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Henry C. and Indiana Gale papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS P975
Overview
This collection consists of a compact disc with scanned images of letters from Henry Charles Gale, commissary sergeant with the 11th Kansas Cavalry during the Civil War, to his wife Indiana (Clark) Gale. Also on the CD are scans of his regiment's muster rolls and his volunteer enlistment, his discharge papers, Indiana's and her children's pension papers, and other letters from Henry C. to other family members and from other family and friends to Indiana Gale, particularly after Henry's...
Dates:
1859-1870s (bulk 1862-1865)
Katie Armitage papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1479
Overview
This collection of Lawrence, Kansas-based historian Katie Hart Armitage's papers includes Armitage's correspondence spanning from the 1970s until 2016, as well as her historical research materials and preparatory notes for tours and presentations centered primarily on the American Civil War, the Oregon-California Trail, and the Santa Fe Trail.
Dates:
1953 - 2017
Narrative of Andrew Williams, a formerly enslaved African American
Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P42
Overview
Andrew Williams' autobiographical narrative gives an account of Quantrill's raid on Lawrence, Kansas in 1863. Williams wrote it at the urging of William E. Connelley.
Dates:
1861 - 1910