Ray H. Barr, World War I soldier
Creator: Barr, Ray H.
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 Ray H. Barr, Company B, 137th Infantry, 35th Division.

Historical Plat Book of Jackson County, Kansas
Creator: Bird, J. S.
Date: 1881
Historical Plat Book of Jackson County, Kansas, Illustrated. Published by J.S. Bird, Chicago, successor to Bird & Mickle. The plat book contains histories, maps, biographical sketches, and views of residences, schools, businesses, and other structures in Jackson County, Kansas.

Snow drifts, Holton, Kansas
Date: 1912
This black and white photograph shows two woman standing near snow drifts measuring 4 feet high along the city sidewalks in Holton, Kansas.

Graduates in Jackson County, Kansas
Creator: Darlington
Date: 1930
A photograph showing rural school graduates posed in front of the Jackson County courthouse in Holton, Kansas.

Interview on experiences in World War II
Creator: Starr, Dale
Date: Date Unknown
Starr was inducted into the Army (Air Force) in 1942 and served until 1946 in the 9th Engine Overhaul Squadron. Interviewed by Suzette McCord-Rogers, Starr talked about military experiences in the Second World War. The 2005 Kansas Legislature passed a bill funding the WWII Veterans Oral History grant program. This transcript is from one of the community institutions receiving grants. The transcript of the interview is presented here; the original video copy of the interview is available through the Doniphan County Historical Society (Troy) and through the Kansas State Historical Society.

Interview on experiences in World War II
Creator: Rogers, Joseph
Date: January 1, 2007
Rogers enlisted in the Navy in 1941 and served until 1946 in the Communications. Interviewed by Suzette McCord-Rogers on Jan 1, 2007, Rogers talked about military experiences in the Second World War. The 2005 Kansas Legislature passed a bill funding the WWII Veterans Oral History grant program. This transcript is from one of the community institutions receiving grants. The transcript of the interview is presented here; the original video copy of the interview is available through the Doniphan County Historical Society (Troy) and through the Kansas State Historical Society.

Interview on experiences in World War II
Creator: Scheidegger, Charles E.
Date: November 9, 2007
Scheidegger was inducted into the Army (Artillery) in 1941 and served until 1945 in the Coast Artillery. Interviewed by Suzette McCord-Rogers on Nov 9, 2007, Scheidegger talked about military experiences in the Second World War. The 2005 Kansas Legislature passed a bill funding the WWII Veterans Oral History grant program. This transcript is from one of the community institutions receiving grants. The transcript of the interview is presented here; the original video copy of the interview is available through the Doniphan County Historical Society (Troy) and through the Kansas State Historical Society.

Interview on experiences in World War II
Creator: Rogers, Dorothy
Date: October 15, 2007
Rogers enlisted in the Women Marines in 1944 and served until 1946. Interviewed by Suzette McCord-Rogers on Oct 15, 2007, Rogers talked about military experiences in the Second World War. The 2005 Kansas Legislature passed a bill funding the WWII Veterans Oral History grant program. This transcript is from one of the community institutions receiving grants. The transcript of the interview is presented here; the original video copy of the interview is available through the Doniphan County Historical Society (Troy) and through the Kansas State Historical Society.

Interview on experiences in World War II
Creator: Hershey, Harry "Pat"
Date: October 20, 2007
Hershey enlisted in the Army (Air Force) in 1942 and served until 1945 in the 612th Bombardment Squadron, 401st Bomb Group. Interviewed by Suzette McCord-Rogers on Oct 20, 2007, Hershey talked about military experiences in the Second World War. The 2005 Kansas Legislature passed a bill funding the WWII Veterans Oral History grant program. This transcript is from one of the community institutions receiving grants. The transcript of the interview is presented here; the original video copy of the interview is available through the Doniphan County Historical Society (Troy) and through the Kansas State Historical Society.

Interview on experiences in World War II
Creator: Geis, C. M. (Bud)
Date: November 10, 2007
Geis was inducted into the United States Army in 1942 and served until 1945 in the 4th Infantry Division, 480th Tire Repair. Interviewed by Suzette McCord-Rogers on Nov 10, 2007, Geis talked about military experiences in the Second World War. The 2005 Kansas Legislature passed a bill funding the WWII Veterans Oral History grant program. This transcript is from one of the community institutions receiving grants. The transcript of the interview is presented here; the original video copy of the interview is available through the Doniphan County Historical Society (Troy) and through the Kansas State Historical Society.

Interview on experiences in World War II
Creator: Frazier, Roy Everett
Date: November 11, 2007
Frazier enlisted in the Navy in 1944 and served until 1946 in the Armed Guard aboard the San Lucas and the Juliel Dumont. Interviewed by Suzette McCord-Rogers on Nov 11, 2007, Frazier talked about military experiences in the Second World War. The 2005 Kansas Legislature passed a bill funding the WWII Veterans Oral History grant program. This transcript is from one of the community institutions receiving grants. The transcript of the interview is presented here; the original video copy of the interview is available through the Doniphan County Historical Society (Troy) and through the Kansas State Historical Society.

Interview on experiences in World War II
Creator: Carter, Lewis
Date: October 15, 2007
Carter enlisted in the Navy in 1942 and served until 1946 on the Julesburg, Williamson, DD244, Hamlin, Pine Island. Interviewed by Suzette McCord-Rogers on Oct 15, 2007, Carter talked about military experiences in the Second World War. The 2005 Kansas Legislature passed a bill funding the WWII Veterans Oral History grant program. This transcript is from one of the community institutions receiving grants. The transcript of the interview is presented here; the original video copy of the interview is available through the Doniphan County Historical Society (Troy) and through the Kansas State Historical Society.

