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Erasmus Bennett home, Topeka, Kansas
These two black and white photographs show the Bennett home at the corner of Eighth and Buchanan Streets in Topeka, Kansas. Designed by architect Seymour Davis, the home was built between 1886 and...
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Union Pacific Railroad depot, Luray, Kansas
This black and white photograph shows the Union Pacific Railroad depot at Luray, Kansas near Lucas, Kansas.
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Missouri Pacific Railroad depot, Stafford, Kansas
This black and white photograph shows a view of the Missouri Pacific Railroad depot at Stafford, Kansas.
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Kansas Centennial correspondence
This collection consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence, news releases, addresses and remarks, logistical and planning materials, invitations and confirmations or declinations, copies of...
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Red Star Mill & Elevator Company, Wichita, Kansas
This black and white photograph shows the Red Star Mill & Elevator Company in Wichita, Kansas.
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Watson Mill Company, Wichita, Kansas
This black and white photograph shows the Watson Mill Company in Wichita, Kansas. There is signage that reads "1000 Barrels Daily" on the outside of the facility.
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Kansas Expansion Flour, Wichita Flour Mills Company, Wichita, Kansas
This black and white photograph shows the mill and grain elevators for the Kansas Expansion Flour and Wichita Flour Mills Company in Wichita, Kansas.
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Western Star Mill, Salina, Kansas
These two black and white photographs show the Western Star Mill in Salina, Kansas.
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad depot, Dodge City, Kansas
This black and white photograph shows the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad depot at Dodge City, Kansas. Visible in the photograph are two men standing on the platform.
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Temperance history materials
Materials including cartoons, postcards, circulars, and flyers pertaining to the prohibition movement in Kansas. A reward poster offers $35, pledged by citizens of Liberty, Kansas, for the conviction...
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Dwight H. and Luther H. Platt correspondence
Correspondence of Luther H. Platt and Dwight Henry Platt, missionary son and grandson of Jireh Platt, an abolitionist from Mendon, Illinois. Luther Platt's papers include letters from his wife Nettie,...
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Union League of America history collection
Materials from and about the Union League of America, for the Kansas state office and for some of the local councils. It includes letters, a list of rejected candidates for the League, meeting minutes...
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View on the Arkansas River
This is an engraving showing a view of the Arkansas River and the crossing of a Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway train. The engraving was published in The Great South-West in June 1874.
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A. G. Shears to Governor John St. John
This letter to Governor John St. John is from A. G. Shears. He is anxious to help the prohibition amendment cause and requests liquor statistics and supportive newspapers from Kansas Governor St. John...
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Cyrus Shinn to Governor John St. John
This letter from Cyrus Shinn to Kansas Governor St. John, hopes to arrange a temperance meeting to be held at Hyde Park in Oneida, Kansas, that would include the people of Sabetha and Seneca.
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Kansas State Temperance Union minutes
This bound volume contains the meeting minutes of the Kansas State Temperance Union beginning with the annual convention on January 9, 1883, in Topeka. Executive meeting minutes, committee...
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Mrs. George Jenkins and daughters, Clark County, Kansas
This is a photograph of Mrs. George Jenkins with her daughters, Ethel Brown and Myrtle Brown on their farm in Clark County, Kansas. Visible in the photograph is a barn, two pigs, a dog, and their home...
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Walter P. Chrysler home, Ellis, Kansas
These two black and white photographs show Walter P. Chrysler's boyhood home in Ellis, Kansas. The two-story structure located at 10th and Washington Street was built in 1899 and occupied by the...
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Hand book of the Kansas Legislature
This bound volume contains hand books for the Kansas Legislature for the years 1889, 1891, and 1893. It includes a directory of elected officials, a roster of members of the Senate and House of...
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Argentine Mill, Kansas City, Kansas
This black and white photograph shows the Argentine Mill in Kansas City, Kansas. On the image "C.A Fellows Contractor Topeka, Kansas 1921" is written.
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