Housekeeping aides, Kansas City, Kansas
Creator: United States. Works Progress Administration
Date: Between 1935 and 1943
Housekeeping aides working at the bedside of a young woman, Kansas City, Kansas, part of the Works Progress Administration's domestic science and food project.

P.B. Groat to Governor John St. John
Creator: Groat, P.B.
Date: March 08, 1879
P. B. Groat sent this telegram to Kansas Governor John St. John, advising him Francis Murphy "is on our train" to speak in Topeka and will rally Temperance supporters.

Frank H. Murray, World War I soldier
Date: 1919
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 Frank H. Murray, 139th Ambulance Company, 110th Sanitary Train, 35th Division.

Carl B. Trowbridge, World War I soldier
Date: 1918-1919
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 Carl B. Trowbridge, Company C, 1st Engineers. Carl was killed in action on October 9,1918. He was born in Rich Hill, Missouri, January 24, 1886. He graduated from Argentine High School in 1904 and Kansas University in 1909 with a degree in engineering. He served as Argentine City Engineer and as Assistant City Engineer after Argentine was annexed by Kansas City, Kansas.

Nathan P. Troster, World War I soldier
Creator: Troster, Nathan P.
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 Nathan P. Troster, Company B, 110th Engineers.

George H. Gray, World War I soldier
Creator: Gray, George 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 George H. Gray, Medical Detachment, 130th Field Artillery, 35th Division.

Loren W. Graves, World War I soldier
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 Loren W. Graves, Supply Company, 342nd Field Artillery, Camp Funston. Graves died at Kansas City, Missouri on May 1, 1918.

Flood in Kansas City, Kansas
Creator: Kansas City (Kan.) Police Dept
Date: July 13, 1951
A photograph showing an oil company and other businesses on fire, east of State Line on Southwest Boulevard in Kansas City, Kansas.

Flood in Kansas City, Kansas
Date: July 1951
This is a photograph showing rescue boats coming to the 7th street viaduct during the height of the 1951 flood in Kansas City, Kansas.

A complete set of surveys and plats or properties in Wyandotte County and Kansas City Kansas
Creator: G.M. Hopkins & Co
Date: [c1887]
An atlas of Wyandotte County, Kansas, with owners of township property listed. It shows the railroad lands and various businesses.

Charles William Blessman, World War I soldier
Date: 1919
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 Charles William Blessman, Company F, 110th Engineers, 35th Division.

Arthur C. Berquist, World War I soldier
Date: 1919
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 Arthur C. Berquist, Machine Gun Company, 353rd Infantry, 89th Division. Arthur was killed in action on November 5, 1918.

Rudolph Schneikart, World War I soldier
Date: 1919
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 Rudolph Schneikart, Company M, 353rd Infantry, 89th Division. Rudolph was wounded in battle on September 12, 1918 and died from those wounds on September 21.

Ralph Mills Chamberlin, World War I soldier
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 Ralph Mills Chamberlin, 12th Regiment, 29th Company. Chamberlin died from influenza on September 26, 1918, at the Great Lakes Naval Station in Illinois.

Ralph E. Mueller, World War I soldier
Creator: Mueller, Ralph E.
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 Ralph E. Mueller, Medical Detachment, 140th Infantry, 35th Division. He grew up in Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas.

Whizzo the Clown birthday club card
Date: between 1970 and 1986
Paper membership card for the Birthday Club sponsored by Whizzo the Clown. Whizzo was a character created by Frank Wiziarde, a children's entertainer in Kansas City, Kansas. He was best known for his children's television show that aired on local stations in Kansas City and Topeka from 1954 to 1987. Wiziarde was born in Westmoreland, Kansas in 1916 and soon joined his family's traveling circus act. In the late 1940s Wiziarde transitioned to broadcasting, but merged the two professions to entertain children.

Official 1963-64 Kansas highway map
Creator: Kansas. State Highway Commission
Date: 1963
This official highway map of Kansas includes a mileage chart, speed limits, state lakes, the population of counties and cities, tourist attractions, and inset maps of Wichita, Topeka, Salina, Lawrence, Hutchison, and Kansas City.

Football helmet
Creator: Schmelzer's Sporting Goods
Date: between 1920 and 1928
Brown leather and wool football helmet made by the Schmelzer Company, a sporting and athletic goods retail and wholesale firm located in Kansas City, Kansas. The helmet's user is not known.

Hannah Headlee
Date: 1912
A photograph showing Pauline Haynes (left), Clif Haynes, and Hannah Headlee (right) taken in Kansas City, Kansas. Born in Topeka, Kansas, about 1867, Hannah Headlee was an artist, quilter, teacher and china painter. "The Iris" one of her quilting masterpieces is in the Kansas State Historical Society's museum.

William Walker
Creator: Hansford, R. B.
Date: Between 1890 and 1899
A photograph of Governor William Walker who was born in Gibraltar, Michigan on March 5, 1799. He was a member of the Wyandot tribe, and after acquiring his education, Walker worked on behalf of the North American Indians. He became a leader and counselor to the Wyandot nation and devoted many years of his life to their interests. In 1843, Walker came to Kansas with his tribe, where he remained for much of his life. In 1853, Walker was appointed provisional governor of the Nebraska Territory. He died in Kansas City, Missouri on February 13, 1874. The photograph was probably taken in the late 1850s and copied by Hansford in the 1890s.

Colorado train service via Rock Island Lines, Summer 1912
Creator: Rock Island Railroad Company
Date: 1912
This brochure advertises the services of four trains of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. Two of the trains are from Chicago and Omaha and the other two are from St. Louis and Kansas City. The trains from Chicago and Omaha are the "Rocky Mountain Limited" and the "Colorado and California Express" The two trains from St. Louis and Kansas City are the "Colorado-Pacific Coast Express" and the "Colorado Flyer." The daily schedules for each train are included. Such features as electric lighted cars; a buffet-library-observation car with barber, valet and Victrola recitals; and telegraphic bulletins.

M.R. Brown to William Brown
Creator: Brown, Mary Ripley, d. 1878
Date: December 11, 1861
A letter written from Lawrence, Kansas, by M.R. Brown, addressed to her son, William Brown, who was in college in New York. Brown begins by discussing the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. She discusses the 300 African Americans who had fled slavery and were now living in Lawrence, and the efforts of an African-American minister in the community. Brown expresses fear that Lawrence would be attacked by Missourians. She also gives news of Leigh R. Webber, a Kansas soldier who often wrote to members of the Brown family.

A study of the present trades union system
Creator: Britton, Wiley
Date: 1909; copyright 1909
A booklet written by Wiley Britton that focuses on the trades union system. The author asks for equal rights, justice and moderation in the dealings of men with each other, and that special privileges should be given to no one.

Organized labor in Wyandotte County
Creator: Martin, George W. (George Washington), 1841-1914
Date: 1899
An address by George W. Martin, editor of the Kansas City Gazette, to the Mayor and City Council of Kansas City, Kansas, focusing on organized labor in Wyandotte County.

Special excursion via Santa Fe to Kansas City
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: November 21, 1926
This poster advertises excursion trains from fifty-one towns in Kansas to "Kansas City, The Heart of America, with its many attractions." Attractions noted were: Missouri National Players; 5 vaudeville acts; first run pictures; "The Popular Sin"; 7 acts vaudeville featuring Bert Lytell; and "Ben Hur". Theaters included were: Missouri, Main Street, Pantages, Newman, Orpheum, and Shubert. Ticket prices ranged from $.75 from Holliday to $5.50 from Arkansas City.