Allen Trachsel, World War I soldier
Creator: Trachsel, Allen
Date: 1918
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 Allen Trachsel, Navy. Allen died of influenza on September 19, 1918 while in Chelsea, Massachusetts.

Kansas suffrage mass meetings for June
Creator: The Farmer's Wife
Date: May 1894
This article lists the upcoming suffrage meetings for June and their locations. The first section's meetings will have Carrie Chapman-Catt, Annie Diggs, and Theresa Jenkins as the speakers; the second section's meetings will be addressed by Susan B. Anthony, Anna Howard Shaw, Helen Kimber and Rachel Child.

Goodland men built pioneer helicopter
Creator: Salina Journal
Date: September 22, 1977
This article, published in the Salina Journal covers the achievements of William J. Purvis and Charles A. Wilson. In 1909, Purvis and Wilson, both Goodland, Kansas, railroad mechanics, built a precursor to the helicopter in their spare time. Although their experiments were less than successful, the U.S. government granted Purvis and Wilson a patent for their rotary-winged design.

The grass roots would soar
Creator: Kansas City Star
Date: December 28, 1909
This article from the Kansas City Star newspaper covers the early aviation experiments of Charles A. Wilson and William J. Purvis of Goodland, Kansas. The article explains the type of machine Wilson and Purvis were building, as well as the materials used in its construction. In particular, the article accurately points out that the Wilson and Purvis machine was more of a gyro-copter than a true airplane. While their gyro-plane proved to be less than successful, their design represented an important first step toward the development of the helicopter.

Sod house near Goodland, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1919
Color postcard showing a sod house located near Goodland, Kansas.

City High School, Goodland, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1919
Postcard view of City High School, Goodland, Kansas.

U.S. 40. The main street of America
Creator: U.S. 40 Highway Association, Inc.
Date: 1920s
This pamphlet by the U.S. 40 Highway Association promotes U.S. Route 40 as the trans-continental highway from Atlantic City, New Jersey, to San Francisco, California. At the pamphlet's creation, the highway had not yet been completed and reached to eight miles west of Topeka, Kansas. Raymond M. Sawhill, of Glasco, Kansas, was the secretary of the local organization.

Goodland City Band, Goodland, Kansas
Date: Between 1907 and 1908
A formal view of the members of the Goodland City Band of Goodland, Kansas.

Goodland City Band, Goodland, Kansas
Date: May, 1920
Portrait of the Goodland City Band of Goodland, Kansas, on Memorial Day, 1920. Note the teddy bear standing before the large drum.

Goodland City Band, Goodland, Kansas
Date: 1894
View of members of the Goodland City Band of Goodland, Kansas. The photograph carries the inscription that this was Goodland's first "good band."

Goodland Ladies Band
Date: 1908
Members of the Goodland Ladies Band of Goodland, Kansas, posing with their instruments.

Rock Island Band, Goodland, Kansas
A formal view of the members of the Rock Island Band of Goodland, Kansas, standing and seated on a stage in an unidentified theatre.

Melbourne the "Ohio Rain Wizard" handbill
Date: June 17, 1891
Handbill for "Melbourne the Ohio Rain Wizard" copied from the Sherman County Farmer September 17, 1891.

Sherman County courthouse
Date: October 15, 1907
Postcard view of the Sherman County courthouse, Goodland, Kansas.

Episcopal Church, Goodland, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1909
A postcard view of the wood-framed Episcopal Church in Goodland, Kansas.

The fifth annual fair, Goodland, Kansas
Date: September 22 - 25, 1891
This poster announces the fifth annual fair to be held on the grounds of the Sherman County Agricultural Society in Goodland, Kansas. Color illustrations of livestock, produce, farm machinery, and a sulky race are included.

Standard atlas of Sherman County, Kansas
Creator: Geo. A. Ogle & Co.
Date: 1907
This atlas shows maps of each township with the names of landowners. It has a patrons' directory, portraits, and plats of towns as of the year of publication.

Flying machine, Goodland, Kansas
Date: Around 1910
This photograph shows the Goodland flying machine, a forerunner of the helicopter, designed and patented by William Purvis and Charles Wilson of Goodland, Kansas. Purvis and Wilson built the ship about 1910. The engine was apparently too small and the machine never flew.

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad depot, Goodland, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
This black and white photograph shows the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad depot at Goodland, Kansas.

Richard Gannon photograph collection
Creator: Gannon, Richard
Date: Between 1900 and 1920; 1953
The Richard Gannon photograph collection documents farming and ranching activities in Sherman County, Kansas, in the early twentieth century. The photographs include images of sod houses and other residences, barns and outbuildings, many children and farm and ranching families, tractors and other farm machinery, horses and cattle, people doing farm chores, cowboys, and early automobiles and motorcycles. The John L. Veselik residence near Ruleton appears in many of the photographs. The photographer is unknown. Richard Gannon donated copies of the photographs to the Kansas Historical Society in 1983 after discovering them in a building on his property.

Report of Kansas U.S.O. Committee
Creator: United Service Organization
Date: 1941
This item details the amount of contributions to the United Service Organizations (U.S.O.) from cities and counties in Kansas during 1941. Totaling almost $90,000, the U.S.O. campaign in Kansas was quite successful and helped support a number of services for Americans serving in uniform during World War II. The report lists the contributions by city and the nature of the fund raising. There was a campaign in movie theaters that almost $9,000 from 84 cities. The list includes the names of the theaters. Local newspapers, which provided publicity, are often listed as well. The local U.S. O. committees are listed occasionally.