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Norman E. Justice collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 618
Overview

The papers of Norman E. Justice document the African American legislator's political career as a nine-term member of the Kansas House of Representatives from the 34th district, and cover the issues that engaged him during four decades of public service.

Dates: 1944 - 2006

Original typescript of Bleeding Kansas.

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 30
Overview

Editor's copy of the manuscript, "Bleeding Kansas",

Dates: 1954

Ray Morgan papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 207
Overview

Ray Morgan, a Kansas native, was a professional journalist in Topeka, Kansas. He was also active in professional organizations and the Topeka community. This collection includes subject files Morgan compiled regarding Kansas towns and state institutions, political events and personalities, and crime, criminals and social issues. Also included are scrapbooks of collected material regarding the Topeka tornado of 1966 and the flood of 1951, as well as scrapbooks of personal material.

Dates: 1911 - 1977

Robert Blackwell Docking papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 167
Overview The papers of Robert B. Docking, governor of Kansas from 1967-1974, date from approximately 1955 to 1981 and reflect his official duties and activities as well as some of his campaign activities and personal endeavors. This includes correspondence with Kansas state agencies and departments, constituents, and state Democratic party officials. The collection also reflects Docking's involvement, as governor, in the legislative process and in a variety of regional and federal programs. There are...
Dates: 1955 - 1981

Robert F. Bennett gubernatorial papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 276
Overview This collection consists of the gubernatorial records of Robert F. Bennett, who served as Governor of Kansas from 1974-1978. The duties and activities of this position generated correspondence with state agencies and departments, individual legislators, constituents, and Republican party officials. The collection details Bennett's involvement as governor in the legislative process, budgetary deliberations, and in various regional and federal programs. The collection also contains materials...
Dates: 1952 - 2014

Scrapbook of Robert F. Ellsworth congressional campaign

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: RH MS G50
Overview

This scrapbook documents his campaign for the nomination and his election to the U. S. House of Representatives.

Clippings, dating from December, 1959, to December, 1960, are from newspapers in the Second Congressional District.

Dates: 1960

Sherman J. Jones papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 560
Overview

Sherman Jones, a prominent citizen of Wyandotte County, Kansas, served in the Kansas State Legislature from 1988-2000. His papers consist primarily of material related to his political career during which he served an advocate for social issues representing minorities’ rights, public health, and social welfare.

Dates: 1987 - 2000

Theo Cribbs papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 648
Overview

Theo Cribbs was a member of the Kansas State House of Representatives, representing the Sedgwick County 89th District from 1972-1991. The collection reflects his legislative activities, primarily in the form of correspondence.

Dates: 1976 - 1981

Thesis, Analysis and evaluation of Populist political campaign speech making in Kansas, 1890-1894

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: RH D9765
Overview

Thesis, Analysis and evaluation of Populist political campaign speech making in Kansas, 1890-1894

Dates: 1949

Virginia B. Docking collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 468
Overview

This collection of papers of Virginia B. Docking, wife of Kansas Governor George Docking and mother of Kansas Governor Robert B. Docking, includes letters received by her from U.S. Presidents Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Baines Johnson and their wives from 1955 to 1961. The collection also includes slides and an accompanying audio tape and script, presented March 11, 1978 by the Shawnee County Democratic Party at an event honoring Mrs. Docking.

Dates: 1955-1961, 1978

W.B. Spaulding letter to D. P. [Daniel Peterson] Woodbury

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P784
Overview This 2-page letter from W.B. Spaulding of Quincy, Illinois to his friend Daniel Peterson Woodbury of Weare, New Hampshire contains the writer's assessment of the Lecompton Constitution, framed in Lecompton, Kansas in 1857 by pro-slavery advocates for purposes of Kansas Statehood. Spaulding's views address President James Buchanan's support of the Lecompton Constitution and the resulting impact on Territorial Kansas and on the Buchanan presidency. Included is a letter with explanatory...
Dates: April 17, 1858; accompanying background letter, April 10, 1974

William K. Marshall papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 659
Overview

The papers of William K. Marshall are those of a native Kansan who became the first African American to represent the 58th District in the Kansas State House of Representatives.

