Abandonment of Mattie Marion by Husband
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1915-1919: Capper)
Date: 1913-1915
This file includes general correspondence relating to the abandonment of Mattie Marion by her husband. Topics included, but not limited to, in the correspondence is Mattie Marion being abandoned by her husband after moving to Missouri for him to return to Kansas, procedures to take her husband to court in Kinsley to support her and their child, and the role of the County and General Attorney and Governor in domestic cases. This is part of a bigger collection of Governor Arthur Capper correspondence.

Airplane in Offerle, Kansas
Date: 1921
A photograph showing the first airplane to land in Offerle, Kansas. It was a Curtis-Wright, 2-place, bi-plane. It was piloted by Jay Sodowsky, and he and Kenneth Brown are posed in front of the plane. In the cock-pit is the co-pilot and Harry F. Brown. Dan Brown is standing beside the plane.

Anthony & Northern railroad bridge, Arkansas River
Date: June 16, 1916
This photograph represents the Anthony & Northern railroad bridge over the Arkansas River in Kinsley, Kansas.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Belpre, Kansas
Date: May 09, 1931
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Belpre, Kansas. The one-story wooden structure built in 1907 measuring 24 feet by 42 feet. The depot still stands and has been moved to the Barton County Museum in Great Bend, Kansas.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Kinsley, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: May 9, 1931
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Kinsley, Kansas. Built in 1887, the depot measures 27' x 84'. The building still stands and is used by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Lewis, Kansas
Date: Between 1960 and 1969
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Lewis, Kansas. The one-story wooden structure with batten siding is no longer standing.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Offerle, Kansas
Date: Between 1969 and 1970
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Offerle, Kansas. The one-story wooden structure built in 1909 measures 18 feet by 57 feet. The depot is no longer standing.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Offferle, Kansas
Date: May 09, 1931
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Offerle, Kansas. The one-story wooden structure built in 1909 measures 18 feet by 57 feet. The depot is no longer standing.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company pump house, Belpre, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: May 9, 1931
This black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's pump house in Belpre, Kansas. The structure was built in 1886 and measured 16' x 24'.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company section house, Belpre, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: May 9, 1931
This black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company section house at Belpre, Kansas. Built in 1886, the house measured 14' x 31' and 14' x 14'.

Automobiles, Kinsley, Kansas
Date: 1939
This postcard shows two automobiles in route to the New York and San Francisco world's fairs along Kansas U.S. 50 near Kinsley, Kansas. This junction of the highway is considered the halfway point between New York and San Francisco, California. In the background, highway markers estimate the traveling distance to New York, San Francisco, California and Kinsley, Kansas.

Beatrice Coats interview, WWII oral history, Kinsley, Kansas
Creator: Coats, Beatrice Josephine (Basgall)
Date: December 29, 2009
This is an interview with Beatrice Coats, part of an oral history project entitled "Patchwork of Dependency: The Effects of WWII on Edwards County, Kansas" conducted by the Kinsley Public Library. The project was supported by a Kansas Humanities Council Heritage Grant. Beatrice talks of her family, education, and the home front during WWII.

Billy Olsen interview, Kinsley, Kansas
Creator: Olsen, Billy Jerome
Date: February 23, 2011
This transcript of an interview with Billy Olsen is part of an oral history project entitled "Patterns of Change, Edwards County, Kansas 1950-1970" conducted by the Kinsley Public Library. The project was supported by a Kansas Humanities Council Heritage Grant. Olsen talks of his family, education, military career, and his memories of the Edwards County community.

Birds-eye view, Kinsley, Kansas
Date: 1878
This photograph represents a birds-eye view of Kinsley, Kansas. In the upper left corner the Arkansas River is identified and street names are labeled throughout the city.

