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John Steuart Curry sketch
Curry, John Steuart
In the late 1930s, artist and Kansas native John Steuart Curry produced this preliminary sketch for the mural, "Tragic Prelude," housed at the Kansas Statehouse. The sketch references John Brown and the struggle against slavery during the Territorial Period. Curry completed the mural in 1942, but due to Kansans' critical reaction he refused to complete the project. In 1993, The Wunderlich Mongerson, a Chicago-based art gallery, collaborated with Curry's widow to donate this sketch.
previewJohn Steuart Curry sketch
Curry, John Steuart
In the late 1930s artist and Kansas native John Steuart Curry produced this preliminary sketch of conquistadors for the mural Tragic Prelude housed at the Kansas statehouse. The sketch references the 1541 Spanish expedition through Kansas led by Francisco Coronado. Curry completed the mural in 1942, but due to Kansans' critical reaction he refused to complete the project. In 1993, The Wunderlich Mongerson, a Chicago-based art gallery, collaborated with Curry's widow to donate this sketch.
previewAvis Chitwood
The Elite
This is a portrait of Avis Chitwood as a child. Avis was born in Mound City, December 29, 1893, and died in Topeka, January 25, 1994, at the age of 100. She is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka. She was a teacher, painter, illustrator, printmaker, and etcher. She specialized in rustic buildings, wildflowers, and missions.
previewEagle wheat weaving
Banbury, Joyce
Wheat weaving artist Joyce Banbury presented this eagle to Governor John Carlin in Topeka on August 18, 1986. The weaving was given on behalf of the Kansas Wheat Commission (KWC) to recognize Governor Carlin?s support for wheat producers. Joyce Banbury, of Russell, Kansas, was commissioned by KWC to complete the weaving. She was a skilled artist who wrote books on wheat weaving and was frequently featured in craft magazines. Banbury and her son specialized in growing vintage wheat breeds with long stems suitable for weaving. The eagle took two days to weave and it is made from a vintage hard winter wheat grown by Banbury on her Russell farm.
previewAvis Chitwood and Janice Gartrell
A photograph of Avis Chitwood and her niece Janice Gartrell. Avis was born in Mound City, December 29, 1893 and died in Topeka, January 25, 1994 at the age of 100. She is buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Kansas. She was a teacher, painter, illustrator, printmaker, and etcher, specializing in rustic buildings, wildflowers, and missions. Janice, b.1920, d.2009, was the daughter of Milton Paul Gartrell, b.1876, d.1959 and Edna Chitwood Gartrell, Avis Chitwood's sister.
previewBarclay's Business Directory of Leavenworth for 1859
Pierse, Allen
In addition to a listing of businesses and advertisements, the directory included the elected officials for the city of Leavenworth for 1858-59 and the newspapers published in Leavenworth. A few women are listed as owners of businesses. The information for the directory was compiled by Allen Pierse.
previewGlee S. Smith, Jr.
Cliff's Studio
This photograph shows Glee S. Smith, Jr., second from left, at a hospital drive, possibly in Larned, Kansas.
previewHugh A. Cook
Mounted tintype portrait of Hugh A. Cook taken during the Civil War. He was the second Sheriff of Franklin County, Kansas.
previewCharles Monroe Sheldon
Samarjian's Studio
This is a photograph of Rev. Charles Monroe Sheldon, pastor of Central Congregational Church in Topeka, Kansas. He organized the Tennessee Town Kindergarten, which is the first black kindergarten west of the Mississippi River. Rev. Sheldon is best known for his novel "In His Steps" or "What Would Jesus Do?"
previewMedical library, Menninger's east and west campus
These photographs show Menninger's Medical Library (later the Professional Library) before and after the move to west campus.
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People -- Notable Kansans
- Abbott, James Burnett, 1818-1897
- Adair, Florella Brown, 1816-1865
- Adair, Samuel Lyle, 1811-1898
- Adams, Abzuga (Zu), b. 1859
- Alderson, Lewis Allen, 1812-1881
- Allen, Henry Justin, 1868-1950
- Anderson, John, Jr., 1917-2014
- Arny, William Frederick Milton, 1813-1881
- Avery, William Henry, 1911-2009
- Baker, Nancy Landon Kassebaum, 1932-
- Barnes, Ebenezer, 1811-1858
- Bartholomew, Elam
- Blood, James
- Branscomb, Charles Henry
- Brewer, David Josiah
- Brinkley, John Richard, 1885-1942
- Brooks, Louise
- Brown, Frederick
- Brown, George Washington
- Brown, John, 1800-1859
- Brown, Orville C.
- Capper, Arthur, 1865-1951
- Carlin, John, 1940-
- Carlson, Frank, 1893-1987
- Chitwood, Avis, 1893-1994
- Clymer, Rolla Anderson
- Cody, William F. "Buffalo Bill", 1846-1917
- Colmery, Harry W, 1890-1979
- Conway, Martin Franklin, 1827-1882
- Cook, Hugh A., 1827-1901
- Corbett, Boston, b. 1832
- Crane, Franklin Loomis
- Crumbine, Samuel Jay, 1862-1954
- Cunningham, Glenn, 1909-1988
- Curry, John Steuart, (1897-1946)
- Curtis, Charles, 1860-1936
- Cutter, George, 1833-1874
- Denison, Joseph, 1815-1900
- Diggs, Annie L. (Annie Le Porte), 1853-1916
- Dobbs, Mary E.
