Benjamin O. Weaver to Governor Andrew Schoeppel
Date: September 01, 1943
In this letter to Governor Schoeppel, Kansas House of Representatives member Benjamin O. Weaver explains that many of his constituents in Kiowa County, Kansas, are opposed to the use of Japanese Americans as laborers in the state. Included with the letter is a petition signed by numerous Kiowa County residents which states that they are against releasing the Japanese Americans because they "think it dangerous to the war effort." A searchable, full-text version of this letter is available by clicking "Text Version" below.

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad depot, Mullinville, Kansas
Date: 1972
This photograph shows the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad depot in Mullinville, Kansas. The one-story wooden structure with clapboard siding no longer stands.

Interview on experiences in World War II
Creator: Fisher, Ray
Date: April 2, 2007
Fisher was inducted into the United States Army in 1942 and served until 1945 in the Corps of Engineers. Interviewed by Marian Poe on Apr 2, 2007, Fisher 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: Kilgore, Quentin
Date: May 2, 2006
Kilgore enlisted in the Navy in 1945 and served until 1946. Interviewed by Marian Poe on May 2, 2006, Kilgore 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.

Kansas Film Commission site photographs, towns Leavenworth-Norway
Creator: Kansas Film Commission
Date: 1988-2001
These are panoramic photographs of Kansas towns beginning with Leavenworth and ending with Norway. 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: Leavenworth, Ludell, Luray, Lyndon, Lyons, Manchester, Manter, Marion, Mayetta, McCune, McDonald, McFarland, McPherson, Medicine Lodge, Melvern, Menlo, Meriden, Merriam, Milan, Miltonvale, Mission, Moline, Monument, Morganville, Morrill, Moscow, Mulberry, Mullinvale, Mulvane, Munden, Narka, Natoma, Nekoma, Neodesha, Neosho Falls, Neosho Rapids, Netawaka, New Albany, Newton, Nicodemus, Norcatur, Norton, Nortonville, and Norway. Photos of courthouses are included for several communities. Some of the photos of communities show churches, grain elevators, water towers, parks, public/government buildings, railroad depots and tracks, and residences. There are some aerial photographs for McFarland and Melvern.

McKinley-Ingleside Seed Farm located north of Mullinville, Kansas
Date: 1934-2013
Here are two photographs, one showing Virginia McKinley, the daughter of John W. and Virga McKinley, standing on top of a woven wire fence at the northeast corner of the front yard on the McKinley-Ingleside Seed Farm north of Mullinville, Kansas. When the wind blew in this area of limited vegetation, sand covered the fence and posts. The fence was dug out using a team of horses, a slip, and a shovel. In the 1940s the family used Russian Thistles to create a fence of two woven wire strands approximately 18 to 20 inches apart then the strands were compactly stuffed with green Russian Thistles. This fence was placed on the west and north sides of the family garden. It stopped the wind from whipping the sharp grains of sand across the garden and cutting off the tender plants. The other photograph shows the same location taken on April 12, 2013.

Official guide to the New Santa Fe Trail
Creator: Taylor Motor Company (Hutchinson, Kan.)
Date: 1910s
This promotional guide book was designed to encourage the improvement of conditions of all roads that make up the integral part of the Santa Fe Trail. The automobile is advertised as the main means of transportation in the new age of discovering old trails of commerce through Kansas.

Ron Clayton oral history
Creator: Clayton, Ron
Date: April 16, 2008
A fireman in Mullinsville, Kansas, ten miles west of Greensburg, in Kiowa County, Ron Clayton describes his experience as a first responder to the May 4, 2007, EF5 tornado that destroyed Greensburg.

Standard atlas of Kiowa County, Kansas
Creator: Geo. A. Ogle & Co.
Date: 1906
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.

Tornado, Kiowa County, Kansas
Date: June 11, 1915
This black and white photograph shows a tornado approaching a town in Kiowa County, Kansas. The photograph appears in a 1919 article in the Monthly Weather Review (July 1919, 47: to face page 448) identified as Mullinville, Kansas. Mullinville is ten miles west of Greensburg on state highway 54.