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George A. Root Collection

Manuscript Collection No. 490

 

Introduction

Abstract

Newspaper worker, manager; archivist; historian. Of Colorado, Kansas

Correspondence, diaries, chronologies, research notes, newspaper clippings, and misc. material written, collected, and compiled by George A. Root. The collection contains materials on the histories of Kansas & its localities; 3 Colorado towns; Kansas counties; a large number of topics in Kansas history including the Kansas Legislature, Indians, the Pony Express, stagecoach lines, & trails; the Kansas State Historical Society (Topeka); the Missouri & Kansas rivers; and Topeka & Shawnee County, Kan.. Also included are records of the American Pioneer Trails Association, 1939-1947.

Dates

1895-1949

Quantity

35 Boxes (17 ft.)

Identification

MS. Collection no. 490

Title

George Allen Root papers.

Portion of title: Papers

Other titles:

George A. Root papers

George Allen Root collection

Repository

Kansas State Historical Society (Topeka)

Biography

George Allen Root was born in Atchison, Kansas, on 13 March 1867. His father, Frank A. Root, was a newspaper publisher and frequently moved his family around to various northern Kansas towns establishing newspapers. Among the papers Frank published were the Atchison Daily Free Press, Waterville Telegraph, Seneca Courier, Holton Express, Kansas Farmer, and North Topeka Times.

During his youth George would work for his father as a printer’s apprentice. In 1880, George’s father left his family in Topeka and went to Gunnison, Colorado, to start the Daily Review. George joined his father the following year to work on that paper. He soon, however, went to White Pine, Colorado, to help establish the White Pine Cone. He remained there for the next two years. George then left for Lake City, Colorado, and worked on the mining newspaper Silver World for six months. He then returned to Gunnison to take his former position with his father’s newspaper.

In 1886, Frank sold his interests in Gunnison and returned to Topeka along with George to start the firm of Frank A. Root and Sons. This firm published the Topeka Mail.

George withdrew from the firm in 1889 and went back to White Pine to become a partner in publishing the Cone. He was only there for a year when he made arrangements to go to Alaska in the spring of 1891 on a reconnoitering expedition for the United States government. George went to Los Angeles to spend the winter before going to Alaska and there learned of the death of his proposed partner in the expedition. This put an end to the scheme, but he remained in California until the end of 1890.

He then returned to Topeka to resume his employ at the Mail. In March 1891, he was offered the position of curator of archives at the Kansas State Historical Society. During his tenure in this position, he spent much of his time researching various subjects for his own use in writing articles and for the patrons of the archives. George published articles on state and local history and on numerous topics such as ferries and steamboats in Kansas; he also produced maps of Kansas trails, roads, and stagecoach routes. During this time, he was also integral in the establishment of the Shawnee County Historical Society and served as the secretary of that organization. He retired from his position at the Kansas State Historical Society on 1 January 1947. George Root died two years later on 7 May 1949 at the age of eighty-two.

Scope and Content

The George A. Root collection, dated 1724 to 1949, consists of correspondence; diaries; research notes; chronologies; newspaper clippings; and other items written, collected, and compiled by Root. Although the collection contains some personal material, the majority of it was generated because of Root’s work as the curator of archives at the Kansas State Historical Society from 1891 to 1947. The collection is primarily composed of the research material that Root gathered for himself and others about state and local history. Therefore, this collection would be useful to individuals researching the history of Kansas, Shawnee County, Topeka, and the Kansas State Historical Society.

The original order of the George Allen Root Collection was compromised during the move of the Center for Historical Research to its current location. Every effort was made to restore this order when it was processed in 2000. The collection has been organized into eight series: Correspondence (series 1), Diaries (series 2), Chronology (series 3), Notes on Miscellaneous Subjects (series 4), Annals of Kansas (series 5), American Pioneer Trails Association (series 6), Julien V. C. Root (series 7), and Family History & Genealogy (series 8). Series 4 and 8 are arranged in alphabetical order. The other series are arranged chronologically with undated material placed at the end of each series. For preservation purposes all of the newspaper clippings have been photocopied onto acid-free paper.

