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Winfield (Kan.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Records:

Margaret Anderson family property records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P772
Overview

This collection includes miscellaneous real property deeds and mortgages, tax and probate records, correspondence, and other miscellaneous items related to property mostly located in Cowley County, south-central Kansas, and mostly related to Margaret Jane Renfro Anderson's first husband, John Renfro, or second husband, John H. Anderson.

Dates: 1873 - 1942

Ruben Menendez papers

 Collection — Box 1
Call Number: RH MS Q468
Overview

This collection consists of photocopied newspaper articles primarily from Winfield, Kansas between 1931 to 1938 relating to Ruben Menendez. Many articles are from the columns "Among Kansas Poets" and "The Observation Tower" written by Menendez, a Cuban who moved to Winfield by 1940. There are also clippings about the history of different community members and regarding events in which the Kansas Authors Club participated.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1884 - 1938