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Finney County History Bibliography

Image of Kansas map with Finney County highlighted.Blanchard, Leola H. Conquest of Southwest Kansas. Wichita, KS: Wichita Eagle Press, 1931. (K/978.1/-F497/B592).

Carter, W.O. "Pioneer in Well Irrigation Recalls Early Experiments." Garden City Daily Telegram. Dec. 13, 1933. [1 p.]. (Microfilm reel: G 1053).

Daughters of the American Revolution William Wilson Chapter. The Garden City Paper, Apr. 3, 1879-Oct. 30, 1879. Garden City, KS: Quick Kopy Center, 1976. (K/978.1/-F49/G167g).

Davis, J.M. & Warren Knaus. Directory of Finney County, Kansas. Salina, KS: Kansas Directory Co., 1886. (Microfilm reel: LM 46, no. 1).

Faxon, Ralph H. Garden City's Claim for a Normal School. Garden City, KS: Norris Bros., 1911. (K/978.1/-F49/F289).

Garden City Chamber of Commerce. Garden City, Kansas. N.p.: n.d. (K/978.1/ -F49/Pam.v.1/no. 4).

Garden City Industrial Club. A Glimpse of Garden City & Finney County, Kansas. Garden City, KS: Norris Bros., 1905. (K/978.1/-F49/Pam.v.1/no. 5).

Garden City Telegram. Images: A Pictorial History of Finney County, Kansas 1995. Marceline, MO: D Books Publishing, 1995. (K/978.1/-F49/Im1).

Hope, Holly. Garden City: Dreams in a Kansas Town. Norman, OK: Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1988. (K/978.1/-F49/G167h).

Kansas State Historical Society. Finney County. N.p.: n.d. (K/978.1/-F49/Mss).

________. Finney County Clippings, 1879-1999. (3 vols.). Topeka, KS: KSHS, n.d. (K/978.1/-F49/Clipp./v.1-2).

________. Finney County [Formation of the County]. N.p.: n.d. (K/978.1/ -F49/Mss).

________. Garden City. N.p.: n.d. (K/978.1/-F49/Pam.v.1/no. 4).

________. Local Government--Holcomb Clippings, 1980-87. (1 vol.). Topeka, KS: KSHS, n.d. (K/352/Clipp./Holcomb).

Kersey, Ralph. History of Finney County, Kansas. (2 vols.). Garden City, KS: Finney County Kansas Historical Society, 1950 & 1954. (K/978.1/-F49/F49).

"Lesson in Finney History--Pierceville Editorial," Garden City Daily Telegram. Sept. 27, 1949. [1 p.]. (Microfilm reel: G 1119).

Norris, Hamer. "The Story of Half a Century." Garden City News. Aug. 5 & 26, Sept. 2-Dec. 30, 1937, & Jan. 6-Mar. 10, 1938. [33 pp.]. (Microfilm reels: G 773--G 774).

One of Garden City's Parks, Garden City, Kansas. N.p.: n.d. (K/978.1/-F49/ G16o).

Photo of a group of uniformed young men from the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp in Kalvesta, 1934.Oringderff, Barbara. "Kalvesta, Kansas, The Town with No Crossroads." Kansas Territorial 3 (Jan.-Feb., 1983), no. 1: 14-18. (K/978.105/K13k/v. 3/no. 1).

________. Scrap Book of Barbara Oringderff's: "Reflections on Southwest Kansas." Garden City, KS: Finney County Historical Society, 1969. (K/978.1/ -F49/Pam.v.2/no. 2).

Reeve, Agnesa. Constant Frontier: The Continuing History of Finney County, Kansas. N.p.: Finney County Historical Society, 1996. (K/978.1/-F49/R259).

"Southwest Kansas Resource Edition," Garden City Daily Telegram. June 7, 1937. [48 pp.]. (Microfilm reel: G 1060).

Stowell, Frank L. Year Book of Garden City, Kansas, & Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens. Garden City, KS: Author, 1936. (K/978.1/-F49/G167s).

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Arkansas River Floods in Vicinity of Garden City, Kansas. N.p.: n.d. (K/978.1/-F49/G16/Pam.v.1).