Contents List

Series Descriptions

Series 1
Correspondence, 1901-1947

This series is organized into two subseries:

Personal and Professional (subseries A)

Bishop Genealogical Publishing Company (subseries B).

Subseries A: Personal and Professional, 1901-1947

This subseries contains letters written and received by Root from various people, government agencies, and private companies. There are some letters of a personal nature in the series written by Root’s children and siblings, but most are professional. The correspondents are generally requesting information from Root on such subjects as trails, rivers, and Indians. More information on the topics discussed in the letters can be found in Series 4.

Subseries B: Bishop Genealogical Publishing Company, 1914-1923

Included in this subseries are letters written by Root to William W. Cone regarding the Bishop Genealogical Publishing Company. Root started his association with Cone and this company in 1904 when Cone requested his help to write a genealogy of the descendants of John Bishop of Guilford, Connecticut. In the letters, Root writes about his progress finding information on the family members, orders he had taken for the book, and his efforts to find a publisher for the book. Root ended his association with the company in 1924, and the book was never published.

Series 2
Diaries, 1895-1949

This series is composed of diaries kept by Root which he entitled, “The Book of Root.” He gave thorough accounts of his daily life at home and at work, descriptions of the weather, his family’s activities, from whom he received letters and to whom he wrote, and the output of his garden and his farm animals. He also gives a good description of the activities at the Kansas State Historical Society. There is a gap in the diaries from 1899 to approximately mid-1902.

Series 3
Chronology, 1724-1945

This series is organized into two subseries: Shawnee County Chronology (subseries A); and Topeka Chronology (subseries B).

Subseries A: Shawnee County Chronology: 1724-1945

This subseries consists of various drafts of a chronology of the county and research notes compiled to write the drafts.

Subseries B: Topeka Chronology: 1815-1906

This subseries contains research notes complied to write a chronology of the city. The years 1854 to 1867 are the most complete, the notes for the years before and after those dates are scant.

Series 4
Notes on Miscellaneous Subjects

This series is organized into three subseries: Shawnee County and Topeka (subseries A); Kansas (subseries B); and Colorado (subseries C).

Subseries A: Shawnee County and Topeka

This subseries is composed of research notes and newspapers clippings on local history. There is information on such topics as businesses, churches, schools, and towns in the county.

Subseries B: Kansas

This subseries contains research notes and newspaper clippings on state history. The material on rivers, Indians, stagecoach lines, trails, counties, and the Pony Express contain the most information. There are only seven counties not represented in this subseries: Lane, Rawlins, Stafford, Stanton, Stevens, Wichita, and Woodson. At the end of this subseries are additional notes written on note cards regarding the same information included in the rest of the subseries.

Subseries C: Colorado

This subseries is composed of Root’s personal recollections of and research notes on Gunnison, North Star, and White Pine, Colorado, in the late 1800s. Contains good information on the mines of central Colorado.

Series 5
Annals of Kansas, 1931

This series is a chronology and notes used in the 1931 edition of the Annals of Kansas, which is a day by day account of important events throughout the state. The only months represented in this series are January through May and November and December.

Series 6
American Pioneer Trails Association, 1939-1947

This series contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and a notebook dated 1940 to 1941 with all of the Kansas members of the association. The correspondence is primarily written from Root to John Ellenbecker, the regional director of the association, and to various Kansas newspaper editors. Root was the head of the historical points committee which was charged with documenting all the points of historic interest in each county in Kansas. The letters generally regard asking someone from each county to document their historic points. The clippings are about the conventions of the associations and its various activities.

Series 7
Julien V. C. Root, 1916-1919

This series consists of correspondence from Julien Root, George Root’s son, to his parents. For health reasons, in 1916, Julien went to Reno, Nevada. While there he worked on a ranch and in a department store. Because of World War I, he was drafted into the Army in the spring of 1918 and was sent to Camp Fremont in Palo Alto, California. There he was placed in the 319th Engineers Division. His unit was sent to France in the fall of 1918, and they returned home in August 1919. He was not in a combat unit, so most of his letters are about life in the camp and his travels around France. He also gives a detailed account of his work and the regional geography of everywhere he lived and traveled.

