A photograph print showing the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (CRIP, RI, or ROCK) 253, 0-6-0, Kansas City, KS.

A photograph negative showing Santa Fe (ATSF) 2543, 2-8-0, Kansas City, KS. [see 2008.008.0984 & 1299]

A photograph print showing Santa Fe 2414, 2-8-0, formerly No. 132, going to Chicago, IL, for the coming railroad exhibit. [See 2008.008.1730-34]

A photograph print showing Santa Fe (ATSF) 610, 0-8-0 switcher, Topeka, KS.

A photograph print showing Santa Fe (ATSF) 684, 2-8-0, (BLW) class 664, Topeka, KS.

A photograph print showing Santa Fe (ATSF) 607, 0-8-0, Kansas City, KS.

A photograph print showing the Union Pacific (UP) #272, 2-8-0, oil burner on work train, Topeka, KS

A photograph print showing the Union Pacific (UP) #4604, 0-6-0, Topeka, KS

A photograph print showing the Union Pacific (UP) #9043, 4-12-2, Topeka, KS

Photograph of a "Hanger [sic] at Coffeyville being used by the Soil Conservation Service to store seed of bluestem grasses harvested in Northeastern Oklahoma."

Photograph of Bob Moore spreading bluestem seed out to dry. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bob Moore of Edna, Kansas, a temporary employe [sic] of the Soil Conservation Service, spreads bluestem seed out to dry on the floor of the airport hanger [sic] at Coffeyville. All this seed was out in the vicinity of Nowata, Oklahoma. It had to dry several days before it could be stored permanently in sacks."

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to the National Turkey Institute requesting information on turkey raising.

Letter from E. L. Elkins from N. D. Gallagher Clay Products Corp. in regards to their complete change in management. They desire to eliminate all the backorders they currently have, and want to have that stop in the future. The letter also includes a page filled with their product and prices for all of them.

Photograph of Darrell Grissom, left, of Waurika, Oklahoma, Soil Conservation service agronomist in charge of the bluestem harvest near Nomata, Oklahoma, works with Bob Moore of Edna, Kansas, temporary Soil Conservation Service employee, to spread bluestorm grass seed out to dry. A hanger at the Coffeyville Airport, Coffeyville, Kansas, was used as a drying space. OK-9735.

Photograph of Bob Moore of Edna, Kansas, a temporary Employee of the Soil Conservation Service, spreads bluestem seed out to dry on the floor of the airport hanger in Coffeyville, Kansas. All this seed was cut in the vicinity of Nowata, Oklahoma. It had to dry several days before it could be stored permanently in sacks. OK-9735.

Narrative describing an attack on Adobe Walls led by Chief Quanah Parker, followed by the U.S. army's eventual retaliation.

Report discussing the U.S. Geological Survey's investigation of the radioactivity of sedimentary rocks in Oklahoma and Kansas.

Photograph of a train engine and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. Part of another train can be seen in the back left. Handwritten text below the image says, "Kansas City, Kansas Nov 23rd 1948 (ex T&P #552)."

Letter from Sadie Darby to Perry functioning to return the interpretation for the baptistry painting made for the church in Lewis, Kansas.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The operation of a slide projector is one of the duties of T. SGT. Edna Smith in one of the classrooms of the command and General Staff College at fort Leavenworth, Kansas."

Letter from Carl S. Mundinger, speaking of the need for parish workers and pastors and asking for names of potential students to be sent to him.

Revised edition. "Strawberries can be grown in those parts of the western Untied States in which ordinary farm crops are irrigated as well as in western Oregon and Washington, where irrigation is not essential but may be profitable. The principles of irrigating strawberries are essentially the same as those for other crops. Because strawberries are sensitive to the alkali salts that irrigation brings to the surface, such salts must be washed out or skimmed off. The strawberry grower, after choosing a suitable site and preparing the soil carefully, should select varieties adapted to his district and needs. He should use plants that are disease-free. In California, southern Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas the plants should have undergone a rest period. Usually the growers plant during the period of greatest rainfall. By using the recommended systems of training and care before, during, and after setting of the plants and the suggested methods of decreasing diseases and insect pests, he should obtain better yields. A grower can furnish consumers a better product by using good methods of harvesting and shipment. He can prolong the fresh-fruit season only a little by the use of cold storage, but he can extend his market by …

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on the Melrose zinc-lead deposits. Methods used in the investigation are listed. The characteristics of the zinc-lead deposits are presented also. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.