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Pioneer stories. Abilene
Describes frontier life in Kansas 1866-1869 while Gorden worked as a telegraph operator for the Kansas Pacific Railroad.
Reminiscences of Council Grove (Kan.) early history
The collection includes reminiscences, including one by Alice Smith, local news, and history of Methodist Episcopal Church.
Reminiscences of early Lawrence, Kansas and St. Joseph, Missouri
Robert L. Gilbert papers
Robert L. Gilbert immigrated to the United States from England in 1855 and arrived in Lawrence, Kansas later that year. This collection contains diaries, personal books, letters and official documents, and an autobiography, and photographs.
Robert O. Wright Photographs
This collection contains photographs depicting various scenes of early Kansas settlements, rural life, and domestic work, used by Robert O. Wright, an assistant professor in the Art Department at the University of Kansas, for his film "Kansas Folk Art and Individuals" in 1978.
Rosa C. Haag Ise recollections
"Mother's recollections of her early life." Lawrence, Kansas, undated. These are the recollections of Rosa C. (Haag) Ise, from about 1858 to about 1880. They recount memories of her life in Holton, Kansas.
Samuel Jay Crumbine letter
Letter, "To Violet and Warren," dated Jackson Heights, N. Y., December 14, 1946. The letter comments extensively on the authenticity of Wright's book. There is also autobiographical information about Crumbine, who practiced medicine in Dodge City from the early 1880s to 1904.
Stewart-Lockwood family papers
This collection contains the family papers of the Stewart family of Leavenworth, Kansas, and the Lockwood family of Baldwin, Kansas, covering a period of almost one hundred years, 1852-1950. These families were predominantly professionally oriented, including teachers, ministers, and farmers.
Surgeon Numan N. Horton letter
T.D. Heed letter to his sister, Susanna Mercy Heed
Typescript of Neosho
Typescript manuscript of Davidson's book, inscription page, and cover of dust jacket.
Wabaunsee County (Kan.) settlement research
This collection of research regarding a late nineteenth-century African American settlement in Wabaunsee County, Kansas was conducted by Penny Clark.
William E. Drenner family collection
This collection contains correspondence, photographs, slides, photographic albums, scrapbooks, published books, exhibit panels, and reference material of William Drenner and his family. It also contains business papers and reports from Drenner's banking career.