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United States Office of Indian Affairs, Central Superintendency, St. Louis,...
This volume contains transactions and expenses as recorded by the Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Central Superintendency, at St. Louis, Missouri. Expenditures included salary pay for interpreters...
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View of Herzog, Kansas
This sepia colored postcard shows a birds eye view of Herzog, Kansas. The town, located one half mile north of the English settlement of Victoria, was founded in 1876 by Volga German settlers. In...
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Storm damage on Menninger Clinic East Campus, Topeka
A wind storm hit Topeka, Kansas in July 1958. These three black and white photographs show the damage to the Menninger East Campus and Roy Leonard of the maintenance crew clearing up the debris.
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J.C. Bontecou to Governor John St. John
A letter from J.C. Bontecou of Jackson, Michigan. J.C. requests a copy of the proposed Kansas prohibition constitutional amendment, and acknowledges the old Michigan prohibitory statute cannot be...
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Wichita Fire Department, Wichita, Kansas
This sepia colored postcard shows a group of men from the Wichita Fire Department standing beside a team of horses that are harnessed to a decorative wagon for a possible parade in Wichita, Kansas.
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George Melville Stone
This is a photograph of George Stone, internationally known artist, working on a painting at his studio in Topeka, Kansas. He studied art in Paris at Académie Julian under Lefebvre, Bonnât, and...
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Governer Frank Carlson
This is a photograph of Kansas Governor Frank Carlson seated at his desk. A Republican from Concordia, Kansas, he served as governor from January 13, 1947 to November 28, 1950. Carlson resigned when...
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William Avery at a GOP rally in Onaga, Kansas
Here are two photographs showing Kansas Congressman William Avery with a young elephant at a GOP rally in Onaga, Kansas. Avery, a Republican from Wakefield, served in the United States House of...
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Statewide spelling bee at the capitol in Topeka, Kansas
A photograph of sixth graders that participated in the statewide spelling bee posed at the Kansas Capitol in Topeka, Kansas. Frances Strom is at the top with the McPherson County group.
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Lewis L. Dyche
This photograph shows Professor Lewis L. Dyche dressed in a fur outfit that he wore during the Peary party rescue mission. In this photograph, Dyche demonstrates how he harpooned a walrus during the...
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United States Office of Indian Affairs, Central Superintendency, St. Louis,...
This volume includes claims by U.S. citizens of property theft by Indians as recorded by the United States Office of Indian Affairs, Central Superintendency, in St. Louis, Missouri. Stolen items,...
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James G. Dougherty to Governor John St. John
A letter from J.G. Dougherty of Ottawa, Kansas, addresses not only the issue of prohibition and its probable impractibility, but the inevitable massive migration of southern Blacks to Kansas.
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Rodney G. Morrison, World War I soldier
Around 1919, the Kansas State Historical Society and the American Legion solicited biographical information from returning veterans (primarily members of the 35th and 89th infantry divisions) and the...
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St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, Runnymede, Kansas
This photograph shows St. Patrick's Episcopal Church in Runnymede, Kansas. It was a small wood-frame structure with minimal Gothic Revival detailing. The cornerstone was laid on November 28, 1889 and...
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Tracy Sheldon Blair, World War I soldier
Around 1919, the Kansas State Historical Society and the American Legion solicited biographical information from returning veterans (primarily members of the 35th and 89th infantry divisions) and the...
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Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas
These two colored postcards show the main entrance to Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. The school is located on 160 acres of land, donated by Kansas abolitionist John Ritchie, in the central...
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J.M. Haworth to Governor John St. John
Indian Agent J.M. Haworth introduces to Governor John St. John the names of four Indian Chiefs who will be representatives of the Indian Temperance Society at the upcoming Grand Temperance Council.
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William Wendle Biggart, World War I soldier
Around 1919, the Kansas State Historical Society and the American Legion solicited biographical information from returning veterans (primarily members of the 35th and 89th infantry divisions) and the...
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Methodist Church, Richland, Kansas
This black and white photograph shows the Methodist Church in Richland, Kansas. Built in 1884, the single frame structure was only the second Methodist Church in the state. Rev. Riggle served as the...
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Thomas J. Crowder to Governor John St. John
Governor John St. John is informed by Thomas C. Crowder of North Lawrence, Kansas, that the Temperance meeting scheduled for September 16, near Shawnee, has been postponed.
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