Bird's Eye View of Kinsley, Edwards County, Kansas
Creator: Morse, D. D
Date: 1878
This colored lithograph is a bird's eye view of Kinsley, Kansas, the county seat of Edwards County, Kansas. The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad ran through the town. This lithograph was done in 1878, fairly early in the town's history. The streets are named but the structures are not identified. The business district is shown as well as at least one church and some homes. There is a herd of cattle in the lower right corner of the image. The Arkansas River is in the upper left corner of the the drawing. The lithograph was drawn by D. D. Morse and published by Lott & Zeuch Lithograph, Chicago, Illinois

Blizzard, Kinsley, Kansas
Date: February 25, 1912
This series of photographs represents the blizzard of 1912 in Kinsley, Kansas. The blizzard devastated the town with snow drifts of eight to ten feet, blocking roads and interrupting train service. The snow from the blizzard stayed through March with temperatures dropping to twenty degrees below zero throughout January and February of 1912.

Bostwick Stock Farm
Date: 1887
This photograph represents an aerial view of John A. Bostwick's residence and farm near Kinsley, Kansas. The photograph was copied from the Official State Atlas of Kansas, L.H. Everts & Co., 1887, p. 245.

Boyd Mundhenke interview, Kinsley, Kansas
Creator: Mundhenke, Boyd Marlin
Date: January 26, 2011
This transcript of an interview with Boyd Mundhenke is part of an oral history project entitled "Patterns of Change, Edwards County, Kansas 1950-1970" conducted by the Kinsley Public Library. The project was supported by a Kansas Humanities Council Heritage Grant. Mundhenke talks of his family, education, his Peace Corps career, and his memories of the Edwards County community.

Buford Brodbeck interview, WWII oral history, Kinsley, Kansas
Creator: Brodbeck, Buford
Date: December 08, 2009
This interview with Buford Brodbeck is part of an oral history project entitled "Patchwork of Dependency: The Effects of WWII on Edwards County, Kansas" conducted by the Kinsley Public Library. The project was supported by a Kansas Humanities Council Heritage Grant. Buford talks of his family, education, military career, and places of employment.

Business street, Kinsley, Kansas
Date: Undated
This series of photographs represents the business district located at 2112 Main Street of Kinsley, Kansas.

Carl Arnold and Frank Smith, prisoners 7158 and 9623
Creator: Kansas State Penitentiary
Date: January 26, 1901
This photograph shows inmates Carl Arnold, prisoner #7158 and Frank Smith, prisoner #9623. Carl Arnold was received at the Kansas State Penitentiary on November 14, 1894 from Edwards County, Kansas. Inmate Frank Smith was received at the penitentiary on December 31, 1900 from Oklahoma. Both inmates were arrested for murder.

Carmen Rodriguez interview, Kinsley, Kansas
Creator: Rodriguez, Carmen Rustica (Molina)
Date: April 18, 2011
This transcript of an interview with Carmen Rodriguez is part of an oral history project entitled "Patterns of Change, Edwards County, Kansas 1950-1970" conducted by the Kinsley Public Library. The project was supported by a Kansas Humanities Council Heritage Grant. Rodriguez talks of her family, education, and her memories of the Edwards County community.

Chas Meyers and Arthur Ingram, prisoners 7678 and 8218
Creator: Kansas State Penitentiary
Date: February 1, 1901
This photograph shows inmates Chas Meyers, prisoner #7678 and Arthur Ingram, prisoner #8218. Chas Meyers was received at the Kansas State Penitentiary on January 29, 1896 from Edwards County, Kansas for assault with intent to rob. Inmate Arthur Ingram was received at the penitentiary on July 9, 1897 from Sedgwick County, Kansas for murder.

Child wearing a World War I uniform and holding a flag in Kinsley, Kansas
Date: Between 1917 and 1919
This is a photograph showing a young child wearing a World War I uniform and holding a flag in Kinsley, Kansas.

Combined harvester and thresher near Kinsley, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1915
A postcard showing a combined harvester and thresher in a field near Kinsley, Kansas.