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Noah Anderson to Governor John St. John
A letter from Noah Anderson and John Moore asking Kansas Governor St. John to superintend a grand temperance excursion, from Newton to Washington City, on March 4, 1881.
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H. A. Clifford to Governor John St. John
A letter to Kansas Governor St. John from H. A. Clifford requesting that the Governor speak before the Galena Lodge of Good Templars.
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H. A. Thompson to Governor John St. John
A letter from Reverend H.A. Thompson of Ohio in which he expresses interest in the temperance amendment of Kansas, and invites Kansas Governor St. John to address a mass meeting in January, 1881.
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J. J. Elmendorf to Governor John St. John
A letter from J. J. Elmendorf to Kansas Governor St. John requesting he stop and deliver a temperance speech in Chicago as he travels to New York.
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G. W. Arbuckle to Governor John St. John
A letter from G.W. Arbuckle requesting that Kansas Governor St. John renew his railroad pass for another sixty days.
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Thomas Burrows to Governor John St. John
A letter from Thomas Burrows, a cleric from Emporia, to Kansas Governor St. John showing support for the temperance amendment.
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Neely Thompson to Governor John St. John
A letter in which Kansas Free Press editor, Neely Thompson, calls Kansas Governor St. John's attention to a wording discrepancy in the voting tickets mailed to the State Central Committee.
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Eli Johnson to Governor John St. John
A letter from Eli Johnson of New York to Kansas Governor St. John which outlines the Governor's planned speaking engagements while visiting New York in early December.
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Eli Johnson to Governor John St. John
A letter from Eli Johnson of New York requesting Kansas Governor St. John stop off in Chicago on his way to or from New York.
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J. F. Drake to Governor John St. John
A letter from J. F. Drake asking Kansas Governor St. John for assistance in convincing the citizens of Emporia of the need for the prohibition amendment.
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Miles Brown to Governor John St. John
A telegram from Miles Brown to Kansas Governor St. John, asking him to address the mass temperance convention in Columbus on October 28th.
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Eli Johnson to Governor John St. John
A letter from Eli Johnson acknowledging his receipt of Kansas Governor St John's request for a railroad pass to New York.
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A. H. Dahlston to Governor John St. John
A letter from A. H. Dahlston in which he laments that Kansas Governor St. John could not speak at Salemsburg's recent temperance meeting due to ill health.
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E. B. Reynolds to Governor John St. John
A letter to Kansas Governor St. John from E.B. Reynolds acknowledging receipt of a railroad pass, and requesting another for the C & A RR to Chicago.
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Rich Chute to Governor John St. John
In this letter, Kansas Governor St. John receives a congratulatory letter from Minnesota Board of Trade President Rich Chute, who is also interested in details of the prohibition amendment.
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Baseball team in Newton, Kansas
This photograph from the early 1920s features the Newton, Kansas semi-pro baseball team. The only individual identified in the photo is Ross Kirkpatrick, the team's first baseman (standing, third from...
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Frank Pitts MacLennan
These four photographs show newspaper editor and publisher Frank Pitts MacLennan, 1855-1933, a native of Springfield, Ohio. Frank moved with his family to Emporia, Kansas in 1870 and began his...
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George H. Vibbert to Governor John St. John
A letter from George H. Vibbert from St. Johns congratulating Kansas Governor St. John on passage of the Prohibition Amendment and requesting details of the vote.
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John T. Price to Governor John St. John
A letter from John Price inviting Kansas Governor St. John to a "rousing" temperance camp meeting in Crawford, County on August 22.
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