Sarah Brown to William Brown
Creator: Brown, Sarah
Date: February 23, 1862
A letter written by Sarah Brown from Lawrence, Kansas, addressed to her brother, William Brown, who was in college in New York. The first part of her letter discusses the presence of the Kansas First in Lawrence. She describes the soldiers as "rough" and notes the proslavery attitude of the regiment, which leads them to abuse African Americans living in Lawrence. Sarah goes on to discuss her views on the need for immediate emancipation. She discusses family issues such as the death of her cousin and a scrapbook she was making with her sister, Mary. The last portion of the letter discusses Sarah's interest in botany and local plants.

Lillian D. Foster dust storm scrapbook
Creator: Foster, Lillian D.
Date: February 1935-May 1935
A scrapbook containing postcards, photos, newspaper clippings, and handwritten notes about the dust storm experiences in the Ness City, Kansas area and other parts of western Kansas.

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings of a Kansas City, Mexico, and Orient Railway Excursion to Mexico
Creator: Mermis, J. A.
Date: November 23, 1907-December 8, 1907
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings from the Ellis County News Feb. through May 1908. The clippings are published versions of letters written by J. A. Mermis, Hays, Kansas, during an special excursion to Mexico headed by Arthur Edward Stillwell, president of the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway, November 23 through December 8, 1907. Mermis was a banker and Stillwell was possibly looking for investors. Earlier, Stillwell had been president the Kansas City Southern Railway but lost it due to bankruptcy.

R. K. Perry watering his round-up herd on the Cimarron River, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: 1895
R. K. Perry of Meade, Kansas, seated on a hill overlooking his round-up herd of cattle watering at the Cimarron River, directly south of Englewood, Kansas. Also visible in the photograph are cowboys and the herd's 200 head of cattle.

Benjamin "Pap" Singleton scrapbook
Creator: Singleton, Benjamin, 1809-1892
Date: 1877-1886
Benjamin "Pap" Singleton compiled this scrapbook to document the immigration of many Southern blacks to Kansas during the 1870s and 1880s. Singleton is considered the father of the Negro Exodus, or Exoduster movement. The book contains newspaper clippings, handbills, circulars, and posters promoting the immigration and commemorating it. The marginal notes are from an unknown source sometime after 1950. Some notes give directions to continuing sections. The order and numbering of pages and inserts follows the 1950 KSHS microfilm publication. Some renumbering of pages had occurred since that time. Some page numbers on the original may not reflect the present page order.

William Peffer scrapbooks
Creator: Peffer, William Alfred, 1831-1912
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
Populist politician William Peffer kept at least three scrapbooks of political cartoons during his six-year term as U.S. Senator from Kansas between 1891-1897. All three volumes are included here in their entirety. The political cartoons he collected appeared in satirical weeklies like Puck, Judge, Harper's Weekly, and various other publications, and feature caricatures of Senator Peffer and other politicians. The cartoons are especially critical of the Populist Party platform.

Carry Amelia Nation diary and scrapbook
Creator: Nation, Carry Amelia Moore, 1846-1911
Date: 1870-1900
Although difficult to read due to considerable water damage, Carry Nation's diary and scrapbook records her concern for her family, fear for her marriage to David Nation, and worry for her daughter's health. The book also contains information on the family's economic life with lists of purchases and farm commodities sold, descriptions of their work to establish hotels in Texas, and several moves for health or economic reasons. Pages 1-200 are missing, as are pages 213-214, 253-254, 269-274, and 279-282. The Carry Nation Memorial Home of Medicine Lodge, Kansas, donated the diary and scrapbook to the Kansas Historical Society in 1990. The diary forms series one of the Carry Amelia Nation papers, Manuscript coll. 744. A transcription of the diary is available by clicking on Text Version below. In the early 20th century, Carry Nation championed women's rights and the prohibition of alcoholic beverages and gained international attention for opposing illegal saloons by smashing them with a hatchet. A complete description of the entire collection is available through a link below.

John Morgan Walden scrapbook
Creator: Walden, John Morgan, 1831-1914
Date: 1850-1858
J. M. Walden, a Methodist preacher, politician, and ardent Free-State man, was editor of the Quindaro Chindowan newspaper in Wyandotte County, Kansas Territory, from 1857-1858. His two volume scrapbook includes newspaper clippings and notes on national and local politics. It focuses on the Popular Sovereignty issue that defined the creation of Kansas Territory and its efforts to achieve statehood, including many articles on the slavery question generally, abolitionism, the threat of secession, John C. Fremont, and the writing of the Kansas constitution. Many of the articles are from the Quindaro Chindowan.

Mary Mildred McNerny Lykins' scrapbook
Creator: Lykins, Mary McNerny
Date: 1938-1943
A scrapbook compiled by Mary Mildred McNerny Lykins documenting her years teaching in rural Atchison County, Kansas. In 1938, she started her teaching career at Irish Point School (District 67) and in 1939 she transferred to Oak Mills School (District 34) where she taught for four years. During World War II, she and her students collected metal and rubber for a scrap drive. In 1943, she accepted a position at Cummings (District 55) and taught for one year before resigning and marrying Robert (Bob) Dawson Lykins.

Kansas Master Farm Homemakers
Creator: Kansas Master Farm Homemaker Guild
Date: 1928 - 1997
Two disbound scrapbooks containing photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and pamphlets documenting the history of the Kansas Master Farm Homemakers and the Kansas Master Farmers.

Ramon Frances Noches scrapbook
Creator: Brice, Ramona Christina Noches
Date: 1918 - 1945
A scrapbook compiled by Ramona Christina Noches Brice documenting the life of Ramon Frances Noches and family members. He was a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, graduating with the pilot class of 1944D. He died when a B-52 training bomber crashed near Godman Field, Kentucky, in June, 1945.