Guides and Finding Aids

Manuscripts Most of our manuscripts and some of our government records on microfilm are available for interlibrary Loan.

Government Records

• Federal Records
• State Records
• Local Records

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What is a finding aid?

Research Assistance

Manuscripts

A

• James Burnett Abbott, 1815-1899
• Gertrude Ackerman Collection, 1856-1940
• Acre Family Papers, 1917-1961
• Samuel Lyle and Florella Brown Adair Family Collection, 1831-1921
• Zu Adams Collection, 1872-1911
• American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada
• American War Mothers, Topeka Chapter Records, 1927-1976
• Anderson Family Papers, 1802-1958
• Daniel Read Anthony, 1907-1928
• William Henry Avery Collection, 1955-1965

  B

• Barnes Railroad Collection
• Berryman Family Papers, 1858-1899
• Billard Family Papers
• August M. Bondi Papers, 1884-1952
• John D. Bower Papers, 1953-1976
• Ida M. McLain Bradley Papers, 1908-1946
• Abbie Bright Papers, 1861-1994
• Frederick W. Brinkerhoff Papers
• Dr. John R. Brinkley Papers
• Joseph L. Bristow Papers, 1894-1925
• Charles Brown Papers, 1863-1876
• Howard L. Brown Papers, 1890-1986
• John Brown, 1826-1948
• John Stillman Brown, 1818-1907
• Orville Chester Brown Collection, 1834-1904
• Brown v. Topeka Board of Education Oral History Collection
• Jeane Burdick Papers, 1969-1978

  C

• Arthur Capper Papers, 1918-1948
• Avis Dungan Carlson,1927-1982
• Frank Carlson 1946 Campaign Papers
• Gerald Carson Papers
• Central Congregational Church / Charles Monroe Sheldon Collection, 1811-1984
• Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Records, 1879-1933
• Gabriel Penn Clark Papers, 1853-1920
• William Clark Papers, 1807-1855
• Rolla Clymer Collection, 1909-1977
• Albert M. Cole Papers, 1945-1953
• Samuel Johnson Crawford, 1867-1910

  D

• Jess C. Denious Papers, 1930-1953
• Mary Evelyn Dobbs / Kansas Women's Christian Temperance Union Collection, 1885-1940

  E

• Charles Leroy Edson Papers, 1919-1951
• J. B. Edwards Collection, 1872-1935
• Eicholtz & Sons, 1881-1951
• Ellithorpe Family Papers, 1848-1988
• Thomas Ewing, Jr., Papers, 1856-1908

  F

• Martha Farnsworth Diaries, 1882-1922
• Robert E. Feighny Papers, 1964-1965
• Forgotten Settlers of Kansas, 1983-ongoing
• Benjamin Foster Papers, 1890-1990
• Margaret B. Franklin Papers, 1883-1992
• Charles H. French Papers, 1917-1918
• Dietrich F. and Margaret Friesen Diaries, 1911-1932
• Frederick Funston Papers, 1891-1917

  G

• Harold Donald Garwood, 1918-1919
• General Federation of Women's Clubs of Kansas
• Eula Gentzler Papers, 1942-1957
• Charles Sumner Gleed Collection 1880-1920
• Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Kansas, Records, ca. 1878-1945
• Great Plains Association of Chemistry Teachers
  in Liberal Arts Colleges Collection, 1966-1985

  H

• Jacob Hait Papers, 1863-1931
• James Madison Harvey Correspondence, Speeches,
  and Papers, 1834-1922
• Hayden-Jerome Family Papers, 1880-1899
• Edward Henderson, Jr., and Mabel Dewhirst Henderson Papers, 1904-1956
• John Wesley Henderson Diaries, 1864-1867
• Thomas Wentworth Higginson Collection, 1855-1860
• Clyde Hill Papers, 1948-1989
• Hiram Hill Collection, 1823-1910
• John L. Hodson Collection of Non-Santa Fe Railroad Documents
• George M. Hoover Account Books, 1883-1885
• Albert Howell Horton, 1872-1933
• Hotel Cottage (Montezuma, Kan.) Register, 1887-1890, and Scrapbook [ca. 1897]
• Cecil Howes Collection, 1833-1967
• Lyman Underwood Humphrey, 1834-1944
• Thaddeus Hyatt Papers, 1843-1898
• Hyer Boot Company, 1876-1988

  I

• American Indian Materials at KSHS (PDF format)
• Indian Mission Schools, 1837-1879
• John Ingalls Papers, 1840-1955
• Iowa Nation Historical Records Collection, 1600-1961

  J

• Minnie Tamar Johnson & Virgil Hooker Grinstead Collection, 1878-[not before 1923]
• Lucy Browne Johnston Papers,1887-1937
• William A. Johnston Papers,1876-1939

  K

• Kansas Association of Commerce and Industry Records, 1927-1987
• Kansas Association of School Librarians, 1949-1984
• Kansas Bar Association, 1883-1989
• Kansas Professional Communicators, 1948-ongoing
• Kansas State Nurses' Association Records, 1912-1981
• Kansas Women's Christian Temperance Union/
  Mary Evelyn Dobbs Collection, 1885-1940
• Kanwaka Literary Club Record, 1992-1997

  L

• The Land Institute Collection, 1974-ongoing
• E. P. Lamborn Papers, 1913-1970
• T. G. Larkin Papers, 1862-1865
• Leavenworth Depot & Railway Company Collection, 1885-1960
• Leonardville United Methodist Church Records, 1882-1999
• Chester I. Long Papers, 1890-1928
• Richard M. Long Papers, 1890-1967
• Vivian Aten Long Papers, 1911-1968
• Reverend John Lutz Papers, 1893-1908

