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This collection consists of correspondence and documents involving Charles H. Branscomb, agent for the New England Emigrant Aid Company in territorial Kansas, dating from 1853-1886. Correspondents or individuals mentioned in the letters include James Gillespie Blaine (1830-1893), Amos Adams Lawrence (1814-1886), Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924), Charles Robinson (1818-1894), John Pierce St. John (1835-19140, and Charles Sumner (1811-1874).

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The Holsinger and Rose families immigrated to the United States in the 1700s. The collection reflects their activity in the Rosedale, Kansas, area during the late 19th and early 20th centuries by means of correspodence, poetry, newspaper clippings, and brief biographies, which address topics ranging from accounts of the Civil War, Kansan identity, politics and Christianity.

Overview The Kansas Christian Endeavor Union was a branch of the organization that began in 1881 and by 1895 had grown to an international Christian Endeavor Union. Its purpose was to promote Christian youth fellowship, good citizenship, and cultural-political activism, especially in the causes of prohibition and Sabbath keeping. This handwritten minute book of the organization's Fifth District of Kansas contains the organization's constitution and by-laws, annual convention minutes, and...

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Humphrey was governor of Kansas, 1888-1892. This collection of correspondence and documents, which is arranged chronologically, covers the period from 1872 to 1906.