Hays baseball team, Hays, Kansas
Date: Between 1895 and 1905
This is a studio portrait of an early baseball team from Hays, Kansas.

Amelia Earhart sculpture
Creator: Felten, Peter F., Jr.
Date: between 1979 and 1981
Small plaster bust of aviatrix Amelia Earhart by Kansas artist Peter "Fritz" Felten, Jr. The model is associated with the 1981 installation of statues in the Kansas statehouse rotunda. A special committee selected Felten from Hays, Kansas, as the sculptor of statues depicting four notable Kansans--Arthur Capper, Earhart, Dwight Eisenhower, and William Allen White. Felten created this small model and three others to demonstrate his design concept. Originally from Atchison, Kansas, Amelia Earhart was a noted American aviation pioneer, author, and celebrity who vanished in a 1937 flight around the world.

General Dwight Eisenhower sculpture
Creator: Felten, Peter F., Jr.
Date: between 1979 and 1981
Small plaster bust of General Dwight Eisenhower by Kansas artist Peter "Fritz" Felten, Jr. The model is associated with the 1981 installation of statues in the Kansas statehouse rotunda. A special committee selected Felten from Hays, Kansas, as the sculptor of statues depicting four notable Kansans--Arthur Capper, Amelia Earhart, Eisenhower, and William Allen White. Felten created this small model and three others to demonstrate his design concept. Originally from Abilene, Kansas, Dwight Eisenhower was the Supreme Allied Commander during World War II and later the 34th President of the United States. According to Felten, Eisenhower was a "decision maker" who "always stood in neat poses."

William Allen White sculpture
Creator: Felten, Peter F., Jr.
Date: between 1979 and 1981
Small plaster bust of newspaper editor William Allen White by Kansas artist Peter "Fritz" Felten, Jr. The model is associated with the 1981 installation of statues in the Kansas statehouse rotunda. A special committee selected Felten from Hays, Kansas, as the sculptor of statues depicting four notable Kansans--Arthur Capper, Amelia Earhart, Dwight Eisenhower, and White. Felten created this small model and three others to demonstrate his design concept. Residing primarily in Emporia, Kansas, William Allen White was a nationally recognized newspaper editor, politician, and author. In 1923, he won a Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing. According to Felton, White's face proved difficult to sculpt because he was "a highly animated man."

Senator Arthur Capper sculpture
Creator: Felten, Peter F., Jr.
Date: between 1979 and 1981
Small plaster bust of Senator Arthur Capper by Kansas artist Peter "Fritz" Felten, Jr. The model is associated with the 1981 installation of statues in the Kansas statehouse rotunda. A special committee selected Felten from Hays, Kansas, as the sculptor of statues depicting four notable Kansans--Capper, Amelia Earhart, Dwight Eisenhower, and William Allen White. Felten created this small model and three others to demonstrate his design concept. Originally from Garnett, Kansas, Arthur Capper established a large publishing enterprise in Topeka. In 1915 he was elected Kansas Governor and later served 30 years in the United States Senate. According to Felten, Capper was fairly easy to sculpt because "he was such a humble looking man who always stood with hunched shoulders."

Standard atlas of Ellis County, Kansas
Creator: Geo. A. Ogle & Co.
Date: 1922
This atlas shows maps of each township with the names of landowners. It has a patrons' directory, and plats of towns as of the year of publication, a map of the state, United States, and world. It has illustrations, portraits and photographs of homes.

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

Josephine Benedict Yard
Creator: Voss, Nicholas A.
Date: Between 1886 and 1889
A photograph of Josephine Benedict Yard, the wife of Colonel John Edmund Yard, commander at Fort Hays, Kansas. 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.

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.

John Edmund and Josephine Benedict Yard's home in Hays, Kansas
Date: Between 1886 and 1889
A photograph of Colonel John Edmund and Josephine Benedict Yard's house in Hays, Kansas. It was located near the corner of 19th and Elm Streets. Col. Yard, who was commander at Fort Hays, died before the house was completed, but his wife and children lived in it for a time until they moved to New York. In the photograph Mr. Oatman, Colonel Yard's bodyguard and later his butler, is shown standing with a horse and carriage. The house was razed in January, 1937, and an article appears in the Hays Daily News on January 23, 1937.

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.

Students, Hays, Kansas
Date: Between 1870s and 1880s
This black and white photograph shows a group of students gathered on the steps of an unidentified school in Fort Hays, Kansas.

