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Reed, Clyde M., Collection, 1921-1931, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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This collection consists of personal and professional correspondence primarily addressed to Clyde M. Reed from various political figures.

Clyde Martin Reed was born on October 19, 1871 in Illinois. His family moved to Kansas when he was four years old. He married Minnie E. Hart in 1891 and they had ten children. In 1919, Reed became the personal secretary of Kansas Governor Henry J. Allen. In 1929, Reed was elected the 24^th Governor of Kansas and served until 1931. Reed also served as a Kansas Senator from 1939-1949. He died on November 8^th, 1949.

Kelly, Peter, Collection, 1911-1982, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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This collection includes newspaper clippings, transcripts recorded by Peter Kelly, court stenography notes, a biography of Peter Kelly, and other miscellaneous materials.

Peter Allyn Kelly was born on February 23, 1889 to Edward and Mary Kelly in Weir, Kansas. He was named “top” in his typing and shorthand classes. He married Gladys Burnett in May 1917. They had three children, Patricia, Peter and Allyn. He shortly worked for the Haldeman-Julius Publishing Company, before beginning work as a court reporter in March of 1927, where he stayed until retirement in 1969. He became known for the speed and accuracy of his …

Pittsburg Ordinances And Resolutions Collection, 1945-1979, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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This is a collection consisting of personal correspondence, ordinances, resolutions, contracts, appraisals, and other miscellaneous items related to several Pittsburg civil engineering projects.

Hugo, George B., Collection, 1909-1919, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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The George B. Hugo Correspondence consists of his book Socialism: The Creed of Despair and 25 letters related to its publication.

George B. Hugo was born in 1866 in Massachusetts to French immigrants. Hugo married Jennie Saulsbury in 1888 in Boston and in 1893 a daughter they named Ruth was born. In Boston, Massachusetts, George worked as a merchant. In 1909 he published his book, Socialism: The Creed of Despair. The book is further described as a “Joint Debate in Faneuil Hall, March 22, 1909 between George B. Hugo, President Employers' Association of Massachusetts, Affirmative, and James F. Carey, …

Mock, Eugene P., Collection, 1927-1928, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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Eugene P. Mock was born on August 28, 1904 in Illinois. Early in life, he lived in Zanesville, Ohio before joining the new formed Air Corps. He later became a train conductor for the Union Pacific Railroad in Los Angeles, California. Late in life he was a mail carrier in Trona, California. Mock married Juanita Charlotte Wikoff in 1938 and had two children. Eugene Mock died while visiting Colorado on September 11, 1970.

The Eugene Mock letters consists of letters to Eugene Mock from his future wife Juanita Charlotte Wikoff (who signed them as “Lulu” or “Lu”), and includes some …

Native American Government Documents, 1827-1870, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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This collection consists of transcripts of congressional meetings from 1827-1870 addressing tribal matters and conflicts of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Menominee, and Shawnee Nations.

Perkins, L. H., Correspondence, 1892-1893, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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The L. H. Perkins Letters consists of the legal documentation and correspondence between Lucius Hiram Perkins and his client A. D. Williams. The letters pertain to the purchase of several foreclosing properties in Nebraska throughout the latter half of 1893.

Pauline Lang Hibbard was born March 3, 1905 in Cherryvale, Kansas to Sherburne and Dixon Hibbard. When she was 25, she became a school teacher in Cherryvale, Kansas. In the early 1930s she moved to Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and in 1940 married Edward L. Stauffacher from St. Paul, Minnesota. At the beginning of World War II her husband was drafted and …

Stalker, J. W., Collection, 1935-1949, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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A collection of court papers and cases from J. W. Stalker, Justice of the Peace, Pittsburg, Kansas. The papers consist of correspondence, orders, and complaints, summons, and notices.

John W. Stalker was born in 1868. He was the Justice of the Peace in Girard, Kansas between 1935 and 1949. In 1892 he married Rena E. Myers in Crawford County. They had six children. John Stalker also worked independently as an insurance agent for Stalker’s Realty, “the Preferred Fire Insurance Co.” He passed away in 1959 in Girard.

Pittsburg Pottery Company Collection, 1983-1994, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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A collection of legal papers, financial statements, and correspondence relating to the final decade of the Pittsburg Pottery Company.

The pottery business in Pittsburg began in 1888 when a smelting company provided a section for stonemasonry. In 1913, this section became independent and was named the Pittsburg Clay Works. Originally owned by A. K. and E. V. Lanyon, the company was bought by a group of people, including Henry Matarazzi, in 1925. Matarazzi gained complete ownership in 1944 and the name changed to the Pittsburg Pottery Company. Matarazzi passed the business on to his son in 1952 who sold it …

Yount, Kent E., Collection, 1941-1954, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

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A collection of documents, reports, transcriptions, and correspondence regarding court cases and orders in Cherokee County, Kansas.

Kent E. Yount was born on March 20, 1916 and died May 1, 1954. He graduated from Galena High School in 1932 at the age of 16. He was an attorney in Cherokee County, Kansas, and was a member of the Galena Chapter of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.