Kenneth Spencer Research Library Archival Collections

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Carbon copy of a history of Argentine, Kan. from 1880 to 1963 and of Argentine High School from 1884 to 1965. Argentine became part of Kansas City, Kan. in 1910.

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The account books in the collection contain Gray's farm records of produce and livestock sold in the area. Also included in the collection are letterpress correspondence volumes dating from the time that he served as secretary of the State Board of Agriculture.

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Stock certificate for one $100 share of the Argentine River Improvement & Traffic Company of Argentine, Kansas, given to George G. Barker.

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The Church of the Ascension records are those of a long standing Kansas City, Kansas Episcopalian church.

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Clarence Love was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the Wyandotte County 35th District from 1966 until his retirement in 1988. The collection reflects his legislative activities during his entire 22 years of service.

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The Elmer C. Jackson papers are those of a native Kansan and prominent Kansas City, Kansas attorney. Jackson was active in numerous local and national organizations, such as the National Bar Association, the Kansas Board of Regents, and Sigma Pi Phi.

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Financial records of a hardware store in Quindaro, Kansas run by William Shepherd and D.D. Henry.

Overview This transcript of the diary of Methodist Episcopal minister George W. Paddock chronicles his journey from New York State to Kansas Territory in 1857 and his traveling ministry in the territory to 1861. Transcribed from Paddock's 149-page diary in holdings of the Kansas State Historical Society, it contains his descriptions of frontier life, the settlers and Native Americans to whom he preached, the many settlements which he visited, and hostilities in the territory's free-state conflict. ...

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This collection consists of a set of postcards published by the Elite Post Card Company of Kansas City, Missouri, documenting the June 1908 flood. Most of the photographs focus on the Armourdale area in Kansas.

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Studio portraits include plates with multiple images, horsedrawn carriages and various livestock, and group portraits of an unidentified family. Prints and plates follow the same numbering scheme in this collection, but there are not prints of all negatives.

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This collection contains city ordinance records for Rosedale, Argentine and Kansas City, Kansas. It includes ordinances ranging from number 249 through 51214, as well as materials related to issuing ordinances and other related records.

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Financial records of a hardware store in Quindaro, Kansas run by William Shepherd and D. D. Henry.

Overview This letter, dated November 3, 1857, is from Delaware Chief John Sarcoxie (signed "Sircoxy" in the letter) to Joel Grover, a free-state loyalist of Kansas Territory whose property in the town of Lawrence was a station on the Underground Railroad. Citing their prior contract, the Delaware chief asks for Grover's payment of $600 to the Delaware Nation as agreed upon completion of the Quindaro Road (a stage road from the Underground Railroad town of Quindaro, Kansas to Lawrence, completed in...

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Gives notice that a petition will be presented to the Wyandott County Commissioners for a road from Quindaro City to Wyandott City.

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The Myron A. Waterman Collection consists primarily of sketches. It also includes two letters addressed to Waterman from T. A. McNeal, dated February 17, 1933 and June 25, 1936, thanking him for articles, etc.

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Project report, sound cassettes, and transcripts of interviews of thirty-one Hispanic and Latino immigrants to the United States, residing in Kansas City, Kansas. Interviews were conducted January-October, 2003.

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The collection includes 85 aerial and ground photographs taken by official photographers stationed at the United States Naval Air Station in Olathe, Kansas, of the flooding in the greater Kansas City area in 1951.

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The Papers of Orrin M. Murray are those of a native Quindaro, Kansas historian and educator.

Overview This collection contains the papers of Michael M. Swann, a professor and an associate dean in the School of Architecture and Design at the University of Kansas. This collection predominately contains records documenting Swann's academic work, including course materials, lecture notes, presentations, publications, and research notes and correspondence. The collection also contains personal papers related to teaching, research, professional and community service, and other related...

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The Reverend M. J. Young papers are those of a long time Kansas City, Kansas resident who served as pastor of the Young Memorial Church of God in Christ in that city.

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Sherman Jones, a prominent citizen of Wyandotte County, Kansas, served in the Kansas State Legislature from 1988-2000. His papers consist primarily of material related to his political career during which he served an advocate for social issues representing minorities’ rights, public health, and social welfare.

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Susan D. Greenbaum received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Kansas, majoring in sociology and anthropology. She conducted extensive research into cultural groups within Kansas City, Kansas in the late 1970s and early 1980s as research for her degrees. The main focus of this collection is her research material and findings from the Slavic-American neighborhood of Strawberry Hill and the African American community in Northeast Kansas City.

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This article relates the settlement of the Wyandott Indians near Quindaro (now Kansas City, Kansas), 1843, and incidents of early white settlers in the area from 1843 to 1856. It was written by Lucy B. Armstrong, and compiled and edited by Edward Bumgardner in 1947.