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Title: An Interview With Thelma L. Hollowell
Description: Mrs. Thelma Hollowell was born in Lawrence, Kansas on July 4, 1909. She graduated high school at Lawrence and was a 1929 Home Economics graduate from the University of Kansas. At the time of the interview, she was married to retired Army officer Harry H. Hollowell, a member of the 10th Cavalry, Buffalo Soldiers. In the interview she recounts her ancestry starting with her grandparents, military life, and incidents of racial discrimination that she remembers.

Interviewer: Edward Scott. Interview recorded: February 4, 1976 (at Leavenworth, Kansas).
Date: 1976-02-04
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Fort Leavenworth, Residence
Description: Unidentified man and woman standing on the porch of a house in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Handwritten in pencil on the back top right corner, "273 I."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth, Military Band
Description: Military band standing at attendtion in front of one of the homes at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Signed, "Yours Trully [sic] Nichols" Handwritten on the back in ink, "To H. C. Keeling/From/[? ?] R Nichols."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth, Residence
Description: A group of men in military uniform stand outside the front of a residence. Women and children are on the balcony of the second storey. Handwritten in pencil on the back, top right corner, "150 I."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth, Row of Houses
Description: Row of houses in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where officers' families resided. Signed on the front, "Yours Truly/Nichols" Handwritten on the back in ink, "To H. C. Keeling/from/yours Truly/C. A. Russy Nichols."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth, Residence
Description: A house located in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, with four boys, two girls, and two women seated on the porch. Written in pencil on the back, "260 I/Capt. Huf?'s/Fort."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ridenour-Baker and The World War 1917-1919
Description: This book honors those employees of Ridenour-Baker Grocery Company who served in World War I. It lists names in an Honor Roll and a Roster delineates those in the Army, Navy, and Marines; includes a chronological list of the history of Ridenour-Baker company along with pictures of their first store in Lawrence, Kansas, and portraits of P. D. Ridenour and H. W. Baker. The bulk of the book is comprised of letters written by some of these company employees to Charles Harris while serving with the armed forces during the years 1917 to 1919; the last entry being March 13, 1919.
Date: 1919
Object Type: Book

Title: Fort Leavenworth Soldiers Lounging on a Lawn
Description: Seven sergeants lounge on a lawn in front of the barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Each man has three chevrons on each sleeve of his jacket, indicating the rank of sergeant.
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The U.S. Army, Indian Agency, and the Path to Assimilation
Description: Article on the First Indian Home Guards, a Civil War Union army unit from Kansas consisting of refugee Creeks, Cherokees, Seminoles, Choctaws, and Chickasaws from Indian Territory. Mustered in May 1862 out of the Union�??s desperate need for manpower, the unit clashed with Confederate troops and supporters in Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, and Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). Though they were overseen by white officers, the Native American troops modified military life and practices to fit their needs and culture. The author argues the Home Guard was the last instance in which Native Americans were able to exert some form of autonomy in cooperation with the American military.
Date: 2013
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Liberty Arsenal
Description: Short reference to the Liberty Arsenal including a picture of the facility stating that the arsenal was built by David M. Bevins who came to Clay County in 1821. The arsenal was built in the early 1830s and maintained by the federal government until the early 1880s. "The arsenal was built on the bluff just above Baxter's or Liberty Landing, about three miles south of Liberty. Here shining brass cannon pointed their muzzles out over the broad expanse of the Missouri River and glittering bayonets were carried over the parade grounds by blue-clad soldiers."
Date: 1922
Object Type: Book Section

Title: A History of U.S.A.F. Flight Twenty-four Sixty-One
Description: Author Fred Edmiston writes of his experiences joining the United States Air Force and being part of Flight 2461. This group was stationed at Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio, Texas, and Sheppard Air Force Base at Wichita Falls, Texas. Includes "My Story of the Air Force During Basic" by Faustino Francisco Rios, class roster, etc.
Object Type: Manuscript

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