David White to Governor John St. John
Creator: White, David
Date: November 12, 1879
Because area drinkers are congregating in Ft. Hays on Sundays, Davis White, a U. S. Army chaplain, appeals to Governor St. John to request an order from the Department of War prohibiting liquor sales.

Company A, C.M.T.C. at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Creator: Arganbright
Date: 1934
This is a panoramic photograph showing soldiers in Company A, C.M.T.C. at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Band at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Date: Between January 1932 and December 1933
This is a panoramic photograph showing a military band at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Parade grounds at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Date: Between January 1932 and December 1933
This is a panoramic photograph showing the parade grounds at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Ninth Cavalry baseball team, Fort Riley, Geary County, Kansas
Date: 1935
This is a photograph of Fort Riley's all-black Ninth Cavalry baseball team. The team's uniform features a large "9" on the left side of the jersey, with the abbreviation "CAV" nestled in the lower part of the number. Fifteen players are pictured in full uniform; another individual is dressed in casual athletic wear. The group also includes an individual in military attire.

Col. William Menninger at the 99th Evacuation Hospital in Japan
Date: Between 1945 and 1950
This is a photograph of Clark Barnade (second from left),Col. Will Menninger (third from left), Eli Ginsburg (fifth from left), Col. Rice (far right) at the 99th Evacuation Hospital in Japan.

Walter T. McKinney, World War I soldier
Date: 1918-1919
Around 1919, the Kansas State Historical Society and the American Legion solicited biographical information from returning veterans (primarily members of the 35th and 89th infantry divisions) and the families of those who died in service, notably from the Gold Star Mothers. Each veteran or family member was asked to provide letters, photographs, a biography, and military records. This file contains information on Walter T. McKinney from Englewood, Kansas. He was a member of the 247th Company, Field Hospital, 12th Sanitary Train. Walter died of pneumonia on October 6, 1918, at Camp Devens, Massachusetts.

Harry L. Black, World War I soldier
Date: 1919
Around 1919, the Kansas State Historical Society and the American Legion solicited biographical information from returning veterans (primarily members of the 35th and 89th infantry divisions) and the families of those who died in service, notably from the Gold Star Mothers. Each veteran or family member was asked to provide letters, photographs, a biography, and military records. This file contains information on Harry L. Black, Company D, 354th Infantry, 89th Division.

Aiken J. Sexton correspondence
Creator: Sexton, A.J.
Date: 1862
Letters from Aiken J. Sexton to his wife, Catherine. Aiken was a private from Company E of the 12th Wisconsin Volunteers and wrote these letters as he traveled through Kansas during the Civil War.

Orland E. Schessser, World War I soldier
Date: 1919
Around 1919, the Kansas State Historical Society and the American Legion solicited biographical information from returning veterans (primarily members of the 35th and 89th infantry divisions) and the families of those who died in service, notably from the Gold Star Mothers. Each veteran or family member was asked to provide letters, photographs, a biography, and military records. This file contains information on Orland E. Schesser. Schesser died at Ft. Riley, Kansas on October 12, 1918 from pneumonia.

Cleo D. Castor, World War I soldier
Creator: Castor, Cleo D.
Date: 1917-1919
Around 1919, the Kansas State Historical Society and the American Legion solicited biographical information from returning veterans (primarily members of the 35th and 89th infantry divisions) and the families of those who died in service, notably from the Gold Star Mothers. Each veteran or family member was asked to provide letters, photographs, a biography, and military records. This file contains information on Cleo D. Castor, Corporal Company C, 356th Infantry, 89th Division. He was stationed at Camp Funston for a time. He grew up near Weatherby, Missouri.

William Logan Carlyle, World War I soldier
Date: 1919
Around 1919, the Kansas State Historical Society and the American Legion solicited biographical information from returning veterans (primarily members of the 35th and 89th infantry divisions) and the families of those who died in service, notably from the Gold Star Mothers. Each veteran or family member was asked to provide letters, photographs, a biography, and military records. This file contains information on William Logan Carlyle, Base Hospital, Ft. Riley.

Bird's eye view of Junction City, Kansas
Creator: Glover, E. S. (Eli Sheldon), 1844-1920
Date: 1878
A color lithograph of Junction City, Kansas, looking northwest with insets of the town and Fort Riley, Kansas. One inset is dated 1867. The lithograph shows the location of buildings, churches, hotels, railroad and structures on Fort Riley. A legend is provided to identify some of the buildings.

Covered wagon at Fort Hays
Date: Between 1850s and 1890s
Unmounted tintype of a covered wagon at Fort Hays, Kansas.

John Edmund Yard
Date: February 1889
A postcard showing a memorial to Colonel John Edmund Yard who died February 17, 1889, while serving as commander at Fort Hays. He was commander at Fort Hays in 1868 when he was major of the 10th Cavalry and again in 1886-1889 when he was colonel of the 18th Infantry.

Strother Army Air Field plate
Creator: Sterling China Company
Date: between 1942 and 1945
The Sterling China Company produced this ceramic plate for the officer's mess at Strother Army Airfield in Kansas. Built in 1942 and located between Arkansas City and Winfield, Kansas, Strother Army Air Field was named after Captain Donald Root Strother, the first Army Air Force pilot from Cowley County killed in World War II. Ruby Winona Boory Diehl donated this plate to the museum in 1967. Mrs Diehl worked as a legislative reporter for the Associated Press and was the first woman to serve in the capital press corps. She lived in Winfield prior to her marriage to Clayton Carr Diehl in 1948.

Architectural plans for Frontier Historical Park and Old Fort Hays
Creator: Kansas. Division of Architectural Services
Date: December 3, 1966
Site plans for the Frontier Historical Park and Old Fort Hays, Hays, Kansas, drawn by Architectural Services Division, Department of Administration, Topeka, Kansas. The site plan was adapted from a plan prepared by Sergeant Ellis, Company A, 18th Infantry, 1889. The plans were drawn as part of a project to recondition existing buildings and the caretaker's facilities.

Neptune Bombers, Hutchinson, Kansas
Date: Between 1938 and 1945
This black and white photograph shows four Lockheed P2V Neptune bombers in flight near Hutchinson, Kansas.

Forbes Air Force Base, Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1949 and 1959
This black and white photograph shows a flight line of B29s and B50s aircrafts at the Forbes Air Force Base in Topeka, Kansas.

Camp Concordia, Cloud County, Kansas
Date: Between 1943 and 1945
These five black and white photographs show Camp Concordia in Cloud County, Kansas. The facility was one of several camps built across Kansas during World War II to house German Prisoners of War.

United States Army Airfield, Dodge City, Kansas
Creator: United States Engineer Office
Date: December 01, 1942
This black and white photograph shows a northwest view of the fire station, parachute and link trainer buildings at the United States Army Airfield at Dodge City, Kansas.

United States Army airfield, Dodge City, Kansas
Creator: United States Engineer Office
Date: October 27, 1942
This black and white photograph shows a north view of the United States Army airfield hospital in Dodge City, Kansas.

Naval helicoptor, Hutchinson, Kansas
Date: Between 1940s and 1950s
This black and white photograph shows a pilot standing beside a United States Naval helicopter at the Naval Air Station in Hutchinson, Kansas.

Army Airfield, Pratt, Kansas
Date: December 16, 1943
This black and white photograph shows the base operation tower at the Army Air Field in Pratt, Kansas. The facility housed and prepared members of the United States Army Air Force for overseas operations during World War II.

Fort Selden, New Mexico
Creator: Brown, N & Son
Date: Between 1865 and 1873
A carte-de-visite showing Fort Selden, an Army post in New Mexico.