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Martin, John A., 1839-1889. John Alexander Martin letters [microform], 1857-1864.

Title: John Alexander Martin letters [microform], 1857-1864.

Most of the letters were written while Martin was lieutenant colonel and colonel of the 8th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry.

ArchivalResource: 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56722466 View

Howe, E. W. (Edgar Watson), 1853-1937. Papers of Edgar Watson Howe, 1884-1937.

Title: Papers of Edgar Watson Howe, 1884-1937.

The collection contains a page of manuscript from "The Story of a Country Town." Correspondence details the writing and printing of "The Story of a Country Town" and mentions Mark Twain's comments on the character "Big Adam." He also sketches the life of his father and describes his own boyhood, comments very briefly on H.L. Mencken, George Bernard Shaw, Thomas B. Macaulay, and critics Noble Prentis and John Alexander Martin, and mentions a trip to Florida. A magazine photograph of Howe is included.

ArchivalResource: 14 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32135295 View

Photographic Portrait File

Title: Photographic Portrait File

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Horton, Albert H. (Albert Howell), 1837-1902. Albert H. Horton letters and telegrams received [microform], 1872-1933 (bulk 1892-1895).

Title: Albert H. Horton letters and telegrams received [microform], 1872-1933 (bulk 1892-1895).

Some items deal with Horton's candidacy for the U.S. Senate, and others are condolences dated 1902 and sent to his widow. The strength of the collection is the letters that concentrate on the period 1892-1895 because of the important social issues and movements in Kansas at that time: women suffrage, prohibition, the emergence of the Populist Party, and the struggling agricultural economy. Horton had definite opinions on these issues, and they are reflected in his papers. He favored giving women the vote and was acquainted with the leading suffragettes and equal suffrage advocates. Judges were affiliated with a political party and its platform, and many notable Republicans of the day corresponded with Horton. Also included are letters pertaining to the attack on Horton by his opponent, John J. Ingalls, during the Senate race. Some of the correspondence are letters from family members to Horton. They depict the atmosphere of the extended Horton household which included 7 children upon his 2nd marriage. A weakness of this collection is the lack of responses from Horton to the correspondence he received.

ArchivalResource: 2 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/74455938 View

Correspondence and photograph., 1875-1889

Title: Correspondence and photograph. 1875-1889

ArchivalResource: 7 items.

http://hdl.handle.net/10407/8873720186 View

Martin, Paul A., 1886-1965. Paul A. Martin correspondence and papers, 1856-1944 (bulk 1918-1919, 1944).

Title: Paul A. Martin correspondence and papers, 1856-1944 (bulk 1918-1919, 1944).

This collection contains a list of descendants of John A. & Ida Challiss Martin, mother of Paul A. Martin. There is also an album of letters written by the children of Mary A. Harres Challiss who was Ida's mother. These describe their life at Woodlawn, their home in Nemaha County, Kan. There is a letter by W. L. Challiss, Mary's husband, on the family's move to Kansas in 1856. The letters dated 1918 and 1919 are between Paul Martin and A. L. Miller; 1 letter is from Paul's mother. The correspondence dated 1944 is from Lieutenant John A. Martin, Paul Martin's nephew, about John's service in the Pacific during World War II.

ArchivalResource: 0.2 ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51456462 View

Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin). Kansas Governor John A. Martin records, 1884-1889.

Title: Kansas Governor John A. Martin records, 1884-1889.

