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Goodwin, Benjamin F., Papers, 1864-1945, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Goodwin, Benjamin F., Papers, 1864-1945, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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This collection includes pensions, speeches, and special orders of Benjamin Goodwin.
Benjamin Franklin Goodwin, a Civil War veteran, was born in 1834, in Steubenville, Ohio. Goodwin was married to Louisa A. Klaberg (1844-1923) in 1859, and enlisted in the Company C of the 119th Illinois Infantry Regiment in August of 1862. He began as a private and saw promotions to the rank of second lieutenant. He served in such campaigns as the Yazoo River Expedition, the River Campaign, Savannah Campaign, and the Mobile Campaign. The most notable battles he fought in was the Battle of Pleasant Hill and the Battle …
Allan, Glenn, Scrapbook, 1944-1946, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Allan, Glenn, Scrapbook, 1944-1946, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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A scrapbook of Mr. Glenn Allan’s World War II years training in the United States, and service in Guam and Saipan. Newspapers (Wichita Eagle) from May and August 1945 dealing with the surrender of Germany and the bombing and surrender of Japan.
Floyd Glenn Allan (1918-2007) was born in Wichita, Kansas. He grew up in Hutchison, Kansas and Neosho, Missouri. Prior to the war he worked as a sheet metal worker for Beechcraft in Wichita. He joined the United States Army Air Force in 1944 and trained in the United States before being assigned a post in Guam …
Martin, Carolann, Collection, 1961-2019, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Martin, Carolann, Collection, 1961-2019, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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A Collection of VHS tapes, cassettes tapes, coursework, music, recordings, student essays and coursework belonging to Dr. Carolann Martin.
Carolann Martin was born on Nov. 20, 1935, in Woodward, Oklahoma to John C. Martin and Leah Shilling. In 1957, she received a scholarship from Oklahoma State University. From 1958-1961 she was appointed conductor for the local marine band, rising to the rank of 1st Lieutenant. In 1964, she received her masters of arts from Ohio State University. 1977, she began her career in the music department at Pittsburg State University, while taking summer courses at the University of Arizona. …
Coffman, Ernest E., Collection, 1943-2001, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Coffman, Ernest E., Collection, 1943-2001, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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“A Collection of This ‘N That ‘N Sumthin’ Else,” a binder of Ernest E. Coffman’s accounts of his time during World War II, poetry on experiences and his perspectives of everyday life, and other writings.
Ernest E. Coffman was born on a February 23, 1925. He grew up in the mountains of Arkansas and on a family farm in Columbus, Kansas. He registered at his local draft board on his 18th birthday in 1943. Ernest kept a deck of cards with him which he used to mark down dates and events during his service. He was inducted to the …
Carthage, Missouri Collection, 1861-1972, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Carthage, Missouri Collection, 1861-1972, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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A collection of newspaper articles and photographs covering aspects of history of Carthage, Missouri including the Battle of Carthage (1861), early downtown to the 1960s, transportation, fire and police departments, government, and schools.
Carthage, Missouri was platted in 1842 when it was chosen as the county seat for Jasper County, formed in 1841. By the Civil War, the town had 500 residents and many businesses. It, like many areas in Missouri, was divided over the issue of slavery and on July 5, 1861 Union troops, led by Frank Sigel, and Confederate troops, led by Claiborne F. Jackson and Sterling Price, …
Murray And Burwell Family Collection, 1870-1951, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Murray And Burwell Family Collection, 1870-1951, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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A collection of correspondence, newspapers, photographs, and other writings related to the Murray-Burwell family in the early to mid-1900s.
David James Murray was born on October 19, 1873 in Pennsylvania and moved to Kansas when he was three years of age. In 1896 David married Mary Selvey (1878-1959) in Cherokee, Kansas. They would have five children. In 1902 their child Marguerite was born in Weir, Kansas. In Weir, David worked in the mines until 1930 when he transferred to the McNally plant in Pittsburg, Kansas. David passed away on December 12, 1943. Jack W. Burwell was born on July 25, …