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Tornado damage, Topeka, Kansas
This is a photograph of tornado damage in a residential area in Topeka, Kansas, showing a woman walking down the road carrying two bags.
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Bismark Grove, Lawrence, Kansas
This is a colored lithograph of Bismarck Grove, Lawrence, Kansas. It served as the site of the Western National Fair Association. The upper image shows the exposition grounds including the...
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"Don't Go Back!" poem
This item is a hand written copy and a newspaper version of the poem "Don't Go Back!" It is attributed to John E. Cook on the front of the document, but signed "L.H." in the attached newspaper...
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Conrad Mueller Hardware at 304 Missouri Street, Alma, Kansas
Conrad Mueller, an early Alma businessman, owned Mueller Hardware at 304 Missouri Street in Alma, Kansas, as well as the building next door in which he operated a saloon and pool hall in the late...
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B. F. Wright to Governor John St. John
This letter serves as an invitation from B. F. Wright in Charles City, Iowa, for Kansas Governor St. John to speak there in July. Wright was corresponding secretary of the Iowa State Temperance...
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Wolford D. Wyatt to Governor John St. John
Wolford Wyatt of Lincoln, Illinois, sends Kansas Governor St. John, this letter of introduction and recommendation for a young female temperance worker on her way to Kansas.
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J. F. Drake to Governor John St. John
This letter from J. F. Drake of the Lyon County Temperance Society to Kansas Governor St. John, requests that the Governor give them a week's notice of his intentions to speak in Emporia, Kansas. He...
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T. B. Carpenter to Governor John St. John
In this letter, T. B. Carpenter invites Kansas Governor St. John to speak on the temperance issue in Burr Oak, Jewell County, Kansas.
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J. M. Miller to Governor John St. John
In this letter, J.M. Miller explains the details and logistics for Kansas Governor St. John's April 4th visit to Council Grove, Morris County, Kansas. Miller took the liberty to arrange a very busy...
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Frank Aley to Governor John St. John
In this letter, Frank Aley from Manhattan, Kansas, requests that Kansas Governor St. John send him data or statistics relating to temperance and prohibition.
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Baseball game, State Normal School, Emporia, Kansas
This color postcard, entitled "Athletic Field, State Normal School, Emporia, Kansas," depicts a birds-eye view of a baseball game in progress at the school. The image includes the baseball field and...
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Cultivating potatoes, Valley Falls, Kansas
A photograph showing a woman and children cultivating potatoes in a field near Valley Falls, Kansas.
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George L. Stearns and James Montgomery correspondence
A letter from George L. Stearns to James Montgomery and Montgomery's responding letter. Stearns writes about the threat of battle coming to Kansas and Montgomery responds that the Confederacy is...
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Sara Robinson to Charles S. Gleed
A letter from Sara Robinson to Charles S. Gleed, both of Lawrence, Kansas. Sara, the wife of Charles Robinson, writes about John Brown's role in Lawrence, Kansas, saying that his involvement has been...
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Henry C. Austin
A carte de visite showing Major Henry C. Austin from St. Louis, Missouri, who served in Company I of the 8th Kansas Volunteer Infantry. The carte de visite was removed from an album belonging to Lt....
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William J. Carter
A carte de visite of Sergeant William J. Carter from Moline, Illinois, who served in Company I of the 8th Kansas Volunteer Infantry. The carte de visite was originally in an album belonging to Lt....
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Edwin Joslin
A carte de visite of Edwin Joslin from Coon Creek, Illinois, who served in Company I of the 8th Kansas Volunteer Infantry. The carte de visite was originally in an album belonging to Lt. Charles H....
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Aaron Kuykendall
A carte de visite of Private Aaron Kuykendall from Moline, Illinois, who served in Company I of the 8th Kansas Volunteer Infantry. The carte de visite was removed from an album belonging to Lt....
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Marion Brooks
A carte de visite showing Captain Marion Brooks from Spring Hill, Illinois, who served in Company I of the 8th Kansas Volunteer Infantry. The carte de visite was removed from an album belonging to Lt....
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George Turner's Civil War enlistment paper
This is a volunteer enlistment paper for George Turner, a farmer, who served in the 2nd Regiment of the Kansas Colored Volunteers, Infantry, Company F.
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