Photograph of four people seated in a photographer's studio or another location with a prop automobile. Identified from left to right: Charles Simon, Bill Wertzberger, Laura Thoes Simon, and Albert Dieball.
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People in photography studio car, Alma, Kansas
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Anderson children, Alma, Kansas
Portrait of five Anderson children identified, from left to right, as Ollie, Norman, Leona, Elmer, and Robert Anderson. They were the children of Andrew and Louise Anderson of Alma, Kansas.
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Andrew Anderson
This is a studio portrait of Andrew Anderson (1873-1950) of Alma, Kansas.
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Alex and Elizabeth Barnes
A studio portrait of Alex and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Barnes of Alma, Kansas.
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Louise Anderson
A studio portrait of Louise Nehring Anderson (1880-1963) of Alma, Kansas.
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Ernest and Irene Bandel
A studio portrait of Ernest and Irene Bandel of Alma, Kansas.
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Alma Ladies Birthday Club
Photograph of several women belonging to the birthday club having a conversation in Alma, Kansas. Those identified are Laura Schmidt, Dora Meyer, Katie Haller, and Lena Diepenbrock.
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Gottlieb and Theresa Zwanziger
These are two joined studio portraits of Gottlieb Zwanziger and his wife, Theresa. Zwanziger was the founder of the Alma Town Company and was also the surveyor who mapped the first streets in Alma, Kansas. Zwanziger also constructed the first flour mill on Mill Creek, being one of the earliest settlers in the county.
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John Smith, Wabaunsee, Kansas
This is a studio portrait of John Smith who came to Wabaunsee, Kansas in 1855, before the Beecher Colony. He was a conductor on the Underground Railroad and fought in the Civil War. He lived in Wabaunsee until his death in 1915.
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Joshua Smith, Wabaunsee, Kansas
This is a photograph of Joshua Smith who came to Wabaunsee, Kansas, from England in 1849 with his wife and family of six. He and his son John were part of the Underground Railroad. He came to Wabaunsee in 1855 and moved to Wichita after the Civil War.
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Lena and Simeon Smith
This is a studio portrait of Lena Zahner Smith and Simeon Smith. It may be their wedding photograph.
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Walter Handley diary
A diary kept by Walter Scott Handley (1838-1903) following his discharge from the Union army in Austin, Texas, as he traveled north to Chillicothe, Missouri. In 1867, Handley moved his family to Oswego, Kansas, where he lived for the remainder of his life. The volume in which the diary was kept previously belonged to Handley's father, James, who used it as an account book and tailoring sketch book. For this reason, the orientation of the writing on the pages changes frequently. Included with the diary is a newspaper article from the February 15, 1979 issue of the Oswego Independent-Observer which transcribes Handley's diary entries.
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Robert Taft general correspondence
Rober Taft (1894-1955) was a professor of chemistry, author, historian, and editor at the University of Kansas. The general correspondence letters of Mr. Taft consist of letters between various organizations and people.
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Crawford County, Kansas
A map of Crawford County, Kansas featuring townships, towns, landowners, railroads, and creeks.
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Western Branch of the Kansas Normal School at Hays, Kansas
This is a photograph showing the military hospital building at Fort Hays when it was used by the Western Branch of the Kansas Normal School. The photograph shows students on the day school opened.
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Hospital building at Fort Hays
This is a photograph showing the hospital building at Fort Hays. The main ward of the prefabricated pine hospital is on the left; it was forty by twenty-four feet. The smaller ward was twenty-eight by twenty-four feet, and this building contained the surgeon's office and dispensary. The two buildings were connected by a fourteen by twelve foot passageway. A kitchen and dining room were attached to the rear of the main ward. The post hospital aided civilian as well as military personnel and was the finest and best-equipped hospital in the region as long as the post was active. Later, the building was used by the Fort Hays Normal School. Fort Hays is one of the historic sites maintained by the Kansas State Historical Society.
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G. W. Bain to Governor John St. John
In this letter, Kansas Governor St. John receives a rather poignant letter from old friend G.W. Bain, apologizing for endorsing the introduction of a reformed alcoholic, who aspired to become a temperance worker in Kansas. The man failed and began drinking again, because he was "too weak for the great battle he found awaiting him."
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Florence Palenske Hallgren
This is a studio portrait of Florence Palenske Hallgren, the youngest sister of Fred Palenske, and daughter of Louis and Emma Palenske of Alma, Kansas.
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Mary Thoes Wetzel
This is a studio portrait of Mary Thoes Wetzel of Alma, Kansas.
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Isaac Tichenor Goodnow diary
The second of three volumes of a diary kept by Isaac Tichenor Goodnow prior to 1851. The end of the diary includes an index, a piece titled 'Intellectual Philosophy' by Elisa Pelton, and several letters written while teaching at Wesleyan Academy in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, a position he held until 1847.
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