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Elam Bartholomew was a resident of Rooks County and Hays, Kansas. He was a horticulturalist internationally known for his work with fungi. His diary reflects his active participation in Republican Party politics, local government, the United Presbyterian Church, farm organizations, and experimental farming. Elam Bartholomew settled in Rooks County, Kansas, in 1874. He was born in Pennsylvania and his family moved to Ohio and then Illinois. In 1873 he became engaged to Rachel Montgomery and returned to Illinois to marry her in June 1876. They returned to Kansas in September of 1876. The Bartholomews lived on their farm on Bow Creek until 1929 when they moved to Hays where he served as curator of the mycological museum at Fort Hays Kansas State College. He died in 1934.
Creator: Bartholomew, Elam
Date: 1879
Item Number: 211573
Call Number: Elam Bartholomew Coll. #272, Box 10
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 211573
Agriculture - Family farming
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Scientists
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Teachers
Collections - Manuscript - Bartholomew, Elam
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Social and Civic
Community Life - Religion
Date - 1870s - 1879
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Republican
Home and Family - Activities
Home and Family - Daily life
Home and Family - Families
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Diary
People - Notable Kansans - Bartholomew, Elam
Places - Cities and towns - Stockton
Places - Counties - Rooks
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Diaries
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