Album with photographs of Marion, Kansas
Creator: Hannaford, Ed
Date: 1901
This is an album containing photographs of Marion, Kansas, and the Coble family. Included in the album are photographs of Governor Edward Hoch's house, a picnic in Central Park, Mr. and Mrs. Trenner and their house, L. F. Keller's house, the Frazier family, the Marion Presbyterian Church and parsonage, Bessie Thompson's children, William and Aline Frazier in a lilly pond, and an outing to Chingawasa Springs on the Marion Belt and Chingawasa Springs Railroad .

Art Work on Eastern Kansas
Creator: Western Photogravure Company
Date: 1900
This pictorial book gives a brief overview of eastern Kansas. This is part six of twelve. The Blue River in Manhattan, the Montgomery County courthouse in Independence, and a street scene in Fort Scott are some of the featured photographs.

Associate Presbyterian Church near Richmond, Kansas
Date: 1917
A photograph showing the Associate Presbyterian Church located near Richmond, Kansas.

Beth Rogers
Date: Between 1950 and 1955
A photograph of Beth Rogers organist at the First Presbyterian Church, Manhattan, Kansas. She was the wife of Richard Dean Rogers, Manhattan, Kansas, mayor and later United States District Court Judge.

Beth Stewart Rogers
Date: 1951
A photograph of Beth Stewart Rogers, wife of lawyer, judge, and politician Richard Dean Rogers, dressed in her Easter clothes possibly posed in front of the First Presybertian Church, Manhattan, Kansas.

Bible
Creator: National Publishing Company
Date: 1892
Markings on the title page indicate this large family bible was given to the Third Presbyterian Church of Topeka by Catherine Brosamer Briar in memory of her mother, Mary M. Brosamer. The bible was published during the temperance movement of the 1890s and contains a blank page printed with an alcohol abstinence pledge. Mary Brosamer, who was born in Germany in 1876 and immigrated to the United States, most likely used the book. She eventually arrived in Kansas where she resided with her husband George Brosamer and children until her death in 1947.

Cherokee mining camp, Crawford County, Kansas
Date: Between 1950 and 1959
Photographs of Cherokee mining camp. Cherokee was laid out in 1870 and was originally named Litchfield. It is located on the Crawford / Cherokee County line, in Crawford County. It is located about seven miles west of US 69 highway. The town continues to exist. Photographs include the Frisco Station, residences, schools, churches, street scenes, mining equipment, and miner's houses.

Colby Presbyterian Church, Colby, Thomas County, Kansas
Date: 1985
Two views of the brick Presbyterian Church building, Colby, Thomas County, Kansas.

College Hill Presbyterian Church in Dickinson County, Kansas
Date: Between 1930 and 1939
Here are two photographs showing the College Hill Presbyterian Church in Dickinson County, Kansas.

First Presbyterian Church, Larned, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1920
This is a photograph of the First Presbyterian Church in Larned, Kansas.

First Presbyterian Church, Salina, Kansas
Date: Between 1900s and 1920s
This photograph shows the First Presbyterian Church in Salina, Kansas.

First Presbyterian Church and Carnegie Library in Parsons, Kansas
Creator: S. H. Kress & Company
Date: February 25, 1912
This postcard shows the First Presbyterian Church and Carnegie Library in Parsons, Kansas. The church is on the left and the library is on the right side of the image.

First Presbyterian Church in Newton, Kansas
Creator: Albertype Company
Date: Between 1910 and 1920
This is a postcard showing the interior of the First Presbyterian Church in Newton, Kansas. The small print in the lower left says Post Office Book Store, Opera Block, Newton, Kansas.

First Presbyterian Church in Ottawa
Date: 1867-1897
The First Presbyterian Church of Ottawa, Kansas, was built on six lots which were located at Fifth and Main. The land was deeded to the trustees by the Ottawa Town Company.

First Presbyterian Church in Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Sackett Color Productions
Date: Between 1965 and 1970
A postcard showing the First Presbyterian Church located at 817 Harrison Street in Topeka, Kansas. The church was organized on December 19, 1859 and this building was erected in 1884.

First Presbyterian church in Chanute, Kansas
Creator: S. H. Kress & Company
Date: 1914
This is a postcard showing the First Presbyterian Church in Chanute, Kansas.

Good citizenship temperance meeting
Date: June 9, 1899
An announcement that Clinton N. Howard, a leading temperance worker in the country, will be speaking at the Good Citizenship Temperance meeting at the First Presbyterian Church in Topeka, Kansas, on June 9, 1899.

