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Plowing on the prairies beyond the Mississippi
This is a magazine article and illustration about breaking soil for the first time in Kansas. The illustration shows farmers plowing with oxen. It was drawn by Theodore R. Davis and published in...
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company offices, Topeka, Kansas
This black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company office building at Ninth and Jackson Streets in Topeka, Kansas. The ten-story structure was built in two...
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Courthouse in Ravanna, Kansas
These two photographs show the Garfield County courthouse in Ravanna, Kansas. The courthouse was located approximately forty miles northeast of Garden City in Finney County. The two-story structure,...
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Jennie A. Beecher to Governor John St. John
This is a letter from Jennie Beecher, who is concerned the prohibition amendment might include the making, selling and drinking of sweet cider. This would influence the votes of her husband and...
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Noah Allen to Governor John St. John
This letter from Noah Allen, an attorney in Wichita, invites Kansas Governor St. John to speak to a Sedgwick County audience on prohibition on April 14, 1880, and promises that the Governor may see a...
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Elmer Green, PhD who established the psychophysiology laboratory at the...
This is a photograph of Dr. Elmer Green who established the psychophysiology laboratory in the Research Department at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas. He directed the Menninger Voluntary...
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William C. Menninger, M.D. on front cover of Time magazine
This photograph shows Dr. Will Menninger's portrait as it was published on Time magazine. "Dr. Will" and his father, Dr. C.F. Menninger and his brother "Dr. Karl" established the Menninger Clinic,...
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Railway trade marks
A page from an unidentified publication showing logos for railroads in the United States. On the reverse are outlines of the logos with company names.
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Sigmund Freud
This print of Sigmund Freud was made from an etching by Max Pollak. It was used as the frontspiece in the Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic in September 1949. It shows Dr. Freud at his desk with some...
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Union Pacific Railroad depot, Salina, Kansas
A set of three architectural plans for the Union Pacific Railroad passenger depot in Salina, Kansas. The plans show side and section elevations, and were drawn in 1913 and revised in 1914.
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Neiswanger Building, Menninger West Campus, Topeka, Kansas
The offices for the Topeka Psychoanalytic Society and Dr. Karl Menninger were housed in the Neiswanger Building on the Menninger Foundation hilltop facilities. It had been a home for retired people...
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Murphy Building, Menninger West Campus, Topeka, Kansas
The Research Division was housed in the Murphy Building on the Menninger Foundation hilltop facilities. It had been staff housing apartments for the Security Benefit Association. The SBA members paid...
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's steam locomotive #517
This photograph shows a group of people gathered around the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's steam locomotive #517 at an unidentified location. The engine is decorated with flags and...
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's steam locomotive #2919
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's steam locomotive #2919, 4-8-4, at an unidentified location. The engine was built in 1944 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works...
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's steam locomotive #1693
This black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's steam locomotive #1693. The engine was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Mary Jane Shelledy Ritchie
This is a photograph of Mary Jane Shelledy Ritchie, the first wife of John Ritchie. She was the youngest daughter of Caleb Shelledy of Shelby County, Kentucky. At the age of 10 years, Mary Jane went...
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Mary Bartlett Pillsbury Weston
This cabinet card shows Mary Bartlett Pillsbury Weston (1817-1894), a professional and accomplished artist from New Hampshire who moved in 1874 to reside in Lawrence, Kansas. She captured the essence...
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An original "Council Grove" tree, Council Grove, Kansas
A photograph of one of the original trees of Council Grove, Kansas. At the time the photograph was taken, it was estimated to be 250 years old. The adjacent stone building was a small brewery.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's steam locomotive #3439
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's steam locomotive #3439, 4-6-2, in Chicago, Illinois.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's steam locomotive #1279
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's steam locomotive #1279. The engine was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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