Forsyth Library Archives and Special Collections Catalog

Scope and Contents The Antonino Oral Histories Collection consists of oral history interviews conducted by Dr. James N. Leiker in 2003 and 2004 in preparation for the community’s church centennial celebration in 2005. The interviews and videos created for the centennial were also part of the research conducted by Dr. Leiker for his book “The Changing Village: A History of Antonino, Kansas” published in 2005. Funding for the research effort came from the Antonino Christian Mothers Organization in conjunction with...

Overview The Dorman Lehman Collection contains materials relating to the Overland Trails with an emphasis on the Leavenworth and Pike’s Peak Express. The collection of maps, research notes, correspondence, articles, and surveys was given to the Smoky Hill Trail Association by Mr. Lehman at the annual conference in Russell, Kansas in October 2014.

Scope and Contents The collection is from Lawrence E. Osswald’s time in Hays, Kansas where he served as Corporal in the US Army 480th MPEG Company in a American Prisoner-of War camp for Germans POW’s. The camp was located on the grounds of the Agricultural Experiment Station [currently the KSU Agricultural Research Center] South of Hays. Most of the photographs are copies of pictures that were taken by L. C. Aicher who was the superintendent at the Fort Hays Experiment Station during this time. Film no....

Scope and Contents This collection features oral history interviews focusing on one-room schoolhouses in rural Kansas. The last one-room schoolhouse teacher in Kansas, Selola Lewis, is included in this collection. She taught at the Dermot School in Morton county until the final one-room school closed in 1992.Students from the Fort Hays State University College of Education conducted the interviews of former students and teachers who attended and taught in one-room schoolhouses. Interviews were conducted...

Overview The Smoky Hill Trail Association was established in 2007 to preserve, promote and interpret the heritage of the Smoky Hill Trail which ran from Atchison, Kansas to Denver, Colorado beginning in 1859. The archives of the Association are located in Forsyth Library on the campus of Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas.

Scope and Contents The Tim Johnson Collections consist of materials of historical interest collected and donated by Tim Johnson. These collections include manuscripts such as correspondence, maps, and other documents. There are a significant number of photographs in various formats such as cabinet cards, stereoview cards, and some photographic postcards or carte-de-visite. There are many picture postcards that document historical Kansas places and events. Mr. Johnson continues to collect materials, so this...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of information regarding a particular subject that was acquired from various sources on a particular subject associated with the folder title. Limited information is available for these materials until further processing can take place.Current folder list - More information to be added at a later time as it becomes available.Agricultural Hall of FameBoy Scouts of AmericaCenter for Great Plains Studies – The Great Plains...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of information regarding a particular subject that was acquired from various sources on a particular subject associated with the folder title. Limited information is available for these materials until further processing can take place.Current folder list - More information to be added at a later time as it becomes available. Box 1 Allen County HistoryAnderson County HistoryAtchison County...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of information regarding a particular subject that was acquired from various sources on a particular subject associated with the folder title. Limited information is available for these materials until further processing can take place.Current folder list - More information to be added at a later time as it becomes available. Box 1 Agriculture – KansasArchaeology – KansasArkansas...

Scope and Contents Materials contained in the Viola Vincent Kaempfe Collection consist of objects, books, papers, and photographs. Materials are arranged chronologically by their relationship to Viola’s nursing studies at Fort Hays. The artifacts series consists of objects related to Viola Vincent Kaempfe's time in the nursing program at Fort Hays, as well as her career thereafter. The lab coat, nurses’ caps, nametags, and pins are mostly from her time as a student. These objects appear in some photographs within...