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This collection of speeches, correspondence, pamphlets, clippings, audiovisual material, and miscellaneous memorabilia was collected by historian Donald R. McCoy as a result of his research for the biography Landon of Kansas.

Overview The bulk of the Catherine Campbell Collection is reports and speeches relating to her involvement with the Daughters of the American Revolution. Although the papers cover the years 1909 through 1924, they deal primarily with the war years of 1918-1919. Therefore, the papers give an excellent view of stateside war work that was done during World War I. The collection also contains Catherine own genealogical research, materials relating to the Republican Convention, and some miscellaneous...

Overview Scrapbook containing the proceedings of the Kansas State Legislature for the session of 1893, as published in the Topeka Daily Capital, prepared for C.S. Gleed, a Topeka, Kansas-based businessman, lawyer, newspaper publisher and editor, and staff member and member of the board of directors for the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Company. Gleed was a member of the Republican Party, legislative members of which were struggling with Populist Party members for...

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This collection contains political campagin information, correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, diplomas, certificates, magazines, legal research, and ephermera belonging to and relating to Fred Six and various members of his family.

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George C. Angle, a Republican politician from Barnesville, Kansas, was active as precinct organizer and minor political functionary in the Kansas Republican party. This collection contains correspondence, lists of voters, clippings, minutes of local political conventions, and similar materials related to his political organizing, as well as personal materials, including letters from Fred Clendening, who was a sergeant under Frederick Funston during the Spanish-American War.

Overview This collection is comprised of the records of the Kansas Republican Party, the Kansas organization of the National Republican Party, and reflects the group's activities during the decades of the 1960s and 1970s. Records include subject and research files regarding legislation and political topics of interest to Republican constituents; copies of legislative bills; conference, convention, inaugural, and other event files; chronological files; campaign information; financial documentation;...

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Program from the twenty-sixth annual convention of the Kansas Women's Republican Club, held at Topeka, Kansas on January 28, 1955, listing convention sessions as well as club officers and committee chairs.

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Letter to Darwin W. Esmond discussing postal services, political parties in Kansas, the defeat of Grover Cleveland in the presidential election of 1888, and Anderson's forthcoming marriage to May Williams of Chicago. Dated Salina, Kansas, December 8, 1888.

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This collection consists of copied and original correspondence, clippings, photographs, and other related materials regarding the life of Oscar Eugene Learnard, his family, and the early history of Lawrence, Kansas.

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The Polly Bales collection includes the personal correspondence, organizational membership records, family histories, and memorabilia of native Kansan and prominent Logan, County resident Polly Roth (Mrs. Dane G.) Bales.

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This scrapbook documents his campaign for the nomination and his election to the U. S. House of Representatives.

Clippings, dating from December, 1959, to December, 1960, are from newspapers in the Second Congressional District.

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This collection contains correspondence between William and Donna Mitchell, and various individuals and families seeking help with immigration to the United States from China. Also included are newspapers from Hong Kong, and various photographs of individuals and families, as well as some photographs from activities conducted by the Kansas Republican party.

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Kansas native Wint Smith, a lawyer by profession, served in the military and the United States Congress. This collection includes correspondence, records related to Smith's military and Congressional career, speeches, photographs, diaries, maps, and other related materials.