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This collection includes bound diaries and scrapbooks written and compiled by Rueben Smith from his immigration to the United States in 1854 to his last years in Osawatomie, Kansas. The bound diaries include, but are not limited to, journal entries, newspaper articles and pictures, military records, state government records, correspondence, speeches, and travel records. Topics include his immigration from England, settlement in Miami County, service in the Civil War, travels, election to the Kansas Legislature, appointment to the Board of Trustees and steward of the Kansas State Insane Asylum (Osawatomie), and his family and personal interests.
Creator: Smith, Reuben, 1832-1905
Date: 1854-1904
Item Number: 47491
Call Number: Manuscripts Collection 846
Holding Institution: Kansas Historical Society (Topeka)
Collections - Manuscript
Government and Politics - State Government - Legislature - House of Representatives
Military - Wars - Civil War - Battle of Westport
Military - Wars - Civil War - Other States Units - 2nd Missouri Cavalry
Military - Wars - Civil War - Price's Raid
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Diary
Places - Cities and towns - Osawatomie
Places - Counties - Miami
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861-1865
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Diaries
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![Reuben Smith diaries - Front Cover [1854-1860]](http://img.kansasmemory.org/thumb/00311689.jpg)
