This is the wedding portrait of Hayes O. Pitman and Amelia Brooks Pitman. They are the parents of Dawn Fulton of Wabaunsee, Kansas, and grandparents of Janey Fulton Wenderott of Alma, Kansas, and Keith Fulton of Maple Hill, Kansas.
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Hayes and Amelia Pitman
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Unidentified man with beaver
This is a black and white photograph of an unidentified man with a dead beaver in Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
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Charles Burrill Lines
This is a studio portrait of Charles Burrill Lines, one of the leaders of the Connecticut colony who came to Wabaunsee, Kansas in March 1856.
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Maria Lines
This is a studio portrait of Maria Lines, wife of Charles Burrill Lines, who came to Wabaunsee, Kansas in 1856.
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Smith girls, Wabaunsee, Kansas
This is a portrait of four girls belonging to the Smith family of Wabaunsee, Kansas. They are idenified as (from left to right) Carolyn Smith, daughter of Herbert Smith; Lois Smith, daughter of Simeon Smith; Roberta Smith, daughter of Herbert Smith; and Blanche Smith, daughter of Simeon Smith.
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Alfonso Bouchey with haystacker in Maple Hill, Kansas
This photograph shows Alfonso Bouchey, left, inventor of a haystacking machine, with a model of his invention and his brother, Madie.
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Stone house in Maple Hill, Kansas
Two photographs of a buggy outside a large, two-story stone house in Maple Hill, Kansas. Some of the people in the photographs are identified as Richard Crawshaw, Lottie Combs, Gene Bouchey, John Combs, Frank Fauerbach, Mrs. John Combs and daughter, Mary, Mrs. Gene Bouchey, Vina Mansell, Anna Mansell, and Vera Combs.
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Josiah Hiner
Portrait of Josiah Hiner, one of the first settlers of Hinerville, Kansas in 1869. He was the son of Samual and Susan Hiner.
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Mary Thompson Hiner
Cabinet card portrait of Mary "Mollie" Thompson Hiner of Wabaunsee County, Kansas. She was the wife of Josiah Hiner.
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Three unidentified women in Alma, Kansas
This is a studio portrait of three unidentified women all wearing clothes made of the same fabric pattern.
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Isaac T. Goodnow diplomas
Two diplomas awarded to Isaac T. Goodnow. In August 1845, Goodnow received a teaching degree from Wesleyan University in Middleton, Connecticut. Goodnow came to Kansas in 1855 with the New England Emigrant Aid Company to ensure Kansas become a free state. They built a community, which would eventually become Manhattan, Kansas, and founded Bluemont Central College. In June 1889, Goodnow received a doctorate in philosophy from Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas.
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Mexican Consul to Governor Jonathan M. Davis
A five-page telegram from the Mexican Consulate in Kansas City, Missouri to Governor Jonathan M. Davis in Topeka, Kansas. The consul expresses concern over a report of four Mexican boys being barred from the Major Hudson School in the Rosedale community of Kansas City, Kansas, because other students threaten to stop attending classes if the Mexican children are allowed to attend. He says a mob of two hundred children and adults shouted abusive language until a teacher, Margaret Jones, called the police. The consul asks that the governor investigate the situation.
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Map of Topeka town lots
This hand-drawn map of Topeka, Kansas was probably created by Franklin L. Crane on behalf of the Topeka Association. The accounts of the Topeka Association included elsewhere described how Crane numbered the lots to keep track of who owned which lots so the association could sell unclaimed lots.
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Town Shares history collection
Collection of town share certificates assembled from various sources. Such shares were purchased by individuals who wished to own property in towns being developed in Kansas Territory. Many of the certificates are still blank. The collection is organized alphabetically by town name. Some of the towns represented include Arizonia, Ashland, Battle Hill, Belmont, Bloomington, Blue City, Brooklyn, Buffalo City, Burlington, Chetolah, Delaware, Denver City, DeSoto, Donelson, Doniphan, Emporia, Falls City, Forest Hill, Geary City, Geneseo, Granville, Humboldt, Jacksonville, Junction City, Junction Rapids, Prairie City, Lane City, Lanesfield, Leavenworth, Lecompton, Lexington, Manhattan, Marmaton, Meade Center, Minneola, Moneka, Nashville, New Haven, Newport, Osawatomie, Osawkee, Oswego, Ottumwa, Palermo, Palmyra, Pawnee, Pottowatomie, Quindaro, Richmond, Rochester, St. Charles, St. George, Saratoga, Scioto, Spring Hill, Tecumseh, Topeka, Troy, Twin Mound, Unadilla, Wabaunsee, Washington, Webster City, Westopolis, Winthrop, and Zeandale.
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Mary Williams Meek
This is a carte-de-visite of Mary Williams Meek.
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Kansas Film Commission site photographs, subject residences
These are panoramic photographs of locations in Kansas created by the Kansas Film Commission to promote scenes to film companies. The panoramics were created by taking individual photos and taping them together. The photographs are arranged alphabetically by subject and then location. The subject of this part of the collection is residences, arranged alphabetically by city.
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Baseball team from Richter, Kansas
This photograph from 1935 shows a baseball team from Richter, a small community about six miles west of Ottawa in Franklin County, Kansas. The only person identified in the photo is Louie Maag, who is standing sixth from the left.
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Kansas Film Commission site photographs, subject roads and highways
These are panoramic photographs of locations in Kansas created by the Kansas Film Commission to promote scenes to film companies. The panoramics were created by taking individual photos and taping them together. The photographs are arranged alphabetically by subject and then location. Roads and highways, arranged by county, are the subject included in this part of the collection.
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Kansas Film Commission site photographs, subject schools
These are panoramic photographs of locations in Kansas created by the Kansas Film Commission to promote scenes to film companies. The panoramics were created by taking individual photos and taping them together. The photographs are arranged alphabetically by subject and then location. Schools, arranged by city, are the subject included in this part of the collection.
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Isaac Goodnow lectures and writings
A series of manuscripts from the Isaac T. Goodnow collection that includes lectures, poems, and reminiscences. These manuscripts include those written, used, and collected by Isaac Goodnow.
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