Archer Daniels Midland Company, Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas
Date: 1928-1966
These two photographs show the exterior doorway of the Archer Daniels Midland Company, Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas, and the machinery inside the plant. The Archer Daniels Midland Company was incorporated in Kansas in 1928 to produce vegetable oils and related products.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Benedict, Kansas
Creator: Killam, H.
Date: May 28, 1955
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Benedict, Kansas. It was located in the Eastern Division, Fredonia District, near milepost 144.0. The one-story wooden structure with batten siding is no longer standing.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Fredonia, Kansas
Creator: Kelley, Frank O.
Date: 1972
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Fredonia, Kansas.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company sign board, Benedict, Kansas
Creator: Killam, H.
Date: September 4, 1965
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company sign board in Benedict, Kansas. The tracks were part of the Eastern Division, Fredonia District, at milepost 144.0.

Birds-eye view of the glass and brick plants near West Mound, Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas
Date: 1908-1918
These two photographs are a black and white birds-eye view of the glass and brick plants taken in 1908, and a hand-colored postcard from 1918. The plants are located near near West Mound in Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas.

Cement plant, Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas
Date: 1918
This is a hand-colored postcard showing the exterior of the cement plant in Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas.

Christmas postcard
Creator: H. Wessler
Date: 1910
Christmas postcard. Greeting on obverse reads "Wishing You A Jolly Merry Christmas" below an image of Santa Claus. Sent to Miss Iva Capps of Buffalo, Kansas from her Cousin Ed W. Green one cent stamp postmarked December 23, 1910 from Fredonia, Kansas. Card copyrighted 1910 by H. Wessler.

City Drug Store, Fredonia, Kansas
Date: 1912-1914
This photograph shows an interior view of the City Drug Store in Fredonia, Kansas. There are six men visible in the picture. A soda fountain and service counter is visible on the left side of the store. There are shelves along the left wall of the store filled with bottles containing chemicals and pharmacy supplies. There are display cases partially visible on both sides of the store, and there are strings of decorations hanging from the ceiling. There are also some tables and chairs near the middle of the store. Above the shelves on the left side is a sign advertising Coca-Cola.

City Drug Store, Fredonia, Kansas
Date: Between 1930 and 1939
This photograph shows an interior view of the City Drug Store in Fredonia, Kansas. There are two women visible standing behind the soda fountain counter on the left side of the store, and a man is visible standing near the back of the store towards the right side of the picture. There is a glass display case visible on the right side of the picture. This may have been the opening of the drug store as several boquets of flowers are visible towards the back of the store. A sign by the wall near the back end of the counter advertises Whitman's Chocolates.

Dennis Fitzmorris house near Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas
Date: 1870-1900
This is a photograph of the front yard and farmhouse on the Dennis Fitzmorris farm, located about 4 1/2 miles west and 1/2 mile north of Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas. The two story Victorian farmhouse was built circa 1870.

Domestic Science Classroom of the Manual Training Project, Fredonia, Kansas
Date: 1914
This is an interior view of the Domestic Science Classroom of the Manual Training Project in Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas. Some of the students' clothing projects are hanging on the wall. The classroom is empty.

Dunkard church, Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas
Date: 1898
This is an exterior view of the German Baptist "Dunkard" Church, a frame building, in Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas.

Exterior views of the historic Wilson County Courthouse, Fredonia, Kansas
Date: Between 1885 and 1918
This group includes five different photographs of the historic Wilson County courthouse that was built in Fredonia, Kansas, in 1885. Four have been made into postcards. One photograph by H. G. Luies of Fredonia, Kansas, was taken in 1904 and also shows a bandstand in front of the courthouse. Three of the photographs show horses and buggies in front of the courthouse.

Fair, Wilson County, Fredonia, Kansas
Date: August 29 - September 1, 1893
This poster announces a fair to be held at Fredonia, Kansas. Highlights of the fair include premiums and races. The poster includes color illustrations of horses. Fair officers are S. J. Bartlett, president, and C. R. Cantrall, secretary.

First Methodist Church, Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas
Date: 1960-1965
This is a color postcard of the exterior of the First Methodist Church located at 402 North Eighth Street, Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas. At the time this was taken, Maclure Stillwell was the minister.

Flax mill, Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas
Date: 1950-1966
These photographs are two views of the flax mill in Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas. One is a detail of the elevators; the other is a view of the entire facility.

Fredonia Mill Company, Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas
Date: 1898
This is a photograph of the exterior of the the Fredonia Milling Company in Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas. It is a four story frame building.

Fredonia Window Glass Company, Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas
Date: 1904-1940
This photograph shows the exterior of the Fredonia Window Glass Company, Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas. The company incorporated on June 23, 1904.

Gold Dust Hotel, Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas
Date: 1886-1964
These are three photographs of the exterior of the Gold Dust Hotel in Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas, that date from 1886, the early 1900s, and 1964.

Governor Ben Paulen's residence, Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas
Date: 1961
These four photographs show the exterior of Governor Ben Paulen's residence in Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas. Paulen was a banker who served as governor from January 1925 to January 1929. He died in Fredonia on July 11, 1961.

Governor Clyde M. Reed correspondence, soybean production
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1929-1931 : Reed)
Date: 1929-1931
This file includes subject correspondence relating to soybean production. Topics in the correspondence cover but is not limited to wheat storage and shipments, State Agriculture School's involvement with soybean and state agriculture, and the Special Soyben Exhibit Train in Fredonia and Atchison. This file is part of a bigger collection of Governor Clyde M. Reed correspondence.

Governor John Carlin at the Fredonia homecoming in Fredonia, Kansas
Creator: Wilson County Citizen
Date: October 13, 1980
This is a photograph showing Governor John Carlin riding in a parade at the Fredonia homecoming in Fredonia, Kansas.

Governor's proclamations
Date: 1869-1977
This collection of proclamations issued by Kansas Governors declares first, second or third-class status for Kansas towns and cities. Proclamations are arranged in alphabetical order by town name. Included are descriptions of city limits, plat maps and censuses.

Handbook of Wilson County, Kansas
Creator: C. S. Burch Publishing Company
Date: 1886
This handbook was published for possible immigrants to Kansas. It encouraged agricultural settlement in Wilson County by extolling the virtues of this 'beautiful Verdigris and Fall River region of Southeastern Kansas" and providing "a fair picture of the education, social, commercial, industrial and professional life, railways, markets and rapid material progress of a splendid country."

Harper's Spring near Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas
Date: 1965
This photograph shows W. T. Solaman standing under a limestone overhang by Harper's Spring, near Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas. The spring is on the Guilford Farm, which was owned by Dr. H. J. Davis in 1965.