Kansas
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Addison Sleeth reminiscences
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2065
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the handwritten "Reminiscences of Army Life" by Addison Sleeth. His 173-page memoir begins with his enlistment in Company G, 52 Indiana Volunteer Regiment on October 28, 1861 and continues through to his mustering out on September 10, 1865 at Montgomery, Alabama and his trip home. The memoir is undated, but there is a handwritten entry added to the last page that notes Sleeth's death on September 18, 1912 at 7:30 p.m. The collection also includes a set of photocopies of...
Dates:
1877 and undated
Commissioner E.N.O. Clough collection
Collection — Folder S268
Identifier: S0268
Scope and Contents
This document reads: Thomas A. Hendricks, Governor of the State of Indiana. To all who shall see these presents, greetings:" Based on Revised Statutes of Indiana of 1852, which is reprinted on the second page, E.N.O. Clough, having "the ability, integrity and fitness," is named commissioner of deeds in the State of Kansas. The document is signed by Thomas A. Hendrick, Governor, and John E. Neff, Secretary of State, on January 28, 1875. A state seal in red with a green circle is...
Dates:
1875
"Drusilla Wilson: A Friend of Temperance" thesis
Collection — Folder S2178
Identifier: S2178
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one thesis from Susan Metzner Kraft in Wichita State University from 1979 regarding Drusilla Wilson.
Dates:
1979
Hicks family papers
Collection — Folder S651
Identifier: S0651
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence and vital records from the Hicks family in Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, and Rhode Island ranging from 1811 to 1886 regarding family history.
Dates:
1811-1886
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Hicks family papers
Hotel advertising cards
Collection — Folder S1548
Identifier: S1548
Scope and Contents
Three hotel advertising cards are mounted on cardboard, three-hole-punched page, of which there are eleven. All of the cards have drawings of the hotel which is advertised. Most of the cards are 2 1/2" high and 6" wide. The oldest one is 1894 (St. Nicholas Hotel, Decatur, Ill.) and the newest are 1917 (The Samer, Salina, Kansas, and The Lee-Huckins Hotel, Oklahoma City, Okla.). The three cards on the first page are: Union Hotel, Port Huron, Mich., November 19, 1903; Hotel Conner, Harpers...
Dates:
1894-1917
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Hotel advertising cards
James DuShane collection
Collection
Identifier: L048
Scope and Contents
The collection primarily consists of James DuShane’s correspondence, particularly from 1890 to 1914, regarding interests in South Bend area power companies and oil investments in Kansas and Indiana (Jay, Adams, and Delaware counties). The collection also contains correspondence relating to his work as a patent attorney, time spent as a superintendent at Madison, Indiana, and personal family papers. Additionally, the collection includes the legal papers of Ellen Colfax, widow of Schuyler Colfax,...
Dates:
1869-1949
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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James DuShane collection
Ora B. Cox papers
Collection — Folder S305
Identifier: S0305
Scope and Contents
This collection includes autographed, signed documents from various creators, including government agencies in Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky and Washington, D.C., ranging from 1823 to 1891 regarding legal matters.
Dates:
1823-1981
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ora B. Cox papers
Steers family collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: G-025
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, charts, and questionnaires from Edwin M.S. Steers and Pearl Steers Brenton based mainly in Indiana ranging from 1915 to 1960 regarding the Steers Family.
Dates:
1915 - 1960
Found in:
Genealogy
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Steers family collection
Tulley family photographs
Collection — Folder SP096
Identifier: SP096
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs of the Tulley family in Edinburgh, Indiana and Independence, Winfield, and Arkansas City, Kansas ranging from circa 1880 to circa 1910 depicting members of the family, including Mark Tulley, Kansas state treasurer (1906-1912).
Dates:
circa 1880-circa 1910
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Tulley family photographs
Unidentified family photograph collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP125
Scope and Contents
This collection includes carte-de-visite, tintype, and cabinet card photographs from an unidentified family in Winchester, Converse, and Xenia, Indiana; Bellefontaine and DeGraff, Ohio; Kansas; and other places in the United States during late 19th century. The images include mostly individual portraits of children, men, and women, as well as a few group portraits.
Dates:
19th century
