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Kansas and Nebraska Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Minutes of the Third Session

Methodist Episcopal Church. Kansas and Nebraska Conference

The annual conference was held in Topeka, Kansas Territory from April 15 through 19, 1858. The minutes included the names of those attending as well as the business conducted. It listed the various ministerial appointments in Kansas and Nebraska as well as the membership of the committees. The minutes reported on educational efforts at Baker University and Blue Mount Central College. It contained information on the church's stand on slavery and temperance. The constitution of the Kansas and Nebraska Conference Missionary Society was included in the report as were statistics for the various churches.

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Historical Sketch, Confession of Faith and Covenant, and Standing Rules

First Church of Christ, Wabaunsee

This printed pamphlet contained all of the items listed in the title for the First Church of Christ in Wabaunsee, Wabaunsee County, Kansas Territory. The church was also known as the Beecher Bible and Rifle Church.

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James Redpath form letter

Redpath, James, 1833-1891

This printed form letter was written by James Redpath of Boston, Massachusetts, to solicit money to build a church, school, and library for the people of Manhattan, Kansas Territory. Redpath had been appointed their agent to solicit this money, and he provided a list of references at the bottom of the page.

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Education, temperance, freedom, religion in Kanzas

Beecher, Lyman, 1775-1863

This printed item, written by Lyman Beecher, encourages clergymen to become life members in the New England Emigrant Aid Company,and to make statements about the four topics of freedom, education, temperance, and religion, as mentioned in the title. He also asks for investments in the New England Emigrant Aid Company.

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Heaven on Earth. Described and how secured

Welburn, J. B.

Mr. Welburn from Effingham, Kansas, wrote this pamphlet that is a combination of a discussion of the gospel as an "emancipation proclamation" and a description of a utopian community where no one residing there own individual property (though there is no evidence that one was organized based on these ideas). The content ties to the Populist movement because it is concerned with the problems caused by the private property system.

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Church Encampment to be held at Bismarck Grove near Lawrence, Kansas

This church encampment was non-denominational. Its purpose was to provide "instruction, recreation, and social intercourse to Christian workers." The leaflet includes the daily schedule, the various institutes--juvenile, Sunday school, Bible, lay workers and ministers, the evening speakers, and a partial list of lecturers. Sunday worship services, including a combined choir, and other events are described. This item also includes the regulations, costs, and information about accommodations. Governor John P. St. John of Kansas was a speaker at the event.

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Church leaders of Nicodemus, Kansas

These are church leaders of Nicodemus, Kansas, (L to R): Jerry Scruggs, Mrs. Homer White & Rev. J.D. Wilson.

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Thomas L. McKenney to James Barbour

McKenney, Thomas Loraine, 1785-1859

Thomas McKenney, the current Superintendent of Indian Affairs, wrote this letter to James Barbour, Secretary of War, explaining the perceived success of the government?s attempts to ?civilize? Indian tribes. As part of this process of ?civilization,? the government believed that it was necessary for native groups to become assimilated into white American society by adopting white agricultural methods, Christianity, and other elements of European American culture. Thomas McKenney was a passionate proponent of this system, and so he included a transcription of a letter written by a Cherokee man named David Brown who describes how his people had adopted Christianity, a republican form of government, and other elements of white culture. According to McKenney, as well as many other white Americans during this time period, the ?civilization? process had a positive effect on Native Americans. McKenney also advocated Indian removal, writing that ?should they retain their present location [within the United States] they will, in the course of a few years, be lost as a race.?

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Colored Directory, Topeka, Kansas

This "Colored Directory" is similar to other city directories. It lists African American churches, organizations, businesses and professionals. The bulk of the directory lists the names of African Americans and their addresses. Page 59 lists the names of the faculty, what they teach, and where they received their education for the Kansas Vocational School, as well as other employees. The directory does not list occupation. It also contains a number of advertisements from Topeka and Shawnee County businesses.

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The Last Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women

Gordon, Robert (Reverend)

Rev. Robert Gordon apparently was the pastor at the First Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas. This leaflet was written in response to efforts to defeat the constitutional amendment that would give Kansas women full suffrage in 1912. Gordon is a supporter of woman's suffrage and attempts to respond to arguments of those opposed to the amendment. Gordon states that "this organized, highly-financed, eleventh-hour assault is not inspired by honest conviction. It is a desperate effort born of a craven fear of good women on the part of men who know what women will do . . . ."

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