Interview on experiences in World War II
Creator: Bair, Lillian
Date: November 11, 2007
Bair enlisted in the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (U.S. Navy)) in 1944 and served until 1945. Interviewed by Suzette McCord-Rogers on Nov 11, 2007, Bair talked about military experiences in the Second World War. The 2005 Kansas Legislature passed a bill funding the WWII Veterans Oral History grant program. This transcript is from one of the community institutions receiving grants. The transcript of the interview is presented here; the original video copy of the interview is available through the Doniphan County Historical Society (Troy) and through the Kansas State Historical Society.

Interview on experiences in World War II
Creator: Ash, Alice Sudlow
Date: November 3, 2007
Ash enlisted in the WAVE: Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (U.S. Navy) in 1943 and served until 1945. Interviewed by Suzette McCord-Rogers on Nov 3, 2007, Ash talked about military experiences in the Second World War. The 2005 Kansas Legislature passed a bill funding the WWII Veterans Oral History grant program. This transcript is from one of the community institutions receiving grants. The transcript of the interview is presented here; the original video copy of the interview is available through the Doniphan County Historical Society (Troy) and through the Kansas State Historical Society.

Interview on experiences in World War II
Creator: Arnold, Harold Eugene
Date: May 4, 2007
Arnold enlisted in the Navy in 1944 and served until 1946 on the USS Kwajalein. Interviewed by Suzette McCord-Rogers on May 4, 2007, Arnold talked about military experiences in the Second World War. The 2005 Kansas Legislature passed a bill funding the WWII Veterans Oral History grant program. This transcript is from one of the community institutions receiving grants. The transcript of the interview is presented here; the original video copy of the interview is available through the Doniphan County Historical Society (Troy) and through the Kansas State Historical Society.

Campbell College, Holton, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
This is an exterior view of Campbell College, Holton, Jackson County, Kansas.

William Hale, Sr. family
Creator: Oaks, William M.
Date: 1896
A photograph of the William Hale family, members of the Potawatomi tribe. Members of the family are (left to right) front row: William Hale holding Jack Hale, Rebecca Hale and Maggie Hale and back row: Mary Hale and Julia Hale.

North Side Square, Holton, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1911
This post card photograph shows a view of businesses along the North Side Square in Holton, Kansas. The Scott and Taber Drug Store is visible at the end of the block on the right side of the picture. The sign on the side of the building includes the traditional mortar and pestle pharmacy symbol.

Kansas and Nebraska Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Minutes of the Third Session
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church. Kansas and Nebraska Conference
Date: April 15-19, 1858
The annual conference was held in Topeka, Kansas Territory from April 15 through 19, 1858. The minutes included the names of those attending as well as the business conducted. It listed the various ministerial appointments in Kansas and Nebraska as well as the membership of the committees. The minutes reported on educational efforts at Baker University and Blue Mount Central College. It contained information on the church's stand on slavery and temperance. The constitution of the Kansas and Nebraska Conference Missionary Society was included in the report as were statistics for the various churches.

Ephraim Nute to [Unidentified recipient]
Creator: Nute, Ephraim
Date: February 14, 1859
Ephraim Nute wrote from Lawrence on February 14, 1859, regarding "the disaster that befel the last expedition from this place with fugitives." The party, led by Dr. John Doy, was in route to Oskaloosa when captured and taken to Missouri, where "the colored people, both free and slaves, have been shipped for the New Orleans market." Doy and his son had been jailed at Platte City, Missouri, and were to be tried for "stealing a slave from Weston." Nute was quite sure this operation had been betrayed from within, as "Great rewards were offered, spies sent out & men hired in this place to watch & aid in recovering the run away property."

William F. Creitz to James Redpath
Creator: Creitz, William F.
Date: December 17, 1859
William F. Creitz of Holton, who had served under Aaron Stevens as captain of a Kansas militia company, wrote Redpath regarding "the particulars of 'Old John Brown's' final departure from this territory." Brown and company, which included "eleven fugitives," reached Holton on January 27, 1859, and Creitz described the events that followed, to which he was an "eyewitness" and participant, including the Battle of the Spurs. Creitz's "article" was prepared "to assist you [Redpath] in your praiseworthy undertaking that of publishing the lives of those heroic men." Redpath published "Echoes of Harper's Ferry" in 1860, and Richard J. Hinton used this material in his "John Brown and His Men (1894).

Plat book of Jackson County, Kansas
Creator: North West Publishing Co.
Date: 1903
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. Several pages include a plat of the diminished Potawatomie Indian reservation

Jackson County fair
Date: September 02, 1874-September 04, 1874
This is a poster for the Jackson county fair in Holton Kansas. Highlights of the fair include: a half-mile track, floral hall, citizen purses of $100, and public action days.

Jackson County fair, Holton, Kansas
Date: September 11 - 13, 1878
This poster announces the Jackson County fair to be held at Holton, Kansas. Highlights of the fair include a floral hall, products in agriculture, races, and a good brass band. The poster includes an illustration of a horse.

Edward S. ("Ned") Beck diaries
Date: 1880-1886
The Edward S. ("Ned") Beck diaries describe the daily life of a boy in Holton, Kansas, in the late nineteenth century. Ned was born in Indiana and moved to Kansas with his family as a boy. He was eleven years old in 1880 and seventeen years old in 1886. The first volume covers May 9 to August 28, 1880. The second volume covers August 29 to December 31, 1880. The third volume covers January 1 to April 3, 1886.