Albert Griffin to Governor John St. John
Date: April 05, 1879
Having not heard further regarding Kansas Governor St. John's agreement to speak in Manhattan, Kansas, newspaper editor Griffin informs the governor he is scheduled to speak Sunday, and he writes "Do not fail us on any account." Griffin is the editor and proprietor of The Nationalist.

Albert Griffin to Governor John St. John
Creator: Griffin, Albert
Date: March 29, 1879
Editor Albert Griffin of the Manhattan, Kansas "Nationalist" paper, asks Kansas Governor John St. John to speak in his town on temperance.

Historical plat book of Riley County, Kansas
Creator: Bird, M. E
Date: 1881
This volume contains state and Indian History, county and township history and illustrations.

Manhattan Town Association share certificate
Creator: Manhattan Town Association (Manhattan, Kan.)
Date: June 15, 1857
A share certificate issued to George S. Park for town property in the Manhattan Town Association, Kansas Territory, and signed by Samuel Dexter Houston, president, and C. E. Blood, secretary.

Bluemont College in Manhattan, Kansas
Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Date: 1867
A photograph of a Bluemont College building in Manhattan, Kansas. The photograph was taken by Alexander Gardner as part of the series Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division.

Samuel Dexter Houston
Date: Between 1870 and 1879
A portrait of Samuel Dexter Houston who was one of the first settlers in Riley County, Kansas. He located a claim on Wildcat Creek and built a cabin in December, 1853. Houston was instrumental in founding Manhattan, Kansas and aided in laying out the town. He was the first state senator from Riley County and represented both Riley and Pottawatomie counties from 1860 to 1862. While in the legislature, he helped write the Kansas State Constitution.

First Congregational Church in Manhattan, Kansas
Creator: Leonard, J. H.
Date: Between 1860 and 1862
A photograph of the First Congregational Church in Manhattan, Kansas with insets of the first two pastors and their wives. Rev. C. E. Blood started preaching in Manhattan on April 22, 1855 and organized a congregational Church on January 6, 1856. Rev. George A. Beckwith came to the church on January, 1862 and he was installed as pastor on May 26, 1862.

S. M. Fox book store in Manhattan, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1893
An interior view of S. M. Fox's book store located at 317 Poyntz in Manhattan, Kansas.

Purcell & Higinbotham store in Manhattan, Kansas
Date: Between 1868 and 1870
A photograph showing several men standing in front of the Purcell & Higinbotham store in Manhattan, Kansas. The building was constructed in 1868.

Blue River wagon bridge in Manhattan, Kansas
Date: July 04, 1898
A photograph showing the Engel twins with their bicycles on the Blue River wagon bridge in Manhattan, Kansas.

Map of Manhattan, Kansas Territory
Creator: Middleton, Wallace & Co.
Date: Between 1857 and 1860
A map of Manhattan, Kansas Territory, showing streets, parks, rivers, and lot numbers. Some of the lots contain owners' names.

Embroidered flour sack
Creator: Veltkamp, Angele
Date: between 1915 and 1916
This cotton sack for Manhattan Milling Company flour was cut open along one side, embroidered, and embellished with braid and ribbon. Embroidered designs include the Belgian government's coat of arms; a French message whose English translation is "The union makes the force;" the years 1914-1915; and the names of the needle worker, Angèle Veltkamp, and the town Hasselt (Belgium). This sack originally contained Kansas flour sent overseas during World War I for relief efforts organized by the Commission for Relief in Belgium. Some of the sacks were embroidered by Belgian women and returned to the United States as an expression of gratitude. The Kansas Belgian Relief Fund received this sack and placed it on display in a downtown Topeka store before donating it to the Kansas Historical Society.

Dan Lykins and Jon Wefald at the Martin Luther King statue dedication at Kansas State University
Date: January 19, 2007
A photograph of Dan Lykins, left, a Topeka attorney and member of the Kansas Board of Regents, and Kansas State University President Jon Wefald at the dedication of a statue commemorating Martin Luther King's speech at the university.

Valley Home
Creator: Herschel C. Logan
Date: 1934
A black ink on rag paper woodcut of a frame house at the foot of a hill, by Herschel Logan. Logan, one of the Prairie Printmakers, executed this work in 1934. According to Logan, this is a scene near Manhattan, Kansas. Logan was born April 19, 1901 in Magnolia, Missouri, and the family moved to Winfield, Kansas, shortly afterwards. He attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. He worked as an advertising artist in Salina until his retirement in 1968. He moved to Santa Ana, California, in his retirement, where he died on December 8, 1987.

