The Thomas County Cat newspaper
Search the Thomas County Cat newspaper and related titles from 1885-1891 on Chronicling America. The premier issue of the Thomas County Cat was published in Colby, Kansas, on March 12, 1885. It was the...
View ArticleLincoln conspirators' gallows in Kansas?
Most people know that John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln in Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865. What many people don’t know is that Lincoln’s assassination was part of a larger conspiracy,...
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300,000 images!
Congratulations are once again in order to the visitors, volunteers, and staff who support and work to improve digital access to the collections of the Kansas Historical Society. Kansas Memory has...
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Menninger Historic Psychiatry Collection
The Menninger Historic Psychiatry Collection includes many notable individuals in the field of psychology and psychiatry. Other individuals such as King George III (right) are included for being...
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Worrall's guitar music revived
Lawrence, Kansas, guitarist Brian Baggett is bringing the music of Henry Worrall to life through interpretive performances of Worrall’s original music manuscripts held by the Kansas Historical Society...
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Hickock and Smith inmate files
Richard Eugene "Dick" Hickock and Perry Edward Smith, notorious murderers of four members of the Clutter family on November 15, 1959 in Holcomb, Kansas, were made infamous by Truman Capote's retelling...
View ArticleSamuel Reader's diary, volume 5
Volume 5 of Samuel Reader's diary is now fully transcribed and keyword searchable. See Samuel Reader's diary on Kansas Memory. This volume of Samuel James Reader's diary covers most of 1860-1864. The...
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Samuel Reader autobiography
In 1849 at the age of thirteen, Samuel James Reader, of La Harpe, Illinois, began keeping a diary that would span his lifetime. Inspired by the journals of Lewis and Clark, he copied their technique of...
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Donation helps digitize stories of Native Americans
Thanks to a generous donation by Mr. Steve Peckel, in memory of author William Chalfant, over 100 additional photographs and four additional manuscript collections relating to Native Americans have...
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A Farnsworth Halloween
We all have memories of Halloween parties and snacks to reflect the season. Martha Farnsworth, Topeka, describes preparations for a party she was giving for her Sunday School “boys.” She and her...
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A Farnsworth Thanksgiving
Here is another glimpse into the life of Martha Farnsworth, through her diary entries. Her Halloween entry for 1918 indicated that her “boys” were serving in armed forces during World War I. Martha...
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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...
View ArticleOh the weather outside is frightful!
As we enter the winter season and receive our first significant snow fall, we all reminisce about the snow storms from the past. There aren't many that reach the magnitude of the recent snow fall in...
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