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Brunet on the Robert Taft Collection
François Brunet is Professor of Art and Literature of the United States at the Univ. Paris Diderot/Institut Universitaire de France. We would like to thank him for contributing this post to the Kansas...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
You never know what you will find in a collection of records.The Menninger Archives has a group of records called the Historic Psychiatry collection. Within that group of records are three letters...
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March Winds But No April Showers
The year was 1935. Southwest Kansas was in the midst of the Great Depression but it was also suffering from a multi-year drought. Rainfall in southwest Kansas was never plentiful but it...
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From May Fete to First Woman Treasurer of the United States
Georgia Neese was born in 1898 in Richland, Kansas, to Albert and Ellen Neese.Gray attended school in Topeka and graduated from Washburn College in 1921.While attending the Sisters of Bethany College,...
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400,000 images!
The Kansas Historical Society is excited to announce that we've reached the 400,000 image milestone on Kansas Memory! The 400,000th image is a letter written on August 30, 1918 from Miss Jennie B....
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The Man Who Killed John Wilkes Booth
It’s been nearly 150 years since John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. Many people are unfamiliar with the name Thomas P. Corbett and his involvement in the events following the...
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Segregation in Kansas City schools
The Major Hudson School was first opened in the Rosedale community of Kansas City on March 14, 1924. Later that year, the local Mexican consul, Benigno Cantu, sent a five-page telegram to Governor...
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National History Day 2015: Leadership and Legacy
National History Day (NHD) is a highly regarded academic program for elementary and secondary school students. Each year, more than half a million students participate in the NHD contest. Students...
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Exoduster Letters
In 1879 and 1880, freedmen (former slaves) sent around 1,000 letters to Kansas Governor John St. John seeking information on migration to Kansas (the Exoduster movement). Governor St. John replied to...
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Kansas Colleges in Postcards
Congratulations to this year's graduates, the Class of 2015! In celebration, here are some vintage postcards of Kansas colleges. Click on a postcard for a full description.Want to see more vintage...
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What's new on Kansas Memory?
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The 500,000th Image
Kansas Memory now boasts 500,000 images! Drawn from the diverse collections of the Kansas Historical Society, the photographs, records, memorabilia, and artifacts on Kansas Memory represent the history...
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Your Kansas Memories
We are often asked at the Kansas Historical Society how people can contribute to KansasMemory.org or to the Kansas History Museum. There are many ways to get directly involved in Kansas history....
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Private First Class Albert Thompson, Jr.
This photograph of Private First Class Albert Thompson, Jr. was taken in a photography studio while he served in France during World War I. In October 1917 the National Army assigned Thompson to the...
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Huxies: Sales Tax Tokens in Kansas
Four months into Walter Huxman's first and only term as governor, the Kansas Legislature passed the Human Retailers' Sales Tax Act in April of 1937. Like many states, Kansas' traditional streams of...
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School Photograph Collection, Lecompton, Kansas
School class photographs document the lives of children as well as the schools built to educate them. This is a late 19th-century portrait of students at the Glenn School, a one-room schoolhouse that...
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Louis Palenske Collection, Wabaunsee County
The following is a post by guest writer Greg Hoots. In May of 2016 the Wabaunsee County Historical Society (WCHS) was awarded a grant from the Kansas State Historic Records Advisory Board (KSHRAB)...
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The Legacy of Frederick Douglass in Kansas
Born a slave in Maryland, Frederick Douglass became one of the most famous intellectuals of his time. Douglass, like his colleague John Brown, was a leader in the antislavery movement, and the two...
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