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Skelton, Edward, Collection, 1875-1879, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Skelton, Edward, Collection, 1875-1879, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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The Edward Skelton diary consists of daily entries from January 1st, to November 14th, 1875 with purchases and expenses registered from 1878-1879. Most diary entries mention daily farm work, hangouts, the weather and Sunday School. The entries are short and also describe daily activities of plowing, cutting timber, going to the market, and visiting the neighbors.
Edward Skelton was born in 1854 and lived in Labette County, Kansas with his parents. Edward worked as a farmer and was married to Artie Storey in 1880. Edward Skelton died in 1915.
Kabie Tour Collection, 1961-1962, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Kabie Tour Collection, 1961-1962, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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A collection of a schedule, magazine, programs, brochures, and other items related to the annual KABIE Study Tour in 1961.
The Kansas-Agriculture-Business-Industry-Education (KABIE) Tour was an annual tour, conducted from 1950 to 1967, sponsored by the Kansas State Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with the state universities and other Kansas businesses and associations. The two-week tour took teachers and students to forty communities in Kansas, travelling 2,100 miles. The theme or goal of this tour was to have Kansans see Kansas and all its attributes or a “free society in action” as Dr. M. C. Cunningham, past president of Fort …