Series 8
Family History and Genealogy

This series contains genealogies of the Chase, Clark, Root, and Van Cleve families and biographical and miscellaneous material on Moody Chase, John Clark, and Albert, Frank, and Henry Root. The Van Cleves are the family of George Root’s wife, Minnie Van Cleve. The Clarks are the family of Minnie’s mother, M. E. Chase. The Clarks are the family of Frank Root’s wife, Emma Clark.

Box/Folder List

In this section, the format 1.001 is used signifying box 1, folder 001.

Series 1. Correspondence, 1901-1947

Subseries A. Personal and Professional, 1901-1947

1.001: 1901
1.002: 1902
1.003: 1903
1.004: 1904
1.005 1905
1.006 - 007: 1906
1.008: 1907
1.009: 1908
1.010: 1909
1.011: 1910
1.012: 1911
1.013—014: 1912
1.015—016: 1913
1.017—019: 1914
1.020—021: 1915
1.022: 1916
1.023: 1917
1.024: 1918
1.025: 1919
1.026: 1920
1.027: 1921
1.028: 1922
1.029: 1923
1.030: 1924
1.031: 1925
1.032—033: 1926
1.034: 1927
1.035: 1928
1.036: 1929
1.037: 1930
2.038—039: 1931
2.040—051: 1932
2.052—063: 1933
2.066—075: 1934
2.076—083: 1935
3.084—087: 1935
3.088—099: 1936
3.100—105: 1937
3.106—113: 1938
3.114—127: 1939
3.128—129: 1940
4.130—139: 1940
4.140—151: 1941
4.152—154: 1942
4.155—156: 1943
4.157—158: 1944
4.159—161: 1945
4.162—171: 1946
4.172: 1947
4.173: undated
 

Subseries B. Bishop Genealogical Publishing Company, 1914-1923

4.174: 1914—1919
4.175: 1920—1921
4.176: 1921—1922
4.177: 1922—1923

Series 2. Diaries, 1895-1949

5.178: 16 Nov. 1895—11 May 1896
5.179 12: May 1896—4 June 1896
5.180: 5 June 1896—27 June 1896
5.181: 28 June 1896—20 July 1896
5.182: 21 July 1896—12 Aug. 1896
5.183: 13 Aug. 1896—6 Sept. 1896
5.184: 7 Sept. 1896—30 Sept. 1896
5.185: 1 Oct. 1896—24 Oct. 1896
5.186: 25 Oct. 1896—17 Nov. 1896
5.187: 18 Nov. 1896—11 Dec. 1896
5.188: 12 Dec. 1896—31 Dec. 1896
5.189: 1 Jan. 1897—31 July 1897
5.190: 1 Aug. 1897—fall 1898

6.191: 16 Aug 1902—31 May 1904
6.192: 1 June 1904—31 Dec. 1905
6.193: Jan. 1906—Feb. 1908
6.194: March 1908—June 1912
6.195: 20 June 1912—9 Nov. 1913

7.196: 20 Nov. 1913—31 Dec. 1917
7.197: 1 Jan. 1918—31 Jan. 1920
7.198: 27 Feb. 1921—6 Aug. 1921
7.199: 8 Aug. 1921—31 Dec. 1921

8.200: 1 Jan. 1922—5 Nov. 1923
8.201: 1 Jan. 1924—12 Oct. 1924
8.202: 13 Oct. 1924—31 Dec. 1925
8.203: 1 Jan. 1926—31 Aug. 1927
8.204: 1 Sept. 1927—31 March 1929
8.205: 1 April 1929—31 Dec. 1930

9.206: 1 Jan. 1931—31 Dec. 1932
9.207: 1 Jan. 1933—30 April 1935
9.208: 1 May 1935—31 Dec. 1936
9.209: 1 Jan 1937—31 Dec 1937

