1951 Flood motion picture film
Creator: Weir, Alexander
Date: 1951
This is an 8mm motion picture film showing the 1951 flood in northeast Kansas. Locations in northeast Kansas include Topeka, Lecompton, Lawrence, and Kansas City. Alexander Weir, the cinematographer, took footage during the flood and after the water receded.

4146 Cambridge Street, Hanover Heights, Kansas City, Kansas
Date: 1920
This series of photographs represents 4146 Cambridge Street in Hanover Heights, in Kansas City, Kansas.

4156 Cambridge Street, Kansas City, Kansas
Date: 1920
This photograph shows the exterior of 4156 Cambridge Street in Hanover Heights in Kansas City, Kansas.

8,000 students affected, state officials see no trouble adjusting schools to new rule
Creator: Topeka Journal
Date: May 17, 1954
This article discusses how the state of Kansas will work to conform to the ruling made in the Brown v. Board of Education decision on May 17, 1954. The U.S. Supreme Court had ruled that the segregation of schools based on race was unconstitutional. Many cities in Kansas, including Topeka, Atchison, Salina, Wichita, and Pittsburg were already working to integrate their schools. Topeka had an estimated 625 African American students who would be affected by the court's ruling, and the article lists the numbers for other cities and towns in the state.

Abraham White
Date: Between 1890 and 1899
This is a photograph of Abraham White who married Mary Elizabeth White. They possibly lived in Wyandotte County and were related to Moses and Annie Grinter.

A brief history of Caleb and Rebecca Harvey, missionaries in the Quaker Shawnee Mission in 1858
Creator: Duvall, Dorothy
Date: August 23, 1940
This item, written by Dorothy Duvall, the granddaughter of Caleb and Rebecca Harvey, provides a four-page history of the Harvey's missionary experiences at the Quaker Shawnee Mission. Duvall explains that the Harvey's went to the Shawnee Mission in 1858 after leaving Springfield, Ohio. According to Duvall, Caleb Harvey was an agricultural teacher, and Rebecca Harvey "taught the girls household duties of every sort and how to sew."

Abstract of Title, Wyandotte Reserve, Kansas City
Date: 1858 - 1954
This is the abstract of title prepared by Guarantee Abstract Company for 3471 N. 27th, Kansas City, Kansas, on lot 13 in the Windy Cliff subdivision of the Wyandotte Reserve in Wyandotte County.

A celebration on Minnesota Avenue east from 7th Street, Kansas City, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
A photograph showing a celebration on Minnesota Avenue east from 7th Street in Kansas City, Kansas.

A celebration on Minnesota Avenue, looking east at 8th Street
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
This is a photograph of Minnesota Avenue looking east at 8th Street during a celebration in Kansas City, Kansas.

ACME mine volunteer personnel
Date: December 5, 1919
In this document, the names of 31 volunteers assigned to the Acme Mine are listed. Included is the date they arrived for work in Pittsburg, Kansas, and the date they reported to the mine for work. These volunteers were recruited from surrounding areas to replace mine workers who refused to return to work following state takeover. In November 1919, the Kansas supreme court granted authority to the state of Kansas to operate the mines. This followed a series of strikes in the area. Court appointed receivers were put in place to operate the mines during this period. The state takeover lasted until mid- December when labor leaders in the area agreed to return mine workers to their jobs.

A complete set of surveys and plats or properties in Wyandotte County and Kansas City Kansas
Creator: G.M. Hopkins & Co
Date: [c1887]
An atlas of Wyandotte County, Kansas, with owners of township property listed. It shows the railroad lands and various businesses.

Adaline Beedle Sorace
Date: Between 1930 and 1939
These fifteen photographs show Adaline Beedle Sorace, author of Addie of the Flint Hills, at various periods in her life. The first photograph is Addie at age sixteen. While the next four images have her attending nursing school at Bell Memorial Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas. Images six through ten show Addie with her friends from Matfield Green, Kansas, and a view of the high school in Matfield Green. Images eleven and twelve show Addie with unidentified friends. The last three images have her with members from the Jr. Century Club in Matfield Green.

Adult education class, Kansas City, Kansas
Creator: United States. Works Progress Administration
Date: Between 1935 and 1943
Women and men attending an adult education class, in Kansas City, Kansas, as part of the Works Progress Administration's adult education program.

