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Kennekuk, "The Kickapoo Prophet"
This portrait by an unidentified artist depicts the Kickapoo chief Kennekuk, who moved with his tribe to Indian Territory (present-day Kansas) in 1832. The Kickapoo tribe had originally claimed land in Illinois, but they ceded this land to the United States in 1819. In the next year they moved to lands in Missouri, where they stayed for twelve years. The reverse of the print refers to Kennekuk as the ?Kickapoo Prophet.?
previewPrairie versus Woodland
Worrall, Henry, 1825-1902
Here are two versions of "Prairie versus Woodland" drawn by Henry Worrall. The version with a steam locomotive was later used by the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad in its advertising. These comparative views of the "Prairie versus Woodland" imply that working a farm in Kansas was much more productive after six years versus clearing land for a farm in a wooded area after 10 years.
previewSt. Patrick's Day cards
Farnsworth, Martha 1867-1924
St. Patrick's Day cards drawn by Martha Farnsworth. Subjects of the cards were members of the Play Square Gang, Farnworth's Sunday school class at First Christian Church in Topeka, Kansas. The cards are part of a scrapbook she created to document the class. There are six scrapbooks in the collection dating from 1908 through World War I.
previewKansas State House murals by John Steuart Curry
Curry, John Steuart, 1897-1946
In this pamphlet, Kansas artist John Stuart Curry describes murals he created for the Kansas State Capitol building in Topeka, Kansas, include the "Tragic Prelude" featuring John Brown.
previewKansas Statehouse statuary
This is a program from the dedication of the four statues by Peter F. Felten, Jr. The statues are of Arthur Capper, Amelia Mary Earhart, William Allen White, and Dwight David Eisenhower. Brief biographies are included.
previewHistoric Psychiatry original miscellaneous documents
These are a variety of handwritten and typed letters, lectures, autographs, news clippings, biographical information, images and sketches, court documents, and other documents related to the history of psychiatry. These documents are housed in four boxes and the folders within are arranged alphabetically by surname or title, and they are included in the larger collection of historic psychiatry material in the Menninger Archives. Authors come from such fields as medicine, religion, prison and other reform and advocacy movements, politics, the military, etc. The documents themselves sometimes provide significant information, and sometimes they were collected because their authors were significant historical figures. Some of the individuals found in Box 1 include James Mark Baldwin, Ludwig Binswanger, Eugen Bleuler, Jean-Martin Charcot, Elizabeth Fry, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Carl Jung. Some of the individuals found in Box 2 include Alfred Adler, Robert Frost, and Washinton Irving. This box also includes a 68-page handwritten notebook by Dr. W.W. Reed entitled "Reminiscenses About the Treatment of the Insane." Some of the individuals found in Box 3 include Amariah Brigham and Frederick van Eeden. This box also includes a correspondence file (1883-1888) on Ellen Kehoe, a patient at the Worcester Lunatic Hospital in Massachusetts, and a series of drawings from the 1920s and 1930s by a Belgian patient suffering from paranoia named Andreas at the Kankakee State Hospital in Illinois. The drawings were donated by Dr. J.B. Gier, formerly of the Topeka Veteran's Administration Hospital, who knew the patient and encouraged his work. Box 4 includes a miscellaneous folder regarding insane asylums and contains legal documents, postcard images, and receipts for services. Languages include English, German, French and Italian, and transcriptions or translations follow some of the documents.
previewSamuel J. Reader's autobiography, volume 1
Reader, Samuel James, 1836-1914
"Autobiography of an old Jayhawker" gives an early account of Samuel James Reader's childhood and family (1849-1856) written when Reader was in his sixties. This autobiography is of particular interest because the first volume of Reader's diary, which covered a similar time period, was destroyed by a fire. It also includes a number of illustrations drawn by Reader. It describes his life in Virginia and Illinois, before he came to Kansas. In the early pages, Reader writes about a cousin Sydney Rigdon who was a Mormon and lived in Nauvoo, Illinois.
previewMyron A. Waterman drawing
Waterman, Myron A.
Drawing by Myron A. Waterman (1855-1937) of a woman holding a mirror, presumably his second wife Alice Gertrude Sheldon (1862-1925). "AGS" monogram in pencil in lower left corner of her skirt. Myron Waterman first gained recognition in the latter part of the 19th century when he established and edited the Fort Scott Lantern. He held a number of other occupations throughout his life including working in the drug store business and serving as a deputy state bank commissioner of Kansas from 1894 to 1901. Waterman was a staunch prohibitionist and a member of the First Congregational Church in Topeka, Kansas. Alice Sheldon was the sister of Reverend Charles M. Sheldon (1857-1946), who led the congregation. She and Myron were married in 1897.
previewExpositions, Centennials, Conventions; Statute of Liberty Inauguration
Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
This letter, dated October 11, 1886, is from Charles P. Stone, U.S. Grand Marshall, regarding the inauguration of the Statue of Liberty to Kansas Governor John Martin. It is an official letter, with RSVP and other requirements listed, inviting the governor and the state of Kansas to, and explaining the significance of, the inauguration of the Statue of Liberty. The opening ceremony of the Statue of Liberty occurred on October 28th, 1886.
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