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50th reunion of the 1933 McPherson College graduating class in McPherson, Kansas
Date: 1983
This is a photograph showing the 50th reunion of the 1933 McPherson College graduating class in McPherson, Kansas. People in the photograph are identified as Eber Tice, Harvey Shank, Pauline Dell Bell, George Zinn, Ellen Steinberg Truhlar, Vernon Rhoades, Grace Heckman Gottman, Esther Brown Enberg, Dorothy Dresher Richards, Donard Dresher, Florence Dresher Wachholtz, Ruth Harms Nigh, Pearl Walker Kelly, Raymond Buskirk, Delbert Kelly, Ward Williams, and Lloyd Larsen.
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Agricultural College - $2.50 Activity Fee
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1915-1919: Capper)
Date: February 6, 1915
This letter from Manhattan, Kansas to Governor Capper addresses a proposed compulsory student activity fee at Kansas State Agricultural College. Support and opposition for the bill is divided at the school between athletes, fraternity and sorority members, and "well-to-do students"; and those who are working their way through college. The student asks Governor Capper to give them an opportunity to address their opposition to the compulsory fee. This is part of a bigger collection of Governor Arthur Capper correspondence.
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Beta Theta Pi fraternity, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
Date: Between 1942 and 1944
This group photograph shows members of the Gamma Epsilon chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity at Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas. Richard Dean Rogers was a member of this fraternity. Later, Rogers was a U.S. District Court Judge.
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Campaign songs, ancedotes and speeches
Creator: Judd, Charles Pratt, 1840-
Date: 1892
This People's Party songster including campaign songs, anecdotes and speeches used at political rallies.
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Class reunion at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas
Date: 1913
This is a photograph showing a class reunion at the University of Kansas. Professor R. D. O'Leary is third from the left and next to him is Eleanor Gephart Ross and W. D. Ross. The group is posed with a totem pole in front of old Fraser Hall on the campus.
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Deaf and Dumb, Institution for the Education of
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
These two letters, dated November 6th, 1885 and May 5th, 1886, are from the superintendent, S. T. Walker, of the Kansas Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb regarding the institution to Kansas Governor John Martin. One letter discusses Miss Daggy's application to fill a teacher or supervisor vacancy acknowledging that her application will be put on file. The other letter is an invitation to the graduation ceremony. The Deaf and Dumb Asylum was founded in 1861 and changed to the Kansas Institution for the Education of the Blind in 1877. It still exists today as the Kansas State School for the Blind.
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Elizabeth Miller Watkins legacy collection
Creator: Kitchen 8 (Alumnae organization : University of Kansas)
Date: 1935-1971
This collection includes material relating to Elizabeth Miller Watkins & Frank C. Miller scholarship halls at the University of Kansas (Lawrence) and Elizabeth Miller Watkins & her husband. Only selected materials from the collection have been digitized and are available here. A scrapbook compiled by Philomene Bourassa Hood for the years she attended the University of Kansas (1935-1939) is one example of the legacy materials on the scholarship halls. One of the early items in the scrapbook is a copy of the booklet The Mythical Jayhawk written by Kirke Mechem and published by the Kansas State Historical Society. The scrapbook contains photographs of women living in Watkins scholarship hall and the people and buildings in the photographs are usually identified. There are invitations for various Watkins Hall social events. The scrapbook also contains photos of numerous building and scenes on campus. The scrapbook contains some newspaper clippings with some of them about Philomene. One clipping states that she made Phi Beta Kappa and the initiation program for December 5, 1938, is included as well. There are three multiple paged printed items related to the 1939 commencement--the announcement, the program, and a special commencement issue of the Jayhawker. The scrapbook contains a wine list and another printed document for the Bavarian Rathskeller, Armour Blvd. and Forest, Kansas City, Missouri. The rest of the digitized material relates directly to Elizabeth Watkins (January 21, 1861-June 1, 1939) including biographical clippings and obituaries, her last will and testament with a large number of bequests and the endowment for the scholarship halls, and a list of her contributions to the University of Kansas. A description of the entire collection is available through the link in the "External Links" box below.
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Farewell, Alma Mater
Creator: Harding, Mable E.
Date: 1907
This sheet music titled Farewell, Alma Mater, was composed by Mable E. Harding. Harding was a member of the Harmony Class and Choral Society at Western University, Quindaro, Kansas, and was under the direction of Professor Robert G. Jackson. The cover contains photographs of Mable E. Harding as well as pictures of Ward Hall, Trades' Hall, and Stanley Hall. This instrumental piece won first prize at the Inter-State Literary Society of Kansas and the West, held at St. Joseph, Missouri, in December, 1906. Western University is considered one of the earliest African American schools established west of the Mississippi River. In the early 20th century, it was recognized nationally as one of the best music schools. Among its most famous alumni were several women who were influential music pioneers in the early 20th century, including Eva Jessye. The university closed in 1943 and all of the buildings were razed.
