John A. Halderman correspondence and documents
Overview
Halderman was private secretary to A. H. Reeder, 1st governor of Kansas Territory. The letters deal with early Kansas Territory and State politics and government, land values and taxes, and some personal affairs.
Dates
- Creation: 1854 - 1894
Creator
- Halderman, John Adams, 1833-1908 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Some of the items are photocopies (negative) of originals in the Virginia Historical Society, and that society holds all literary and duplication rights to those items.
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Biography of Halderman, John A.
Halderman was private secretary to A. H. Reeder, 1st governor of Kansas Territory; secretary of the first territorial council; probate judge of Leavenworth County; major of the 1st Regiment of Kansas Infantry; appointed provost-marshal-general of Army of the West by Nathaniel Lyon; major-general of the northern division of Kansas state forces; member of both houses of Kansas legislature; consul general in Siam.
Extent
7 folders (61 items)
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents
The letters deal with early Kansas Territory and State politics and government, land values and taxes, and some personal affairs. The documents are shares in early Kansas town associations.
Some of the items are photocopies (negative) of originals in the Virginia Historical Society.
Physical Location
RH MS P57
Immediate Source of Acquisition
7 items purchased from M. M. Bromsen, October, 1962. Others unknown gift copies from Virginia Historical Society.
Subject
- Title
- Guide to the John A. Halderman Collection
- Subtitle
- John A. Halderman correspondence and documents
- Author
- kpz 27 October 1972; mg 2004;
- Date
- 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/0682593865
- Preferred citation
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John A. Halderman Collection, Kansas Collection, RH MS P57 , Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository