17th Annual Kansas State Fair
Creator: Hutchinson Gazette
Date: September 02, 1917
This is an advertisement for the 17th Annual Kansas State Fair published in the Hutchinson Gazette, September 2, 1917.

Abilene reflector
Creator: Strother, Berzelius Leslie
Date: September 6, 1883-April 26, 1888
View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. The Abilene Reflector, founded in the latter half of 1883, was an eight-page newspaper published every Thursday. By the early 1880s, Abilene had shed its rough cowtown image of the late 1860s to become a thriving commercial center with a rapidly growing population. In its own words, the paper was "conducted in the interest of the Democratic party, believing the party in its wisdom in the choice of candidates, from county offices to national, is greater than personal feeling or prejudice."

Abilene weekly reflector
Creator: Reflector Pub.
Date: May 3, 1888-June 28, 1894
View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. The Abilene Weekly Reflector was published from May 3, 1888 until February 21, 1935. Owned by the Reflector Publishing Company, consisting of John J. Cooper as president and Richard Waring as business manager, the Reflector began a new Republican Party affiliation. The new proprietors cited "the universal demand of republicans in this section of the state for a Republican newspaper at Abilene" and began the "anomalous task of converting a Simon-pure democratic paper into a live, progressive republican journal." In 1888, the Reflector became the official paper of Dickinson County, seizing the title from the Abilene Gazette.

Aerial spray equipment
Date: February 20, 1949
This black and white image from the Topeka Daily Capital shows the aerial spray equipment operated by Don Pratt from Hays, Kansas.

An article concerning the death of Jason Clarke Swayze in Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Emporia News
Date: March 30, 1877
This is an article concerning the death of newspaper publisher Jason Clarke Swayze published in the Emporia News on June 15, 1877. Jason Swayze moved to Topeka in 1873 and began publishing "The Topeka Blade", which later became "The Topeka State Capitol". In 1877 Jason was murdered outside his office in downtown Topeka after publishing articles in his paper implicating prominent local men in a lottery scandal.

Barney Oldfield race car driver copied from the Wichita Beacon
Creator: Wichita Beacon
Date: October 11, 1915
This is a photograph of Barney Oldfield, a race car driver, copied from the Wichita Beacon, October 11, 1915.

Big blue union
Creator: Manning, Edwin Cassander, 1835-1915
Date: March 29, 1862 - May 19, 1866
View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. The Big Blue Union was published in Marysville, Kansas, appearing on Saturday mornings beginning with the first issue on March 29, 1862, and continuing through its last on May 19, 1866. Taking its title from the Big Blue River that flows through the town, the paper boasted a Republican affiliation and maintained a pro-Union stance in a community whose founder and early residents were decidedly proslavery.

Brass Band, Camp Lake Wellington Civilian Conservation Corps
Date: July 4, 1940
This is a photograph showing the brass band of Company 786 of the Civilian Conservation Corps, based at Camp Lake Wellington near Wellington, Kansas. The photograph was copied from The Observer, a supplement to the Wellington Daily News, July 4, 1940.

Civilian Conservation Corps at Camp Lake Wellington near Wellington, Kansas
Creator: The Observer
Date: January 01, 1940
This is an aerial photograph of Civilian Conservation Corps, Company 786 at Lake Wellington near Wellington, Kansas. The photograph was copied from The Observer, January 1, 1940, a supplement to the Wellington Daily News.

Daily eagle
Creator: Murdock, Marshall Marcellus, 1837-1908
Date: May 20, 1884-June 7, 1884
View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. Established as the first daily newspaper in Wichita to carry the Eagle name, the Daily Eagle printed four pages of news each day except Monday beginning on May 20, 1884. The Daily Eagle boasted of having "the largest circulation of any daily paper in southwestern Kansas." Although the Daily Eagle only produced a mere 17 issues, its name remains synonymous with its successors, as well as with the city itself. On June 8, 1884, the Daily Eagle became the Wichita Daily Eagle.

Dodge city times
Creator: Shinn, Walter C., 1854-
Date: October 14, 1876-December 18, 1891
View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. The first issue of the Dodge City Times was published on May 20, 1876. Readership extended beyond Ford County into the unsettled, frontier regions of southwest Kansas. Walter C. Shinn, only 22 years old when he established the Times, worked as proprietor and editor along with his younger brother Otis "Lloyd" Shinn. The Dodge City Times had several different editors, before joining forces with the Western Kansas Ensign, thus becoming the Dodge City Times-Ensign in January 1892.

Dr. Ray A. West
Creator: Goldberg, Jack
Date: Between 1925 and 1940
Here are photographs of Dr. Ray A. West, an obstetrician in Wichita, Kansas, along with a newspaper article about his early medical career. The group photograph showing St. Francis Hospital staff was copied from A History of the Sedgwick County Medical Society by Howard C. Clark, M.D.

Eight "Speed Kings" and their "Queen" here for races
Creator: Wichita Eagle
Date: July 02, 1916
This is a photograph showing the "Eight Speed Kings" and their "Queen", Elfrieda Mais, copied from the Wichita Eagle.

