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New Books January 2020

A few Wichita books, a few miscellaneous…

Call Number Date Author Title
G-H 164 1995 Harper, Paul F. The Temple of Fame: A Personal Biography of Lyman Underwood Humphrey
G-S 162 1990 Stites, James R. The Wichita Kid
R-210 MG 16 1988 Harper, Paul F. Surely It Floweth with Milk and Honey: A History of Montgomery County, Kansas to 1930
R-210 SG 207 1979 The Trail
R-210 SG 207 1992 The Trail
R-210 SG 246 2003 Price, Jay M. Wichita’s legacy of flight
R-210 SG 247 2011 Radiating like a stone: Wichita women and the 1970s feminist movement
R-210 SG 248 2005 Miner, H. Craig History of the University of Kansas, School of Medicine-Wichita: 1970-2003
R-210 SG 249 1985 Pedigree of champions: Boeing since 1916
R-600 055 V 103 National Genealogical Society quarterly
R-670 267 2006 Reid, Thomas, America’s fortress: a history of Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida
R-670 268 1950 Manucy, Albert C. Pages from the Past: A Pictorial History of Fort Jefferson
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New Books December 2019

Short month, short list!

Call Number Date Author Title
R-631 073 2019 S Chokma Chickasaw Magazine
R-631 072 2018 W 2002 The Journal of Chickasaw history and culture
G-H 163 2019 Jackson, Jerry Families Are Forever: Peter Hammes, Sr. and Anna Rosalia Buch Family
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New Books November 2019

Just a few new ones this month…

Call Number Date Author Title
I 313 2005 Johnson, Mary Ellen Waifs, foundlings and half-orphans: searching for America’s orphan train riders
I 314 2018 Berry, Kenyatta D. The Family Tree Toolkit: A Comprehensive Guide to Uncovering Your Ancestry and Researching Genealogy
I 315 1993 Walton-Raji, Angela Y. Black Indian genealogy research
R-210 CQ 09 Leonard, Joe Weekly “Hewins Sayings” — Isaac Richardson’s Diary — A Few Hewins Burial Dates — Addresses of Living Ex-Hewins Folks
R-210 SG 244 2019 Wichita Memories: A Photographic History of the Early Years
R-210 SG 245 1998 Elliott, Mal Rolling Hills Country Club: The First 50 Years
R-390 149 1983 A History of Hooker: A Diamond in the Rough
R-400 023 1983 History of the La Pine Pioneers
R-470 396 1925 Koontz, Louis Knott The Virginia frontier, 1754-1763
R-600 092 1992 Holt, Marilyn Irvin The Orphan Trains: Placing Out in America
R-632 06 2012 Katz, William Loren Black Indians: a hidden heritage
R-632 07 2007 Wagner, Tricia Martineau African American women of the Old West
R-632 08 2019 Katz, William Loren The Black West
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New Books October 2019

A bit of this and that, plus some digitized records:

Call Number Date Author Title
G-G 086 2013 McEnaney, Maura Willard Garvey: An Epic Life
G-I 006 2004 Ittner, Ernest L. Jr. The Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Allen Ittner and Nellie Maude Higgins
G-M 107 1863 Montgomery, Thomas Harrison Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery (photocopy)
R-050 018 2005 Winchester, Simon A crack in the edge of the world: America and the great California earthquake of 1906
R-210 164 2010 Kansas Oil Industry: The First 150 Years
R-210 165 1991 Unrau, William E. Indians of Kansas: the Euro-American invasion and conquest of Indian Kansas
R-210 166 2006 Hoy, James F. Flint Hills cowboys: tales from the tallgrass prairie
R-210 EK 04 2019 Jackson, Jerry Upper Paw Paw School, Elk County, Kansas
R-210 SG 243 2015 The Kansas African American Museum African Americans of Wichita
R-440 079 1977 Rundell, Walter Early Texas oil: a photographic history, 1866-1936
R-600 089 V 05 The Rocky Mountain fur trade journal
R-600 089 V 07 The Rocky Mountain fur trade journal
R-600 089 V 08 The Rocky Mountain fur trade journal
R-600 090 1983 Knowles, Ruth Sheldon The first pictorial history of the American oil and gas industry, 1859-1983
R-600 091 2013 Von Damm, Milton The Fur Trade: A History of Arms and Trade Goods Based on the Private Collection of Milton von Damm
R-670 265 2019 Levin, Kevin M. Searching for black Confederates: the Civil War’s most persistent myth
R-670 266 2019 Akers, Regina T. The Navy’s first enlisted women: patriotic pioneers
MHGS Digital Collections 1916 Calvary Presbyterian Church Annual Reports and Membership Directory
MHGS Digital Collections 1954 Calvary Presbyterian Church Annual Reports and Membership Directory
MHGS Digital Collections 1955 Calvary Presbyterian Church Annual Reports and Membership Directory
MHGS Digital Collections 1956 Calvary Presbyterian Church Annual Reports and Membership Directory
MHGS Digital Collections 1957 Calvary Presbyterian Church Annual Reports and Membership Directory
MHGS Digital Collections 1959 Calvary Presbyterian Church Annual Reports and Membership Directory
MHGS Digital Collections 1960 Calvary Presbyterian Church Annual Reports and Membership Directory
MHGS Digital Collections 1961 Calvary Presbyterian Church Annual Reports and Membership Directory
MHGS Digital Collections 1962 Calvary Presbyterian Church Annual Reports and Membership Directory
MHGS Digital Collections 1963 Calvary Presbyterian Church Annual Reports and Membership Directory
MHGS Digital Collections 1964 Calvary Presbyterian Church Annual Reports and Membership Directory
MHGS Digital Collections 1965 Calvary Presbyterian Church Annual Reports and Membership Directory
MHGS Digital Collections 1966 Calvary Presbyterian Church Annual Reports and Membership Directory
MHGS Digital Collections 1967 Calvary Presbyterian Church Annual Reports and Membership Directory
MHGS Digital Collections 1968 Calvary Presbyterian Church Annual Reports and Membership Directory
MHGS Digital Collections 1969 Calvary Presbyterian Church Annual Reports and Membership Directory
MHGS Digital Collections 1970 Calvary Presbyterian Church Annual Reports and Membership Directory
MHGS Digital Collections 1971 Calvary Presbyterian Church Annual Reports and Membership Directory
MHGS Digital Collections 1972 Calvary Presbyterian Church Annual Reports and Membership Directory
MHGS Digital Collections 1973 Calvary Presbyterian Church Annual Reports and Membership Directory
MHGS Digital Collections 1974 Calvary Presbyterian Church Annual Reports and Membership Directory
MHGS Digital Collections 1975 Calvary Presbyterian Church Annual Reports and Membership Directory
MHGS Digital Collections 1976 Calvary Presbyterian Church Annual Reports and Membership Directory
MHGS Digital Collections 1978 Calvary Presbyterian Church Annual Reports and Membership Directory
online — link in catalog 2004 Lawrence, Charles J. Century II
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New Books September 2019

