Catholic Church, St. Francis, Cheyenne County, Kansas
Date: 1917
This is a photograph of the Catholic Church in St. Francis, Cheyenne County, Kansas, 1917.

Courthouse in St. Francis, Cheyenne County, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1920
This is a postcard image of the Cheyenne County court house, St. Francis, Kansas which shows a small brick addition attached to the courthouse.

Courthouse in St. Francis, Cheyenne County, Kansas
Date: Between 1920 to 1930
This is a postcard image of the Cheyenne County, Kansas court house in St. Francis, showing newly planted trees on the courthouse square.

Courthouse in St. Francis, Cheyenne County, Kansas
Date: January 15, 1910
This is a postcard of the Cheyenne County, Kansas court house in St. Francis. The postcard was sent to Lola M. McCormick of LaCrosse, Kansas from W.S. Booth, county clerk.

Grain elevator, St. Francis, Kansas
Date: Between 1920 and 1929
This photograph shows trucks waiting to unload their grain at the elevator in St. Francis, Kansas.

Interior view of hermit home, St. Francis, Cheyenne County, Kansas
Date: 1910
This is an interior view of the hermit home of John Woodward, soldier and frontiersman, St. Francis, Cheyenne County, Kansas.

Kansas Film Commission site photographs, subject camps - community colleges
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: camps, state capitol, caves, cemeteries, and community colleges.

Kansas Film Commission site photographs, subject old west towns - prairie
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 old west towns, parks, people, and prairie.

Kansas Film Commission site photographs, subject residences
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 residences, arranged alphabetically by city.

Kansas Film Commission site photographs, subject schools
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. Schools, arranged by city, are the subject included in this part of the collection.

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 suffrage mass meetings for June
Creator: The Farmer's Wife
Date: May 1894
This article lists the upcoming suffrage meetings for June and their locations. The first section's meetings will have Carrie Chapman-Catt, Annie Diggs, and Theresa Jenkins as the speakers; the second section's meetings will be addressed by Susan B. Anthony, Anna Howard Shaw, Helen Kimber and Rachel Child.

Kansas Woman's Christian Temperance Union memory book
Creator: Kansas Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Date: Between 1941 and 1950
This memorial book contains photographs and biographical sketches of members of the Kansas Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Click "Text Version" below for a searchable index of the names contained in this volume.

Main Street, St. Francis, Kansas
Date: April 16, 1916
This sepia colored postcard shows a street scene, looking from the north, of storefronts and automobiles parked along Main Street in St. Francis, Kansas.

Main Street, St. Francis, Kansas
Date: 1917
This sepia-colored postcard shows a street scene of automobiles on Main Street in St. Francis, Kansas.

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.

Republican River Basin
Date: December 31, 1942
This map shows the Republican River Basin for Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska. In the upper right-hand corner an index map is provided.

Standard atlas of Cheyenne County, Kansas
Creator: Geo. A. Ogle & Co.
Date: 1907
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.

St. Francis City Park
Creator: Kansas State Historical Society. Historic Preservation Office
Date: July 9, 2007
The St. Francis City Park is located in Saint Francis, Cheyenne County, Kansas. It was built in 1934 by Howard T. Sawhill and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

"Topping Captains All-Kansas Prep Team"
Creator: Topeka Daily Capital
Date: December 13, 1942
This newspaper article, from the Topeka Daily Capital, features the annual all prep team of outstanding high school football players in Kansas. The box lists the first, second and third teams. Kenneth Topping, a tackle from St. Francis, Kansas, was the captain. Others selected to the first team include Jack Peppers, Wichita East; William Herron, Topeka; Ralph Tucker, smith Center; Charles Lyons, Wyandotte K.C.; Eldon McHugh, Dodge City; Arthur Fletcher, Junction City; William Modrein, Ward K.C.; James Stevens, Lawrence; Wendell Pollock, Wichita East; and Charles Startz, Parsons. The entire newspaper page was not copied but it appears to include brief sketches of the first team players.