Dates: 1974 - 1976

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American Law Register (Philadelphia, Pa. : 1898) 1
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Kansas. Legislature 5
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Docking, Robert Blackwell, 1925-1983 3
Ingalls, John James, 1833-1900 3
League of Women Voters of Kansas 3
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Populist Party (Kan.) 3
Reeder, Andrew H. (Andrew Horatio), 1807-1864 3
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 3
Allen, Henry Justin, 1868-1950 2
Anthony , George Tobey, 1824-1896 2
Bayless, John, 1834?-1873 2
Bristow, Joseph L. (Joseph Little), 1861-1944 2
Democratic Party (Kan.) 2
Docking, George, 1904-1964 2
Gleed, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1856-1920 2
Hall, Frederick Lee, 1916-1970 2
Humphrey, Lyman Underwood, 1844-1915 2
Irvin, S. M. (Samuel Mcleary), 1812- 2
Kansas. Office of the Governor 2
Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987 2
Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889 2
Peffer, William Alfred, 1831-1912 2
Plumb, Preston B., 1837-1891 2
Abele, Elizabeth 1
Abele, J. G. 1
Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971 1
Acme Manganese Mining Company (Kansas City, Kan.) 1
Alexander, Jack, 1930- 1
American Legion 1
Anderson, Eugene, 1944- 1
Andrews, C. C. (Christopher Columbus), 1829-1922 1
Angle, George C. 1
Baker, Lucien 1
Ballard, Barbara, 1944- 1
Beebe, George Monroe, 1836-1927 1
Bennett, Robert F. (Robert Frederick), 1927-2000 1
Blue, Richard Whiting 1
Boss of the Bay Mining Company 1
Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875 1
Brotherhood of Railway, Airline, and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express, and Station Employes 1
Brown, John, 1800-1859 1
Burnau, Patrick 1
Burton, Joseph Ralph, 1852-1923 1
Calderhead, William Alexander, 1844-1928 1
Caldwell, Alexander, 1830-1917 1
Campbell, Lafayette E., 1845-1919 1
Campbell, Philip Pitt, 1862-1941 1
Capper, Arthur, 1865-1951 1
Carney, Thomas, 1824-1888 1
Choctaw Nation 1
Clarke, Sidney, 1831-1909 1
Clendening, Fred 1
Cobb, Stephen Alonzo, 1833-1878 1
Coney, Patrick H. 1
Connelley, William Elsey, 1855-1930 1
Conway, M. F. (Martin Franklin), 1827-1882 1
Cox, Samuel Sullivan, 1824-1889 1
Cribbs, Theo, 1915-1993 1
Cummings, A. 1
Curtis , Charles, 1860-1936 1
Davis, James P., 1927-1979 1
Davis, Jonathan McMillan, 1871-1943 1
Delaware Tribe of Indians 1
Delmonte Consolidated Mining Company (Leadville, Colo.) (Leadville, Colo.) 1
Democratic Party (Calif.) 1
Denver, James William, 1817-1892 1
Docking family. 1
Docking, Virginia B. (Virginia Blackwell), 1901-1998 1
Dreiling, Norbert R., 1925-2005 1
Dunlap, Charles Graham, 1859-1936 1
Ecroyd, Donald H. 1
Eldridge family. 1
Eldridge, Shalor Winchell, 1816-1899 1
Elliott, Robert Gaston 1
Ellsworth, Robert F. 1
Fike, Stanley R. 1
Flannelmouth, Thomas 1
Freemasons. Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Kansas 1
Funston, E. H. (Edward Hogue), 1836-1911 1
Galbraith family 1
Geary, John White, 1819-1873 1
Gilmore, John S., 1848- 1
Glick, George Washington, 1827-1911 1
Grauerholz, Alvin F., 1919-2011 1
Grauerholz, James 1
Griffin, George (Louis George) 1
Halderman, John Adams, 1833-1908 1
Hanback, Lewis, 1839-1897 1
Hanks, Murt, 1933-1989 1
Harris, Doris 1
Harris, William Alexander, 1841-1909 1
Harvey, James Madison, 1833-1894 1
Henderson, Cheryl Brown 1
Hiawatha Daily World (Newspaper) 1
Highland Academy (Highland, Kan.) 1
Hoffman, C. B. (Christian Balzac), 1851-1915 1
Horton, Albert H. (Albert Howell), 1837-1902 1
Hudson, Joseph Kennedy, 1840-1907 1
Huxman, Walter Augustus, 1887-1972 1
Iowa Point Hotel Company (Iowa Point, Kan.) 1
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