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Ware, Eugene Fitch, 1841-1911. Papers, 1859-1939 (bulk 1895-1911).

Title: Papers, 1859-1939 (bulk 1895-1911).

The collection ranges from personal correspondence to literary, legal, military, & U.S. commissioner of pensions communications and also includes clippings, letterpress & address books and personal diaries. Correspondence (1867-1911), diaries (1884-1908), military papers (1859-1888), memo & address books (1894-1909), court cases, certificates, and invitations relate to Eugene F. Ware's military career in Colorado, Dakota Territory, Iowa, Kansas, & Nebraska with the 1st Iowa Infantry Regiment and 4th & 7th Iowa Cavalry Regiments; his law practice in Fort Scott & other Kansas cities; his term as Kansas State senator (1879-83); and as pension commissioner (1902-5). Includes material on the Spanish American War and Topeka, Kan., floods (1903). Other topics include Fort Scott, autobiographical notes, poems & commentaries about poems, Kansas' quarter- and half-century of statehood celebrations, his nom de plume Ironquill, and controversy over his poem Dewey. Also included are clippings and other miscellaneous documents. The majority of personal correspondence is from 1904. During his last year as U.S. commissioner of pensions, Ware frequently wrote his wife, Jeannette, and his son, Gene, & daughter, Abby. Other correspondence includes letters written and received by his mother, Amanda, and his father, Hiram. Other correspondents include F.G. Adams, Arthur Capper, William Elsey Connelley, Charles S. Gleed, James W. Gleed, George Washington Glick, William Agnew Johnston, Chester I. Long, Preston B. Plumb, and Theodore Roosevelt.

ArchivalResource: 29 boxes + 1 tube.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/660831773 View

Correspondence, articles, clippings, etc., 1899-1911

Title: Correspondence, articles, clippings, etc. 1899-1911

ArchivalResource: ca.200 items

http://hdl.handle.net/10407/0034129704 View

Connelley, William Elsey, 1855-1930. William E. Connelley papers [microform], 1906-1930.

Title: William E. Connelley papers [microform], 1906-1930.

Relating to Indian folklore, the Pawnee, Wichita, and Manabozho (Gluskap).

ArchivalResource: 1 partial microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62256417 View

Evidence in the Haystack Murder Cases in No Man's Land [Indian Territory], resulting from the county seat contest in Stevens County, Kansas. Washington, D. C., 1911

Title: Evidence in the Haystack Murder Cases in No Man's Land [Indian Territory], resulting from the county seat contest in Stevens County, Kansas. Washington, D. C. 1911

ArchivalResource: 326 leaves.; Typescript.; Bound with letters from C. M. Horton, Examiner; T. W. Johnson, Foreman of the Grand Jury; S. Taliaferro, U.S. Attorney; Richard Olney, U.S. Attorney; and James M. Hill.

http://hdl.handle.net/10407/8941979575 View

Connelley, William Elsey, 1855-1930. William Elsey Connelley papers, 1880-1930.

Title: William Elsey Connelley papers, 1880-1930.

Research for book, Quantrill and the Border Wars, includes correspondence, transcripts of interviews and statements, copies of articles, newspaper clippings, notes and articles; manuscript draft and research material for Border Wars: Life and Time of Wild Bill, unpublished book. Photographs: View of William Quantrill's house, studio portrait of his mother, Caroline Quantrill, studio portrait of Lieutenant Cyrus Leland, Jr., studio portrait of Alice Van Ness, images of houses and buildings in Lawrence, Kansas.

ArchivalResource: 5.5 linear ft. (6 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13488638 View

Delahay, Mary E., b. ca. 1844. Papers, 1929-1930.

Title: Papers, 1929-1930.

Correspondence with William E. Connelley of the Kansas Historical Society discusses the disposition of some Delahay heirlooms and a Stephen A. Douglas portrait, Joshua C. Hanks and Hanks family genealogy, and Abraham Lincoln. 2 letters to Connelley from William E. Barton and 2 questionnaires are also included.

ArchivalResource: 11 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29417935 View

Connelley, William Elsey, 1855-1930. William Elsey Connelley manuscripts, 1900s.

Title: William Elsey Connelley manuscripts, 1900s.

Revised Mss. and printers' copies of books Indian Hero-Legends, Folk Tales and Fairy Stories, and Mythic Tales of the Wyandots. Some notes and sketches relating to illustrations for the books included.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (0.4 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25911655 View

Connelley, William Elsey, 1855-1930. Correspondence to Daniel Garrison Brinton, 1898.

Title: Correspondence to Daniel Garrison Brinton, 1898.

Items are related to Brinton's researches into the Pater Noster and the Walum Olum.

ArchivalResource: 6 items (14 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/226041045 View

Lutz, John J. (John Joseph), 1855-1909. John Lutz papers, 1893-1908.

