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Cartoon drawing
Creator: Maguire, Gregory
Date: 2010
Drawing of the character Elphaba (a.k.a., The Wicked Witch of the West) rendered by Gregory Maguire. Elphaba appears in the novel entitled "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West," which was written by Maguire. He created this drawing in September 2010. That year, a member of the Library/Archives staff contacted the author to see if he would donate materials from the book or musical to the Kansas Historical Society. Maguire believed he had nothing of interest to donate, so he created this drawing of Elphaba, the main character of his novel, specifically for the society.
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Fred Andrew Stone
Creator: White
Date: February 26, 1917
Portrait of Fred Andrew Stone, 1873-1959, actor and author, Fred Stone performed in vaudeville, stage musicals, and movies. He was known especially for his acrobatic dancing and engaging onstage personality. Stone was raised in Topeka, Kansas, and made his stage debut there at age 11.
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Langston Hughes
Date: Between 1950 and 1959
Photograph of Langston Hughes copied from the Shawnee County Historical Society, Bulletin #47.
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Lilla Day Monroe
Date: July 15, 1922
Lilla Day Monroe, 1858-1929, was a Kansas journalist who established and edited "The Club Woman" and "The Kansas Woman's Journal." As editor of "The Kansas Woman's Journal," Monroe solicited reminiscences of pioneer life from Kansas women, receiving hundreds of responses. She organized these reminiscences into a collection, and published many of them in the journal. She was also an active supporter of women's suffrage, being a member of the Kansas State Suffrage Association and serving as its president for several years.
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Rod McKuen in Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1975
Rod McKuen is shown signing autographs during his participation in the Menninger Foundation's Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration. The Menningers brought a positive commitment to psychiatry when they opened the doors to their sanitarium in 1925 and admitted its first 13 patients.
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William Allen White
Date: January 1, 1916
Portrait of William Allen White, editor of the "Emporia Gazette" newspaper in Emporia, Kansas.
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William Allen White
Date: Between 1890 and 1895
Portrait of William Allen white, editor and owner of the Emporia Gazette newspaper, Emporia, Kansas.
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William Inge
Date: 1953
A portrait of playwright William Motter Inge, 1913-1973. Born in Independence, Kansas, Inge graduated from the University of Kansas, worked for a Wichita radio station, and taught in both high school and college. His play "Come Back, Little Sheba" brought him fame in 1949. In 1953, the play "Picnic" won a Pulitzer Prize and in 1955, "Bus Stop" received rave reviews. Inge drew upon his Kansas background for the characters and storylines in his plays.
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William Inge at the typewriter
Creator: Pippin, Wilbur
Date: Between 1950 and 1959
Portrait of William Inge, 1913-1973, born in Independence, Kan., graduated from the University of Kansas, worked for a Wichita radio station, and taught in both high school and college before his play Come Back, Little Sheba brought him fame in 1949. In 1953, the play Picnic won him a Pulitzer Prize and in 1955, Bus Stop received rave reviews. Inge drew upon his Kansas background for the characters and storylines in his plays. This photograph shows Inge at the typewriter.
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