Commanding officer's quarters, Fort Hays, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1902
A photograph showing the commanding officer's quarters that was once the residence of generals Custer, Sheridan and Forsythe at Fort Hays, Kansas. The building was later occupied by the principal of the Western State Normal School.

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.

Kathryn O'Loughlin's campaign poster
Date: July 1932
A campaign poster for Kathryn O'Loughlin, a Democrat, who ran for Congress from the Sixth District. Her political career included representing District 89 in the 1931 Kansas House of Representatives and the Sixth District in the 73rd Congress, 1933-35. O'Loughlin who lived in Hays, Kansas, was the first Congresswoman from Kansas.

Hays City, Kansas, aged four weeks, 289 miles west of the Missouri River
Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Date: 1867
A photograph showing Hays, Kansas, when it was four weeks old. Visible in the photograph are early buildings and tents with a freight train in the background. From Alexander Gardner's series, Across the Continent on the Kansas Pacific Railroad.

King Drug Store, Hays, Kansas
Date: Between 1895 and 1905
This photograph shows an interior view of King Drug Store in Hays, Kansas. Two employees are seen standing behind the display counters assisting a customer standing in front of the counter. Other items are seen in display cases along the wall. The middle display counter appears to have tobacco products or cigars in it, and a metal spitoon is visible on the floor in front of the counter. A wall-mounted telephone is visible in the background on the left.

Druggist James O'Brien one of "the good guys", Hays, Kansas
Date: February 6, 1972
These images show news clippings of the article titled "Druggist James O'Brien one of 'the good guys,' " published in the Hays Daily News of Hays, Kansas, and collected in Hays Historical Clippings by Blaine E. Burkey. The article describes the history of several of the early pharmacists in Hays and nearby towns, and O'Brien's establishment of the first drug store in Hays in 1871. Druggists mentioned in the article include: James A. O'Brien, John Hobbs, Fred Oshant, Hugo B. Kohl, C. A. Harkness, Alfred Harkness, J. V. Macintosh, Edward Polly, Frank F. Corlis, T. B. Yates, J. H. Middlekauf, W. J. Lippard, D. C. Taylor, Watson Zeigler, C. L. Dixon, R. M. Shelby, W. E. Cass, F. W. Garwood, J. G. Michaelis, C. M. Lewis, S. J. Holman, Pat Conlan, John F. Hammonds, and Nathaniel Kidd.

Jerry Moran
Date: 2007
A formal portrait of Congressman Jerry Moran. A banker and lawyer from Hays, Kansas, Moran served eight years in the Kansas Senate, 1989-1996, before he sought and won Kansas' first congressional district in 1996. The first congressional district a predominately rural area, consist of sixty nine counties and is referred to as "the Big First". Advocating on behalf of Kansas' rural communities has given Moran the opportunity in Congress to be actively involved as a senior member of the House Agricluture Committee and a ranking member of the subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. In addition, he is a member of the House Committee of Veterans' Affairs and the House Committee of Transporation and Infrastructure. Moran's commiment to preserving the values of rural America, is further demonstrated through his involvment with the Rural Health Care Coalition and the Congressional Caucus to Fight and Control Methamphetamine.

Kansas illustrated. An accurate and reliable description of this marvelous state for the information of persons seeking homes in the great west
Creator: Bodine, L.T.
Date: 1879
Kansas Pacific Railroad promotional pamphlet highlights the important natural and economic resources of Kansas. Includes lists of crop production by county, inducements for emigrants, and county descriptions.

Hays City, Kansas. 580 miles west of St. Louis, Mo
Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Date: 1867
Two different versions of a stereograph showing Hays, Kansas, from a distance. From Alexander Gardner's series, Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division.

U. S. Express Overland stage starting for Denver from Hays City, Kansas. 580 miles west of St. Louis, Mo.
Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Date: 1867
A stereograph showing a U. S. Express Overland stage with African-American soldiers on guard against attack. Gardner identified the stage as starting for Denver, Colorado, from Hays City, Kansas. The image was taken from Alexander Gardner's series, "Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division."

View on the Plains, Kansas, six miles west of Fort Hays. 586 miles west of St. Louis, Mo.
Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Date: 1867
A stereograph showing men standing and sitting on land west of Fort Hays, Ellis County, Kansas. Visible in the stereograph is a horse drawn carriage. From Alexander Gardner's series, Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division.

View at Hays City Kansas. 580 miles west of St. Louis, Mo.
Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Date: 1867
A stereograph showing a man seated in a horse drawn carriage west of Hays, Ellis County, 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.