Kansas State University Engineering Advisory Council
Date: October 8, 1993
A photograph showing the Kansas State University Engineering Advistory Council. People in the photograph are: front row (left to right) Bill Johnson, Jerome Lavelle, Mark Evans, Christy Bentley, Marc Scarbrough, Charley Carter, Jon Wefeld, Don Rathbone, Martin Riedel, Hal Siegele, Don Chestnut, Gale Simons, and Ray Hightower; second row Scott Scrogin, Tom Roberts, Joe Downey, Dick Scherer, Robert Tointon, Rhea Serpan, Jerry Wilbeck, Joe Allison, Ken Gowdy, Dick Hayter, and Stan Clark; back row Stan Smith, Martin Eby, Jr, Alan Hammerli, Bob Exline, Herb Whitney, Brad Kramer, Robert Jackson, Joshua Davis, David Ayers, Stan Barnett, John Walters, and Al Mistler.

Martin Luther King at Kansas State University
Creator: Lykins, Dan
Date: January 19, 1968
Two photographs of Martin Luther King speaking at Kansas State University's regular convocation series. The topic of his speech was the future of integration. This was Dr. King's last speech on a university campus before his death on April 4, 1968.

Ellen Denison
Date: Between 1840s and 1860s
Cased daguerreotype portrait of Ellen Denison, wife of Issac T. Goodnow. Ellen and Issac were early settlers in Manhattan, Kansas.

Blanche Ketene Bruce for auditor
Creator: Topeka Daily Capital
Date: October 26, 1892
According to this article from the Topeka Daily Capital, B. K. (Blanche Ketene) Bruce Jr. was given a place on the Republican ticket and ran for state auditor in 1892. Bruce, a black man from Leavenworth, became the first African American to graduate from Kansas State University in 1885. One important reason Bruce was considered to be such a good candidate for the position of state auditor, was because he was a black Republican in every sense of the word. Between the years of 1880-1900 blacks felt their political interests did not differ too greatly from white political interest or well being. African American males were placed on political party tickets and ran successfully for elective offices in Kansas during this time.

Kansas State University Engineering Advisory Council
Date: October 18, 1996
A photograph showing members of the Kansas State University Engineering Advisory Council. People in the photograph are identified as: front row (left to right) Eugene Peltier, Charley Carter, John Walters, Jenny Tonyes, Floyd Bachus, Ray Hightower, Gale Simons, and William Johnson; second row Bob Exline, Ernie Nelson, Rhea Serpan, Stan Smith, Darren Bonawitz, Herb Whitney, Beth Van Goethem, Al Mistler, and Clifford Krabbenhoft; third row John Ahern, Tom Roberts, Tim Taylor, Dick Hayter, Gary Edwards, Laree Mugler, Hal Siegele, Ed Mulcahy, Don Rathbone; fourth row Jerry Wilbeck, Larry Burdge, Robert Hoyle, Ken Gowby, Joe Allison, Gordon Goering, Richard Scherer, Jim Agniel; fifth row Martin Eby Jr., Darrell Hosler, Gene Russell, Don Chesnut, Joe Downey, Marlone Davis, and David Ayers; sixth row Hani Melhem, Bryan Weston, and Gustave Fairbanks.

Governor Thomas Carney college and university lands, 1863, correspondence
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1863-1865 : Carney)
Date: 1863
Thomas Carney compiled this series of correspondence on college and university lands in 1863 from letters he received while governor of Kansas. A searchable, full-text version of this correspondence is available by clicking "Text Version" below.

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.

Eureka Lake Resort, Manhattan, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
A photograph of Eureka Lake Resort, built by C.P. Dewey in 1899 on an elbow lake of the Kansas River near Manhattan, Kansas. The flood of 1903 destroyed the lake and resort and in 1906 the property and hotel were sold to the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs. The hotel was converted into the Rebekah-Odd Fellows Home of Kansas and used to house the elderly. On November 26, 1916, the building was destroyed by fire.

Eureka Lake Resort, Manhattan, Kansas
Creator: Orr, S. C.
Date: 1903
A photograph of Eureka Lake Resort, built by C. P. Dewey in 1899 on an elbow lake of the Kansas River near Manhattan, Kansas. The flood of 1903 destroyed the lake and resort and in 1906 the property and hotel were sold to the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs. The hotel was converted into the Rebekah Odd Fellows Home of Kansas and used to house the elderly. On November 26, 1916, the building was destroyed by fire.

Flood, Manhattan, Kansas
Date: July 13, 1951
An aerial view showing flooding in Manhattan, Kansas. Visible in the photograph is downtown Manhattan, a bridge over the Kansas River, and the Union Pacific Railroad bridge.

Flood, Manhattan, Kansas
Date: July 13, 1951
An aerial view showing flooding in Manhattan, Kansas. Visible in the photograph are businesses along Poyntz Avenue in downtown Manhattan, Kansas.