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Logan (Kan.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: City in Phillips County.

Found in 4 Records:

Esther Suhr collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 883
Overview

This collection is that of Esther Suhr, a native of Logan, Kansas, whose column on local history was featured for many years in Logan community newspapers. Included are clippings of her columns from the 1960s to the 1970s, as well as many other articles and histories regarding the Logan community, Phillips County, Kansas, and pioneer families of the area.

Dates: 1877 - 1987

Papers of the Hansen and Bales Family

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 183
Overview

This collection contains the family correspondence of a prominent Logan, Phillips County, Kansas family of Danish descent. Family members were predominantly professionally oriented, including teachers, businessmen, and farmers.

Dates: 1860 - 1975

Polly Bales Collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 875
Overview

The Polly Bales collection includes the personal correspondence, organizational membership records, family histories, and memorabilia of native Kansan and prominent Logan, County resident Polly Roth (Mrs. Dane G.) Bales.

Dates: 1930 - 1995

Women's clubs' scrapbooks, Logan, Kansas

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 880
Overview

These three scrapbooks consist of programs, clippings, and other memorabilia regarding two Logan, Kansas women's clubs. Records of the Woman's Club of Logan, contained in two scrapbooks, date from 1902 to 1971. A scrapbook for the Business and Professional Women's Club of Logan contains records which date from 1960 to 1972.

Dates: 1902 - 1972