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William Allen White
Portrait of William Allen white, editor and owner of the Emporia Gazette newspaper, Emporia, Kansas.
previewWilliam Inge
A portrait of playwright William Motter Inge, 1913-1973. Born in Independence, Kansas, Inge graduated from the University of Kansas, worked for a Wichita radio station, and taught in both high school and college. His play "Come Back, Little Sheba" brought him fame in 1949. In 1953, the play "Picnic" won a Pulitzer Prize and in 1955, "Bus Stop" received rave reviews. Inge drew upon his Kansas background for the characters and storylines in his plays.
previewCol. O.W. Wheeler's cattle herd
Baker-Co
View of Col. O. W. Wheeler's herd en route to the Kansas Pacific Railway in 1867. The illustration was copied from "Historic Sketches of the Cattle Trade" by Joseph McCoy published in 1874. The illustrator is Henry Worrall.
previewReb Russell
Reb Russell seated on his horse Rebel. Born Lafayette H. Russell in Coffeyville, Kansas in 1905, Reb got his nickname while playing football at the University of Nebraska and Northwestern University. Russell excelled at the sport, gaining All American status in 1930 and playing briefly with the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles. However, he chose instead to pursue a movie career after he got a bit part in Universal Pictures' The All-American (1932). Because he was an excellent rider, Russell became an actor in western movies. He appeared in a number of low-budget independent westerns, including The Man from Hell (1934), Fighting Through (1934), Outlaw Rule (1935), and Lightning Triggers (1935).
previewLangston Hughes
Photograph of Langston Hughes copied from the Shawnee County Historical Society, Bulletin #47.
previewBirger Sandzen
This is an informal portrait of artist Birger Sandzen, 1871-1954, seated in his Lindsborg, Kansas, study with samples of his artwork and art collection.
previewBuster Keaton
This is a photograph of silent film comedian and director Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton, 1895-1966, as a child. Keaton was born in Piqua, Kansas, and performed as a member of his parents' vaudevillian act from the age of three.
previewEphraim Nute to Edward Everett Hale
Nute, Ephraim
Rev. Ephraim Nute, minister of the Lawrence Unitarian Church, wrote from Lawrence, Kansas Territory to Edward Everett Hale, a member of the New England Emigrant Aid Company's Executive Committee. Nute included a list of books that he wished to add to his Unitarian church library. Nute commented on the difficulties experienced by those attempting to spread Christianity in Kansas. He also observed that immigration to Kansas was increasing.
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People -- Notable Kansans
- Avery, William Henry, 1911-2009
- Brinkley, John Richard, 1885-1942
- Brooks, Louise
- Brown, John, 1800-1859
- Capper, Arthur, 1865-1951
- Carlin, John, 1940-
- Chitwood, Avis, 1893-1994
- Curry, John Steuart, (1897-1946)
- Douglas, Aaron, 1899-1979
- Earhart, Amelia 1897-1937
- Eisenhower, Dwight David, 1890-1969
- Funston, Frederick, 1865-1917
- Grisnik, Marijana
- Highley, Brewster M, 1822?-1911
- Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900
- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
- Ingalls, John James, 1833-1900
- Inge, William
- Jessye, Eva
- Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966
- Lewelling, Lorenzo Dow, 1846-1900
- Lieurance, Thurlow
- Logan, Herschel C., 1901-1987
- Long, Chester Isaiah, 1860-1934
- McCoy, Joseph Geiting, 1837-1915
- Menninger, Charles Fredrick (C. F.), 1862-1953
- Menninger, Karl Augustus, 1893-1990
- Menninger, William Claire, 1899-1966
- Monroe, Lilla Day, 1858-1929
- Nute, Ephriam, 1819-1897
- Perry, Barbara Rondelli
- Plumb, Preston B., 1837-1891
- Pomeroy, S. C. (Samuel Clarke), 1816-1891
- Reader, Samuel James, 1836-1914
- Reid, Albert T.
- Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894
- Russell, Reb, 1905-1978
- Sandzen, Birger, 1871-1954
- Seward, C. A. (Coy Avon), 1884-1939
- Simpson, Jeremiah, 1842-1905
- St. John, John Pierce, 1833-1916
- Stone, Fred Andrew, 1873-1959
- Stone, George Melville, 1858-1931
- White, William Allen, 1868-1944
- Winter, Lumen Martin
- Worrall, Henry, 1825-1902
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- Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917
- Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
- Cattle Drives, 1867 - 1885
- Eisenhower Years, 1946 - 1961
- Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
- Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
- Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
- The Recent Past, 1975 - present
- The Sixties and Vietnam, 1961 - 1975
- The Twenties, 1920 - 1929
- World War I, 1914 - 1919
- World War II, 1939 - 1945