Topics in Kansas History: Business & Industry

Entrepreneurs

Find resources on Kansas entrepreneurs.

• Beech, Walter and Olive
• Capper, Arthur
• Cessna, Clyde
• Chrysler, Walter
• Harvey, Fred
• Smith Automobile Company
• Valentine diners

Letters, documents, objects, and photographs

• Chinese checkers game
• Cotton Gin
• Hyer cowboy boots
• Lunch cart for selling chili
• Plow developed by Kansan
• Scales and money belt from early trading post
• Tupperware
• Women's hats by Kansas milliner
• Wooton desk

Sites

• Cottonwood Ranch State Historic Site in Studley
• Grinter Place State Historic Site in Kansas City

Bibliographies, finding aids, and guides to the collections

• McEntire-Brooke Family Papers, 1758-1982

Teaching Materials

• Classroom Materials: Business
• Field Trips: Business