An illustrated historical atlas of Osage County, Kansas
Creator: Edwards Brothers of Missouri
Date: 1879
This atlas was compiled, drawn and published from personal examinations and surveys. It contains a History of Osage County, Kansas, by Hon. James Rogers. It contains portraits, Lithographs and a list of patrons.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company box depot, Quenemo, Kansas
Creator: Killam, H.
Date: June 29, 1957
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company box depot in Quenemo, Kansas. The structure is a part of the Eastern Lines, Eastern Division, Second District along mile post 71.8. In the background a water tank is visible.

Dean Athon and Hallie Lanning Athon
Date: February 28, 1945
This is a photograph of Dean Athon and Hallie Lanning Athon on their 50th wedding anniversary. They were married February 28,1895, and they lived near Quenemo, Kansas. Hallie was born February 5, 1871 to Aaron Lane Lanning and Sara Emma Preston Lanning and lived near Melvern, Kansas. Dean was born near Quenemo, Kansas. A newspaper article is also included announcing their anniversary.

Descriptive atlas of Osage County, Kansas
Creator: Hennessey Brothers (Firm)
Date: 1899
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.

Hallie Lanning Athon
Date: Between 1950 and 1955
This is a photograph of Hallie Lanning Athon, the daughter of Aaron Lane Lanning and Sarah Emma Preston Lanning. She was born February 5, 1871 and grew up in Melvern, Kansas. She married Nathaniel Dean Athon and made their home in Quenemo, Kansas.

Howard Lincoln Athon and Eunice Roberta Athon
Creator: Athon, Howard Lincoln, 1896-1986
Date: 1918-1986
This is a collection of materials documenting the life of Howard Lincoln Athon and Eunice Roberta Athon. After high school Howard joined the Navy on June 30, 1917 and served on several ships during World War I. The collection contains military records, letters to his parents, and a diary written in 1918. There is a script for a slide program telling about his life. Also, the collection contains a notice of their wedding, obituaries, a newspaper article telling about the purchase of a new airplane, a campaign card for Howard who ran for water commissioner, Merrill D. Athon's college commencement announcement, and a biographical information on Henry Athon written by Howard. Eunice Roberta Athon was a member of the Topeka Stamp Club and there are several membership directories.

Kansas Film Commission site photographs, towns Oakley - Syracuse
Creator: Kansas Film Commission
Date: 1988-2002
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: Oakley, Oberlin, Olathe,Olsburg, Osage City, Osawatomie, Ottawa, Overbrook, Palco, Palmer, Paola, Pawnee Rock, Paxico, Peabody, Penalosa, Penokee, Perry, Peru, Pfeifer, Plainville, Plevna, Potwin, Pratt, Pretty Prairie, Quenemo,Quinter, Ramona, Ransom, Raymond, Reading, Redwing, Republic, Rexford, Robinson, Roeland Park, Rolla, Rossville, Sabetha, Salina, Satanta, Scammon, Scranton, Sedan, Selden, Severy, Severance, Silver Lake, Smileyberg, Smolan, Soldier, Solomon, Sparks, Stafford County (Hudson), Sterling, St. Francis, St. George, St. Marys, St. Peter, Studley, Sun City, and Syracuse. 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 aerial photographs for Ottawa, Paola, and Paxico.

"Kansas Workman," Quenemo, Kansas
Date: Between 1880 and 1889
A view of two women at work in the "Kansas Workman" newspaper office in Quenemo, Kansas. The monthly newspaper, edited by A. P. Riddle, was published in support of the Ancient Order of United Workmen (A.O.U.W.) principle that the interests of labor and capitol are equal and should receive equal protection.

Nathaniel Dean and Hallie Lanning Athon's home in Quenemo, Kansas
Date: Between 1935 and 1939
This is a photograph taken at Nathaniel Dean and Hallie Lanning Athon's home in Quenemo, Osage County, Kansas. People in the photo are left to right: Emma Athon Andrews holding Dale Andrews; Wilmetta Alley Athon; Roberta Tournade Athon; Helen Bell Athon holding Ardis; and on the porch are Adetha Athon, Bob Athon, and Bruce Athon.

