L.C. Briggs to Governor John St. John
Creator: Briggs, L.C.
Date: October 09, 1879
Governor St. John is invited by Pastor Briggs of the Methodist Episcopal Church to attend a Thanksgiving Day dinner. The pastor requests that St. John discuss the temperance question with the large crowd of people of Osage City who will be in attendance at the dinner prepared by the church ladies.

Descriptive atlas of Osage County, Kansas
Creator: Hennessey Brothers (Firm)
Date: 1899
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.

Standard atlas of Osage County, Kansas
Creator: Geo. A. Ogle & Co.
Date: 1918
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.

Kansas in 1875
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1875
A pamphlet produced by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company to promote Kansas and its resources. It focuses on the Cottonwood and Arkansas Valleys of Kansas. Also included is a map of ATSF railroad connections with an advertisement of land for sale.

Osborne County organization records
Creator: Kansas. Secretary of State
Date: 1871
In order for an unorganized county to be recognized by the state of Kansas, a certain number of householders/legal electors had to petition the governor. The governor would appoint a census taker. Initially, unorganized counties were required to document that they had at least 600 inhabitants in order to be recognized as a county by the state legislature. Over time the number of residents needed to organize a county changed to 1500 and later to 2500 residents. The census was submitted to the governor who then issued a proclamation indicating that the requirements had been met, appointing county commissioners and a county clerk, and naming a county seat. Not all of these documents are available for each county. Included in this file is an 1871 census for Osborne County and a proclamation from the governor appointing county officials and designating Osborne City the temporary county seat.

The Black Diamond Coal Company to Governor Henry J. Allen
Creator: the Black Diamond Coal Company
Date: December 9, 1919
E. Nettleblade, proprietor of the Black Diamond Coal Company in Osage City, Kansas, writes to Kansas Governor Allen of Topeka about the proposed Industrial Court legislation. In his letter, Nettleblade informs Allen of the trouble between union and non-union workers at a local coal mine and would like the situation investigated.

L. V. D. Tosh to Governor John A. Martin
Date: March 12, 1885
L. V. D. Tosh, a druggist in Osage City, writes to Governor John A. Martin in Topeka asking for a clarification of the alcohol prohibition law as recently amended. Tosh asks whether a druggist can sell alcohol to a customer who provides a written statement that it is for medical, mechanical, or scientific purposes or whether a customer must have a prescription.

Independence Day Parade, Osage City, Kansas
Date: July 4, 1900
View of the 1900 Independence Day parade in Osage City, Kansas, led by a fife and drum band and a man carrying a large American flag. Also visible are spectators, a man on horseback, a carriage, and the businesses and buildings along the town street.

Osage City band in Osage City, Kansas
Date: Between 1905 and 1910
This is a postcard showing the Osage City band marching in a parade on Market Street in downtown Osage City, Kansas.

Osage City Band, Osage City, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
An informal view of the members of the Osage City Band standing in a field.

Parade, Osage City, Kansas
Date: Between January 01, 1880 and December 31, 1890
Unidentified parade in Osage City, Kansas

Cow, sow and hen train
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company
Date: May 13, 1922
This circular, distributed by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, announces the arrival of the "Cow, Sow & Hen" demonstration train at Osage City. The flyer identifies the speakers and topics and especially invites women to attend. Demonstration trains such as this one represented an alliance between railroad companies, agricultural scientists, and manufacturers to promote settlement, improve farm management, and market commercial farm products. The railroad's Agricultural Development and Publicity Office managed the trains.

Colored directory: information, history, facts, also buyer's guide of the best business places appreciating your patronage
Date: April 1928
This directory primarily deals with African Americans living in Topeka, Kansas, but it also contains listing for Alma, Burlingame, Council Grove, Dunlap, Eskridge, Osage City, Oskaloosa, Paxico, Perry and rural Shawnee County. Listings of the residents of the smaller communities include name and occupation. The address is included only if it is rural with the RFD numbers. The listings for Topeka include name, occupation or place of employment, and home address. The Topeka portion includes a listing of churches with some sketches, colored schools, lodges, biographical sketches of some community members, article about the police and fire departments, the Kansas Vocational School in Topeka, and "Some Topeka Institutions" (African American organizations and businesses). The publication includes a listing of call letters for radio stations, driving distances in Kansas, and railroad rates from Topeka to various locations for the railroad lines through Topeka. The directory also includes a number of advertisements.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad time table number 28
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: April 20, 1873
This timetable was for the exclusive use of the employees of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and included the eastern, Arkansas Valley and Wichita divisions.