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Frederick Walter Brinkerhoff
Creator: Squires, C. F.
Date: 1908
This is a photograph of Frederick Walter Brinkerhoff (at right) with an unidentified University of Kansas student. They were members of the debate team that competed against Missouri in 1908. After attending the University of Kansas and Ottawa University, Brinkerhoff's first newspaper job was with the Ottawa Herald where he worked for Henry J. Allen and A. L. Miller. In 1908, he became the editor of the Fort Scott Republican. He also served as editor and co-publisher of the Chanute Sun and the Chanute Tribune when the two were combined and as a reporter and desk man for the Kansas City Star. Brinkerhoff went to Pittsburg, Kansas to help with a special waterworks election and was named editor of the evening paper, the Pittsburg Headlight, in 1911. In 1927, he was named editor of the Pittsburg Sun, the morning paper. Oscar Stauffer formed the Pittsburg Publishing Company in 1927 and Brinkerhoff continued to serve as editor of the two newspapers. He was named a vice-president of the Pittsburg Publishing Company in 1928 and in 1940, in addition to his editorial duties, he was named manager and publisher of the two Pittsburg papers.
Brinkerhoff was also vice-president and a director of Stauffer Publications as well as director of Capper Publications, Inc., the Topeka State Journal Company, and the Newton Publishing Company. In addition, he was vice-president of the KSEK Broadcasting Company in Pittsburg.
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Graduating class, Cimarron, Kansas
Date: 1938
This photograph shows the 1938 (possibly) Cimarron High School graduating class dressed in their caps and gowns. They are standing in front of Cimarron High School, Cimarron, Kansas.
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Graduating class from the Kansas State Soldiers Home at Dodge City, Kansas
Date: May 25, 1902
A photograph of the State Soldiers Home graduating class at Dodge City, Kansas. Top row: Bessie Powers, Susie Evans, Professor Woodbury, Humphry Sughrue, Jennie Graver. Middle row: Neada McCaffry, Bessie Boyd, Pearl Malcolm, Amelia Johnson, Serena Barr, Glen Roth. Bottom row: Ethel Wynans, Fay Thompson, Jennie Shaffer.
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Haskell celebration
Date: October 27-30, 1926
A medallion shaped program/advertisement for a Haskell Institute celebration, including the dedications of the football stadium, in Lawrence, Kansas, October 27-30, 1926.
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Haskell Girls' Breakfast, Lawrence, Kansas
Creator: Lawrence Studio
Date: Between 1910 and 1919
This photograph from a nitrate negative shows a group of young ladies gathered for the Haskell Institute breakfast at Lawrence, Kansas.
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Hesston College chamber choir in Hesston, Kansas
Date: 1970
A photograph and concert program for the chamber choir at Hesston College in Hesston, Kansas. The chamber choir, directed by J. Randall Zercher, was one of two touring choirs representing the college in 1970. Hesston College is the only two-year college affiliated with the Mennonite Church USA. It was founded in 1909 and has an enrollment of approximately 450.
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Hiawatha. A drama in five acts
Date: Between June 14, 1915 and June 15, 1915
Program "Hiawatha" : A Drama in Five Acts presented by students of Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas.
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Homecoming program at Haskell Institute
Date: Between October 27, 1926 and October 30, 1926
This program the "Homecoming" : All Indian Trails Lead to Lawrence, Kansas is the schedule of activities for the four day dedication of the Haskell Institute's football stadium.
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Hutchinson Junior College Band, Hutchinson, Kansas
Date: 1951
View of the members of the Hutchinson Junior College Band of Hutchinson, Kansas, in an unidentified stadium. Also visible are people in the stadium's media box, and spectators seated on the stadium's bleacher seats.
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Iowa State University Scottish Highlanders in Kansas City, Missouri
Creator: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1959
This is a photograph of the Iowa State University Scottish Highlanders "dress right" as they line up at the Kansas City, Missouri railroad station. The Highlanders and the Iowa State University band performed and paraded through the Kansas City business district. Later, they board the train for the Rose Bowl.
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Judge Richard Dean Rogers
Date: Between 1990 and 1999
This is a photograph of United States District Court Judge Richard Dean Rogers and Kenneth Eugene Conklin, III, his step son. The photograph was taken at Conklin's graduation from Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
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Judge Sherman A. Parks, Sr. family photographs
Date: 1940-1996
Family photographs of Judge Sherman A. Parks, Sr. Photographs include images of his twin brother Sheridan A. Parks; a wedding photograph; graduation photograph of the twins and their cousin, J.A. Parks; and Sheridan, Sherman, and their cousin in military uniform.
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