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Title
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Steeped in Religion: President Eisenhower and the Influence of the Jehovah's Witnesses
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Description
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Biographical article about President Dwight Eisenhower (1890-1969), born in Texas and raised in Abilene, Kansas, as a Jehovah's Witness, with photos, illustrations, and description of this influence of religion on his career, including violation of "Watchtower" beliefs by joining the military in 1911 at West Point.
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Date
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1998
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Medicine for the Military: Dr. George M. Sternberg on the Kansas Plains, 1866-1870
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Description
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Photos, illustrations, and biographical article about Dr. George Sternberg (1838-1915), a military physician of western Kansas following the Civil War after arriving from his native New York. Description of medical problems encountered in the area including Indian attacks, cholera epidemics, and lack of antiseptic treatments, etc.
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Date
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1998
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Marking Missouri History
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Description
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Biography of Omar N. Bradley a five-star general during World War II from north central Missouri, successful in the African campaign during the war, and later becoming "the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff" of the United States.
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Date
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1998
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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When Harry Met Bess
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Description
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Photo and biographical article about Harry Truman, his courtship with his wife Bess Truman during his job as a Grandview, Missouri farm worker and then military officer in World War I.
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Date
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1998
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Alexander Doniphan
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Description
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Biography of Alexander W. Doniphan, a Missouri military leader originally from Kentucky, gaining prominence during the 1846 Mexican War and 1838 Mormon War, memorialized in a statue in Ray County, Missouri, his home after the Civil War and place of retirement.
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Date
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1998
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The New Encyclopedia of the American West
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Description
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Entry about the history and operation of forts in the western United States from the Revolutionary War to the end of the 19th century, including those in the Kansas City and surrounding areas.
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Date
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1998
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The New Encyclopedia of the American West
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Description
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Entry about Fort Osage, an early western military outpost and Indian trading camp established in northeastern Jackson County in 1808 by William Clark, George Sibley, and Nathan Boone and operating until the 1820s.
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Date
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1998
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The Crowning Glory and the Greatest Grief: Kansas in the Spanish-American War
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Description
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Article about the involvement of Kansas in the Spanish-American War in Cuba and the Philippines in 1898-1899, including Twentieth Kansas Volunteers led by "Fighting Fred" Funston, with photos and also descriptions of African American troops from Kansas in Cuba.
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Date
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1998
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
