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Little River Focus Great Bend Aspect vessel
This pottery vessel was found at the Paint Creek Archeological site, a village site in McPherson County, Kansas. It was donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1971. The pot, which is shell...
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Samuel S. Kirkham
This is a carte-de-visite of Lt. Samuel S. Kirkham who resided in Paola, Kansas. During the Civil War, he was a member of the 12th Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Company C. Kirkham was mustered in October...
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William B. Nichols
This is carte-de-visite of Lt. William B. Nichols, a resident of Stanton, Kansas, who served in the 12th Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Company C. He was mustered in as a Second Lieutenant on September...
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Martin L. Town
This is a carte-de-visite showing Lt. Martin L. Town who lived in Lawrence, Kansas, and served in the 12th Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Company B. He was mustered into service on September 30, 1862,...
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William A. Welles
This is a carte-de-visite of Lt. William A. Welles, who resided in Osage, Kansas. During the Civil War, he was is a member of the 12th Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Company C. He was mustered in on...
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Isaac T. Goodnow personal records
Personal mementos and ephemera belonging to Isaac Tichenor Goodnow, including passes, invitations, certificates, recipes, weather records, and travel notes. Goodnow was an early resident of Manhattan,...
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Isaac Tichenor Goodnow diary
Diary belonging to Isaac Goodnow, a free-state supporter and the founder of Bluemont College (predecessor to Kansas State University) in Manhattan, Kansas Territory. Although many of the entries are...
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Adaline Beedle Sorace
These fifteen photographs show Adaline Beedle Sorace, author of Addie of the Flint Hills, at various times in her life. The first photograph is Addie when she was sixteen years old. The next four...
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Hattie Parkerson
Portrait of Harriet "Hattie" Parkerson of Manhattan, Kansas. Parkerson was the niece and adopted daughter of Isaac T. Goodnow.
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Harriet Goodnow
This is a carte-de-visite of Harriet Goodnow. She was the wife of William Goodnow who settled in Manhattan, Kansas in 1855.
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Isaac Tichenor Goodnow diary
Diary belonging to Isaac Goodnow, a free-state supporter and the founder of Bluemont College (predecessor to Kansas State University) in Manhattan, Kansas Territory. Although many of the entries are...
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Mexican American school group possibly in Topeka, Kansas
This is a photograph showing an unidentified group of Mexican American school children possibly in Topeka, Kansas.
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John Brown to Joshua Giddings
This is a letter written by John Brown to Joshua Giddings, a Brown family friend, American attorney, politician and a prominent opponent of slavery. Giddings represented Ohio in the U.S. House of...
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Zurbuchen family in Wabaunsee County, Kansas
Photograph of Gottlieb Zurbuchen (1837-1917), an immigrant from Switzerland who settled in Rock Creek Township in Wabaunsee County, Kansas. Seen with him in this photograph are his granddaughters,...
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Victor and Hugo Saffry
Studio portrait of two young boys identified as Victor and Hugo Saffry of Alma, Kansas.
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Barbara Boyer Schreiber
Black and white photograph of Barbara Boyer Schreiber (1833-1916) seated on a porch in a rocking chair reading a book. A dog is by her side.
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Copp Store at old Paxico townsite in Wabaunsee County, Kansas
This is a view of John Copp's farm and store located at the old Paxico townsite, located on Snomoko Road at Mill Creek in Wabaunsee County, Kansas. After the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific...
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Mock family, Paxico, Kansas
Photograph of members of the Mock family of Paxico, Kansas. Seated, from left, are Valentine Mock with son, Edward, on his lap, Nicholol Mock, and John Mock.
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Community fair in Alta Vista, Kansas
This photograph of the community fair was taken from atop the viaduct bridge in Alta Vista, Kansas.
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Classroom in Alta Vista, Kansas
An interior view of a school classroom filled with students in Alta Vista, Kansas.
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