Agnes Hertzler Memorial Hospital, Halstead
Date: August 1927
Photo of the Agnes Hertzler Memorial Hospital in Halstead with staff members standing outside the building, 1927.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad time table number 28
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: April 20, 1873
This timetable was for the exclusive use of the employees of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and included the eastern, Arkansas Valley and Wichita divisions.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Halstead, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: October 1916
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Halstead, Kansas.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Halstead, Kansas
Date: Between 1950s and 1960s
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Halstead, Kansas. The combination depot still stands and houses the Halstead Heritage Museum and Depot.

Bernhard Warkentin
Date: Between 1900 and 1908
Portrait of Bernhard Warkentin, pioneer Mennonite and miller of Red Turkey wheat in Halstead and Newton, Kansas. Warkentin's greatest contribution was the introduction of hard Turkey wheat into Kansas. Also, he helped establish several large Mennonite settlements in Kansas.

Bird's Eye View of Halstead, Harvey County, Kansas
Creator: Morse, D. D
Date: 1878
This colored lithograph is a bird's eye view of Halstead, Harvey County, Kansas. It is on the route of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad and the Little Arkansas River runs near the town. The structures identified in the legend include a school, Mennonite Church, hotels, depot, newspaper office, the Halstead Flour Mill, an elevator, lumber yard, and wagon shops. Street names are given. The lithograph was drawn by D. D. Morse and published by Lott & Zeuch Lithograph, Chicago, Illinois.

Dr. Arthur Emanual Hertzler
Date: 1939
Photo of Dr. Arthur E. Hertzler sitting at his desk at the Hertzler Hospital in Halstead.

Governor Clyde M. Reed correspondence, Veterans Hospital
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1929-1931 : Reed)
Date: 1929-1931
This file includes subject correspondence relating to the Veteran's Hospital. Topics in the correspondence primarily focuses on the re-location of the Hospital to Halstead, Southeast Kansas, or Cherokee. This file is part of a bigger collection of Governor Clyde M. Reed correspondence.

Halstead, Kansas
Creator: Morse, D.D.
Date: June 15, 1878
This colored lithograph shows the town of Halstead, in Harvey County Kansas.

Halstead Mill & Elevator Company, Halstead, Kansas
Date: Between 1878 and 1889
Halstead Mill & Elevator Company and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad cars, Halstead, Kansas. Bernhard Warkentin organized the Halstead Mill & Elevator Company in 1878 and in 1888 it was reorganized and Warkentin took controlling interest of stock and became its president and manager.

Historical atlas of Harvey County, Kansas
Creator: Edwards, John P.
Date: 1882
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. Includes a History by Judge R.W.P. Muse.

John G. Schaplowsky, World War I soldier
Date: 1918
Around 1919, the Kansas State Historical Society and the American Legion solicited biographical information from returning veterans (primarily members of the 35th and 89th infantry divisions) and the families of those who died in service, notably from the Gold Star Mothers. Each veteran or family member was asked to provide letters, photographs, a biography, and military records. This file contains information on John G. Schaplowsky, Company G, 350th Infantry, 88th Division. Schaplowsky died in France on October 16, 1918 from pneumonia.

Joseph P. Trego, World War I soldier
Date: 1918-1919
Around 1919, the Kansas State Historical Society and the American Legion solicited biographical information from returning veterans (primarily members of the 35th and 89th infantry divisions) and the families of those who died in service, notably from the Gold Star Mothers. Each veteran or family member was asked to provide letters, photographs, a biography, and military records. This file contains information on Joseph P. Trego, Company H, 356th Infantry, 89th Division. Joseph died of meningitis on June 16, 1918 in Liverpool, England.

Kansas Film Commission site photographs, subject businesses
Creator: Kansas Film Commission
Date: 1980s-2000s
These are panoramic photographs of locations in Kansas created by the Kansas Film Commission to promote scenes to film companies. The panoramics were created by taking individual photos and taping them together. The photographs are arranged alphabetically by subject and then location. The subject of this part of the collection is businesses, including banks, bars, general stores, food stores, funeral homes, gas stations, hotels, malls, miscellaneous buildings, newspaper offices, restaurants, toy stores, and workshops.

