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Pioneer life in Kansas

 Collection — folders: 1-2
Call Number: RH MS P114
Overview

This collection consists of a single, three-page typescript reminiscence by Caroline Updegraff Parker, relating the experiences of her brother William W. Updegraff and her own family in Osawatomie, Kansas from 1855 to 1869, as well as a photograph of her brother William later in his life.

Dates: [between 1875-1910]

Robert Mercer Armstrong papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P264
Overview

Biographical accounts of Robert Mercer Armstrong including diaries, memorandums, and account books.

Dates: 1856 - 1925

Samuel Lyle Adair papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P1
Overview

Account of the life of Frederick Brown by Samuel Lyle Adair and printed endorsement voucher, dated Leavenworth, KS.

Dates: 1863, ca. 1857

Samuel M. Strickler collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P157
Overview

Samuel Strickler was Brigadier General of the Kansas Militia in the early 1860s during the United States' Civil War. Most of this collection pertains to organizing militia companies in Kansas; there are also two photographs in the collection.

Dates: 1863, circa 1860s-1870s

Thomas Carney correspondence

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P299
Overview

The collection contents include correspondence written to and from Governor Carney.

Dates: 1862-1865, 1874

William Clarke Quantrill correspondence

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 75
Overview This collection includes letters from William Clarke Quantrill to his mother, Caroline Clarke Quantrill, preceding and up to the raid of Lawrence, Kansas in 1863. Also included in the collection is the correspondence of William W. Scott, editor of the Iron Valley Reporter and friend of Mrs. Quantrill, who attempted to help Mrs. Quantrill obtain the truth about her son. This correspondence consists of letters between Scott and people who allegedly had known...
Dates: 1855 - 1906