10.210: 1 Jan. 1938—31 Dec. 1938
10.211: 1 Jan. 1939—30 June 1939
10.212: 1 July 1939—31 Dec. 1939
10.213: 1 Jan. 1940—31 Dec. 1940
10.214: 1 Jan. 1941—31 Dec. 1941
10.215: 1 Jan. 1942—31 Dec. 1942
10.216: 1 Jan. 1943—31 Dec. 1943

11.217: 1 Jan. 1944—31 Dec. 1944
11.218: 1 Jan. 1945—31 Dec. 1945
11.219: 1 Jan. 1946—31 Dec. 1946
11.220: 1 Jan. 1947—17 June 1947
11.221: 18 June 1947—31 Dec. 1947
11.222: 1 Jan. 1948—31 Dec. 1948

12.223: 1 Jan. 1949—25 April 1949

Series 3. Chronology : 1724-1945

Subseries A. Shawnee County Chronology : 1724-1945

Partially complete draft

12.224: 1724—1854
12.225: 1855
12.226: Jan.—June 1856
12.227: July—Dec. 1856
12.228: Jan.—June 1857
12.229: July—Dec. 1857
12.230: Jan. 1858—May 1859
12.231: June—Dec. 1859
12.232: 1860
12.233: Jan.—May 1861
12.234: June 1861—Dec. 1863

13.235: 1864—1865
13.236: 1866
13.237: 1867
13.238: 1868
13.239: Jan.—Aug. 1869
13.240: Aug.—Dec. 1869
13.241: Jan.—May 1870
13.242: June—Dec. 1870
13.243: Jan.—July 1871
13.244: July—Dec. 1871
13.245: 1872
13.246: 1873
13.247: Jan.—July 1874

14.248: Aug.—Dec. 1874
14.249: Jan.—April 1875
14.250: April—Aug. 1875
14.251: Aug.—Dec. 1875
14.252: Jan.—April 1876
14.253: April—Aug. 1876
14.254: Aug.—Dec. 1876
14.255: Jan.—May 1877
14.256: May—Dec. 1877
14.257: 1878
14.258: 1879
14.259: 1880—1883
14.260: 1893

Various Drafts

14.261: 1815—1859
14.262: 1859—1862
14.263: 1863—Aug. 1866
14.264: Aug. 1866—1867
15.265: 1865—1871
15.266: 1865—1883

Notes

15.267: 1867—1879
15.268: 1880
15.269: 1881
15.270—271: 1882
15.272: 1883—1887
15.273: 1887
15.274: 1890—1911
15.275: 1917—1945

Subseries B. Topeka Chronology : 1815-1906

box 16: 1815—1864
box 17: 1865—1869
18.276: 1887—1906

Series 4. Notes on Miscellaneous Subjects

Subseries A. Shawnee County and Topeka

18.277: Artists
18.278: Auditorium
18.279: Bands and Musical Organizations
18.280—282: Baseball
18.283: Bridges and Viaducts
18.284: Buildings

Businesses

18.285: Abstractors
18.286: Architects
18.287: Attorneys
18.288: Banks
18.289: Barbers
18.290: Blacksmiths
18.291: Candy
18.292: Cigar
18.293: Dairies
18.294: Dress Makers
18.295: Druggists
18.296: Electric Companies
18.297: Express Companies
18.298: Florists
19.299: Flour Mills
19.300: Gas Companies
19.301: Grapery
19.302: Grocer
19.303: Hardware
19.304: Harness Makers
19.305: Hatchery
19.306: Homes, Old Age and Care
19.307: Horseshoers
19.308: Hotels
19.309: Houses, Boarding
19.310: Jewelers
19.311: Keely Institute
19.312: Lime Works
19.313: Linseed Oil Works
19.314: Livery Stables
19.315: Lumber Yards
19.316: Machine Shops
19.317: Meat Markets
19.318: Milk
19.319: Milliners
19.320: Mills
19.321: Newspapers and Periodicals
19.322: Nurseries
19.323: Omnibus
19.324: Packing Houses
19.325: Photographers
19.326: Physicians
19.327: Plumbers
19.328: Printers
19.329: Real Estate
19.330: Second Hand Stores
19.331: Seed and Grain
19.332: Shoe Stores
19.333: Spice Mills
19.334: Street Sprinkling Company
19.335: Surveyors
19.336: Tailors
19.337: Telegraph
19.338: Transfer Companies
19.339: Trunk Factory
19.340: Undertakers
19.341: Wagon Makers
19.342: Watch Makers
19.343: Wind Mills
19.344: Wood Choppers

