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Thomas Stinson Ledger
A ledger from the business papers of Thomas N. Stinson that is from 1848-68 and contains information on both Uniontown and Tecumseh trading posts. Thomas Nesbit Stinson was born in 1818 in Preble...
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Bill of sale for family of five
This bill of sale was issued to James D. Craig for the purchase of five enslaved people for the sum of $1,095. Family members included: Billy, about 40; Violet, wife, about 30; James, boy, 8; Felix,...
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Bill of Sale for Reuben McCausland
This bill of sale was issued to Hector A. Chinn of Lafayette County, Missouri, for the purchase of 17-year-old Reuben McCausland for $1.
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Bill of Sale for Isaac
Bill of sale issued to James D. Craig for his purchase of a young, enslaved boy named Isaac for $675.
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Amanda Ida Harmon Watkins
This press photograph shows Amanda Ida Harmon Watkins, known as the "Wheat Queen of the World," seated in an automobile in her wheat field. She built an empire by buying acres of land in southwest...
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Amanda Ida Harmon Watkins
This photograph shows Amanda Ida Harmon Watkins, (1871-1961), "Wheat Queen of the World" from Sublette Kansas. Ida was born in Harmon, Missouri and later moved with her family to an area near Wichita,...
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Deadwood Stage
This photograph shows the original Deadwood Stage built by the Abbot Downing Company at the company 's facility in Concord, New Hampshire. Additional information abut the stage coach is provided on...
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Harvest crew
This photograph shows a harvest crew using horse drawn equipment to harvest crops. The photo was possibly taken in Plains, Kansas.
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Angell's Steam threshing machine, Plains, Kansas
This photograph shows a harvest crew standing beside Chase Angell's Steam Thresher. Chase Angells is seated on the threshing machine. The photo was possibly taken in Plains, Kansas.
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Angell One- Way Disc Plow
These two photographs show the Angell One- Way Disc Plow. The photos were possibly taken in Plains, Kansas. In 1920, Charles Angell, a farmer from Plains, invented a plow that discs at the same...
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Angell One-Way Disc Plow
This photograph shows the first Angell One- Way Disc Plow. In 1920, Charles Angell, a farmer from Plains, Kansas, invented a plow that discs at the same vertical angle on a single axel. Because of...
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Kansas Museum of History's, Columbian Exposition exhibit, Topeka, Kansas
These two colored photographs show the Columbian Exposition exhibit at the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka, Kansas. The exhibit was commemorating the World's Columbian Exposition also know as the...
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Kansas Museum of History's, Columbian Exposition exhibit, Topeka, Kansas
This colored slide shows the entrance way to the Columbian Exposition exhibit at the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka, Kansas. The exhibit was commemorating the World's Columbian Exposition also...
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Kansas State Historical Society's, museum move,Topeka, Kansas
This colored slide shows staff at the Kansas State Historical Society packing artifacts to be moved from the Memorial Building in downtown Topeka, Kansas. In 1983 and 1984, the museum moved their...
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Kansas State Historical Society's, exhibits, Topeka, Kanas
This colored slide shows exhibits being dismantled at the Kansas State Historical Society's location in the Memorial Building in Topeka, Kansas. The Kansas Historical Society was located in the GAR...
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Kansas Museum of History's, "Wheat People" exhibit,Topeka,...
These three colored slides show images from the "Wheat People" exhibit at the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka, Kansas. The exhibit explored how wheat became a central part of Kansas' identity and...
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Kansas Museum of History's, "Wheat People" exhibit,Topeka,...
These three colored slides show images from the "Wheat People" exhibit at the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka, Kansas. The exhibit explored how wheat became a central part of Kansas' identity and...
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Kansas Museum of History's, "How Kansas Gave Texas the Boot"...
These four colored slides show artifacts from the exhibit "How Kansas Gave Texas the Boot", at the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka, Kansas. The exhibit traced the history of cowboy boots in Kansas.
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Kansas Museum of History's, "How Kansas Gave Texas the Boot"...
These four colored slides show the people and the boots included in the exhibit "How Kansas Gave Texas the Boot", at the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka, Kansas. The exhibit traced the history of...
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Kansas Folklife Festival 1984 #11 - Linda and Doug Teener
An audio recording of Linda and Doug Teener's performance at the 1984 Kansas Folklife Festival. The Kansas Folklife Festival was hosted by the Kansas Historical Society's Kansas Museum of History and...
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Odell E. Taylor collection
This collection includes photographs of Odell E. Taylor and members of his family, including Mamie Steele. Photographs include school children in 1931 from Franklin school, Troy High School football...
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Steve Clark Band Photographs
Six photographs of the Young Raiders, Southern Flavor, and scenes from Steve Clark's early music career. Steve Clark was a member of the Young Raiders, Rising Suns, and Southern Flavor in the 1960 and...
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Aristocrats Poster
A Poster for the Aristocrats, The first band in Arkansas City, Kansas, that Steve Clark joined. Band members Bob White, Randy Rocks, and Mike Mott are also featured on the poster. Steve Clark was a...
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Farm Bureau News Commercial
A 16mm motion picture film promoting the Kansas Farm Bureau created by the Kansas Farm Bureau. There is no date, but it is estimated to be from the 1940s.
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Historic Properties Report
A report on historic properties owned by the Kansas State Historical Society, created by the field programs team as an outgrowth of a 1977-1978 Historic Sites committee that had visited each site in...
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