Title: John Lutz papers, 1893-1908.

Most of the correspondence is from relatives and descendants of the participants in the historical events written about by John Lutz.

ArchivalResource: 0.2 ft. (57 letters)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50990267 View

Connelley, William Elsey, 1855-1930. MacGregor of the Kentucky hills : a novel / by William Elsey Connelley.

Title: MacGregor of the Kentucky hills : a novel / by William Elsey Connelley. [192-̲1929?]

ArchivalResource: [8], 352 leaves ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29858159 View

Clift, Edith Connelley. Essay on William Elsey Connelley, 1931, July 10.

Title: Essay on William Elsey Connelley, 1931, July 10.

Brief biography and essay on William Elsey Connelley and his manuscript Lincoln in Kansas (1930) written by Connelley's daughter Edith Connelley Clift. Includes extensive quotes from and notes on Lincoln in Kansas and was intended as a preface for the book.

ArchivalResource: 1 typewritten manuscript, 7 pages.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/658899116 View

Sanborn, Franklin Benjamin, Papers, 1847—1915

Title: Sanborn, Franklin Benjamin, Papers, 1847—1915

This collection contains mostly typescript originals and copies of Franklin Benjamin Sanborn's correspondence, writings, and miscellaneous papers, 1847-1915. Included are two registers of Sanborn's school in Concord, 1859-1860, and a register for the Concord School of Philosophy, 1879-1882. The manuscript box consists of correspondence with his wife Ariana Walker Sanborn (1832-1854), and letters concerning John Brown, "Bleeding Kansas," and Kansas politics; poetry written largely by Sanborn to his wife; his addresses and lectures before various philanthropic societies, on topics like the Balkan War against Turkey in 1910; Sanborn's writings on Greece, American poetry, and various literary figures. There are also writings for his newspaper columns, and a miscellany of typescript fragments, including a copy of the journal of Samuel Gridley Howe (1801-1876) concerning his part in the Greek War for Independence in 1825.

ArchivalResource: 2 mss boxes

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Letters and notes about border raids in Lawrence. New York., 1901

Title: Letters and notes about border raids in Lawrence. New York. 1901

ArchivalResource: 8 items

http://hdl.handle.net/10407/0682593870 View

Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva), 1857-1944. Letter to Mr. Gunnison, New York, November 25, 1913 and Mr. Connelley, New York, July 7, 1905 / Ida M. Tarbell.

Title: Letter to Mr. Gunnison, New York, November 25, 1913 and Mr. Connelley, New York, July 7, 1905 / Ida M. Tarbell. 1905-1913.

Letter introducing Miss Mary E. Minniss and asking for a position for her, on letterhead of The American magazine. Letter replying to Connelley's letter about her " Rockefeller sketch"; on McClure's Magazine letterhead. Includes envelope.

ArchivalResource: 2 items ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52788716 View

Gleed, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1856-1920. Charles Sumner Gleed papers, 1872-1928 (bulk 1880-1920).

Title: Charles Sumner Gleed papers, 1872-1928 (bulk 1880-1920).

Correspondence, financial & other business records, speeches & articles, clippings, and other items reflecting the diversity of his interests, including newspapers & journalism, including ownership of the Kansas City journal (Mo.); the telephone & telegraph, especially the Missouri & Kansas Telephone Co., later Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. (now AT & T) and the Piersen Telegraph Transmission Co.; real estate & irrigation; the Republican Party; banking & finance, including the Farmers' Loan & Trust Company of Kansas; and railroads, especially the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. Correspondents include Frederick Funston and John J. Ingalls.

ArchivalResource: 23 ft. (55 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49695270 View

Brown, George W. (George Washington), 1820-1915. Papers, 1903-1913.

Title: Papers, 1903-1913.

Correspondence with William E. Connelley concerns Brown's memories of the free state struggle for Kansas; his newspaper, the Kansas Herald of Freedom; John Brown; James Henry Lane; Preston B. Plumb; and William Clarke Quantrill.

ArchivalResource: 31 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27731691 View

Correspondence with William E. Connelley., 1902-1909

Title: Correspondence with William E. Connelley. 1902-1909

ArchivalResource: 11 items

http://hdl.handle.net/10407/5119453958 View

Interviews by William E. Connelley and letter., 1906-1916

Title: Interviews by William E. Connelley and letter. 1906-1916

ArchivalResource: 5 items

http://hdl.handle.net/10407/6177474442 View

Papers, 1841-1923

Title: Papers 1841-1923

The University of Kansas began to actively collect James H. Lane material in 1942. The collection now contains about 191 items. The manuscript materials include correspondence, notes and source material, clippings, maps, photographs, documents and miscellaneous items, dating primarily from 1841-1923.