Kansas Film Commission site photographs, subjects airports - attractions
Creator: Kansas Film Commission
Date: 1980s - 2000s
These are panoramic photographs of locations in Kansas created by the Kansas Film Commission to promote scenes to film companies. The panoramics were created by taking individual photos and taping them together. The photographs are arranged alphabetically by subject and then location. Subjects included in this part of the collection are: airports, animals, antiques, and attractions.

Kansas Film Commission site photographs, towns Fall River - Hutchinson
Creator: Kansas Film Commission
Date: 1980s and 1990s
These are panoramic photographs of Kansas towns beginning with Fall River and ending with Hutchinson. 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: Fall River, Falun, Florence, Ford, Fostoria, Fredonia, Ft. Scott, Galena, Garden City, Garnder, Geneseo, Gove, Grainfield, Great Bend, Greeley, Greensburg, Grenola, Grinnell, Gypsum, Hall's Summit, Halstead, Hamilton, Hanston, Harrison, Hartford, Harveyville, Havana, Hays, Hazelton, Headville, Herndon, Hewins, Highland, Hillsboro, Howard, Hoyt, Hudson, Hugoton, Humbolt, and Hutchinson. Some of the photos of communities show churches, grain elevators, water towers, parks, public/government buildings, railroad depots and tracks, and residences.

Kansas Woman's Christian Temperance Union general correspondence
Date: 1910-1939
This is correspondence sent and received by Mary Evelyn Dobbs, corresponding secretary of the Kansas Woman's Christian Temperance Union from 1907 to 1939. The letters arrived from people across the state, including the presidents of county chapters of the KWCTU. Most correspondence relates to planned public speeches and visits intended to establish and support new branches of the KWCTU. There are also communications from the state organization to local units. Specific items include a letter dated July 1, 1918, from Dobbs to F.L. Pinet with a manuscript entitled "Early Factors in Kansas Prohibition" intended for publication in the Kansas Teacher, advertising contracts for the KWCTU periodical Our Messenger, and a letter written to Dobbs from Clara E. Keys, a WCTU missionary in Africa. One letter recognizes Mary Sibbitt as the organizer of comfort kits provided for soldiers at Fort Leavenworth. Sibbitt, known as the "Kansas Cyclone," was an founding officer of the International Association of Women Ministers. There are several other groups of official Kansas WCTU records on Kansas Memory. They can be found by selecting Collections - Manuscript - KWCTU/Mary Evelyn Dobbs.

Kansas girl is inspector in aircraft plant
Creator: Kansas City Times
Date: July 22, 1942
This clipping, published in the Kansas City Times, shows Edna Allen. Allen, a farmer's daughter from Halstead, Kansas, served as an inspector at the Cessna Aircraft Company Plant during World War II.

Plat book of Harvey County, Kansas
Creator: North West Publishing Co.
Date: 1902
This atlas includes plats of townships and principal towns in Harvey County with names of landholders. It also includes a patrons' directory.

Report of Kansas U.S.O. Committee
Creator: United Service Organization
Date: 1941
This item details the amount of contributions to the United Service Organizations (U.S.O.) from cities and counties in Kansas during 1941. Totaling almost $90,000, the U.S.O. campaign in Kansas was quite successful and helped support a number of services for Americans serving in uniform during World War II. The report lists the contributions by city and the nature of the fund raising. There was a campaign in movie theaters that raised almost $9,000 from 84 cities. The list includes the names of the theaters. Local newspapers, which provided publicity, are often listed as well. The members of the local U.S. O. committees are listed, occasionally.

S.A. Van Kirk to Governor John St. John
Creator: Van Kirk, S.A.
Date: September 22, 1879
Having recently been chosen as a delegate to the State Temperance Convention, S.A. Van Kirk, on behalf of the other delegates, requests railroad passes from Kansas Governor St. John.

Standard atlas of Harvey County, Kansas
Creator: Geo. A. Ogle & Co.
Date: 1918
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, farms and the courthouse.