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This photograph shows newspaper editor and publisher George Washington Martin at his desk ,1841-1914. Martin migrated to the Kansas Territory in 1857 from Pennsylvania settling in Lecompton, Kansas where he worked with the pro-slavery paper the Lecompton Union, later becoming the National Democrat. Martin continued to establish himself as a newspaper editor and publisher founding the Junction City Union. Actively involved in the community, Martin held several public offices from mayor of Junction City to serving in the Kansas House of Representatives. In 1888 he moved to Kansas City, Kansas, establishing the Daily Gazette newspaper. Martin was the managing editor of the newspaper until 1899 when he is elected secretary of the Kansas Historical Society (KSHS). Martin held this position for fifteen years and was appointed secretary emeritus of KSHS in February 1914. He passed away on March 27, 1914 in Topeka, Kansas.
Date: Between 1900 and 1914
Item Number: 451572
Call Number: B Martin, George Washington *16
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 451572
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Newspaper
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Printing and publishing
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Historians
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Journalists
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Politicians
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Printers
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Publishers
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1900s
Date - 1910s
Government and Politics - Local Government - Municipal - Mayor
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Republican
Government and Politics - State Government - Legislature - House of Representatives
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Kansas State Historical Society
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Kansas State Printer
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Junction City
Places - Cities and towns - Lecompton
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Geary
Places - Other States - Pennsylvania
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Photographs
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