(end of Businesses)

19.345: Capital City Training School
19.346—349: Churches
20.350: Circuses
20.351: Clubs and Organizations
20.352: Coal Hole
20.353: Colleges and Universities
20.354—355: County and City Offices
20.356: Creeks
20.357: Dams
20.358: Droughts
20.359: Ferries
20.360: Firsts
20.361: Flambeau Clubs
20.362: Floods
20.363: Forts and Fortifications
20.364: Goss Ornithological Collection
20.365: Governor’s Mansion
20.366: Grange
20.367—368: Halls and Theaters
20.369: History
20.370: Hospital
20.371: Jitney Service

Kansas State Historical Society

20.372: History
20.373: Personnel
20.374: Recollections
21.375—376: Recollections

(end of Kansas State Historical Society)

21.377: Libraries
21.378: Manufacturing
21.379: Military Camps
21.380: Parks
21.381: Pike's Peak Gold Rush
21.382: Pioneers
21.383: Population
21.384: Post Office
21.385: Race Track
21.386: Railroads
21.387: Reminiscences
21.388: Roads and Streets
21.389—391: Schools
22.392: State Buildings
22.393: State House
22.394: Temperance
22.395: Topeka City Council
22.396: Topeka Fire Department
22.397: Topeka Street Railways
22.398: Topeka Telephone System
22.399: Topeka Water Works

Towns

22.400: Auburn
22.401: Auburndale
22.402: Berryton
22.403: Bishop
22.404: Calhoun
22.405: Canerna
22.406: Center Grove
22.407: Challender
22.408: Chouteau Trading Post
22.409: Dayton
22.410: Doel
22.411: Dover
22.412: Elk Creek
22.413: Elmont
22.414: Eugene
22.415: Exeter Park
22.416: Frenchtown
22.417: Gilmore Heights
22.418: Glasgow City
22.419: Glendale
22.420: Grand Haven
22.421: Grove
22.422: Gumithorne
22.423: Hallet
22.424: Hard Chief’s Village
22.425: Highland Park
22.426: Hygienic
23.427: Indianatown
23.428: Indianola
23.429: Jefferson
23.430: Kansapolis
23.431: Kilmer
23.432: Kingsville
23.433: Kiro
23.434: Menoken
23.435: Mission
23.436: Monmouth
23.437: North Topeka
23.438: Oakland
23.439: Pauline
23.440: Plowboy
23.441: Potwin Place
23.442: Redmondville
23.443: Richland
23.444: Rochester
23.445: Rossville
23.446: Seabrook
23.447: Shawnee Center
23.448: Shermanville
23.449: Shorey
23.450: Silver Lake
23.451: Soldier
23.452: South Tecumseh
23.453: South Topeka
23.454: Springfield
23.455: Stinsons
23.456: Stoney Lonesome
23.457: Sumner City
23.458—459: Tecumseh
23.460: Tennesseetown
23.461: Uniontown
23.462: Urbana
23.463: Valencia
23.464: Valley Town
23.465: Versaille
23.466: Wakarusa
23.467: Walter
23.468: Wanamaker
23.469: Washburn
23.470: Watkins
23.471: Watson
23.472: Waveland
23.473: Westburg
23.474: Willard
23.475: Williamsport
23.476: Wilsonville
23.477: Woburn
23.478: Young America
23.479: Miscellaneous

(end of Towns)

23.480: Trees
23.481: Underground Railroad
23.482: Unusual Phenomena
23.483: West Side Forestry Club
23.484: Miscellaneous

Subseries B. Kansas

24.485: Annexation
24.486: Antelope
24.487: Beaver
24.488: Bethany College

Biography

24.489: A
24.490: B
24.491: C
24.492: D—G
24.493: H—I
24.494: J—K
24.495: L—M
24.496: N—P
24.497: R
24.498: S
24.499: T
24.500: U— Z

