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James Griffing Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SC-030
Abstract
A collection of personal letters of Methodist minster J.S. Griffing from 1854-1868 relating mostly to the settlement of Kansas and methodism during this time, with reference to the continued conflict known as Bloody Kansas. This collection also includes supplmentary materials on Griffing and documents relating to the creation and matinence of the collection itself.
Dates:
Created: 1854-1993; Other: Majority of material found in 1855; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1882
John Henry Deering Papers
Collection — Container: All
Identifier: SC-006
Abstract
This collection contains the diary of John Henry Deering, an early Kansas settler. He began the diary in 1856 in Maine. There is a break of one year, then the diary resumes in the Kansas Territory in 1858. A transcription of the 1858 section is included.
Dates:
Created: 1856-1858; Other: Majority of material found in 1856,1858; Other: Date acquired: 02/04/1947
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- Kansas-History-1854-1861 1
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- Baldwin, John, 1799-1884. 1
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