Topics in Kansas History: Business & Industry

Aviation

The aviation industry became one of Kansas' most important 20th century industries. The state also produced some of America's most notable aviation pioneers. [read more]

• Beech, Walter and Olive
• Cessna, Clyde
• Earhart, Amelia
• Futile Experiments in Kansas Aviation

Letters, documents, objects, and photographs

• Biplane--the first successfully flown in Kansas
• Boeing B-29 Superfortress model
• Helicopter made by Kansan
• Stewardess uniform for United Air Lines

Bibliographies, finding aids, and guides to the collections

• Bibliography - Airplanes

Kansas History, our scholarly journal

• "Ploughshares into airplanes: Manufacturing Industry and Workers in Kansas during World War II," Winter 1999

Kansas Kaleidoscope, our children's magazine

• "Up, Up & Away," October 1997

Teaching Materials

• Classroom Materials: Business
• Field Trips: Busines