(end of Biography)

24.501—502: Brinkley, John R.
24.503: Buffalo
24.504—505: Butterfield Overland Dispatch
24.506: Cameron, Hugh
24.507: Centenarians
24.508—509: Chess and Checkers
24.510: Cimarron Crossings
24.511: Colonies

Counties

25.512: Allen
25.513: Anderson
25.514—515: Atchison
25.516: Barber
25.517: Barton
25.518: Bourbon
25.519: Brown
25.520: Butler
25.521: Calhoun
25.522: Chase
25.523: Chautauqua
25.524: Cherokee
25.525: Cheyenne
25.526: Clark
25.527: Clay
25.528: Cloud
25.529: Coffey
25.530: Comanche
25.531: Cowley
25.532: Crawford
25.533: Decatur
25.534: Dickinson
25.535: Doniphan
25.536—538: Douglas
25.539: Edwards
25.540: Elk
25.541: Ellis
25.542: Ellsworth
25.543: Finney
25.544: Ford
25.545: Franklin
25.546: Geary
25.547: Gove
25.548: Graham
25.549: Grant
25.550: Greeley
25.551: Greenwood
25.552: Hamilton
26.553—554: Harper
26.555: Harvey
26.556: Haskell
26.557: Hodgeman
26.558: Jackson
26.559: Jefferson
26.560: Jewell
26.561: Johnson
26.562: Kearney
26.563: Kingman
26.564: Kiowa
26.565: Labette
26.566—567: Leavenworth
26.568: Lincoln
26.569: Linn
26.570: Logan
26.571: Lyons
26.572: McPherson
26.573: Marion
26.574: Marshall
26.575: Meade
26.576: Miami
26.577: Mitchell
26.578: Montgomery
26.579: Morris
26.580: Morton
26.581: Nemaha
26.582: Neosho
26.583: Ness
26.584: Norton
26.585: Osage
26.586: Osborne
26.587: Ottawa
26.588: Pawnee
26.589: Phillips
26.590: Pottawatomie
26.591: Pratt
26.592: Reno
26.593: Republic
26.594: Rice
26.595: Riley
26.596: Rooks
26.597: Rush
26.598: Russell
27.599: Saline
27.600: Scott
27.601: Sedgwick
27.602: Seward
27.603: Sheridan
27.604: Sherman
27.605: Smith
27.606: Sumner
27.607: Thomas
27.608: Trego
27.609: Wallace
27.610: Wabaunsee
27.611: Washington
27.612: Wilson
27.613: Wyandotte

(end of Counties)

27.614: County Names
27.615: Cowboy Songs
27.616: Creeks
27.617: Deer
27.618: Earthquakes
27.619: Elk River
27.620: Fairs
27.621—622: Fish
27.623: Freighting
27.624: French
27.625: Gas and Oil
27.626: Gold Mines
27.627: Grasshoppers
27.628: Green, D. R.
27.629: Hangings
27.630: Highway 36
27.631: Highway 50
27.632—637: Historic Sites
28.638: Horses

Indians

28.639: Cherokee
28.640: Cheyenne
28.641: Delaware
28.642: Kaw
28.643—646: Kickapoo
28.647: Miami
28.648: Osage
28.649: Pawnee
28.650: Ponca
28.651—652: Pottawatomie
28.653: Quapaw
28.654: Sac and Fox
28.655: Seneca
28.656: Shawnee
28.657: Wea
28.658: Wyandotte
28.659—660: Miscellaneous

(end of Indians)

Kansas River

28.661: Bridges
28.662—663: Ferries
28.664: Navigation
28.665: Steamboats
28.666: Miscellaneous

(end of Kansas River)

29.667—668: Kansas Stage Company
29.669: Kickapoo Canon
29.670—671: Landmarks
29.672—673: Legislature
29.674: McNown, Robert
29.675: Meeker Printing Press
29.676: Mennonites
29.677: Military Roads

