Kansas -- Description and travel

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Cowboy. Typescript (n.d.) of a personal reminiscence by Howe regarding his experience in the West including visits to Dodge City, Kansas, Beaver County, Oklahoma, and No Man's Land. Also included are words to a song entitled "The Little Old Sod Shanty on My Claim.".

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Collector. A short, typewritten copy of a travel diary (1908) on traveling through Kansas and Oklahoma, along with copies of three letters (1849-1873). One letter is from Beni Wingate writing from Ft. Gibson, Indian Territory, in 1850 regarding family matters; the second is from George Mower, writing from the Platte River in Nebraska Territory in 1849 and commenting on what he had seen since leaving St. Joseph, Missouri; and the third (1873) is a brief letter of introduction for a salesman operating out of Denison, Texas.

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Copy of a letter dated October 16, 1862 at Topeka, Kansas, from E.C. Bartell to his wife while he was travelling from Springfield, Illinois to Kansas City to attend a trial.

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Two biographical typescripts (n.d.) recounting the life of Anna Amelia Doubleday Staton and her family history. One of the typescripts contains a number of cowboy-related stories. Also includes a journal by Oliver Nelson describing his experiences and the experiences of others as cowboys on the Texas range, circa 1882-1945.

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Collector. Typescript (undated) of an account of a trip of John V. Farwell, Jr. (age 11 years) to Kansas in August, 1870, with his father, John D. Lang, and Vincent Collyer of the Board of Indian Commissioners.

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Ledger book of accounts (1867-1887) kept by attorney Jonathan Gore of Shawnee, Kansas. The second half of the ledger book is comprised of diary entries by Gore (1867-1869) concerning daily life in Shawnee, Kansas; Gore's legal practice and related cases; and observances regarding members of the local Shawnee tribe; a spiral bound transcription of the diary entries, entitled"Jonathan Gore Diary: A Compilation" by John W. Kincaid; and four loose typescript pages of entries from another diary kept by Jonathan Gore in 1867.

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An unpublished autobiographical manuscript by Fred C. Walters, entitled"Years of Futility" (n.d.) regarding his experiences as a child in Kansas; personal correspondence (1902-1969) of the Giffin family; compiled genealogical material (ca. 1999) on the Giffin - Owens family; and printed materials and memorabilia (1898-1988) of Giffin - Owens family members.

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Pioneer. Typescripts of manuscripts (ca. 1922) by Mrs. Reeve, entitled "Early Days in Western Kansas" "Santa Fe Trail" and "Early Days in Oklahoma.".

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Professor. Magazine and journal article (1940-1968) regarding historiography; and a manuscript (n.d.) by Loban S. Records entitled "The Recollections of a Cowboy of the Seventies and Eighties" regarding the lives of cowboys and ranchers in Kansas and the Cherokee Strip of Oklahoma in the 1870's and 1880's. The manuscript includes an account of Records's participation in the Land Run of 1893. Ralph Hyden Records Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Collector. A manuscript recounting a journey made in 1857 by Campbell's family over the Oregon Trail to Colorado to prospect for silver.

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Pioneer and banker. Memoirs (1949) of Sam Smith, recording his family's life in frontier Kansas and Colorado, and their participation in the Land Run of 1893 into the Cherokee Strip.

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Subject collection. Typescript and original manuscript accounts by pioneers and frontiersmen regarding the settlement of No Man's Land and the Oklahoma and Indian Territories.