Topics in Kansas History: Community & Daily Life
From 1860 - 1920, Kansas was transformed from an unsettled frontier
to a land of farmsteads and communities. These decades witnessed the
arrival of thousands of immigrants, dramatic improvements in transportation
and communication, and numerous advances in technology, and development
of the arts. These transformations made a lasting impact on the lives
of Kansan. read more
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Achievements
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Children
Education
Entertainment
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Literature
- Brooks, Gwendolyn
- Hughes, Langston
- Hughes, Langston
- "Charles Henry
Langston and the African American Struggle in Kansas", Kansas
History, Winter 1999, online article
- "Langston Hughes
of Kansas," Kansas History, Spring
1980, online article
- Inge, William
- Jessye, Eva
- A Kansas Portrait
Music
Religion
Sports
Letters, documents, objects, photographs, and
sites
Architecture
Art & Music
Clothing & Personal Items
- Baby carriage
- Ball gown from Lincoln's inaugural
- Bathing suit
- Cap worn by missionary
- Cowboy boots, Hyer Boot Company
- Dress, 1920s party
- Dress, newspaper
- Handkerchief, World War I souvenir
- Hat, Stetson
- Hats, women's
- Jacket, Eisenhower's, World
War II
- Jacket, Reb Russell's
western
- Jacket, Wes Jackson's FFA
- Leg brace worn by Polio
victim
- Overalls worn by farmer
- Pajamas, Korean War
- Pipe & pipe bag, Plains Indian
- Pocket watch used by missionary
- Purse used by Carry A. Nation
- Slippers, late 1700s
- Steiff donkey pull-toy
- Underwear, Mickey Mouse
- Uniform, community band
- Uniform, Persian Gulf Conflict
- Uniform, Prison Guard
- Uniform, United Air Lines stewardess
- Wizard of Oz pins
- Yachting cap & jacket
Games & Entertainment
Household Goods
- Bookcase from Indian mission
- Chair & stool made of horns
- Chair from Underground Railroad
station
- Christmas cards, hand-painted
- Christmas tree, 1950s aluminum
- Christmas tree candle holders
- Clock, fretwork
- Clock from 1903 flood
- Coverlet made in Kansas
- Desk, Antislavery leader's
- Desk, Proslavery leader's
- Desk, Wooton
- Desk from The Mary Tyler Moore
Show
- Lawn mower made in Kansas
- Lawn sweeper
- Log house
- Melodeon
- Millennium commemorative items
- Needlework sampler
- Organ, parlor
- Porcelain, hand-painted
- Quilt, The Garden
- Quilt, Iris Garland
- Quilt made by "Women in Our Neighborhood"
club
- Quilt, Potwin Place Centennial
- Tupperware
- Victorian dollhouse
- Washer & dryer, 1950s
Health
Human Motivations
Law Enforcement
Religion
State Historic Sites
Bibliographies
Religious Groups and Communities Bibliographies
Finding aids and guides to the collections
Art, Music,& Movies
Human Motivations
Religion
Kansas Heritage, our popular history magazine
- "Be It Ever So
Humble: A Photo Essay," Winter 2000
- "Chautauqua: The
Most American Thing in America," Autumn 1997
- "Comes A Horseman
--The Native Americans--," Autumn 2001
- "Comes A Horseman--The
Soldiers--," Autumn 2002
- "Facing the Music:
The Turn of the Century Hometown Band," Winter 1997
- "Fido on the Frontier:
Early Dog Days in Kansas," Autumn 1999
- "Field of Forgotten
Dreams: The Ill-Fated Vegetarian Colony in Kansas," Autumn
1999
- "Flirting With
Lady Luck: Gambling in Frontier Kansas," Spring 1998
- "'The Fluff History
is Made Of': A Photo Essay," Spring 1998
- "Fountains of Our
Youth: A Photo Essay," Summer 2000
- "History Wall to
Wall," Autumn 2002
- "Gifts of a Nation,"
Winter 2001
- "The Good, the
Bad, & the Ugly," Autumn 2000
- "Good Ol' Golden
Rule Days: A Photo Essay," Winter 1999
- "Grabbing the Bull
By the Horns," Spring 1996
- "Greetings to the
Good Folk of Kansas," Winter 2001
- "Hello, Central,"
Summer 2000
- "History As You
Like It! History Day in Kansas," Winter 1996
- "Home for the Holidays:
A Photo Essay," Winter 1998
- "Hooked on Hoops:
A Photo Essay," Spring 1999
- "In Search of Secrets
in the Stone: Rock Art of Kansas," Summer 1998
- "In Their Best
Bib and Tucker": The Harvey Girls, Winter 1997
- "The Last Resort,"
Summer 2002
- "Let There Be Light!
The Carnegie Libraries in Kansas," Spring 1997
- "Light Fantastic:
A Kansas Stained Glass Sampler," Winter 1998
- "And the Livin'
is Easy: A Photo Essay," Summer 1998
- "Meet Me At The
Fair: County Fairs in Kansas," Autumn 1996
- "Ninety-Nine Bottles
of Beer Behind the Wall," Summer 2001
- "Once Upon a Thyme,"
Spring 2000
- "Patterns of History:
A Century of Women's Fashions," Spring 1998
- "Prairie Home Companions,"
Summer 2001
- "Red Hot Rivals,"
Summer 2002
- "Riding to Hounds,"
Spring 2002
- "Say Yule Dance
With Me," Winter 2002
- "Some Did Not Like
it Hot," Spring 2001
- "Somewhere Over
the Rainbow: Children of the Orphan Trains," Spring 1999
- "Strangers in the
Night," Spring 2001
- "Suckers for Sweets,"
Winter 2000
- "Toying with the
Past: Playthings on the Kansas Frontier," Winter 1999
- "We're Just Wheat
People," Winter 1999
- "The Way We Were,"
Winter 2002
- "Well Intentioned,
Ill Advised," Spring 2002
- "The Wizard of
Oz: Why Kansas?," Autumn 2000
Kansas History, our scholarly journal
- "Chautauqua: Then
and Now. Presidential Address," Summer 1999
- "The Education of
an Intellectual: George S. Counts and Turn-of-the-Century Kansas,"
Winter 2002
- "The Great Flood
of 1951: A Letter from Catharine Wright Menninger," Spring
1998
- "Hometown Support
in the Midst of War: Dwight Eisenhower's Wartime Correspondence With
Abilene Friends," Spring 2002
- "I Am Only a Woman:
Tiera Farrow's Defense of Clara Schweiger," Autumn 2002
- "Kansans and the
Visual Arts Review Essay," Winter 2002
- "Kansas Literature,
A Review Essay," Summer 2002
- "Marsh Murdock and
the Wily Women of Wichita: Domesticity Disputed in the Gilded Age,"
Spring 2002
- "On the Outskirts
of Atchison: The Imprint of Latter-day Saint Transmigration at Mormon
Grove," Spring 2002
- "Scant Excuse for
the Headstone": The Memorial-Park Cemetery in Kansas,"
Summer 2002
Kansas Kaleidoscope, our children's magazine
Kansas Traveling Interpretive Exhibit Service
(KITES)
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