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Outstanding Pioneer Woman Award
This collection includes the application material submitted by Beverly Boyd nominating Saint Philippine Duchesne for the Outstanding Pioneer Woman Award and letters, newspaper clippings, and articles about her receiving the 1984 award.
Ozarks Regional Commission Community Development Profiles
The collection includes community development profiles for: Allen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, and Woodson Counties in southeast Kansas, compiled by the Ozarks Regional Commission, July 1971.
P.A. Miller photography
11 photographs by photographer P.A. Miller, housed individually in folders. More than half the photographs are from the Cherokee Land Run of 1893; the other four are street views of Arkansas City, Kansas.
Pace and Mendenhall family photographs
This collection consists of real photographic postcards and silver gelatin prints of members of the Pace and Mendenhall families in the vicinity of Hartland, Kearny County and Kendall, Hamilton County, Kansas.
Palace Drug Store collection
This collection consists of a handful of volumes from the Palace Drug Store of Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas. The volumes inclue information about prescriptions dispensed in the 1880s and drugstore accounts of the early 20th century.
Palm leaf book extracts
This collection consists of two palm leaves with writing on them, from an unknown book or books.
Pamela Johnson-Betts collection
The Pamela Johnson-Betts collection includes awards, laminated newspaper clippings, correspondence, speeches, and a few personal items. Johnson-Betts was the first African American social worker to be hired by the Topeka Public Schools, served on the cabinet of Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius as the Secretary of the Department on Aging, and is the executive director of the Topeka Public Schools Foundation.
"Pamphlets on Cherokee Neutral Lands 1868-1872"
The collection includes assorted newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and government reports on the "Cherokee Neutral Lands" in southeast Kansas, an area so-called by the U.S. government created as a buffer zone in the mid-19th century between the Osage who had lived there and white settlers in Missouri.
Papers and photographs of Lucy Jones Townley
Papers concerning Charlton Hinman's facsimile edition of the First Folio of Shakespeare
Collection of correspondence, proofs, plates, etc., dealing with the preparation and publication of Charlton Hinman's facsimile edition of the First Folio of Shakespeare, published by W. W. Norton and Co. in 1968.
Papers concerning Kansas Territory and Highland, Kansas
The first papers of the collection, dating from the 1830s to 1855, cover William Patton's residence in Missouri and receipts for purchases of enslaved persons. The latter portion of the collection includes papers from related families and kinsmen: Summers, Renfro. and Pryor Plank.
Papers concerning the 20th Kansas Volunteers, and photograph.
Papers concerning the Highland Presbyterian Mission
Papers concerning Highland Presbyterian Mission for the Iowa, Sac and Fox Indians, Highland, Kansas.
Papers concerning the Wyandot Tribe of Ohio who were forced to relocate to Kansas Territory in 1843
The documents in this collection concern the Wyandot tribe who departed Ohio in 1843, relocating in what became Kansas Territory. Most of the collection consists of letters to and from prominent members of the Wyandots who relocated from Ohio, including William Walker, Jr., his brother Joel, John W. Grey Eyes, and Wyandot Indian Agent John Johnston.
Papers of A. E. van Vogt
This collection includes the correspondence between A. E. van Vogt and his publishers, a copy of the manuscript, “The Anarchist Colossus”, and signed published books under the same title.
Papers of Albert T. Reid
Albert T. Reid, born in Concordia, Kansas, is best known for his work in editorial cartoons in the early 20th century. He also worked as a painter and a teacher of art throughout his life. This collection primarily contains correspondence of his and reproductions of his cartoons and other art, along with various other materials relating to him.
Papers of Alice Milligan
Papers of Arla Jones and Kimberly Kreicker
This collection consists of papers and news clippings on LGBT issues, both local and national, with a primary focus on diversity within schools and libraries. Materials from the late 1980s and early 1990s are mostly geographically focused on Queens, New York; materials from Lawrence, Kansas and the Kansas City metro area mostly date from the late 1990s and 2000s.
Papers of Arthur B. Havens
Business forms and legal documents related to business and professional interests of Arthur B. Havens, a real estate broker and collection agent in the early history of Leavenworth, Kansas. The papers include documents of the Kansas Immigration Society and communications from Leavenworth newspaperman Daniel Read Anthony and from Isaac Peckham Christiancy, a former Michigan senator and supreme court justice.
Papers of Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy
Collection of letters received by Anglo-Irish poet Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy. The collection also contains correspondence between individuals surrounding O'Shaughnessy; some literary texts by O'Shaughnessy and others; photographs and some sketches found in letters; and other related materials. Primarily literary and artistic subjects.
Papers of Berenice Boyd Wallace
The collection consists of diaries, correspondence, photos, and other assorted memorabilia belonging to Berenice Boyd Wallace, a long time resident of Paola, Kansas. The collection spans most of Berenice Wallace's life and includes a great deal of information from her 1930 European trip as well as about life in Paola and Wallace's family.
Papers of Bishop John A. Gregg
The papers of Bishop John A. Gregg are those of an African American and native Kansan who became a leader in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and in higher education. The papers also document his missionary activities in South Africa and during World War II.