Iowa, Sac and Fox Presbyterian Mission, Doniphan County, Kansas
Date: 1938
This is an exterior view of the Iowa, Sac and Fox Presbyterian Mission erected in 1846. It was three stories high with a belfry that made the total height 52 feet, and it was 107 feet long by 37 feet wide. The mission closed in 1863. From 1863 to 1866, the mission functioned as the Indian Orphanage Institute, but this new role was limited by a proliferation of similar institutions in the Midwest. After the institute closed in 1866, the mission sat empty until 1868 when the west portion of the building was razed, leaving about 40 percent of the original structure. The razed portion was to be used in the construction of a building at Highland University. Since 1963, the Kansas Historical Society has administered this property as a state historic site. Recently it has been rehabilitated as a museum to showcase the arts and history of the emigrant tribes of Native Americans in northeastern Kansas.

Iowa, Sac and Fox Presbyterian Mission, Doniphan County, Kansas
Date: Between 1938 and 1945
This is an exterior view of the Iowa, Sac and Fox Presbyterian Mission erected in 1846. It was three stories high with a belfry that made the total height 52 feet, and it was 107 feet long by 37 feet wide. The mission closed in 1863. From 1863 to 1866, the mission functioned as the Indian Orphanage Institute, but this new role was limited by a proliferation of similar institutions in the Midwest. After the institute closed in 1866, the mission sat empty until 1868 when the west portion of the building was razed, leaving about 40 percent of the original structure. The razed portion was to be used in the construction of a building at Highland University. Since 1963, the Kansas Historical Society has administered this property as a state historic site. Recently it has been rehabilitated as a museum to showcase the arts and history of the emigrant tribes of Native Americans in northeastern Kansas.

Iowa, Sac and Fox Presbyterian Mission in Doniphan County, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
This is an exterior view of the Iowa, Sac and Fox Presbyterian Mission erected in 1846. It was three stories high with a belfry that made the total height 52 feet, and it was 107 feet long by 37 feet wide. The mission closed in 1863. From 1863 to 1866, the mission functioned as the Indian Orphanage Institute, but this new role was limited by a proliferation of similar institutions in the Midwest. After the institute closed in 1866, the mission sat empty until 1868 when the west portion of the building was razed, leaving about 40 percent of the original structure. The razed portion was to be used in the construction of a building at Highland University. Since 1963, the Kansas Historical Society has administered this property as a state historic site. Recently it has been rehabilitated as a museum to showcase the arts and history of the emigrant tribes of Native Americans in northeastern Kansas.

Iowa, and Sac and Fox Mission drawing
Date: 1841
This drawing is a rendering of what the artist believes the Presbyterian Mission to the Iowa, and Sac and Fox may have looked like when first built.

Iowa, and Sac and Fox Mission photograph
Date: 1841
This photograph is a representation of what the Iowa, and Sac and Fox Presbyterian Mission in Highland, Doniphan County, Kansas, may have looked like when first built.

John Steuart Curry's funeral, Winchester, Kansas
Date: September 01, 1946
Three photographs showing John Steuart Curry's funeral at the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Winchester, Kansas. Curry died August 29, 1946 in Madison, Wisconsin, and he was buried near his childhood home of Dunavant in Jefferson County. A well known artist, he is recognized as a leader in the movement for realistic regionalism. Curry is probably most recognized for painting the famous mural titled Tragic Prelude showing John Brown and the early struggles for freedom in Kansas. Along with the Tragic Prelude, his murals of The Conquistadors and Kansas Pastoral hang at the Kansas capitol.

Kansas Film Commission site photographs, subject churches
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. Churches are the subject included in this part of the collection.

Leigh R. Webber to Miss Brown
Creator: Webber, L. R.
Date: October 22, 1859
This letter, written by Leigh R. Webber from Lawrence, Kansas Territory, was addressed to Miss Brown, a daughter of John Stillman Brown, a Unitarian minister who lived west of Lawrence. Webber discussed personal issues such as the health of the Brown family, the weather and agricultural issues. He wrote about Kansas and national politics, including Charles Robinson's role as governor under the new Leavenworth Constitution and James H. Lane's political ambitions. The latter part of the letter focused on John Brown. Webber was conflicted about the morality of Brown's violent actions; while he deemed them "reckless and hopeless," he also believed they may have been provoked by Brown's own religious beliefs and the violence of "the slave power".