This collection is composed primarily of correspondence and business forms relating to John Gilmore's activities as a newspaper publisher, journalist, state legislator, and a confidant of state governors.

This letter from Noble Lovely Prentis, who worked at the Lawrence Journal, to George W. Martin, editor of the Kansas City Gazette, advises that he (Prentis) has "decided to accept Martin's offer. The nature of the "offer" is never clarified. For additional biographical information about Prentis and his relationship with Martin see Kansas Historical Collections, VII (1901-1902), pp. 410-417, and especially the footnote, p. 415.