ArchivalResource: 191 items. (including 2 photographs)

http://hdl.handle.net/10407/0853242330 View

Connelley, William Elsey, 1855-1930. Wild Bill, Gentleman, the King of Border Men; Being the Life and Adventures of James Butler Hickok, /by William Elsey Connelley, [1933].

Title: Wild Bill, Gentleman, the King of Border Men; Being the Life and Adventures of James Butler Hickok, /by William Elsey Connelley, [1933].

Contains material not included in the printed version.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. 460 p.; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702689100 View

Connelley, William Elsey, 1855-1930. William Elsey Connelley papers, 1878-1931.

Title: William Elsey Connelley papers, 1878-1931.

Personal papers, manuscripts, and research materials collected and used by William Elsey Connelley in his published works. Topics include James Pierson Beckwourth; George M. Beebe; the Free State Party Territorial Delegate Convention at Big Springs, Kan., 1856; the 1873 Kansas bond scandal; Arthur Capper; Thomas Carney; bison; The call of Kansas; Doniphan's Expedition, 1846-1847; Charles S. Gleed; John MacDonald; Walt Mason; Preston B. Plumb; Shelby's Expedition to Mexico, 1865; Sterling Price; B.F. Simpson; Jedediah Strong Smith, the Standard Oil Company; and many aspects of Kansas history & politics. Included are manuscripts by Wiley Britton, E.D. Smith, Thomas A. Gunnell, H.B. Cushman, Henry Inman, and others.

ArchivalResource: 21 ft. (50 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/124083141 View

Ware, Eugene Fitch, 1841-1911. Abby Ware Nies collection, 1859-1939 (bulk 1895-1911).

Title: Abby Ware Nies collection, 1859-1939 (bulk 1895-1911).

Correspondence (1867-1911), diaries (1884-1908), military papers (1859-1888), memo & address books (1894-1909), court cases, certificates, and invitations relating to Eugene Fitch Ware's military career in Colorado, Dakota, Iowa, Kansas, & Nebraska with 1st Iowa Infantry Regiment and 4th & 7th Iowa Cavalry Regiments; his law practice in Fort Scott & other Kansas cities; his term as Kansas State senator (1879-83); and as U.S. pension commissioner (1902-5). Includes material on the Spanish American War and Topeka floods (1903).

ArchivalResource: 27 boxes + 1 tube.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54353074 View

William Elsey Connelly papers, 1883-1914, 1899-1903

Title: William Elsey Connelly papers 1883-1914, 1899-1903

Correspondence, research notes, interviews, photographs, covering the years 1883-1914.

ArchivalResource: 2 ft, 14 items, 18 photographs

http://hdl.handle.net/10407/0580204783 View

Drew, William Y. The Platte Bridge fight, the killing of Lieut. Caspar Collins, the Indian depredations at Ft. Caspar, the destruction of telegraph lines between Ft. Laramie and South Pass, Wyoming / William Y. Drew ; also, a statement made by George M. Walker and Charles Waring about conditions at the Platte Bridge Station ; furnished through the courtesy of William E. Connelley, Secretary, Kansas State Historical Society.

Title: The Platte Bridge fight, the killing of Lieut. Caspar Collins, the Indian depredations at Ft. Caspar, the destruction of telegraph lines between Ft. Laramie and South Pass, Wyoming / William Y. Drew ; also, a statement made by George M. Walker and Charles Waring about conditions at the Platte Bridge Station ; furnished through the courtesy of William E. Connelley, Secretary, Kansas State Historical Society. [1910?]

Descriptions of the Platte Bridge battle between the 11th Kansas Cavalry and Indians, 1865.

ArchivalResource: 24, 3, [1] leaves, bound ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28230581 View

Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah, 1862-1927. Correspondence, 1924-1928.

Title: Correspondence, 1924-1928.

Letters between Beveridge and William E. Connelley discuss Beveridge's writing of his biography Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1858. Includes correspondence between Beveridge's widow Catherine and Connelley concerning the posthumous publication of the biography.

ArchivalResource: 78 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27159077 View

Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865. Research collection, 1858-1964, 1903-1910.

Title: Research collection, 1858-1964, 1903-1910.

Correspondence, research notes, recollections, literary manuscripts, military and miscellaneous documents relating to William Clarke Quantrill. These materials were assembled by Ernest A. Walen and include previous research on and reminiscences about Quantrill by William E. Connelley, William H. Gregg, Sara Tappan Doolittle Robinson, and Isobel Baylor Woodson.

ArchivalResource: .66 cu. ft. (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16348498 View

Charles Curtis correspondence, 1912-1932, 1951

Title: Charles Curtis correspondence 1912-1932, 1951

Collection contains five pieces of general correspondence from Curtis to constituents during his years as senator and Vice-President. Also, within the collection is a program of a memorial service for Curtis held in 1951 with an attached letter from his daughter to a friend.

ArchivalResource: 6 items

http://hdl.handle.net/10407/2389078512 View