Kansas Historical Collections - Volume III
1884 - Third Biennial Report
Contents 3 (1885): 1-4.
Thacher, T. Dwight. "The Leavenworth Constitutional Convention." 3 (1885): 5-15. Explains rationale for this 1858 convention; Kansas' third.
"Report of the Board of Directors." 3 (1885): 15-98. Meeting January 1883.
Baker, Floyd P. "The Kansas Legislature of 1862." 3 (1885): 101-109. Personal recollection.
1884 - Fourth Biennial Report
"Report of the Board of Directors." 3 (1885): 110-189. Meeting January 1885.
Contents 3 (1885): 189-196.
Lowrey, Grosvenoir P. "Biography of Governor Andrew H. Reeder." 3 (1885):197-205. By Reeder's private secretary.
"Governor Reeder's Escape from Kansas." 3 (1885): 205-223. Reeder's diary plus copy of his will mentioned there.
Brackett, George C. "Governor Reeder's Escape." 3 (1885): 223-225. Personal recollection thirty years after the event.
"Executive Minutes Kept During Governor Reeder's Administration." 3 (1885): 226-278.
Simpson, Benjamin F. "Biography of Governor Wilson Shannon." 3 (1885): 279-283.
"Executive Minutes Kept During Governor Shannon's Administration." 3 (1885): 283-337.
Stanton, Frederick P. "Address at Old Settler's Meeting, Bismarck Grove, September 2, 1884." 3 (1885): 338-358. Account of Stanton's role as secretary and acting governor of the territory in 1857.
Denver, James W. "Address at Old Settler's Meeting, Bismarck Grove, September 3, 1884." 3 (1885): 359-366. Personal account of events of twenty-five years earlier.
"Kansas Quarter-Centennial: 1861-1886." 3 (1885): 367-368. Proceedings of the Celebration of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Admission of Kansas into the Union, Held at Topeka, January 29, 1886.
Robinson, Charles. "The Government of Kansas." 3 (1885): 368-372. Robinson's recollections of the territorial period.
Martin, John A. "The Development of Kansas." 3 (1885): 373-384. The state's governor examines "three periods of development."
Simpson, Benjamin F. "The Wyandotte Constitution." 3 (1885): 385-389. The convention's youngest delegate discusses influence of the constitution.
Horton, A. H. "The Judiciary of Kansas." 3 (1885): 389-396. Discusses many jurists.
Holliday, C. K. "The Cities of Kansas." 3 (1885): 396-401. Postulates why some cities grew and others did not.
Humphrey, James. "The Railroads of Kansas." 3 (1885): 401-404. Statistical analysis of railroad development.
Wilder, D. W. "The Newspapers of Kansas." 3 (1885): 404-409. Commentary on growth of newspapers.
"Evening Meeting." 3 (1885): 409-410. Notes of meeting led by Kansas Historical Society president Daniel R. Anthony.
Riddle, A. P. "The Senate of Kansas." 3 (1885): 410-417. Examines role of many of the state's senators.
Johnson, J. B. "The New Kansas." 3 (1885): 417-419. The speaker of the House of Representatives discusses the principles on which the state was founded.
Cordley, Richard. "The Schools of Kansas." 3 (1885): 419-422. Shows growth and development of education.
McCabe, F. S. "The Churches of Kansas." 3 (1885): 422-426. Shows beginnings of most denominations within Kansas.
Wood, Samuel N. "The Pioneers of Kansas." 3 (1885): 426-431. A participant recounts struggle of territorial days.
Speer, John. "The Territorial Governments." 3 (1885): 431-436.
Thacher, T. Dwight. "The Rejected Constitutions." 3 (1885): 436-448. Attempts to explain why three failed.
Ware, Eugene F. "John Brown." Nicknamed "Ironquill," the Honorable E. F. Ware read his poem about the abolitionist.
Sims, William. "The Agriculture of Kansas." 3 (1885): 449-451. Statistical analysis, 1860-1885.
Caldwell, Alexander. "The Kansas Manufacture and Mines." 3 (1885): 451-458. Discussing the magnitude of the industry.
Prentis, Noble L. "The Women of Kansas." 3 (1885): 458-459. An homage to the female population who help settle the state.
"Letters Received By the Committee of Arrangements." 3 (1885): 459-469. Brief written correspondence from those who were unable to be present.
Index. 3 (1885): 470-519.