First Session of the Kansas Industrial Court
Creator: Topeka Daily Capital
Date: February 03, 1920
This newspaper clipping, from the Topeka Daily Capital, features Kansas Governor Henry J. Allen and members of the newly established Industrial Court in Topeka, Kansas. The three member board was created by a special session of the legislature in response to the coal miners strike in southeast Kansas. In this court collective bargaining was discussed between management and labor but strikes were prohibited. The members of the court were Clyde M. Reed, Parsons; Senator George H. Wark, Caney; and W. L. Huggins, Emporia.

Freemen's Champion
Date: June 25, 1857-September 16, 1858
View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. The Freemen's Champion was published weekly from June 25, 1857, until September 16, 1858, in Prairie City, Kansas. The paper was started by Salmon Stephen Prouty (1835-1889) in a "far famed tent, erected by the gallant ladies of Prairie City" using the printing press first brought to Kansas in 1834 by the printer-missionary Jotham Meeker.

Free Press
Date: January 07, 1899-June 06, 1908
View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. The Free Press began on September, 29 1888 in Hays, Kansas as the successor to a number of newspapers starting with the German-American Advocate in 1882 as Volga Germans began settling North-West Kansas. It ran with the motto "Advocating the best interests of Ellis County all the time" under lead of Harry Freese, both editor and publisher. The Free Press ran as a populist title until it became politically independent after 1901.

Globe-republican
Creator: Globe-Republican Pub. Co.
Date: October 23, 1889-December 28, 1899
View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. The Globe-Republican was published weekly in Dodge City from October 23, 1889 until November 24, 1910. Always an eight-page, six-column paper, subscribers received the Globe-Republican every Wednesday until August 1895 when it switched to a Thursday publishing schedule. By 1893, the Globe-Republican was the "Official Paper of the County" and boasted "a circulation more than twice as large as any other newspaper in the county." After the November 24, 1910 issue, the name officially changed to the Dodge City Globe, commonly referred to as just the Globe, which remained in publication until 1918.

Herald of Freedom published in Lawrence, Kansas
Creator: G. W. Brown & Co.
Date: March 26, 1859
This is an issue of the Herald of Freedom published by G. W. Brown & Co. in Lawrence, Kansas. Much of the front page features an article "The Jay-Hawker; A Tale of Southern Kansas" by P. P. Fowler. The other three pages contain news stories and advertisements.

Hutchinson Gazette
Date: January 17, 1895-February 27, 1902
View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. The Hutchinson Gazette began on January 17, 1895 starting at volume 5, number 20 carrying on from the former Alliance Gazette. The Alliance Gazette had been founded by Warren Foster, a prolific writer who later left Kansas for Utah to encourage more Populist support and run for the United States Congress. The Gazette gained wide circulation coinciding with the rise of the Populist Party.

Independent
Creator: Roberts, John Wesley, 1824-1900
Date: July 11, 1860-December 30, 1865
View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. The first issue of The Independent was published in Oskaloosa on July 11, 1860. Contrary to what the name suggests, The Independent clearly stated: "we are for the Union, for our county, for the glorious Republic we have loved." The Independent was founded by John Wesley Roberts (1824-1900), an abolitionist and prohibitionist, who wrote his editorials from his home in Waynesville, Ohio, until he moved to Oskaloosa in 1862. Today, the Oskaloosa Independent, which succeeded the The Independent after its last issue on May 2, 1874, remains in circulation.

Iola register
Creator: Scott, Charles F., b. 1860
Date: January 2, 1875-August 22, 1902
View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. Publication of the weekly Iola Register began on January 2, 1875. The first editorial stated that "The Register will be independent in all things, and will be radical in the support of freedom, justice, and equal rights to all." It was the official paper of Allen County. Charles F. Scott, an Allen County native, became the paper's sole editor and proprietor in January 1886. Following his death in 1938, his son Angelo C. Scott succeeded as editor for the Iola Register, which continues under the same family of publishers.

John S. Gilmore
Creator: Topeka State Journal
Date: December 12, 1935
This is a photograph of John S. Gilmore, State Fire Marshal of Kansas for the year 1933. The photograph was taken from the December 13th, 1935 issue of the Topeka State Journal.

Kansas City Star newspaper
Date: August 21, 1957
This is page 22 of the Kansas City Star, August 21, 1957. An article on Wabaunsee, Kansas and the Beecher Bible and Rifle Church is featured.

Kansas Cycler
Date: May 20, 1895-February 01, 1897
This monthly bicycle journal published in Topeka, Kansas, in the late 19th century was associated with the Topeka Athletic Association Wheelmen and meant to advance the interests of cycling, increase the number of riders, and advocate for better roads in Kansas. The publishers sought "reliable correspondents in all parts of the state", encouraged submissions of stories about cycling, published stolen bicycle reports, suggested cycling routes, and encouraged women to participate by establishing a Ladies Department. Initially published by the McHenry-Chesney Printing Co., the publisher later changed to The Kansas Cycler Co. and began joint publication in Wichita.

Kansas State Fair advertisement from the Hutchinson Gazette
Creator: Hutchinson Gazette
Date: September 19, 1912
This is an advertisement for the Kansas State Fair published in the Hutchinson Gazette, September 19, 1912.