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El Dorado (Kan.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Records:

Academic Papers of Debora K. Brown

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P395
Overview

2 academic papers by Debora K. Brown.

Dates: 1980

Alvah and Mary Shelden collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1018
Overview

The Alvah and Mary Shelden Collection contains their 1879 to 1885 journal of activities as residents of El Dorado, Kansas, as well as autobiographical and biographical accounts of their lives as early settlers and teachers in Butler County, Kansas. A typescript of their journal is included.

Dates: 1879 - 1885

Biography of Mr. & Mrs. Walter Raleigh Smith

 Collection — Folder 1
Call Number: RH MS P360
Overview

Photocopy of a biography of Mr. & Mrs. Walter Raleigh Smith and a description of their life in El Dorado, Kan. from 1915 to mid-century. Also included is autobiographical material about their son, Harold C. Smith.

Dates: Other: between 1915 and 1950

G.W. Fry correspondence

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1149
Overview

The G.W. Fry Collection contains the 1885 to 1896 correspondence of Ohio resident George W. Fry regarding his Butler County, Kansas landholdings at El Dorado. Fry's letters and financial records describe improvements made on his Butler County lands, his pursuit of railway access and a depot, successes and failures in crop production, and his hardships in defense of lawsuits by a tenant.

Dates: 1885 - 1896

Hale Bros. Druggists mailing list

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P854
Overview

In this undated ledger is a handwritten mailing list produced by Hale Bros. Druggists of El Dorado, Kansas. The list contains personal names of Butler County, Kansas residents, arranged alphabetically by surname, and names the community in which each person resides.

Dates: 190-?