Medium: Text
Abel Alcala’s VFW Membership Card
Date: 1950
This is a photograph of Abel Alcala’s Veteran of Foreign Wars (VFW) 1951 membership card for post number 1650 in Topeka, Kansas.
Medium: Text
Bailes Mestizos program for a performance at White Concert Hall, Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1980s
This is a Bailes Mestizos program for their performance at White Concert Hall in Topeka, Kansas. Bailes Mestizos was a group who performed traditional Mexican dance.
Medium: Text
Clippings of WWII and Korean War soldiers
Date: 1940s
Newspaper clippings featuring WWII missing in action soldier Rosendo P. Cabrera and Korean War soldier on leave, Wayne Hadley.
Medium: Text
Newspaper clippings on several soldiers during WWII
Date: 1940s
These newspaper clippings provide information on active duty World War II soldiers including Jose Tetuan, Rosalino Tetuan, Michael Tetuan, Jose Rangel, John Rangel, Ramon, Rangel, Fidel Rangel, and Charles Lopez.
Medium: Text
Santa Fe magazine clipping showing toddlers
Date: May 4, 1947
In this clipping from the Santa Fe Magazine, Patricia Rodriguez is pictured on the bottom row, center, with a cat.
Medium: Text
Graduation diploma for Luziana Aguire from Our Lady of Guadalupe, Topeka, Kansas
Date: May 29, 1929
This is the eighth grade graduation diploma of Luziana “Lucy” Aguirre from Our Lady of Guadalupe School in Topeka, Kansas.
Medium: Text
“Santa Fe By the Way” pamphlet reprint
Date: 1940
A pamphlet reprint of the “Santa Fe By the Way,” produced by the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe (ATSF) Railway Company. The pamphlet includes travelers information about ATSF routes, stops…
Medium: Text
Atlas of the Santa Fe Route
Date: 1889 and 1892
This atlas, in two editions, contains maps for the land traversed by the Santa Fe Railroad. Both first and second editions include state maps for Illinois, Kansas, Iowa, Colorado, Missouri,…
Medium: Text
Kansas as it is. a complete review of the resources, advantages and drawbacks of the great central state
Date: 1878
This book was written to meet the popular demand for reliable information about Kansas. It contains statistics on population, lands in cultivation, crops, schools, churches and other information. It was…
Medium: Text
Kansas, her resources and developments
Date: 1871.
A guide containing information on living in the state of Kansas. This booklet reports on various topics that include but are not limited to, emigration, population and education in Kansas.
Medium: Text
A few Kansas items
Date: February 1912
This pamphlet apparently, was a speech written by F.D. Coburn, Secretary of the Kansas Department of Agriculture, giving information about Kansas’ crops and livestock and their impact on the state’s…
Medium: Text
Clason’s Kansas green guide with road and railway maps
Date: [between 1925 and 1929?]
Clason’s Kansas Green Guide lists town and county populations, state colleges, railroads, and other basic information about the state.
Medium: Text
Kansas. The land of golden horizons
Date: Between 1940 and 1960
This pamphlet lists the many attractions Kansas has to offer. A number of photos can be seen covering various subjects, from Kansas agriculture to Kansas’ strides in technology.
Medium: Text
Colorado, and its relations to Kansas
Date: 1873
A small booklet that focuses on the relationship between Colorado and Kansas. From the agriculture of the territory, the limitations of irrigation, to the fruit supply, both states had an…
Medium: Text
Discourse of Mr. Benton, of Missouri: before the Maryland Institute
Date: 1854
The discourse of Mr. Benton of Missouri, before the Maryland Institute, on the physical geography of the country between Missouri and California, with viewpoints on its adoption to settlement and…
Medium: Text
The Kansas guide. Facts and practical suggestions to those who intend seeking new homes in the “far west”
Date: 1871
A guide with information on living in the state of Kansas. This booklet focuses on topics such as climate, soil, schools, and rivers in Kansas. It does have strong focus…
Medium: Text
Kansas and the country beyond, on the line of the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division, from the Missouri to the Pacific ocean
Date: 1867.
An account by Josiah Copley on traveling through Kansas and beyond on the Union Pacific Railway, from the Missouri to the Pacific Ocean. This account, written in a series of…
Medium: Text
Reuben Smith diaries
Date: 1851-1904
This collection includes bound diaries and scrapbooks written and compiled by Reuben Smith from his home in England,immigration to the United States in 1854 to his last years in Osawatomie,…
Medium: Text
Jason Brown to John Brown, Jr.
Date: January 3 and 4, 1859
A letter from Jason Brown to his brother asking to lend him some money. He offers a share of some land until he can pay it back with interest. He…
Medium: Text
James McBride Gaston collection
Date: 1847 - 1848
Diary of James McBride Gaston and his experience traveling the Santa Fe Trail during the Mexican War. Born on March 22, 1824 in Randolph County, Illinois to William Gaston, Jr.…
Medium: Text
Topolobampo Bay Colony, Mexico
Date: Bulk 1966 - 1976
This folder contains two letters, typewritten notes, and a brochure. Eileen Charbo sent the first letter, written March 10, 1976 in Mexico City, to Joe Snell, former Secretary of the…
Medium: Text
Alex E. Case collection
Date: 1866 - 1917
In this small collection, Alex E. Case, a state representative from Marion, Kansas, describes his experiences in Kansas in the 1860s. He recounts a conversation with an Irish immigrant named…
Medium: Text
Israel K. Brown collection
Date: January 1, 1870
The United States Government presented this patent to Israel K. Brown for 160 acres of land he purchased in Southeast Kansas on November 15, 1869. This was the first land…
Medium: Text
Arickaree history collection
Date: [Not given]
This collection contains originals and copies of correspondences, articles, notes and related materials regarding the Battle of Beechers Island, also known as the Battle of Arickaree Fork, on September 19,…
Medium: Text
John H. Plumb World War I scrapbook
Date: 1911-1919
A scrapbook created by John H. Plumb containing photographs documenting Plumb’s training and service in World War I, taken mostly between November 6, 1917 to July 3, 1919. The scrapbook…