Missouri River

29.678: Bridges
29.679: Ferries
29.680: Navigation
29.681—683: Steamboats
29.684: Miscellaneous

(end of Missouri River)

Negroes [sic]

29.685: A - M
29.686: N - Z
29.687: Institutions and Organizations

(end of Negroes)

30.688: Newspapermen
30.689: Panorama
30.690: Pigeons
30.691: Plum Creek Massacre
30.692—695: Pony Express
30.696: Rabbits
30.697: Railroads
30.698: Relief

Republican River

30.699: Bridges
30.700: Miscellaneous

(end of Republican River)

30.701: Royalty
30.702—703: Smoky Hill Route
30.704: Snakes
30.705: Steam Wagon
30.706: Surveys
30.707: Telegraphy
30.708: Texas Cattle
30.709—710: Trails
30.711: Turkey
30.712: Twentieth Kansas Volunteers
30.713: Underground Railroad
30.714: Vermillion River
30.715: Wild Cats
30.716: Wild Game
30.717: Wind Wagon
30.718: Wolves
30.719—720: Miscellaneous
box 31: Additional Notes

Subseries C. Colorado

32.721—725: Gunnison
32.726: North Star
32.727: White Pine

Series 5. Annals of Kansas, 1931

32.728—729: January
32.730: February
32.731—732: March
32.733—736: April
33.737—739: May
33.740: November
33.741: December

Series 6. American Pioneer Trails Association, 1939-1947

33.742: 1939—1940
33.743—744: 1941
33.745: 1942
33.746: 1943—1944
34.747: 1945—1947
34.748: Member list, 1940—1941
34.749: Newspaper clippings, 1935—1948

Series 7. Julian V. C. Root, 1916-1919

34.751: 1916 - 1917
34.752: 1917
34.753—755: 1918
34.756—757: 1919

Series 8. Family History and Genealogy

34.758: Chase, Moody
34.759: Clark, John
34.760: Root, Albert B.
34.761: Root, Frank A.
34.762: Root, Henry C.

Genealogies

35.763: Chase
35.764—765: Clark
35.766—767: Root
35.768: Van Cleve

 

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Frank A. Root ms. collection (no. 489)

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Access Points

The terms listed below may include names, places, subjects, occupations, titles, and other words describing this collection. These terms are used in the ATLAS catalog used by the Kansas State Historical Society and affiliated libraries in Topeka, http://lib.wuacc.edu/search, as well as libraries and archives subscribing to OCLC, a national library/archives database. Searches on these words should produce a description of this collection as well as other books and collections that may be of interest.

Geographic names

Colorado – History, Local.
Kansas – Administrative and political divisions – History.
Kansas – History.
Kansas – History, Local.
Kansas River (Kan.) – History.
Missouri River – History.
Shawnee County (Kan.) – History.
Shawnee County (Kan.) – History – Chronology.
Topeka (Kan.) – History.
Topeka (Kan.) – History – Chronology.

Personal Names

Root, George A. (George Allen), 1867-1949.

Corporate Names

Kansas. Legislature.
American Pioneer Trails Association.
Kansas State Historical Society.

Subjects

Indians of North America – Kansas – History.
Pony Express.
Stagecoach lines – Kansas.
Trails – Kansas – History.
Legislative bodies – Kansas – History.

Occupations

Archivists – Kansas.
Historians – Kansas.
Newspaper employees – Colorado.
Newspaper employees – Kansas.

Additional Information for Researchers

Acquisition information

Correspondence (series 1): gift, George A. Root, 1942; remainder of collection: gift, estate of George A. Root, 1949.

Restrictions on access

None

Copyright

The issue of copyright was not addressed when the various parts of the collection were donated. Copyright to papers is, therefore, assumed to belong to the creators, heirs, or their assigns.

Preferred citation: [identification of individual item, sub-series, and/or series]; George A. Root collection, 1724-1949, ms. collection no. 490, Library and Archives Division, Kansas State Historical Society.

Accruals

No new additions to the collection are anticipated.

Processing information

Arranged and described by Holly Wright, Lela Barnes Intern, 2000.