The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-24
MIR. MARTIN,S REPORT.
Furnishes Data About State Histori-
cal Society.

George w Martin. secretary of the
State Historical society, has completed
the report which he viii make to the So
ciety at the annual meeting in this city
next month Four directors. c. K. Hol-
hday. Henry Kuhn L. D. LeWelling and
- W. Woodward, have died within the
The year closes with the society owning
% 051 volumes of books. q, 9O7 volumes Of
newspapers and magazines and 67,41S
pamphlets
An Important contribution to the col
lections of the society," says the report,
was made June 80, 1899. by John Martin
OF topeka II includes 49, single copies of
1Orty-seven different newspaper publica-
tons in eastern Kansas and western Mis-
souri, covering the years 1855. 1856 1857
dates through the civil war. together with
"A number of copies of thirty-seven differ
-.Sd59ns appearing during the Kansas
troubles Many of the border publica lions
~ - On ~ ~ soulhefn or pro-slaVery SIDE
o. the controversy, which element Is very
SHINY represented in our files. and hence
are a distinct addition The Kansas Ma
tonai democrat punished at Lecompton
from about July, 1857. until early in 1861
was edited in turn by Robert J. Walker
Samuel Medary and William BrindIe
Think Of such a combination as this writ
ing columns every week for years. rep
resenting the national and territorial adj
mlnistrauons. during the most exciting
period of the Kansas struggle and not an
issue outside of the thirty-two copies fur
u1SheC by Judge Martin known 10 exist
The utmost endeavor has been made bv
This society to obtain files of the Lecomp-
ION papers Judge Martins contribution
also contains many pamphlets and legal
papers bearing upon the inception and IN
FANCY of enterprises now ranking among
the largest in the land.
We have but a limited number of news
paper files prior to 1870. We have forty>
SIX volumes preceding the civil war, con-
uned TO counties as follows: Atchison g.
ShaSe I. Corey l. Doniphan f. Douglas IL
1@eavenWorth Z. Riley 2 Shawnee 8 and
W yandotte g. We have fifteen volumes OF
missouri papers during the SOS. We have
bound files from the following counties
preceding 1870 Bourbon, Chase COffey
trankiln. Geary. johnson. Lyon, Mar
Snail. Norris. Usage, POttaWatOInie and
Washington Papers were printed in other
ciety was not organized soon enough to
catch them Copies of many of them are
louDIIess vet in existence, and they should
De MED with US. now that we are to have
ample space to care for them. A very
large proportion of those we have repre-
SO for four volumes of the Leavenwerth
herald. pro-slavery- Complete files of the
S4uatter Sovereign. pro-slavery. exist
somewhere in Montana, but much cOrre-
spondence has failed to set tender of
tnern or a price stated for them.
Our records show that of Newspapers
ana other periodicals now being published
IN Kansas there are. in ALI fiftv-olle
DANES, 81 Weeklies. 116 monthlies eleven
Guarterhes, fourteen seni-monthIies four
Ini-weelzlfes, two bi-monthlies and five
occasl0nais- or a total of S37. These fig
ureS do not include the Kansas CITY Mo
papers All of them being practically KAN
Sas publications, and each of them con-
tilualiy extending faVors in aid of the
Work OF this society. The regular issues
by the publishers and are bound in annual
OF Seni-annual volumes