Alphabetical agencies created under the Roosevelt New Deal Party
Creator: Biggers, E.M.
Date: 1932
This item, printed and issued by Biggers Printing Company of Houston, Texas, lists the many different agencies created under President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. In addition to well-known programs such as the WPA, the list contains many lesser-known agencies, providing an interesting glimpse into the expansion of the U.S. Government under the New Deal.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company hopper cars
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1963 and 1969
This black and white photograph shows the cargo ship, the Santa Suzana, docked at the Port of Houston along with several covered hopper cars from the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's hopper cars
Creator: Erb, Don
Date: Between 1963 and 1969
This black and white photograph shows several covered hopper cars from the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company being loaded with wheat at the Port of Houston in Texas.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's hopper cars
Creator: Erb, Don
Date: Between 1963 and 1969
This black and white photograph shows several covered hopper cars from the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company being loaded with wheat at the Port of Houston in Texas.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company track plow
Creator: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1950 and 1959
This black and white photograph shows an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company track plow being pulled under ties at mile marker 14 near Mykawa, Texas in the Houston District.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway unloading sealand containers, Port of Houston
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: March 1972
A photograph showing Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway unloading sealand containers at the Port of Houston.

Bible school in Houston, Texas
Date: 1906
This is a photograph showing the house where Charles Fox Parham held his Bible school in Houston, Texas. Parham was the central figure in the development of the Pentecostal faith. He moved to Kansas with his family as a child. As an adult, his religious activities were headquartered in Topeka, Kansas. The photograph was copied from The Life of Charles F. Parham Founder of the Apostolic Faith Movement by Sarah E. Parham.

Child's baseball uniform
Date: 1962
This child's baseball uniform was made by the Houston Colt .45s major league baseball club to be worn by Jim Golden's son Mark during a planned father-son game. The game, however, was rained out. Golden was a member of the Colt .45s in 1962-1963. A right-handed pitcher from rural Topeka, Golden had a professional baseball career that spanned the period 1954-1964. During that time, he played for two major league and eight minor league teams. Besides the Colt .45s, he also pitched for the Los Angeles Dodgers. His major league record was 9-13, with an ERA of 4.54 in 69 game appearances. Before playing professionally, Golden was a standout pitcher for Silver Lake High School and the Mosby-Mack American Legion team. At Silver Lake, his pitching led the Eagles to state baseball championships in both 1953 and 1954. He set and still holds four state high school strikeout records. The Mosby-Macks, which represented Topeka's Capitol Post 1, also won state titles in 1952 and 1953.

Harland Coffman baseball scrapbook
Date: January 1, 1948-December 31, 1952
This scrapbook documents the minor league baseball career of Topekan Harland Coffman. Coffman was a right-handed pitcher who played for several minor league teams between 1948 and 1952, including Independence (KS), Joplin, Columbus (GA), Omaha, Houston, Rochester, and Columbus (OH). In 158 minor league games, he achieved an overall record of 62-46, with an ERA of 3.19. His best season occurred in 1948 with the Independence Yankees, a club in the Class D Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League. Coffman's record that year was 18-5, with an earned run average of 1.94. His ERA was the best among all KOM League pitchers in 1948, and he was a league co-leader in number of wins, sharing the honor with two other pitchers. In 1952, Coffman participated in the St. Louis Cardinals' spring training camp, but did not make the team roster in the regular season. His professional playing days ended when he suffered an arm injury and opted not to have surgery recommended by doctors to extend his baseball career. After his minor league career, Coffman played several years with the semi-pro Topeka Decker Oilers. In the late 1940s and 1950s, the Decker Oilers were a perennial contender for the state semi-pro baseball title, competing each year in the state tournament held in Wichita. Harland's father Vern was the long-time manager of the Decker Oilers. Other family members who played with the team were Harland's brother Burton, and his uncles Ed and Junior Coffman. Harland was a lifelong resident of Topeka, and worked 34 years for the Topeka Capital Journal. He died in 2010 at the age of 81. Digital reproduction of the scrapbook was accomplished through a joint project sponsored by the Kansas Historical Society and the Shawnee County Baseball Hall of Fame.

