[Elizabeth Simpson Cooper Memoir] (open access)

[Elizabeth Simpson Cooper Memoir]

Photocopy of Elizabeth Simpson Cooper's memoir about her childhood in Virginia and later her time in Kansas after moving westward with her family. In the text of her memoir, she describes her school days in Virginia, church, Cooper family history, "Bleeding Kansas" (the period of conflict over deciding if Kansas would be a free or a slave state), and the Civil War in Kansas as well as her personal encounters with Native Americans in Kansas.
Date: 1931-02-24/1932
Creator: Cooper, Elizabeth Simpson, 1840-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Wichita Observer (Wichita, Kansas), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 15, 1979 (open access)

The Wichita Observer (Wichita, Kansas), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 15, 1979

Weekly newspaper from Wichita, Kansas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 15, 1979
Creator: Goodwin, Robert K.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History