Documents on Microfilm

The Kansas State Historical Society holds over 1600 rolls of microfilmed personal papers and business and organizational records. Much of this microfilm consists of collections borrowed for filming and not available in paper format. Most of this microfilm is available through interlibrary loan for researchers’ use in a library convenient to them.

We hold a large number of rolls of National Archives microfilm pertaining to military, Native American, railroad, and other federal government activities in Kansas and the Great Plains. This film is also available through interlibrary loan.

We also have microfilm copies of some unpublished papers and records pertaining to Kansas where originals are in other libraries and archives. This microfilm is for reference use only; it does not circulate through interlibrary loan, and other use or copying restrictions may apply.

Microfilm cataloged since 1995 appears in our online catalog, ATLAS .

Descriptions of older microfilm appear in the manuscripts card catalog in the Research Room and on a printout from an early database. Information on specific microfilm publications held by the society is available by contacting our reference staff. At a minimum, microfilm descriptions include the creator or collector of the material; a title or type of document; information about the contents of the collection; exact or approximate dates of the documents; microfilm roll numbers; and any restrictions on access, use, interlibrary loans, or copying that may exist.

Personal Papers

Business and Organzational Records