An Address Issued by the Shawnee County, Kansas, Old Soldiers' Bryan Free Silver Club, Embracing Over 300 Members
Date: 1896
The members of the club in the title of this pamphlet were Civil War veterans. They were supporters of William Jennings Bryan and his efforts to promote the unlimited coinage of silver. Populists believed that the free coinage of silver would increase the money supply and thus the wealth of the working class. J. J. Miller, the president of the club, was a veteran of an Ohio regiment who had settled in Kansas after the Civil War. This address may have been given at a meeting of the club at 420 Kansas Avenue on Friday, September 11, 1896.

Bryan and Leedy Free Silver Flambeau Club song
Creator: Van Voorhis, Harvey B.
Date: 1890s
This People's Party campaign song rallies the party for an upcoming political election. Song No. 2, composed by Maj. H.B. Van Voorhis.

Bryan and Leedy Free Silver Flambeau Club song
Creator: Van Voorhis, Harvey B.
Date: 1890s
This People's Party campaign song rallies the party for an upcoming political election. Song No. 4, composed by Maj. H.B. Van Voorhis.

The crisis, (revised) or, The way to settle the gold and silver question
Creator: Farrell, W. H.
Date: 1896
W. H. Farrell of Leavenworth, Kansas, wrote this to support William Jennings Bryan's campaign for president and to explain how the unlimited coinage of silver would aid workers. This pamphlet presents a fairly clear argument of why Populists wanted "free silver." Bryan was running as a Democrat but the Populists were supporting him.

William Jennings Bryan
Creator: Hays & Hahn, Fort Scott, Kan.
Date: Between 1900 and 1908
This is a cabinet card showing William Jennings Bryan and labeled our next president. Bryan ran unsuccessfully for United States President in 1896, 1900 and 1908 as a member of the Democratic Party. In the 1896 campaign, Bryan gave over 500 speeches and is credited with starting the national stumping tour. He served two terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska and was United States Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson (1913-1915), resigning because of his pacifist position on World War I.

William Jennings Bryan and Walt Mason in Emporia, Kansas
Date: September 01, 1916
This postcard from 1916 features William Jennings Bryan and Walt Mason during a Bryan visit to Emporia. Bryan was on his way to Morris County for a Chautauqua tour appearance. He made a brief stop in Emporia to visit Mason, a friend and former neighbor. Mason worked for the Emporia Gazette, but was nationally known for his syndicated "prose poems." The inscription on the back of the postcard indicates that the photo was taken on September 2, 1916. However, a September 1 article in the Gazette reported that Bryan had visited Emporia earlier that day. The article also identifies the photographer as Ben Morgan, of the Morris Drug Store.

William Jennings Bryan quote
Creator: Hesston Corporation
Date: 1977
This quote from William Jennings Bryan, 1896, is printed on paper with the Hesston Corporation logo in the footer. This publication funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

William Jennings Bryan quote
Date: 1977
This quote is from William Jennings Bryan, 1896. A colored image is in the background of the block quote, from an unknown magazine source. This publication funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.