A mix from Wichita and elsewhere…

Call Number Date Author Title
R-210 SG 239 1993 Wichita High School East 1938 Class Reunion
R-210 SG 239 1982 Wichita High School East 1938 Class Reunion
R-210 RL 01 1970 Royal Purple
R-210 SG 165 2018 The User-Friendly Phone Book: Wichita
R-210 SG 242 2009 Looking Back at the Thirteen Charter Members of First Presbyterian Church, Wichita, Kansas
G-S 160 1965 Andre, Ruby Cox Descendants of Johnathan Stout and David Stout
R-210 163 1982 Bader, Robert Smith The great Kansas bond scandal
G-B 169 1976 Bovard, Sarah The Diary of Sarah W. Bovard 1859-1871
G-H 161 1996 Headley, Dr Marvin D. Headley Families: New Jersey, Virginia, Ohio, Illinois, Kansas
G-K 044 1998 Headley, Dr. Marvin D. Kimble Family: David and Wife Rachel A. Thornburg
VB Headley Headley, Miriam Miriam Headley Collection
R-210 SG 241 R 01 Huffman, Gary M. The Church Register of the Presbyterian Church, Wichita, Kansas
R-480 099 1999 Jackson, Nancy A. Gleanings from Lewis County West Virginia Chancery Records
R-210 SG 240 1981 Kirkman, Kay Wichita, A Pictorial History
R-480 098 1988 Smith, Robert B. A Map Book of Historical Sites and Places in the Hacker’s Creek Watershed
VB Wagner Wagner, Margaret M. Margaret Mary van De Kerkove Wagner Collection
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New Books August 2019

Some yearbooks, some family histories, and some interesting academic papers:

Call Number Date Author Title
G-E 038 2019 Leslie, Elaine M. Where’s George? The Search for George Edgar of Bedford County Virginia
G-N 026 V 1 Neher, Jimmy E. The Neher Family History
G-N 026 V 2 Neher, Jimmy E. The Neher Family History
R-210 162 2018 Celebrating Women, Kansas & Voting: August 2018 – December 2019 Engagement Calendar
R-210 AT 11 1956 1956 The Raven
R-210 RN 01 1951 1951 Allagaroo
R-210 RN 01 1952 1952 Allagaroo
R-210 RN 01 1953 1953 Allagaroo
R-210 RN 20 1954 1954 Dragon’s Tale
R-210 RN 20 1955 1955 Dragon’s Tale
Online – link in catalog 2018 Bate, Seth Stephen Coming home to Winfield: the history of the Walnut Valley Festival
Online – link in catalog 1931 Brooks, Frances Wilson Doctor Fabrique and early Wichita medical practice
Online – link in catalog 1931 Moeder, Monica, Sister History of St. Benedict’s college
Online – link in catalog 1931 Rapp, Genevieve May The founding of Valley Center
Online – link in catalog 1931 Rossel, John The Chisholm trail
Online – link in catalog Smith, Michael M. The Mexican Immigrant Press Beyond the Borderlands: The Case of El Cosmopolita, 1914-19
Online – link in catalog 2018 Wilson, Andrea D. Building Boeing: Julius Earl Schaefer Wichita’s lost aviation leader