Storm damage on Menninger Clinic East Campus, Topeka
Date: July 11, 1958
A wind storm hit Topeka, Kansas in July 1958. These three black and white photographs show the damage to the Menninger East Campus and Roy Leonard of the maintenance crew clearing up the debris.

Apple tree, Shawnee County, Kansas
Date: 1936
This black and white photograph shows drought damage to an apple tree in Shawnee County, Kansas.

Cornfield, Shawnee County, Kansas
Date: 1936
This black and white photograph shows severe drought damage to a cornfield in Shawnee County, Kansas.

Dust Storm, Wright, Kansas
Creator: Stovall Studio
Date: 1935
This black and white postcard shows a view of dust clouds covering the skies near Wright, Kansas.

Approaching dust storm in middle west
Creator: Conard, Frank Durnell, 1884-1966
Date: Between 1935 and 1936
A postcard showing a dust cloud rolling across a field in Kansas. Frank "Pop" Conard of Garden City, Kansas, created this and other postcards of the Dust Bowl during the mid 1930s.

Results of operating a hopperdoser in Chase County, Kansas
Creator: Chase County Extension Office
Date: 1937
A photograph showing the results after one hour's work with a hopperdoser on A. J. McCabe's five acre farm in Chase County, Kansas. The pile contained nearly two bushels of grasshoppers. The photograph was copied from the Chase County Extension's annual report.

Arkansas City residents to Governor Willis Bailey
Creator: Commercial Club of Arkansas City
Date: March 17, 1903
Community residents and members of the Commercial Club of Arkansas City send a resolution to Governor Bailey recommending the retention of ex-attorney General Goddard in the case of Kansas vs Colorado now pending in the United States Supreme Court.

Dust storm in Stanton County, Kansas
Date: 1935
A photograph showing a dust storm in Stanton County, Kansas.

Westward or central western Kansas
Creator: Yingling, W. A.
Date: 1890
A small booklet containing descriptions of the geography, geology, climate, soil, and agriculture of the state of Kansas. Also listed for the state are its various routes and prices of passage and transportation for immigrants; its social conditions, education, and religious progress; and future prospects and possibilities for the common man.

Kansas: Its history, resources and prospects
Creator: Eagle Printing House
Date: 1890
A small pamphlet that gives the history of Kansas. It also lists the state's natural resources, such as salt, timber, coal, gas, etc., as well as its manufacturing and railroad prospects. Also included are brief descriptions of various Kansas counties.

Kansas as she is
Creator: The Kansas Publishing Company
Date: 1870
An emigrants' and settlers' guide containing information on living in the state of Kansas. The guide reports on various topics such as the state's climate, its cities and towns, railroads, and the character of its people.

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.

Scenes of prosperous times, Finney County, Kansas
Creator: Wolf, Henry L. 1850-1924
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
Scenes of prosperous times in Garden City, Finney County, Kansas. The photograph includes the Arkansas River, harvest scenes, irrigation and a round up. Picture taken during the early nineties. Donated by Woman's Kansas Day Club, from the Raymond E. Stotts collection.

Irrigation pumping plant in Finney County, Kansas
Date: Between 1911 and 1925
The photographs show two different pumping plant scenes in Finney County, Kansas.

Irrigation scenes in Finney County, Kansas
Date: January 1895
The photographs are of a design for an irrigation pumping plant, and an actual irrigated field In Finney County, Kansas. They are from "The Irrigation Age", pages 16-17.

Farm in Finney County, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
The photograph shows an unidentified farm in Finney County, Kansas.

Irrigation scene, Finney County, Kansas
Date: Between 1920 and 1930
The photograph shows water coming from an irrigation pump, 3500 gallons a minute, in Finney County, Kansas. The photograph was donated by the Garden City Chamber of Commerce.

Irrigating alfalfa, Finney County, Kansas
Date: Between 1920 and 1930
The photograph shows irrigating alfalfa from the Arkansas River near Garden City, in Finney County, Kansas.

Irrigation headgates in Finney County, Kansas
Creator: Wolf, Henry L. 1850-1924
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
The photograph shows head gates in the Great Eastern Ditch near Garden City, Finney County, Kansas. The photograph also shows two men standing on a type of fence.

Agricultural equipment, Garden City, Finney County, Kansas
Creator: Wolf, Henry L. 1850-1924
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
The photograph shows the first steam powered plow in Garden City, Finney County, Kansas. The photograph also shows a man, who looks to be steering the plow while another man is riding on it. In the background of the photo there are a few buildings.

Governor Alfred M. Landon drought correspondence
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1933-1937 : Landon)
Date: 1933-1936
This is the correspondence of Governor Alfred M. Landon on drought conditions in Kansas between 1933-1936. The correspondence proceeds in reverse chronological order within each folder. The governor's response is usually filed with the original letter.

Franklin County flood, 1915
Date: 1915
This photograph shows the Marais des Cygnes River flood west of Pomona in Franklin County. A note below photograph states, "note double track out of sight".

Unidentified farm, Finney County, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
Photographs showing an unidentified farm in Finney County, Kansas, with a barn, residence, various out buildings, fences, and a field.

Fair, Finney County, Kansas
Creator: Wolf, Henry L. 1850-1924
Date: 1895
Photographs showing views of the Finney County Fair in Finney County, Kansas.

Windmill display at the fair, Finney County, Kansas
Creator: Wolf, Henry L. 1850-1924
Date: 1895
The photographs show windmills displayed at the Finney County Fair in Finney County, Kansas.