Overview This artificial collection was assembled by putting together smaller sets of purchased photographs from various photographic dealers on a variety of subjects relating to Kansas. Many of the purchases were selected by Spencer Research Library's Kansas Collection photoarchivist during the 1980s and 1990s. The collection consists of real photographic postcards, lithographic print postcards, cabinet cards, cartes de visit, mounted and unmounted prints, stereoviews, glass plate negatives, and...

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This collection includes photographs and ephemera related to Halstead High School, from which John Ambrose Hess graduated in 1902, as well as real photograph and lithographic postcards of towns and other scenes from around Kansas. There is also one of Hess' report cards from elementary school in the collection.

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Views of Ft. Riley, Wamego, Wellsville, Yoder, Haven, Mt. Hope, Halstead, Peabody, Cedar Point, Strong City, Melvern, and Quenemo, Kansas.

Overview This is a collection of mostly Kansas photographic material, the bulk of which dates from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s. Leonard Hollmann collected this material over a span of many years, amassing a collection of over 10,000 images in various photographic formats including stereoviews, postcards, cabinet cards, cartes de visites, and other formats. The photographs include images of towns, families, individuals, universities, home life, farm life, military life, and other subjects. Some...

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Rexford Scott Sorenson took photographs throughout his life, and this collection of his photographic negatives begins in 1957. The Sorensons spent many holidays with friends and family, whom serve as the subjects of many of Rexford's photographs. Other frequent subjects include cats, landscapes, trees, construction, and buildings. The majority of the photographs were taken either in Kansas, New Mexico, or Oregon.

Overview This collection mostly consists of photographs and miscellaneous related items regarding African American businesses, organizations, and groups, predominantly in Wichita, Kansas. There are also photographs from elsewhere in Kansas, as well as Oklahoma and Nebraska. Includes mounted prints, real photo postcards, cartes de visite, cabinet cards, and other items. The collection also notably includes materials related to Lauretta Buckner's involvement with the Daughters of Isis (a women's...