- Douglas, Aaron, 1899-1979
- Doy, Charles
- Doy, John, b. 1812
- Dudley, Guilford, 1835-1905
- Earhart, Amelia 1897-1937
- Earp, Wyatt, 1848-1929
- Eisenhower, Dwight David, 1890-1969
- Elmore, Rush
- Emery, James Stanley
- Evans, Ronald E.
- Ewing, Thomas, Jr.
- Farley, Alan W.
- Funston, Frederick, 1865-1917
- Gailland, Maurice 1815-1877
- Gardner, Joseph, 1820-1863
- Garvey, Edward C.K., -1884
- Giles, Frye W., 1819-1898
- Glick, George Washington, 1827-1911
- Goodnow, Isaac T., 1814-1894
- Graves, Bill, 1953-
- Green, Elmer
- Grieme, Fred H.
- Griffing, James Sayre, 1822-1882
- Grisnik, Marijana
- Hall, Frederick Lee, 1916-1970
- Hay, George
- Hickok, James Butler, 1837-1876
- Highley, Brewster M, 1822?-1911
- Hill, Hiram
- Hockaday, F.W. ("Woody"), 1884-1947
- Hodges, George H. (George Hartshorn), 1866-1947
- Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900
- Hoyt, David Starr
- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
- Hume, Lou E.
- Hutchinson, William
- Huxman, Walter Augustus, 1887-1972
- Ingalls, John James, 1833-1900
- Inge, William
- Jenkins, Gaius
- Jessye, Eva
- Johnson, Walter Perry, 1887-1946
- Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966
- Knight, J. Lee, 1837-1915
- Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987
- Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866
- Larzelere, Alfred, 1811-1881
- Lewelling, Lorenzo Dow, 1846-1900
- Lieurance, Thurlow
- Lines, C. B.
- Logan, Herschel C., 1901-1987
- Long, Chester Isaiah, 1860-1934
- Lum, Samuel Y., 1821-1895
- Lykins, Johnston
- March, George M., 1886-1954
- Marlatt, Washington, 1829-1909
- Martin, Albert Bugal, 1898-1986
- Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
- McCoy, Isaac, 1784-1846
- McCoy, Joseph Geiting, 1837-1915
- Mead, James R.
- Medary, Samuel, 1801-1864
- Meeker, Jotham, 1804-1855
- Menninger, Charles Fredrick (C. F.), 1862-1953
- Menninger, Karl Augustus, 1893-1990
- Menninger, Philip (Philip Bratton), 1928-
- Menninger, Robert Gaines, 1922-
- Menninger, Roy W., 1926-
- Menninger, William Claire, 1899-1966
- Menninger, W. Walter, 1931-
- Miller, Solomon
- Miller, Vern
- Monroe, Lilla Day, 1858-1929
- Moore, Henry Miles
- Morrison, V. L.
- Naismith, James, 1861-1939
- Nation, Carry Amelia,1846-1911
- Nute, Ephriam, 1819-1897
- Osborn, Thomas Andrew, 1836-1898
- Paddock, George Washington, 1823-1907
- Peffer, William Alfred, 1831-1912
- Perry, Barbara Rondelli
- Phillips, William Addison, 1824-1893
- Pike, Joshua A., 1833-1922
- Plumb, Preston B., 1837-1891
- Pomeroy, S. C. (Samuel Clarke), 1816-1891
- Popenoe, Frederick Oliver, 1863-1934
- Pratt, J. G. (John Gill), 1814-1900
- Price, G. F.
- Randolph, Anna Margaret (Watson), 1838-1917
- Reader, Samuel James, 1836-1914
- Redpath, James, 1833-1891
- Reed, Clyde Martin, 1871-1949
- Reeder, Andrew H. (Andrew Horatio), 1807-1864
- Reid, Albert T.
- Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894
- Rogers, Richard Dean
- Russell, Reb, 1905-1978
- Salter, Susanna Madora, 1860-1961
- Sandzen, Birger, 1871-1954
- Schoeppel, Andrew Frank, 1894-1962
- Sebelius, Kathleen
- Senix, Jacob
- Seward, C. A. (Coy Avon), 1884-1939
- Shannon, Wilson
- Sheldon, Charles Monroe, 1857-1946
- Shore, Samuel T.
- Simerwell, Robert W.
- Simmons, Thomas
- Simpson, Jeremiah, 1842-1905
- Simpson, Samuel Newell
- Singleton, Benjamin, 1809-1900
- Smith, Glee S., Jr.
- Smith, Mary Alice, 1896-1970
- Soule, Silas Stillman, 1838-1865
- Stewart, John E
- Stinson, Thomas N.
- St. John, John Pierce, 1833-1916
- Stone, Fred Andrew, 1873-1959
- Stone, George Melville, 1858-1931
- Stutz, John Godfrey, 1893-1995
- Trego, Joseph Harrington
- Twente, Esther Elizabeth, 1895-1971
- Wattles, Augustus
- White, William Allen, 1868-1944
- Willard, Jess, 1881-1968
- Willis, S. J.
- Winter, Lumen Martin
- Wood, S. N. (Samuel Newitt)
- Worrall, Henry, 1825-1902
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- Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
- Cattle Drives, 1867 - 1885
- Civil War, 1861 - 1865
- Eisenhower Years, 1946 - 1961
- Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
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