Houston Buffaloes trip to the Panama Canal Zone
Date: 1951
This set of 16 photos was made in late March 1951 to record the Panama Canal Zone visit by the Houston Buffaloes (or Buffs) minor league baseball team. The team traveled to the Canal Zone to play four exhibition games with U.S. military teams. Two of the games were contested between the Buffs and the Albrook Flyers, a team representing Albrook Air Force Base, where the team stayed during its visit. The Buffs also played one game versus the Army All-Stars, and one game versus the All-Service Stars. The Houston team won three of the four games. Some of the photographs were made during the two games against the Albrook Flyers; the remainder were made during sightseeing excursions or other aspects of the visit. The photos were produced and released by Albrook Air Force Base, and most carry captions. Among the Houston team members making the trip was Topekan Harland Coffman. A right-handed pitcher, Coffman was on the Houston roster only briefly in 1951; he spent most of the 1951 season in Omaha. Coffman's minor league pitching record between 1948 and 1952 was 62-46 and an ERA of 3.19 in 158 games. Digital reproduction of the photographs was accomplished through a joint project sponsored by the Kansas Historical Society and the Shawnee County Baseball Hall of Fame.

Hughes family, Hermann Park
Creator: Hughes, James Clark, 1888-1964
Date: July 1927
Captain James C. Hughes photographed his children at Hermann Park, Houston, Texas, July 1927. The children from left to right is Betty (13), Peggy (11), Bill (9), and James Renwick (16). The family dog is included in the photo. At this time, Hughes and his family were stationed at Fort Sam Houston. Hughes assisted with the Officer Reserve Corps (ORC) training conducted at Fort Sam Houston. Hughes was there from July 1925 to December 1927. He used an autographic camera to take pictures of friends, family, and places in the United States and Europe during World War I and the years following. A full biography of James Clark Hughes is available at the link below to Kansapedia.

Jim Golden in Colt .45s uniform
Date: Between 1962 and 1963
This photo features Jim Golden, a right-handed pitcher from rural Topeka, as a member of the Houston Colt .45s. Golden had a professional baseball career that spanned the period 1954-1964. During that time, he played for two major league and eight minor league teams. He pitched for both the Dodgers (1960-1961) and the Houston Colt .45s (1962-1963), achieving a 9-13 major league record, with an ERA of 4.54 in 69 game appearances. He is one of only nine major league pitchers to have hit two triples in a game. His minor league record stands at 88-91 and a 3.82 ERA. His best year in the minors was in 1960, when he went 20-9 with the Class AAA St. Paul Saints. Before playing professionally, Golden was a standout pitcher for Silver Lake High School and the Mosby-Mack American Legion team. At Silver Lake, his pitching led the Eagles to state baseball championships in both 1953 and 1954. He set and still holds four state high school strikeout records. The Mosby-Macks, which represented Topeka's Capitol Post 1, also won state titles in 1952 and 1953.

Jim Golden of the Houston Colt .45s
Date: Between 1962 and 1963
This photo features Jim Golden, a right-handed pitcher from rural Topeka, as a member of the Houston Colt .45s. Golden had a professional baseball career that spanned the period 1954-1964. During that time, he played for two major league and eight minor league teams. He pitched for both the Dodgers (1960-1961) and the Houston Colt .45s (1962-1963), achieving a 9-13 major league record, with an ERA of 4.54 in 69 game appearances. He is one of only nine major league pitchers to have hit two triples in a game. His minor league record stands at 88-91 and a 3.82 ERA. His best year in the minors was in 1960, when he went 20-9 with the Class AAA St. Paul Saints. Before playing professionally, Golden was a standout pitcher for Silver Lake High School and the Mosby-Mack American Legion team. At Silver Lake, his pitching led the Eagles to state baseball championships in both 1953 and 1954. He set and still holds four state high school strikeout records. The Mosby-Macks, which represented Topeka's Capitol Post 1, also won state titles in 1952 and 1953.

Martin Franklin Conway to New England Emigrant Aid Company, Financial Statements
Creator: Conway, M. F. (Martin Franklin), 1827-1882
Date: August 1, 1858 - January 1, 1859
These monthly financial statements, submitted by Martin F. Conway, general agent for the New England Emigrant Aid Company in Kansas Territory, detailed company income and expenditures for a six month period between July and December 1858. Conway provided particularly full accounts of his traveling expenses during frequent trips around the territory.

Steven A. Hawley
Creator: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Date: April 29, 1990
A photograph of Steven A. Hawley (far left) with astronauts (left to right) Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Kathryn D. Sullivan, Loren J. Shriver, and Bruce McCandless, II, posed near the Space Shuttle Discovery following a smooth landing at Edwards Air Force Base. The mission included launching the Hubble Space Telescope. Hawley was born in 1951 in Ottawa, Kansas, but grew up in Salina. After graduating from Salina High School, Hawley attended the University of Kansas where he graduated with honors in 1973 with degrees in physics and astronomy. He received a doctor of philosophy in astronomy and astrophysics from the University of California in 1977. Dr. Hawley was selected to join NASA's astronaut program in 1978.