Populist perspective on issues related to money. He…
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Metallic Money and Hard Times: Why they are inseparable
Date: 1891
James D. Holden was serving as president of the National Citizens’ Alliance when he publised the revised edition of this pamphlet. Holden, a resident of Emporia, Kansas, was studying the…
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Free Freight and Government Railways. A proposition to restore to Society essential rights of which it has been wrongfully divested; and to make men generally the beneficiaries of Government, instead of its victims.
Date: Unknown
James D. Holden believed that the railroads should operate for the good of the public and this pamphlet explains his beliefs. He lived in Emporia, Kansas, and often wrote in…
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Pointers! Being a brief digest of debt, interest, usury, mortgage and foreclosure, with comments and chapter on equity
Date: 1893
This pamphlet addresses some of the main issues for Populists–debt and mortgages. It deals with these issues with a brief historical overview and some Kansas specific statements. It was published…
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In Time of Peace Prepare For War or Tariff, and Other Talks
Date: 1889
J. M. Graybill was a resident of Leavenworth, Kansas. This pamphlet contains essays on the tariff question, political clubs, prison labor, free speech, etc., all with a populist perspective.
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A history of the National Army of Rescue
Date: October, 1888
James Culverwell was a resident of Dentonia in Jewell County, Kansas. He was involved with organizing the Dentonia Union Labor Club, which was a predecessor to the Populist party. This…
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The Plot Unfolded! Or a History of the Famous Coffeyville Dynamite Outrage, October 18, 1888.
Date: 1889
This pamphlet describes the efforts of a committee of Kansas politicians (3 Republicans, 1 Democrat, and 4 Populists) to investigate an explosion of dynamite in Coffeyville, Kansas, on 0ctober 18,…
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The money question: A treatise on U. S. money
Date: 1892
M. W. Cobun was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the Populist Party. He was a resident of Barton County. The Populists were urging the federal government…
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The ultimate aim of trades-unions
Date: 1890s
This pamphlet by G. C. Clemens discusses the need for labor reform through trade unions. He compares that movement to other 19th century reform movements such as the antislavery movement.…
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Gaspar Christopher Clemens, The Labor Problem
Date: 1887
This pamphlet is “for the Busy and the Tired.” The author, G. C. Clemens, writes about the proverty that exists for most workers, including farmers. The original is extremely fragile…
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A common-sense view of the anarchist case, with some points apparently unnoticed by others
Date: 1890s
This pamphlet, apparently, was written by G. C. Clemens. It presents the populist perspective on events related to the Haymarket Massacre in Chicago, Illinois, on May 4, 1886. It is…
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Populist hand-book for Kansas. A compilation from official sources of some facts for use in succeeding political campaigns
Date: 1891
This handbook provides information about issues for the People’s Party in Kansas. The first chapter includes the People’s Party platform and the People’s Manifesto (originally published in the Nonconformist March…
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Polk’s Kansas state gazetteer and business directory
Date: 1894
This gazetteer lists all of the towns in Kansas in 1894 alphabetically, regardless of size. The information for each town includes the population, information about the town, and a list…
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Kansas state gazetteer and business directory
Date: 1884-1885
This gazetteer published by R. L. Polk lists all of the towns in Kansas in 1884-85 alphabetically, regardless of size. The information for each town includes the population, information about…
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Polk’s Kansas state gazetteer and business directory
Date: 1912
This gazetteer contains an alphabetical listing of all towns in Kansas in 1912, regardless of size. The information for each town includes the population, railroads, and other data, including a…
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Polk’s Kansas state gazetteer and business directory
Date: 1900
This gazetteer lists all of the towns in Kansas in 1900 alphabetically, regardless of size. The information for each town includes the population, information about the town, and a list…
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Deliveries & Shipments of Intoxicating Liquors
Date: 1916
Shipment records from Wells Fargo & Co. Express and the Missouri Pacific Railway company documenting shipments of liquor to various locations within Barton County. The records list date, cosigner address,…
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Kansas Preservation
Date: Between 1978 and 2011
Arranged chronologically. Copies of each issue of Kansas Preservation, a bi-monthly newsletter distributed by the Cultural Resources Division of the Kansas Historical Society concerning news and topics in historic preservation…
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Wyandotte Float Lands – List of Individuals Receiving Allotments
Date: 1855C-1857C
List of individuals receiving land allotments in the Wyandotte Native American reservation. Notes allotment number, name of grantee, by whom located, dates of filing and of notifying the department, legal…
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Corporation Charter Files for Minute Men and Minute Women of America
Date: 1860-1929
These packets contain correspondences between the State of Kansas’ Office of the Secretary of State and the State of Colorado’s Minute Men of America and the Minute Women of America…
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School Register, Stach School, District 59
Date: Between 1908 and 1919
A daily attendance school register for the period 1908 to 1919 for the one-room Stach School in District 59 of rural Jackson County, Kansas. Identifies student names, ages, class and…