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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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Prohibition faces push back by Volga Germans
By: Haley Suby, Digital archivist Emigrating from Russia to Kansas in the late nineteenth century, Volga Germans brought their culture and language to the United States and sought to preserve them....
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2018 Highlights
By: Haley Suby, Digital ArchivistOver the past eleven months, the Kansas Historical Society has been working hard to bring you digitized images that represent the past, present and future of Kansas and...
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz turns 80!
By: Haley Suby, Digital Archivist In the United States eighty years ago, the Wizard of Oz, "America's greatest and best-loved homegrown fairytale" graced the silver screens. MGM based the film on the...
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#MarthaMakesHistory: A New Project From the State Archives
By: Megan Rohleder, Senior ArchivistAs part of 19th Amendment centennial commemorations, staff members at the Kansas Historical Society have been working to create a digital program that will highlight...
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Kansas suffrage
Between 1896 and 1900, the Kansas Equal Suffrage Association (KESA) published four poems and one article by writer and women’s rights advocate Charlotte Perkins Stetson (later Gilman) in their official...
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Sen. Edmund Ross and the Impeachment of Pres. Andrew Johnson
By: Ethan Anderson, Government Records ArchivistWhen the word ‘impeachment’ enters political discourse, the name of a mostly unknown junior senator from Kansas is usually not far behind. In May 1868,...
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Confederate Memorialization in the Free State
By: Ethan Anderson, Government Records ArchivistAs communities across the country grapple with the legacy of the Civil War and the memorialization of Confederate leaders, we decided to research that...
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Absurd Humor
By: Lauren Gray, Head of Reference Humor is universal, yet constantly evolving – from the well-honed satire of Jonathan Swift to the sprightly dancing sausage of Snapchat, every generation embraces its...
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