  M

• James C. MalinPapers, 1916-1973
• James Malone Papers, 1919-1926
• Rex Maneval Papers, 1939-1974
• Mann & Company, 1911-2004
• Margrave Family Papers, 1861-1961
• Charles I. and Lou-Ida Martin Papers, 1892-1937
• John Alexander Martin Papers, 1856 – 1892
• Paul A. Martin Correspondence and Papers, 1856–1944 (bulk 1917–1918, 1944)
• Joseph Gallio Masters Collection, 1900-1939
• Louis Clark Mathis Papers, 1917-ca.1941
• Isaac McCoy Papers (part of the collection is not on microfilm)
• John E. McCullough Papers, 1946-1947
• McEntire-Brooke Family Papers, 1758-1982(part of the collection is not on microfilm)
• Walter McVey Papers, 1961-1963
• Peter McVicar Papers, 1854-1918
• Jotham Meeker Papers,1825-1864
• Menninger Collection, 1774-1999
• Mills Building Company Collection, 1909-1919
• Chester Mize Papers, 1965-1970

  N

• National Association of Letter Carriers, Wichita, KS, 1991-2003
• Native American Materials at KSHS (PDF format)
• Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas, 1915-2004
• New England Emigrant Aid Company Papers, 1854-1897
• George Herman Nicholson Papers, 1883-1967

  O

• David Overmyer Papers, 1847-1907

  P

• Robert Calvin Parks, Parks Day Book, 1862-1863
• Pleasant Hour Club Records, 1902-1939
• John G. Pratt Papers, 1834-1899
• Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Presbytery of Southern Kansas

  R

• Anna Watson Randolph Papers, 1701-1988
• Elbert Olin Raymond, 1852-1935
• Samuel James Reader, 1853-1955
• Holly Marks Reichart Papers, 1929-1972
• George Remsburg Papers, 1891-1941
• Donald Rinsley Papers, 1928-1989
• John W. Ripley Papers, 1917-1990
• The Private Papers of Charles and Sara T. D. Robinson, 1834-1911
• William Lundy Roche, 1873-1959
• George and Helen Rood Family Papers, 1879-1882
• Roosevelt Jr. High School Collection, 1938-1980
• George A. Root Collection, 1724-1949
• Edmund G. Ross Collection, 1856-1907

  S

• John Pierce St. John Papers, 1859 - 1917
• St. Joseph Catholic Church Records, 1887-2002
• Salmagundi Club (Garden City, KS), 1902-1989
• T. R. (Theodore) Schellenberg Papers, 1875-1960
• George W. Scott Papers, 1889-1899
• Charles Monroe Sheldon / Central Congregational Church Collection, 1811-1984
• Clarice A. Snoddy Papers, 1893-1973
• Socialism history collection, 1910-1956
• Henry T. Stephens Papers, 1861-1952
• Robert S. Stevens, 1856-1875
• Drs. C. L. and Pauline V. Stocks Papers, 1902-1943
• Glenn Stockwell Collection, 1944-1958
• Fred Stone Papers, 1890-1938
• Clif Stratton Papers, 1932-1949
• Howard Supple Papers, 1917-1919
• Oscar K. Swayze Papers, 1856-1949

  T

• Robert Taft Collection, 1918-1955
• Third Presbyterian Church of Topeka, Kansas, 1880-1965
• Neil Baird Thompson, 1862-1977
• Topeka Cemetery, 1859-1938
• Topeka League of Women Voters, 1923-1982
• Topeka Y.W.C.A., 1887-1986
• Tradition Farms, 1986-ongoing
• Myron Clarke Tubbs Collection, 1902-1911

  U

• United Presbyterian Church of Lyndon Records, 1893-1961

  W

• Eugene Fitch Ware Papers, 1895-1939
• George Avery Washburn, 1893-1919
• Perry Weston, 1916-1939
• Mamie Luella Williams Collection
• Paul E. Wilson Papers, 1951-1975
• Henry Worrall Collection, 1853-1902
• Ross and Margaret Wulfkhule, 1915-2004

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Government Records

Federal Records

• Oliver Brown vs. Board of Education, Topeka U.S. District Court case file.
• Bureau of Indian Affairs Records, Central Classified Files, 1907-1939
• Central Superintendency of Indian Affairs / William Clark Papers, 1807-1855 (KSHS holdings)
• Central Superintendency of Indian Affairs, 1813-1878 (National Archives holdings)
• Enrollment Cards of the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914
• Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940
• Military Pension Index Cards (Kansas), 1861-1900
• Civil Rights During the Eisenhower Administration, 1953-1961
• Civil Rights During the Kennedy Administration, 1961-1963

State Records

• Governors
• Kansas State Board of Review Records, 1915-1966
• Kansas "Dead Towns" List
• Census
• Census indexes
• Civil War Resources in the State Archives Partially microfilmed
• Corporation charters
• Indian Campaign Resources in the State Archives
• Kansas National Guard Resources in the State Archives Partially microfilmed
• Kansas State Historical Society Education/Outreach Division, 1983-1999
• Index to Kansas 19th Cavalry Enlistments, 1868-1869
• Spanish-American War & Philippine Insurrection Resources in the State Archives
• Vietnam Conflict Resources in the State Archives
• World War I Resources in the State Archives
• World War II Resources in the State Archives

Local Records

• Local Records on Microfilm

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Maps

Microfilm available in the Research Room and through interlibrary loan:

• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps