Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Sedgwick, Kansas
Date: Between 1950s and 1960s
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Sedgwick, Kansas. The one-story wooden structure with clapboard siding still stands and operates as a museum.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's special train, Sedgwick, Kansas
Date: Between 1905 and 1910
This sepia colored photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's case special train on route to Oklahoma at the Sedgwick, Kansas depot.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company water tower, Sedgwick, Kansas
Date: Between 1880s and 1890s
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company water tower in Sedgwick, Kansas. In the foreground a man is visibly standing in front of an unidentified building.

Band, Sedgwick, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
An informal portrait of the members of a band standing with their instruments at a street corner in Sedgwick, Kansas. Also visible are spectators, and a large brick building.

Clyde Cessna
Date: Between 1900 and 1920
A photograph of Clyde Vernon Cessna, 1879-1954, inside a Comet airplane. Cessna was an aviation pioneer and founder of the Cessna Aircraft Company in Wichita, Kansas.

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.

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.

Police Commissioners, Board of, Wichita
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
These letters, spanning 1887 to 1888, are from the Board of Police Commissioners of Wichita regarding their general affairs to Kansas Governor John Martin. The board members wrote asking for permission to appoint special policemen. The individuals appointed to the special police, around 20, were not part of the board, but were selected to serve the city on election day.

Ruby Gilbert
Date: 1993-1994
This photograph, copied from the 1993-1994 Kansas legislative panel, shows Ruby Gilbert, 1929-2010, from Sedgwick County, Kansas. Gilbert is appointed to the Kansas House of Representatives in December of 1991 to serve the Eighty-Ninth district of Sedgwick County. She goes on to win the 1992 November general election as a Democrat and is the first African-American woman elected to the legislature. During her legislative career Gilbert serves on a number of committees that included: Governmental Organizations and Elections, Ranking Minority Member of Federal and State Affairs, Financial Institutions and Insurance. Gilbert represents the Eighty-Ninth district until 2004.

Santa Fe Demonstration Train
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company
Date: July 21--August 2, 1930 and August 24--September 5, 1931
These posters advertise Santa Fe demonstration trains traveling in Kansas in 1930 and 1931. The purpose of the 1930 train (8 cars) was to present a plan for higher profits on wheat farms. Tom L. Bair, the State's champion wheat grower, was part of the 1930 train. It's travel dates were July 21 through August 2, 1930. The 1931 train (9 cars) was designed to present a plan for more profits in the beef cattle industry. The 1931 train had special features for women and children and it was traveling throughout the state from August 24 through September 5, 1931. The towns where the train would stop each year are listed on the posters. The trains were operated jointly by the Santa Fe and the Kansas State Agricultural College. J. F. Jarrell, manager of Agricultural Development for Santa Fe, was the organizer of these trains. The posters make a point of emphasizing that the speakers will be on a flat car "equipped with electrically controlled voice amplifiers. Visitors remaining in their automobiles will be able to hear perfectly."

Sedgwick High School Band, Sedgwick, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
A formal view of the members of the Sedgwick High School Band of Sedgwick, Kansas, posed in front of a farm implement store. Also visible are a horse-drawn carriage, and buildings and businesses along the unpaved town street.

Sedgwick nursery in Sedgwick, Kansas
Date: 1898
Four photographs of the Sedgwick Nursery in Sedgwick, Kansas.

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.

Standard atlas of Sedgwick County, Kansas
Creator: Geo. A. Ogle & Co.
Date: 1905
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.

Temperance history correspondence
Date: 1858-1902, bulk 1900-1902
This correspondence was sent and received by Kansas State Temperance Union secretaries T.E. Stephens, A.D. Wilcox, and J.E. Everett. Each exchanged letters with religious leaders across the state, including Rev. H.G. Fraser from Ottawa, Rev. C.C. Brown of Tonganoxie, Rev. J.M. Leonard of Iola, Rev. R.A. Bolton of Junction City, Rev. James Kerr of Scandia, Rev. J.K. Miller of Manhattan, Rev. A.W. Cummings of Canton, Rev. John A. Holmes of Harper, Rev. W.H. Eaton of Cherryvale, Rev. H.H. Bowen of Glen Elder, and Rev. Fred Grey of Alton. Organizations involved in the temperance movement include the Kansas State Temperance Union (KSTU), the Twentieth Century Total Abstinence Union (TCTAU), the Anti-Cigarette League, the American Anti-Saloon League (AASL), the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) and others. This collection also includes local subscription lists for those supporting the Kansas State Temperance Union in Phillipsburg, Lakin, LeRoy, Cimarron, Dodge City, Liberal, Greensburg, Cunningham, Sedgwick, Mount Hope and Colwich. Other correspondents include attorney John Wiswell in Columbus, Elmer Lawrence, publisher of The Sunbeam, a weekly Christian journal in Galena, and several members of the Independent Order of Good Templars, including George F. Fullinwider of El Dorado, S.S. Jackson of Scranton, and Mrs. Kate A. Billings of Clyde. Much of the correspondence concerns efforts to advance anti-liquor agendas in local, state, and national politics. Considerable correspondence with organizations in other states is included. Although Kansas was the first state to adopt a constitutional amendment prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors in 1880, the law was largely unenforced.