Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Colony, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: May 1931
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Colony, Kansas. The depot was built in 1887 and located on the Eastern Division, Third District.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Colony, Kansas
Date: 1908
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Colony, Kansas. The wooden structure was built in 1887.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Colony, Kansas
Creator: Killam, H.
Date: August 01, 1959
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Colony, Kansas. The wooden depot built in 1887 was located on the Eastern Lines, Eastern Division, Third District and along mile post 99.0.

Burnett Hotel in Colony, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1915
Two photographs of the Burnett Hotel in Colony, Kansas. One shows the exterior with an automobile parked on the street and people on the sidewalk. The second photograph shows people in the restaurant.

Graduating class in Colony, Kansas
Date: 1908
A photograph showing members of a graduating class in Colony, Kansas.

Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Kansas Railroad
Creator: Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern Railroad
Date: 1883
Map and timetable of the Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Kansas Railroad line from Kansas City to Harper, Kansas. The route included branches to Lawrence, Burlington, Coffeyville, and Hunnewell. The company advertised itself as "passing through the great wheat belts of the Neosho and Arkansas Valleys to the grazing and cattle fields of south-western Kansas and Indian Territory." The company encouraged settlement along 150 miles of the Oklahoma border with descriptions of the soil and climate for those emigrating to southern Kansas.

Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Railroad
Creator: Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern Railroad
Date: 1880
Map and timetable of the Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Railroad lines in Kansas and neighboring states. The company advertised itself as the shortest and fastest route from Kansas City to Winfield and Wellington. The company also sold acres of farmland in the Neosho Valley.

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.

Kenneth Leudke video interview on experiences in World War II (transcript)
Creator: Luedke, Kenneth
Date: November 5, 2007
Kenneth Luedke was inducted into the Army (Air Force) in 1942 and served until 1945 in the 440th Bomb Group, 20th Air Force - Around the World Unit. He received pilot training at Becker's Field, California. He ultimately flew a B-29 in the Pacific. He was born November 19, 1921, in Missouri. He graduated from Colony High School in Kansas. The transcript says 1949 but it was probably 1939. There seems to be some confusion about dates throughout the transcript. He used the GI Bill of Rights to attend Allen County Community College and Kansas University. He was a teacher and principal. He was interviewed by Suzette McCord-Rogers on Nov 5, 2007. 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.

Plat book, Anderson County, Kansas
Creator: Northwest Publishing Company.
Date: 1901
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.

Plimy H. Fisk to Governor John St. John
Date: April 16, 1879
From Colony, Kansas, Plimy Fisk requests Kansas Governor St. John furnish him temperance and intemperance statistics, if such are available. Fisk has been asked to deliver a speech on the subject.

Saber
Creator: Ames Manufacturing Company
Date: between 1850 and 1865
U.S. Navy officer's saber with a brass hilt, sharkskin grip, and leather scabbard. Produced by the Ames Manufacturing Company of Chicopee, Massachusetts. This sword and scabbard were used during the Civil War by Amos Garret Perkins, a First Assistant Engineer Naval Officer aboard the gunboat U.S.S. Exchange. Perkins moved his family to Colony, Kansas, after the war.

Santa Fe lime special
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company
Date: 1928
The Lime Special was operated by the Santa Fe Railway in cooperation with the Kansas State Agricultural College and the Kansas State Board of Agriculture. It was scheduled to operate July 9--17, 1928. Five cars of exhibits were available along with a series of lectures. The quote at the bottom of the poster was "MORE LIME, MORE LEGUMES, MORE CROPS, MORE PROFIT."

Southern Kansas Railway Company
Creator: Southern Kansas Railway Company
Date: 1883
Map and timetable of the Southern Kansas Railway, previously known as the Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Kansas Railroad. The route included branches to Lawrence, Burlington, Coffeyville, and Hunnewell. The railway encouraged settlement along 150 miles of the Oklahoma border with descriptions of the soil and schools for those emigrating to southern Kansas.

Southern Kansas Railway Company
Creator: Southern Kansas Railway Company
Date: 1886
Map and timetable of the Southern Kansas Railway, previously known as the Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Kansas Railroad. The railway was "the most direct route to all points in Southern Kansas and the Indian Territory" and encouraged settlement along the Oklahoma border.

Standard atlas of Thomas County, Kansas
Creator: Geo. A. Ogle & Co.
Date: 1907
This atlas shows maps of each township with the names of landowners. It has a patrons' directory, portraits, and plats of towns as of the year of publication.

Store and soda fountain in Colony, Kansas
Date: November 9,1909
A photograph showing the interior of an unidentified store and soda fountain in Colony, Kansas.

Walter Pearce Hull, Colony, Kansas
Creator: C. B. Wyatt
Date: Between 1894 and 1898
Cabinet card photo of Walter Pearce Hull, an amateur photographer. At the time this photo was taken, he was the manager of Northrup Store in Colony.