North American Hotel, Ottawa, Kansas
Date: October 21, 1919
This photograph taken inside the lobby of the North American Hotel in Ottawa, Kansas shows race horse Maude Grattan. The owner of the North American S.L. Beck allowed a photograph to be taken in the lobby of the hotel of the horse that won the most money in races during the year and was trained in Ottawa, Kansas. The honor went to Maude Grattan owned by Fred W. Bennett of Quenemo, Kansas and trained by Lee Bowler. The filly know as the "Quenemo Beauty" took four first, two seconds and three thirds in the trotting field.

Rolla Clymer correspondence
Date: 1909-1977
This series of the Rolla Clymer collection includes sent and received correspondence arranged chronologically beginning in 1909. With few exceptions, the correspondence provides a continuous and very complete view of his activities. Much of the earliest correspondence in the Clymer collection pertains to information about the College of Emporia for the period Clymer was a student there. Scattered throughout the remainder of the correspondence is information about Emporia athletics and alumni activities and letters with former classmates. From 1914 to 1918, Clymer was editor and manager of the Olathe, Kansas, Register. In 1918, Rolla Clymer moved his young family to El Dorado, Kansas, where he became editor and manager of the El Dorado Republican. Except for a six month hiatus in 1937 as editor and manager of the Santa Fe New Mexican in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Clymer served the remainder of his professional career in El Dorado. In his later years, Clymer devoted much of his time to efforts to preserve the Kansas Flint Hills region which he dearly loved. In addition to newspaper editorials, he wrote and published numerous widely circulated articles and poems about the Flint Hills. Perhaps his best known tribute was his poem "Majesty of the Hills," which helped earn him the designation as Poet Laureate of the Flint Hills. Rolla Clymer died on June 4, 1977, having been the editor of the El Dorado Times for fifty-nine years. For a complete contents list of the Rolla Clymer collection, see the External Links below.

Sac & Fox Indians
Date: 1909
This is a postcard showing members of the Sac & Fox Indian tribe who were present at the old settlers picnic in Quenemo, 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 Osage 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.

The Sac Indian, Quenemo
Creator: Green, Charles R.
Date: January 01, 1894-January 01, 1910
This item, written by Lyndon, Kansas, historian Charles R. Greene, details the life of Sauk Indian, Quenemo. It details Quenemo's life and achievements. According to Green, an article that he found at the Kansas State Historical Society written by Henry Inman and titled "How the town of Quenemo was named," inspired the creation of this biography.

Toy cupboard
Date: 1893
This toy cupboard of light oak was given to Ida Ann Vaughn about the time of her mother's death in 1893. Ida was born November 3, 1892 on a farm in Quenemo, Osage County, Kansas. Ida was not allowed to play with the cupboard until she was deemed old enough take care of it. It came with a set of 11 white dishes that are also in the museum collection.

"Truth Against the World" Campaign Songs
Date: Unknown date
This pamphlet contains the words to campaign songs sung by the Quenemo Glee Club in "the Peoples Party Campaign, 4th Congressional District State of Kas." The tunes for the songs are not indicated but the words reflect the Populist party perspective. The Quenemo Glee Club consisted of the Murphy family: Mattie, Amanda, Jim and Charley.

"Truth Against the World' People Party Picnic! at Coberly's Grove
Date: August 18, 1894
A poster by the People's Party to promote political soulutions for fellow Kansans by taking government out of the hands of corrupted politicians and big business.

W.H. Makeaney to Governor John St. John
Creator: Makeaney, W.H.
Date: August 07, 1879
Kansas Governor St. John is invited to speak on temperance at a camp meeting in August near Melvern, Kansas. Pastor Makeaney, writing from Quenemo, Osage County, Kansas, would prefer a Sunday speech, taking advantage of the maximum attendance that day. MaKeaney is a Methodist minister.

Zook residence in Quenemo, Kansas
Date: Between 1905 and 1910
This is a photograph showing the (Hanah?) Zook home in Quenemo, Kansas.