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Tongue-in-check history of the Jayhawk exploring many of the Jayhawk legends. This book prompted H. L. Mencken to include information about the Jayhawk in his book, The American language: an Inquiry into the Development of English in the United…

This little wooden statue originated in a World War I prisoner of war camp in Germany. The faint, penciled, inscription indicates that it was sent to L. N. Flint, Alumni Secretary, by Conrad Hoffman at the camp in 1917.

James O'Bryon and George Hollingbery earned money as KU Sophomores by painting this Jayhawk on windshields of cars going to the KU vs.NU football game in 1922. They also painted this Jayhawk on store windows in dowtown Lawrence, and he appeared on…

Scrapbook telling how James O'Bryon and George Hollingbery created the 1922 Jayhawk while sophomores at KU.

Reunion of Quantrill's guerillas, ca. 1909

Reunion Silk from the Sixth Annual Re-Union of the survivors of Quantrell's [sp] Guerillas, at Independence, MO, August 22, 1903. Presented to F.C. Johnson by Capt. Jack Liddell.

"If possible have the Jayhawk standing on or carrying a bomb with the R.A.F. insignia on it. The R.A.F. insignia being concentric circles colored red in the center, next to a white ring, then a blue ring, then a yellow ring."