Aerial view of Kansas City, Kansas
Date: July 20, 1959
This is an aerial view of Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas. Places visible in the photograph include the Fairfax Airport in the upper right corner, the Missouri River, Fairfax Trafficway, and Quindaro Boulevard.

A few financial facts, being a series of kindergarten lessons on the Silver Question
Creator: King, S. S.
Date: 1895
S.S. King, a Populist, writes about the plight of the farmer and the small increases in farm values as compared to other sectors of the economy. He presents a number of statistics from the 1890 census. King contends that some government officials do not want the people to understand the implications of these statistics. His goal is to unite farmers and workers to address what he views as their common enemy. King lived in Kansas City, Kansas. The book's full title is "A few financial facts, being a series of kindergarten lessons on the Silver Question, with sixty-two illustrative diagrams, showing clearly the misfortunes that have come to the people, the causes that produce them, and the remedy that will remove."

African American men playing horseshoes, Kansas City, Kansas
Creator: United States. Works Progress Administration
Date: Between 1935 and 1943
Men playing horseshoes at a recreation center for servicemen and factory personnel in Kansas City, Kansas. This recreation center was part of the Works Progress Administration.

Aide center, Kansas City, Kansas
Creator: United States. Works Progress Administration
Date: Between 1935 and 1943
An exterior view of an aide center in Kansas City, Kansas. The center was part of the Works Progress Administration's domestic science and foods program.

Airplane fuselage loaded on a Kansas City Southern Railroad flatcar
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1950 and 1959
This is a photograph showing an airplane fuselage loaded on Kansas City Southern Railroad's flatcar #523.

Alien enemies' wives are loyal
Creator: Topeka Capital
Date: January 1, 1918
This article printed in the Topeka Capital details an incident involving Charles H. Johnson and Joseph Fisckale, both of whom expressed sympathies for the Germany and Austria. Turned in by their American-born wives, Johnson and Fisckale were "sent to a place of safe keeping until after the war."

Andrew Gayden
Date: 1934
This is a photograph of Andrew Gayden, the son of Ellen Maddox Gayden and Jefferson Gayden. He was born in 1872 on a plantation in Carroll County, Mississippi. Andrew Gayden's parents and other relatives came to Kansas. They came to Topeka and later moved to Dunlap, Kansas. Andrew later settled in Kansas City, Kansas, where he worked in the stockyards. He married Frances Jane Johnson in Council Grove, Kansas, on October 1, 1903. When Frances was expecting a child, they moved back Dunlap where Andrew was active in the community. He died on June 24, 1935, and is buried in Dunlap, Kansas.

Anna Hittle correspondence
Date: August 27, 1948
This correspondence is from W.H. Imes to Anna Hittle Rings asking her to be his housekeeper.

Annual souvenir Kansas City, Kansas, Police Relief Association
Creator: Kansas City (Kan.) Police Dept
Date: 1914
This annual souvenir created by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department, introduces its members and provides a brief history of the department. The department created the annual as a fundraising effort for its Relief Association. The primary relief activity was the distribution of Chirstmas baskets. This is the first annual issued by the department. The annual also includes photos of city officials, prominent citizens, patrons, and buildings and street scenes. The annual includes advertisements from several hundred local businesses and can serve as a business directory for Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri.

Argentine Mill, Kansas City, Kansas
Date: Between 1920 and 1921
This black and white photograph shows the Argentine Mill in Kansas City, Kansas. On the image "C.A Fellows Contractor Topeka, Kansas 1921" is written.

Arthur C. Berquist, World War I soldier
Date: 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 Arthur C. Berquist, Machine Gun Company, 353rd Infantry, 89th Division. Arthur was killed in action on November 5, 1918.

Arthur Jehu Stanley, Sr.
Date: 1921
This is a photograph showing Arthur Jehu Stanley, Sr. who served in the Kansas House of Representatives in 1921. Stanley, a Republican, represented District 8 in Wyandotte County. Earlier in 1899 and 1900 he represented District 86 Lincoln County in the Kansas House of Representatives. He read law under the tutelage of a local lawyer in Lincoln, Kansas and was admitted to the Kansas Bar. In 1911 Stanley moved his family to Kansas City, Kansas where he practiced law for 44 years. His son, Arthur Jehu Stanley, Jr., joined his father in private practice in 1928 and later became a U.S. District Judge for the state of Kansas.