Abbie Bright diary
Creator: Bright, Abbie, 1848-1926
Date: 1868-1921
Born in Pennsylvania in 1848, Abbie Bright traveled to Kansas in 1870 as a young woman and her diary is primarily an account of this trip. It gives excellent accounts of daily life and settlement activities. The "diary" is actually composed of two different manuscripts and both are presented here. The first is an eighty-six page loose-leaf diary with consistent entries from September 2, 1870 - December 20, 1871. The second is a bound composition book with 129 written pages. This book begins with a childhood reminiscence written in Iowa in 1914 (p1-23), followed by a reminiscence of her Kansas trip written in Iowa in 1921 (p24-36) that covers Aug 23, 1870 - Jan 30, 1871. The book then includes some recipes dated 1868-1871 and a receipt dated 1884 (p37-41), and finally consistent diary entries from February 2, 1871 - December 21, 1871 (p41-129). A complete, revised transcription of both manuscripts is available by clicking on "Text Version" below. A previous, annotated transcription that combines the 1870-1871 entries from both manuscripts was published in the Kansas Historical Quarterly in 1971 and is available through a link below.

Agent to sell lands for State Agricultural College
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1865-1868 : Crawford)
Date: 1867 - 1868

Agricultural College, Kansas State
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1865-1868 : Crawford)
Date: 1865 - 1868

Ann McCafferty Bennett
Date: 1868
Cased sixth plate tintype portrait of Ann McCafferty Bennett.

Applications: Blind Asylum, Superintendent
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1865-1868 : Crawford)
Date: 1868

Applications: Penitentiary, Kansas State
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1865-1868 : Crawford)
Date: 1868

Appointment file
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1868-1869 : Green)
Date: November 1868-January 1869

Arickaree history collection
Date: [Not given]
This collection contains originals and copies of correspondences, articles, notes and related materials regarding the Battle of Beechers Island, also known as the Battle of Arickaree Fork, on September 19, 1868.

Autograph and State seal
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1865-1868 : Crawford)
Date: 1865-1868

Barracks, Fort Wallace, Kansas
Date: 1868
This photograph shows the barracks building at Fort Wallace, Wallace County, Kansas.

Battle of Beecher's Island
Date: Oct. 17, 1868
An illustration of the Battle of Beecher's Island printed in Harper's Weekly on October 17, 1868.

Battle of the Washita
Creator: Taylor, James E., 1839-1901
Date: 1969
An illustration portraying General George Armstrong Custer's surprise attack on the Southern Cheyenne camp along the Washita River on November 27, 1868. This illustration was published in the July 1969 issue of Golden West Magazine - True Stories of the Old West, page 30. Funds for digitization provided by Mr. Steve Peckel in memory of William Chalfant.

Bonds, State
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1865-1868 : Crawford)
Date: 1868

Commissioners of deeds
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1865-1868 : Crawford)
Date: 1868

Correspondence, General
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1865-1868 : Crawford)
Date: 1865-1868

Correspondence with Other States
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1865-1868 : Crawford)
Date: 1867-1868

County affairs: Allen
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1865-1868 : Crawford)
Date: 1865-1868

County affairs: Chase
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1865-1868 : Crawford)
Date: 1868

County affairs: Cherokee
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1865-1868 : Crawford)
Date: 1867-1868

County affairs: Clay
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1865-1868 : Crawford)
Date: 1868

County affairs: Cloud
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1865-1868 : Crawford)
Date: 1868

County affairs: Crawford
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1865-1868 : Crawford)
Date: 1868

County affairs: Davis
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1865-1868 : Crawford)
Date: 1865-1868

County affairs: Dickinson
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1865-1868 : Crawford)
Date: 1868

County affairs: Ellis
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1865-1868 : Crawford)
Date: 1867-1868