Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Chase, Kansas
Date: Between 1950 and 1970
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Chase, Kansas.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Chase, Kansas
Date: 1920
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Chase, Kansas. In the background people and baggage carts are visible on the platform.

Chase County courthouse
Date: Between 1960 and 1970
A view of the Chase County Courthouse building in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. Designed by John G. Haskell and completed in 1873, the courthouse is an example of the Second Empire/Franco-American architectural style with limestone walls and trim, and pressed metal ceilings.

Don and Jo Keesling, Chase, Kansas
Creator: Colcher, Larry A
Date: June 1998
These photographs are part of the Kansas State Historical Society's online exhibit, "Wheat People: Celebrating Kansas Harvest." This exhibit focuses on the people who have built Kansas' agricultural reputation. In June 1998, the KSHS staff followed harvesters from the Oklahoma border to far northwestern Kansas. They photographed and interviewed families from the top twenty wheat-producing counties in Kansas. The photographs featured here are of Don and Jo Keesling of Chase, Kansas.

Elementary and secondary school students at Chase, Kansas
Date: Between 1921 and 1924
This is a photograph showing elementary and secondary school students at Chase, Kansas. The school building housed both grade and high school students.

Elementary and secondary school teachers in Chase, Kansas
Date: Between 1920 and 1925
This is a photograph showing elementary and secondary school teachers in Chase, Kansas. The man on the right is Robert Esdon, school superintendent.

First and second grade students at Chase, Kansas
Date: Between 1920 and 1925
This is a photograph showing first and second grade students at a school in Chase, Kansas. The man at the left is Robert Esdon, superintendent, and the woman on the right is Mary Esdon, teacher.

Freshman high school boys' track team in Chase, Kansas
Date: Between 1920 and 1925
This is a photograph showing members of the freshman high school boys' track team in Chase, Kansas.

High school students at Chase, Kansas
Date: Between 1920 and 1925
This is a photograph showing high school students posed in front of their school in Chase, Kansas.

Interview on experiences in World War II
Creator: Hoelscher, Carl H.
Date: February 6, 2007
Hoelscher was inducted into the Army (Infantry) in 1944 and served until 1946 in the 34th Division, 19th Regiment, 2nd Battalion. Interviewed by Marian Poe on Feb 6, 2007, Hoelscher 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 Rice County Historical Society (Lyons) and through the Kansas State Historical Society.

Interview on experiences in World War II
Creator: Wiens, Loren E.
Date: January 3, 2007
Loren Wiens enlisted in the Navy in 1945 and served until 1946. Interviewed by Marian Poe on Jan 3, 2007, Wiens talked about military experiences in the Second World War. He was born on a farm in Rice County in 1927. He married Phyllis Shardean, also from Rice County, who served in the Navy also. An interview with her is part of this project (item number 213583). 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 Rice County Historical Society (Lyons) and through the Kansas State Historical Society.

Kansas Film Commission site photographs, towns Caldwell - Everest
Creator: Kansas Film Commission
Date: 1980s and 1990s
These are panoramic photographs of Kansas towns beginning with Caldwell and ending with Everest. The Kansas Film Commission created the photos to promote Kansas locations to film companies. Many of the photographs show business districts and buildings. The panoramics were created by taking individual photos and taping them together. Towns and cities included in this part of the collection are: Caldwell, Caney, Carbondale, Cassoday, Cedar Bluffs, Cedar Vale, Centropolis, Chanute, Chase, Chautauqua, Chetopa, Circleville, Clay Center, Clayton, Climax, Clinton, Clyde, Codell, Coffeyville, Colby, Coldwater, Collyer, Colony, Columbus, Concordia, Corona, Courtland, Cuba, Damar, Deering (Dearing), Delavan, Delia, Denison, Denmark, Denton, Derby, De Soto, Dorrance, Dover, Dresden, Dunlap, Durham, Dwight, Easton, Edson, Elk City, Elk Falls, Elkhart, Ellinwood, Ellsworth, Elmdale, Emporia, Ensign, Eudora, and Everest. There are interiors of the Brown Grand Theatre in the Concordia folder. The theatre was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

Kansas Woman's Christian Temperance Union memory book
Creator: Kansas Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Date: Between 1941 and 1950
This memorial book contains photographs and biographical sketches of members of the Kansas Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Click "Text Version" below for a searchable index of the names contained in this volume.

Lone Pine
Creator: Coy Avon Seward
Date: 1934
Black and white intaglio print on paper, depicting a single pine tree in a rocky terrain. The artist was Coy Avon Seward (1884-1939), born in Chase, Kansas, and trained at both Washburn and Bethany colleges. Seward was a founding member of the Prairie Print Makers Association. This group believed art should be affordable for all people. Seward inscribed this print to the donor, Virginia McArthur of Hutchinson, who saw Seward produce the print in 1934.

Members of the freshman class in Chase, Kansas
Date: Between 1920 and 1925
This is a photograph showing members of the Chase High School freshman class in Chase, Kansas.

Phil Zimmerman, Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1934
This is a 1934 studio portrait of Phil Zimmerman, a long-time Topeka resident who was prominent for his involvement in civic and political affairs and for his energetic promotion of a variety of causes. Zimmerman was born in Kahoka, Missouri in 1879. In 1885, his family moved to Chase, Kansas, where his parents first operated a hotel and later farmed. During the Spanish-American War, Zimmerman enlisted and served in the 21st Kansas Regiment. In the early 1900s, he worked several years for the Hagstrom Brothers Manufacturing Company in Lindsborg, first in sales, then in advertising and management. Zimmerman was an early motorcycle enthusiast who worked for a time as a sales representative for a motorcycle manufacturer. He also served as secretary-treasurer for the Short Grass Motorcycle Club during the club's heyday and was a leader in promoting its activities. In the late 1910s, Zimmerman headed a statewide Anti-Bolshevik league. He was a long-time Republican Party activist. He supported Teddy Roosevelt's Progressive Party presidential bid in 1912, worked in numerous gubernatorial campaigns, and was a state organizer for the National Republican League. In 1925, he was appointed Kansas Hotel Commissioner. Afterward, he accepted a job as a traveling salesman for a chemical company. Zimmerman moved to Topeka in 1925 and settled there permanently. He was active in veterans' organizations and was associated with several causes. He founded the National Society of Long Fellows to advocate for the interests of tall men, and was well-known for his horticultural projects, including a campaign to distribute packets of flower seeds throughout the world. Phil Zimmerman died in Topeka on December 8, 1965.

Plat book of Rice County, Kansas
Creator: North West Publishing Co.
Date: 1902
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 Rice County, Kansas
Creator: Geo. A. Ogle & Co.
Date: 1919
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, a map of the state, United States, and world. It has illustrations, portraits and photographs of homes.

Third and fourth grade students at Chase, Kansas
Date: Between 1920 and 1925
This is a photograph showing third and fourth grade students and Nora Haxton, their teacher, posed in front of the Chase School in Chase, Kansas.