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Harvey Rush home in Leavenworth, Kansas
This is a tintype showing Harvey Rush's home in Leavenworth, Kansas. The house, built in 1883, is an example of high Victorian style. It was later owned by Judge William C. Hook.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's coal train near Las Vegas,...
This is a photograph of a new Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway train with eighty-four 100-ton cars approaching Las Vegas, New Mexico. It was specially built to haul coal from York Canyon to...
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company box cars
This black and white photograph shows cotton being loaded into Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company box cars after being compressed near a facility in Lubbock, Texas.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company box cars
This black and white photograph shows several box cars from the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company waiting to be filled with grain at a unidentified elevator.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company hopper cars
This black and white photograph shows two employees from an unidentified elevator filling grain into covered hopper cars of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company.
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Menninger Professional Library, Topeka, Kansas
The Professional Library was established with books from the collections of Dr. Karl and Dr. Will Menninger. It was first located on the East Campus, but moved to the West Campus in September 1964....
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Kansas Film Commission site photographs, towns Caldwell - Everest
These are panoramic photographs of Kansas towns beginning with Caldwell and ending with Everest. The Kansas Film Commission created the photos to promote Kansas locations to film companies. Many of...
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Mary M. Hungate to Governor John St. John
In this letter, Mary Hungate of Snokomo, Kansas, describes for Kansas Governor St. John, the illegal operation of a saloon in her area, ruining men and boys, including her husband. She requests...
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William Daniel to Governor John St. John
A letter from William Daniel to Kansas Governor St. John, quoting a telegram the Temperance Convention had intended to send, but was overlooked.
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Biennial report of the State Reform School, 1886
The Kansas State Reform School, also known as the Industrial School for Boys, was established in 1879 by a legislative act that appropriated $35,000 for the erection of buildings, etc., in Topeka,...
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Biennial report of the Boys Industrial School, 1916
The Kansas State Reform School, also known as the Industrial School for Boys, was established in 1879 by a legislative act that appropriated $35,000 for the erection of buildings, etc., in Topeka,...
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Biennial report of the Boys Industrial School, 1918
The Kansas State Reform School, also known as the Industrial School for Boys, was established in 1879 by a legislative act that appropriated $35,000 for the erection of buildings, etc., in Topeka,...
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Biennial report of the Boys Industrial School, 1920
The Kansas State Reform School, also known as the Industrial School for Boys, was established in 1879 by a legislative act that appropriated $35,000 for the erection of buildings, etc., in Topeka,...
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Biennial report of the Boys Industrial School, 1922
The Kansas State Reform School, also known as the Industrial School for Boys, was established in 1879 by a legislative act that appropriated $35,000 for the erection of buildings, etc., in Topeka,...
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James N. Gloucester to John Brown
A letter from James N. Gloucester, Brooklyn, New York, to John Brown. Gloucester, the son of a former slave, sends his regrets that he cannot attend a meeting in Philadelphia and hopes Brown finds...
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Robert Ireland to Governor John St. John
In this letter, Robert Ireland of Baltimore, Maryland, advises Kansas Governor St. John that over two thirds of Maryland counties either have or are considering Local Option prohibition laws. He...
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F. A. Noyes to Governor John St. John
In this letter, Kansas Governor St. John is informed by F. A. Noyes of Denver, Colorado, that there are approximately 2,500 licensed liquor dealers in the country. Noyes would like the Governor to...
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O. W. Osborn to Governor John St. John
In this letter, Kansas Governor St. John receives a request from O. W. Osborn, an Oswego, Kansas, resident, for various financial statistics relating to the use of alcohol in the state. The letterhead...
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C. N. Points to Governor John St. John
In this letter, C. N. Points, referring to a recently formed temperance organization in Havensville, Kansas, extends an invitation to Kansas Governor St. John to address the community. The letterhead...
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J. W. Reeder to Governor John St. John
In this letter, Kansas Governor St. John is invited by J. W. Reeder to address a Temperance Rally in Nevada, Kansas, on June 12th, 1880.
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