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Correspondence between Oscar G. Richards and William E. Connelley
Collection
Call Number: RH MS P136
Overview
Richards and William Connelley corresponded about Kansas territorial history. Richards, who participated in the border wars between Kansas Territory and Missouri (1854-1861), recounted the events for Connelley, a historian. The letters, dated 1902-1909, were written approximately 50 years after the events. Connelley and Richards were specifically interested in detailing the border war involvement of Richards himself as well as James Lane, John Brown, William Quantrill, and Governor...
Dates:
1902 - 1909
Eugene Fitch Ware collection
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 154
Overview
The correspondence is almost exclusive between Ware and William E. Connelley. They discuss their various research and publications, personal and business matters, and on Kansas and national politics.
Dates:
1899 - 1911
Interviews by William E. Connelley and letter
Collection
Call Number: RH MS P131
Overview
The accounts in this collection relate to Reuben Randlett's experiences in the 1856 sacking of Lawrence, Kansas; his activities as a spy among the raiders; the Battle of Black Jack; the dissolution of the Free State legislature in Topeka on July 4, 1856; and Randlett's captivity by William C. Quantrill in 1862. The collection also includes a photograph of Randlett.
Dates:
1906 - 1916
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- Kansas -- History -- 1854-1861 2
- Lawrence (Kan.) -- History -- 19th century 2
- Black Jack, Battle of, Black Jack, Kan., 1856. 1
- Colorado -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Kansas -- History -- Historiography 1
- Kansas -- Politics and government 1
- Lawrence (Kan.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Lawrence Massacre, Lawrence, Kan., 1863 1
- Lawyers -- Correspondence 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Underground movements 1 ∧ less
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- Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866 2
- Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865 2
- Abbott, James Burnett, 1818-1897 1
- Black Kettle, -1868 (Cheyenne chief) 1
- Branson, Jacob 1
- Coney, Patrick H. 1
- Flannelmouth, Thomas 1
- Ingalls, John James, 1833-1900 1
- Lowe, Joseph, active 1901 1
- Nation, Carry Amelia, 1846-1911 1
- Pike, E. W. 1
- Pomeroy, S. C. (Samuel Clarke), 1816-1891 1
- Randlett, Reuben A., 1837- 1
- Realf, Richard, 1834-1878 1
- Richards, Oscar G., 1836- 1
- Tappan, S. F. (Samuel Forster), -1913 1
- Ware, Eugene F., 1841-1911 1
- Wood, S. N. (Samuel Newitt) 1 ∧ less
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