Land of Opportunity: Nineteenth Century Kansas

Items in the Land of Opportunity: Nineteenth Century Kansas Collection

Sod and Stubble:A Story of a Kansas Homestead
Front cover of the book Sod and Stubble by John Ise

Small Green Hymn Book
Small palm sized book with green cover containing hymns from the 1830s

Page 1 and Inside Cover of Small Green Hymn Book
Fairfax andHymn to Trinity from page 1 of the small green hymn book

Page 2 of Small Green Hymn Book
Eagle StreetandPleyels from page 2 of the hymn book

Page 4 of Small Green Hymn Book
Bermondsey from page 4 of the small green hymn book

Hope a composition by John Snyder

Hope. How great and cheering is the influence which hope exerts upon those who are laboring under afflictions the most sore, and are oppressed by the cares and sorrows which are so often experienced by the human race! Is it that alone which sustains…

James Findley Harrison Diary Cover
Handwritten diary with descriptions of his travels and eventual settling in Linn County, Kansas

James Findley Harrison Diary Inside Cover
Handwritten diary with descriptions of his travels and eventual settling in Linn County, Kansas. The inside cover contains drawings and sketches

James Findley Harrison Diary Page 1
Handwritten diary with descriptions of his travels and eventual settling in Linn County, Kansas

James Findley Harrison Diary Page 2
Handwritten diary with descriptions of his travels and eventual settling in Linn County, Kansas. The inside cover contains drawings and sketches