The guide board, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: April 1873
This publication by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad was printed by the Atchison Steam Printing Company of Atchison, Kansas. It contains articles that are aimed at promoting the settlement of lands in the Arkansas River valley. There are numerous "letters to the editor" praising the rich natural features of the valley and predicting its abundant future. The publication contains advertisement from business establishments from most of the cities and towns along the route, many of which no longer exist.

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.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Osage City, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: July 08, 1903
This black and white photograph from a postcard shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Osage City, Kansas.

Walter Battice to Ida M. Ferris
Creator: Battice, Walter
Date: November 02, 1909
In this letter to Ida M. Ferris, Walter Battice discusses recent events at the Sac and Fox Agency in Oklahoma. In particular, Battice explains to Ferris that the Sac and Fox Agency possessed records of all treaties between the Sac and the Fox and the U.S. Government that had been approved since 1804, and he states that "Mr. Curtis would gladly assist you in obtaining them." In addition, Battice addresses past "aggrievances" to the Sac and Fox by stating that "we as educated Indians have to the conclusion that its too late to ponder or to serve any purpose by going into the matter of right and wrong."

Senator Charles Curtis to Ida M. Ferris
Creator: Curtis, Charles, 1860-1936
Date: December 18, 1909
In this letter to Ida M. Ferris, Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas provides information on the Sac and Fox tribe that Ferris had requested at an earlier date for an article that she was writing. The information provided by Senator Curtis, chairman of the Senate's Committee on Indian Depredations, contains a brief list of treaties made between the Sac and Fox tribe and the United States.

Harry B. Gilstrap to Ida M. Ferris
Creator: Gilstrap, Harry B.
Date: January 20, 1910
In this letter to Ida M. Ferris, Harry B. Gilstrap discusses his knowledge of Sac and Fox member Walter Battice, who Ferris had corresponded with in regards to Sac and Fox history.

Walter Battice to Ida M. Ferris
Creator: Battice, Walter
Date: February 18, 1910
In this letter to Ida M. Ferris, Sac and Fox member Walter Battice assures Ferris that he is interested in her work on the history of the Sac and Fox tribe. In fact, Battice provides Ferris with the names of several individuals who can help her with her work.

Walter Battice to Ida M. Ferris
Creator: Battice, Walter
Date: March 02, 1910
In this letter to Ida M. Ferris, Sac and Fox member Walter Battice addresses Ferris's quest to gather information on the Sac and Fox tribe. In fact, Battice explains that Mrs. Keokuk, the wife of Chief Keokuk, was alive and well at 84 years old. Battice also explains that his "tribe is composed of two tribes - The Foxes and the Sacs - and in bygone days we used to have a Fox Chief & a Sac Chief - at the time you speak of [mid-1800s] - Keokuk was our Sac Chief."

O.J. Green to Ida M. Ferris
Creator: Green, O.J.
Date: March 02, 1910
In this letter to Ida M. Ferris, U.S. Indian Services Superintendent O.J. Green answers Ferris's questions regarding Sac and Fox members in Iowa. Green explains that there were 350 Sac and Fox members in Iowa as of 1910, and that the leader of the band was Chief Push-e-to-me-qua.

Leo Whistler to Ida M. Ferris
Creator: Whistler, Leo
Date: May 14, 1910
In this letter to Ida M. Ferris, Leo Whistler of the U.S. Indian Service responds to earlier letters from Ferris. In his reponse, Whistler provides information regarding Sca and Fox members, including Walter Battice, Hattie McDaniel, Jack Miles, Che-Ko-Shuk, and others.

Walter Battice to Ida M. Ferris
Creator: Battice, Walter
Date: June 10, 1910
In this letter to Ida M. Ferris, Walter Battice provides information regarding the Sac and Fox tribe. Battice explains that he was on the committee that gave the Sac and Fox Indians their English names in 1891.