Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "It wasn't necessary to take a vote when the nominations committee selected the 1940-1941 officers for the Mid-Continent section, production division of the A. P. I., at its Wichita, Kan., meeting."

Personal narrative written by an unknown author describing voting for Wilbert Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel, and his views on current politics of the time. Penciled notes are visible in the margins.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Burton W-field, Robbins"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Bethlea Rutherford graduate nurse of Wesley hospital, city, air hostess Transcontintal Western Air Lines"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Burt W. Robbins"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Gerald Tucker, Winfield, Kansas, Tennis star"

"The information given in this bulletin should enable farmers in the Great Plains and Western States to select from the more common species of grasses some one or more suited to their needs [for soil and water conservation]. Common harvesting equipment and farm machinery can be adapted to the proper handling of native grasses. This brings the cost of such work within the means of most farmers." -- p. i. Among the grasses discussed are wheatgrass, buffalo grass, bluestem, grama, Bermuda grass, wild rye, hilaria, Sudan grass, bluegrass, panic grasses, dropseed, and needlegrass.

"Among the most striking manifestations of the destruction of soils and crops by the windstorms of recent years are the gigantic sand dunes that have formed on some of the lighter soils of the Great Plains. Specialists of the Soil Conservation Service who were assigned to a study of the problem have been successful in devising methods by which these immense piles of sand, which have covered cultivated lands and good native sod, can be leveled and stabilized. Of still greater value to the farmers and ranchers in areas subject to this soil shifting are the methods of cultivation and land use that recent study and experiments have revealed as the best means of protection against the formation of dunes. This bulletin is written for the benefit of those farmers and ranchers who are faced with the problem of protecting their lands against possible damage from dune formation of with the more immediate problem of restoring lands that have been made temporarily useless by the invasion of these monstrous wind-blown piles of sand." -- p. i

"This bulletin briefly traces the circumstances which have created the soil problems in the southern Great Plains and shows how the hand of man has hastened present troubles. But it goes further and deals with the methods now being used to solve the problem on nature's own terms." -- p. 2-3. Some of the solutions discussed include contour farming, terraces, water conservation techniques, crop lines, and revegetation.

A photograph print showing the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (CRIP, RI, or ROCK) Locos, left to right; 2138, 2-8-0; 303, 0-8-0; 951, 4-6-2; Kansas City KS.

A photograph print showing the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (CRIP, RI, or ROCK) 482, 2-8-0 (Alco Brooks), on a freight train, Topeka, KS.

A photograph print showing the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (CRIP, RI, or ROCK) 943, 4-6-2, Topeka, KS.

A photograph print showing the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (CRIP, RI, or ROCK) 954, 4-6-2 (class P-40), on a passenger train, Lawrence, KS.

A photograph print showing the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (CRIP, RI, or ROCK) 1584, 4-6-0, Topeka, KS.

A photograph print showing the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (CRIP, RI, or ROCK) 1585, 4-6-0, Topeka, KS.

A photograph print showing the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (CRIP, RI, or ROCK) 1866, 2-8-0 (BLW), Topeka, KS. (Ex: CO&G 131, 304)

A photograph print showing the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (CRIP, RI, or ROCK) 1928, 2-8-0 (Alco/Brooks, class C-43), Topeka, KS.

A photograph print showing the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (CRIP, RI, or ROCK) 1931, 2-8-0, Topeka, KS.

A photograph print showing the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (CRIP, RI, or ROCK) 5022, 4-8-4 (Alco/Schenectady), passing cantilevered signal light stand, Topeka, KS.

A photograph print showing the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (CRIP, RI, or ROCK) 5023, 4-8-4 (Alco/Schenectady), under bridge in Topeka, KS.

A photograph print showing the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (CRIP, RI, or ROCK) 5035, 4-8-4, double-heading a freight train, Topeka, KS.

A photograph print showing the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (CRIP, RI, or ROCK) diesel electric (A unit) streamliner on passenger train "The Texas Rocket", at Topeka, KS, 3 coaches and one baggage/mail car.

A photograph print showing Union Pacific (UP) 5028, 2-10-2, Topeka, KS.