Correspondence & other items received as well as an associated subject index and proclamations & messages from the administration of John A. Martin, governor of the State of Kansas from 12 Jan. 1885 to 14 Jan. 1889. Correspondence files, 1884-1889, include general letters, official response letters from & letters concerning State departments, applications & endorsements for jobs, subject files, and "private" or "personal" letterpress books. Major subjects are cities; claims; county affairs; expositions, centennials, & conventions; Ulysses S. Grant; justices of the peace; the Legislature; notaries public; relief; requests; Missouri Pacific Railway strikes; military relations; counties; criminals & criminal justice; Prohibition; and public institutions, lands, & welfare. The Subject index, ca. 1885-ca. 1889, provides information on topics of correspondence. The proclamations & messages include a Proclamation received volume, 1885, pertaining to the death of President Ulysses S. Grant and Proclamations received, 1886-1888, relating to Arbor Day. There is also an Officers of state institutions register, 1887-1889, containing listings for the Board of Regents of the State University (now the University of Kansas) (Lawrence) and State Penitentiary wardens. Additional records of Governor Martin are in separate series common to several governors including Miscellaneous volumes, 1885-ca. 1929; Executive proclamations, 1861-1980; Applications for requisitions, ca. 1870-1953; a Letter register, 1871-1895; a Record of death sentences, 1872-1906; Death sentence warrants, 1872-1908; Requisitions on governor from governors of other states for persons accused of crimes, 1873-1960; County organizational censuses, ca. 1873-ca. 1886; Prisoners in Kansas State Penitentiary, ca. 1875-ca. 1897; Citizenship pardons, 1876-1960; a Record of pardons, 1877-1888; Executive messages & proclamations, 1877-1914; Extraditions, 1877-1960; Final discharge of paroled prisoners, 1879-1913; an Appointments register, 1883-1885; Letter press books, 1865-1904; and a Record of pardons & commutations, 1887-1911.

ArchivalResource: 14 ft. (33 boxes + 5 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647978566 View

Horton, Albert H. (Albert Howell), 1837-1902. Albert H. Horton letters and telegrams received, 1872-1933 (bulk 1892-1895).

Title: Albert H. Horton letters and telegrams received, 1872-1933 (bulk 1892-1895).

Some items deal with Horton's candidacy for the U.S. Senate, and others are condolences dated 1902 and sent to his widow. The strength of the collection is the letters that concentrate on the period 1892-1895 because of the important social issues and movements in Kansas at that time: women suffrage, prohibition, the emergence of the Populist Party, and the struggling agricultural economy. Horton had definite opinions on these issues, and they are reflected in his papers. He favored giving women the vote and was acquainted with the leading suffragettes and equal suffrage advocates. Judges were affiliated with a political party and its platform, and many notable Republicans of the day corresponded with Horton. Also included are letters pertaining to the attack on Horton by his opponent, John J. Ingalls, during the Senate race. Some of the correspondence are letters from family members to Horton. They depict the atmosphere of the extended Horton household which included 7 children upon his 2nd marriage. A weakness of this collection is the lack of responses from Horton to the correspondence he received.

ArchivalResource: 0.8 ft. (2 boxes ; 21 folders)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49970647 View

Martin, John A., 1839-1889. John Alexander Martin papers, 1856-1892.

Title: John Alexander Martin papers, 1856-1892.

Includes a biographical sketch of his wife, Ida Challiss Martin, 1887; a scrapbook from the Kansas exhibit at the Centennial Exhibition (Philadelphia, Pa., 1876) containing invitations & notices of meetings of exhibit commissioners; letters from the Kansas territorial and Civil War periods (only on microfilm, Kansas Historical Society roll MS 221), 1857, 1861-64, mostly written while Martin was a lieutenant colonel & colonel in the 8th Kansas Infantry Regiment; a roster of the 8th Kansas; speeches; later letters, primarily relating to state positions & John A. Martin's newspaper business, 1885-89; and a tribute to Martin written by his daughter Faith M. Settle.

ArchivalResource: 0.4 ft. (8 folders in 1 box) + 1 microfilm reel (35 mm.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647250142 View

Correspondence, documents, and memorabilia., 1872-1906

Title: Correspondence, documents, and memorabilia. 1872-1906

Humphrey was governor of Kansas, 1888-1892. This collection of correspondence and documents, which is arranged chronologically, covers the period from 1872 to 1906.

ArchivalResource: 325 items.

http://hdl.handle.net/10407/2935153603 View

Correspondence, business forms, receipts, and petitions., 1862-1913

Title: Correspondence, business forms, receipts, and petitions. 1862-1913

John S. Gilmore was born in Rochester, New York, and moved with hisparents to the flourishing Kansas territorial region in 1857, They continually uprooted and re-established their home in various Kansas communities during John's adolescence, however. This collection is composed primarily of correspondence and business forms relating to John Gilmore's activities as a newspaper publisher, journalist, state legislator, and a confident of state governors.

ArchivalResource: 640 items.

http://hdl.handle.net/10407/9863481280 View