Admit Me Free flag
Date: 1856
In 1856 this cotton and wool flag was used by Walter Whitehead in a rally at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for Republican presidential nominee John C. Fremont. The oversized 33rd star and the words, "Admit Me Free" in the canton of the flag are in support of Kansas admittance as a free state. It was also used in the 1860 presidential campaign for Abraham Lincoln and other political campaigns.

Cyrus Kurtz Holliday to Mary Dillon Holliday
Creator: Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900
Date: January 28, 1861
Cyrus K. Holliday wrote from La Porte, Indiana to his wife, Mary Holliday, in Topeka, Kansas Territory. On his way to Washington, D. C. he planned to collect a debt. A friend had given him railway passes to Pittsburgh. The contrast between the quality of life in the northern states and Kansas Territory saddened Cyrus, who quoted a verse. He gave instructions to Mary concerning the livestock and farmland. In a postscript, he emphasized that she save the eyes of potatoes.

Cyrus Kurtz Holliday to Mary Dillon Holliday
Creator: Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900
Date: October 17, 1856
Three days after the Pennsylvania state election, Cyrus K. Holliday wrote from Monongahela House, a hotel in Pittsburgh, PA to his wife, Mary Holliday, in Meadville. The election results were unofficial, and Cyrus hoped that John C. Fremont, republican presidential candidate, had won at least by a slim majority, if not by the expected large margin. Concerned about the November 4th national election, Cyrus anticipated fraud in Kansas Territory and prayed that the people would "do right." He mentioned the counties in which he had spoken; his next stop, Philadelphia; and his planned return to counties near Meadville.

Ebenezer Buckingham to Lewis Allen Alderson
Creator: Buckingham, Ebenezer
Date: March 06, 1832
A letter from Western Theological Seminary student Ebenezer Buckingham to his friend Lewis Allen Alderson. In the letter, Buckingham discusses friends of his who were studying to be missionaries to the Native Indians, as well as his own desire to devote his time to the missionary vocation.

Henry Woods to Cyrus Kurtz Holliday
Creator: Woods, Henry
Date: October 2, 1856
Henry Woods, member of the Township Meetings and Speakers committee of the Fremont Club, asked Cyrus K. Holliday, founder of Topeka, Kansas Territory, give an address that evening in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Holliday had returned to his home state to speak on behalf of Republican presidential nominee John Charles Fremont, who supported the free state cause. Woods' brief letter was written on the back of a printed list of subcommittees of the Fremont County Executive Committee. Evidentially, Woods had enclosed with the letter a note from G. E. Appleton of Birmingham, which requested that Holliday speak there the following day.

Josiah Copley to Governor John St. John
Creator: Copley, Josiah
Date: July 02, 1879
Josiah Copley from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, sends Kansas Governor St. John a newspaper containing an article about a purported medical cure for intemperance, the ingredients of which are kept secret but may be obtained upon request.

Josiah Coply to Governor John St. John
Creator: Coply, Josiah
Date: March 08, 1880
From Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania comes a letter from Josiah Coply, a former Kansan interested in the prospects of Kansas Governor St. John's proposed prohibition amendment.

Josiah Coply to Governor John St. John
Creator: Coply, Josiah
Date: November 05, 1880
A letter from Josiah Coply in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, requesting Kansas Governor St. John to furnish the writer results of the Kansas vote on the proposed temperance amendment.

Paper cup
Creator: P. & O. Manufacturing Company
Date: between 1907 and 1910
Paper sanitary drinking cup. Folds flat. The Kansas State Board of Health, under the leadership of Dr. Samuel J. Crumbine, banned the use of common drinking cups in 1909. The P. & O. Manufacturing Company of Ohio registered a Pennsylvania charter for its Pittsburgh operations sometime between 1907 and 1909, and merged into the Public Health Supply Company in 1910.

Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team
Date: 1924
This is a photograph of the 1924 Pittsburgh Pirates major league baseball team. The 1924 Pirates finished third in the National League, three games behind the pennant-winning New York Giants. Among those pictured is Kansan Del Lundgren, a right-handed pitcher from Lindsborg (seated in the front, fourth from the right). Lundgren appeared in 56 major league games, including eight games with the Pirates (in 1924) and the remainder with the Boston Red Sox (1926-27). His major league record was 5-15, with an ERA of 6.51. In addition to his major league career, Lundgren pitched in 202 minor league games for four different teams, including the Salina Millers, Birmingham Barons, Nashville Volunteers, and the Minneapolis Millers. The span of his professional baseball career covered the period 1922-1930.

Robert Simerwell to the Simerwell Family
Creator: Simerwell, Robert, 1786-1868
Date: January 18, 1833
In this letter to his wife and children, Robert Simerwell responds to a letter he recently received from them while he was visiting Philiadelphia. He also addresses events related to the Nullification Crisis that was the focus of the nation. Clear in his opinions on the matter, Simerwell states that public sentiment is largely against South Carolina. In fact, Simerwell states that "it is generally thought that recours must be had to arms and that S.C. will suffer for her independence." However, Simerwell does not think that "much blood will be spilled if a few of the ringleaders?were taken and dealt with for treason."

South Eastern Kansas Association of Commercial Clubs at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Date: April 22, 1914
A photograph showing members of the South Eastern Kansas Association of Commercial Clubs at the home of Heinz 57 Varieties in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Also pictured is McCray's Concert Band of Independence, Kansas.