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Kansas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 26
Kansas -- History -- 1854-1861 12
Kansas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 4
Lawrence (Kan.) -- History 4
Lawrence Massacre, Lawrence, Kan., 1863 4
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 3
Douglas County (Kan.) -- History 2
Fort Leavenworth (Kan.) -- History 2
Kansas -- Politics and government -- 1854-1861 2
Lawrence (Kan) -- Description and travel 2
Lawrence (Kan.) -- History -- 19th century 2
Missouri -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories 2
African Americans -- Kansas 1
Antislavery movements -- United States 1
Bills of lading -- Kansas -- Lawrence 1
Bourbon County (Kan.) -- History 1
Bridges -- Kansas -- Lawrence 1
Cemeteries -- Kansas -- Douglas County 1
Church buildings -- Kansas -- Lawrence 1
Council Grove (Kan.) 1
Deeds -- Kansas -- Lawrence 1
Delaware Indians -- Kansas 1
Diaries 1
Emigration and immigration 1
Family archives -- Kansas 1
Franklin (Kan.) -- History 1
Freight forwarders -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Records and correspondence 1
Frontier and pioneer life -- Kansas 1
Frontier and pioneer life -- Kansas -- Bourbon County 1
Frontier and pioneer life -- Kansas -- Douglas County 1
Frontier and pioneer life -- Kansas -- Osawatomie 1
Gold mines and mining -- Colorado -- Pikes Peak 1
Governors -- Kansas -- Correspondence 1
Guerrilla warfare 1
Indians of North America -- Kansas 1
Johnson County (Kan.) -- History 1
Kansas -- Biography 1
Kansas -- History -- 19th century 1
Kansas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military currency 1
Kansas -- History, Military 1
Kansas -- Maps 1
Kansas -- Politics and government 1
Kansas -- Social life and customs 1
Land titles -- Illinois -- McLean County 1
Lawrence (Kan.) -- Centennial celebrations, etc. 1
Lawrence (Kan.) -- Genealogy 1
Lawrence (Kan.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Lawrence Massacre, Lawrence, Kan., 1863 -- Personal narratives 1
Lawyers -- Kansas -- Lawrence -- Correspondence 1
Leavenworth (Kan.) 1
Leavenworth (Kan.) -- History -- 19th century 1
Massacres -- Kansas -- Lawrence 1
Mexican War, 1846-1848 1
Military currency -- Kansas 1
Missouri -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Morris County (Kan.) 1
Names, Geographical -- Kansas 1
Oregon National Historic Trail 1
Osawatomie (Kan.) 1
Osawatomie (Kan.) -- History 1
Parks -- Kansas -- Lawrence 1
Presidents -- United States -- Election 1
Price's Missouri Expedition, 1864 1
Public schools -- Kansas -- Lawrence 1
Railroads -- Kansas 1
River steamers -- Missouri River 1
Santa Fe National Historic Trail 1
Shawnee (Kan.) -- History 1
Slave narratives 1
Slavery -- United States -- Extension to the territories 1
Stock certificates 1
Stony Point (Kan.) -- History 1
Stores, Retail 1
Temperance 1
United States. Kansas-Nebraska Act 1
Valley Falls (Kan.) -- History 1
Women artists 1
Wyandotte (Kan.) -- History -- 19th century 1
Zeandale (Kan.) -- Description and travel 1
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Names
Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865 6
Brown, John, 1800-1859 3
Lane, James Henry (James Henry), 1814-1866 3
Kansas. Adjutant General's Office 2
Kansas. Militia 2
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 2
Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894 2
Acme Manganese Mining Company (Kansas City, Kan.) 1
Adair, Samuel Lyle, 1811-1898 1
Andrews, John Albion 1
Anthony, Emily Frances, 1839-1898 1
Anthony, Lewis Williams, 1825-1903 1
Armitage, Katie 1
Armstrong, Robert Mercer, 1841-1927 1
Beeson family. 1
Beeson, Mary Frances, 1848-1943 1
Bentley, Josephine L. 1
Boss of the Bay Mining Company 1
Bourne, Wm. Oland (William Oland), 1819-1901 1
Brigham, Lalla Maloy 1
Brown, Frederick, 1830-1856 1
Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917 1
Cable, Eleazer 1
Carney, Thomas, 1824-1888 1
Cody family. 1
Cody, Elvira Ruth 1
Cody, Joseph A., 1814-1878 1
Collamore, George W., 1818-1863 1
Connelley, William Elsey, 1855-1930 1
Crawford, Samuel R. 1
Curtis, Samuel Ryan, 1805-1866 1
Delaware Tribe of Indians 1
Delmonte Consolidated Mining Company (Leadville, Colo.) (Leadville, Colo.) 1
Douglas County Historical Society (Douglas County, Kan.) 1
Edwards, Charles L. (Charles Livingston), 1828-1916 1
Eldridge family. 1
Eldridge, Shalor Winchell, 1816-1899 1
Elliott, Robert Gaston 1
Ellis, George, 1832-1864 1
Gale, Henry C. 1
Gibson, Thomas (Correspondent of James H. Lane) 1
Golde, Marcy Lane Johnson 1
Grand Army of the Republic. Washington Post No. 12 (Lawrence, Kan.) 1
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 1
Greenwood family. 1
Guthrie, Abelard, 1814-1873 1
Haskell Institute 1
Holstlander, L. 1
Horton, Elizabeth 1
Irvin, Anna G., 1860- 1
Jenkins, Gaius, 1812-1858 1
Jocelyn, Simeon Smith, 1799-1879 1
Johnson, Annie Lane, 1855-1927 1
Johnson, Arthur Lane 1
Kansas. Militia. Regiment Infantry, 7th 1
Lane, Mary Elizabeth Baldridge, 1826-1885 1
Leavenworth, Lawrence, and Galveston Railroad Company 1
Lee, A. L. 1
Lilley, Douglas O., 1845- 1
Lowman, Hovey E., 1829-1872 1
Manhattan and San Juan Silver Mining Company 1
Merklin family. 1
Merklin, Lester 1
Miller family 1
Miller, Josiah, 1828-1870 1
Missouri River Railway Company 1
Moonlight, Thomas, 1833-1899 1
National Union Committee for the West. 1
New England Mining Company (Kansas City, Kan.) 1
Nichols, Indiana 1
Old Settlers Association (Lawrence, Kan.) 1
Owen, Lena Miller 1
Palmer, Barnabas Dorr, 1842- 1
Parker, Caroline Updegraff 1
Parrott, Marcus J. (Marcus Junius), 1828-1879 1
Patt, Britannia Franklin, 1807-1895 1
Peak, Joyce 1
Pillsbury (Family : 1800?- : Pillsbury, Stephen) 1
Quantrill, Caroline Clarke, 1819-1903 1
Raynesford, Howard C. 1
Riverside Tunnel and Mining Company 1
Robinson, Sara T. L. (Sara Tappan Lawrence), 1827-1911 1
Scott, W. W. (William W.) 1
Simmons & Leadbeater (St. Louis, Mo.) 1
Simpson family 1
Simpson, Samuel Newell, 1826-1915. 1
Smith, T. B., active 1874 1
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869 1
Strickler, Samuel M., 1832-1894 1
Suman, Jean 1
Uncompahgne Mining Company 1
Union Pacific Railroad Company 1
United States. Army. Kansas Cavalry Regiment, 11th (1862-1865) 1
United States. Army. Kansas Cavalry Regiment, 6th (1861-1865) 1
United States. Army. Kansas Cavalry Regiment, 7th (1861-1865) 1
United States. Army. Kansas Infantry Regiment, 7th 1
United States. Army. Kansas Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1866). Company D 1
United States. Army. Signal Corps 1
University of Kansas 1
Updegraff, William W. 1
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