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I would like to thank my instructors for this class of Fall 1998, Kansas Characters: Karen Ray, Sara Tucker and Thomas Fox Averill. Without their help, I would have been totally lost. All of them went through a lot of "up's and down's" with me to begin my research and the work necessary to learn how to do a web site and follow though with it making it "come to life"; Washburn University; Topeka, Kansas
I highly recommend this class as a way for students to learn in-depth research about the people and the times of the state of Kansas.
Binghamton State University of New York http://www.binghamton.edu
P.O. Box 6000
Binghamton, New York 13902-6000 (607) 777-2000
Women's Rights letter to Senator Charles Curtis from Carrie Chapman Catt.Church of Latter-day Saints
Family History Center
2401 SW Kingsrow Road
Topeka, Kansas (785) 272-6916
This center was used to verify family births, marriages, and deaths, as secondary
validation for other information found.
Current descendants (who wish to remain anonymous)The Curtis House, owner Nova Cotrell
For tours, call in advance, (785-357-1371) or (785-597-5380)
There is a surcharge for the tourImmaculate Conception Church
Father Earl Dekat
208 West Bertrand
St. Marys, Kansas 66536Haskell Indian Nations University http://www.haskell.edu
155 Indian Avenue
Lawrence, Kansas
Curtis Hall is located here.Kansas State Historical Society http://www.kshs.org/
6425 SW 6th Avenue
Topeka, Kansas 66615 (785) 272-8681
Materials used from here - pictures, biography written by Charles Curtis, the "Howell Collection": Howell Jones was a personal friend who lived in Topeka, Kansas that Charles Curtis wrote many personal letters to, and twelve volumes of newspaper clippings.Kansas Vital Statistics
Landon State Office Building
Topeka, Kansas (785) 296-1400
I was able to get the birth certificates for his two daughters but not his sonMabee Library http://www.washburn.edu/services/mabee/liblinks.html
Washburn University
1700 SW College Avenue
Topeka, Kansas 66621 (785) 670-1010
Martha Imparato found a book with a listings of schools that no longer existed, this is where I found the listing for the "Lincoln School" at 5th and Madison where Charles Curtis and his future wife Annie Elizabeth Baird, went to school.Providence Public Library
225 Washington Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02903-3283
The Topeka Room http://www.tscpl.org
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library
1515 SW 10th
Topeka, Kansas (785) 580-4400
Materials used from here were documentation of following Charles Curtis family. "Who's Who of Topeka, 1902"Topeka Cemetery
1601 SE 10th
Topeka, Kansas 66607
(785) 233-4132
Charles Curtis is buried here with his wife, lot 80, the decision was made to bury him here rather than at the private family cemetery in North Topeka, Kansas.United States, Department of the Interior, Office of the Solicitor
Schedule of heirs for Julie Gonville Pappan's will (1970)
United States Military Academy http://www.usma.army.mil
West Point, New York
(845) 938-4011University of Kansas http://www.ukans.edu
Kenneth Spencer Research Library
Sheryl K. Williams
Lawrence, Kansas 66045-2800
(785) 864-2027Washburn University http://www.washburn.edu/washburn/contentm/modules/display_dynamic.php?params=MiwzLA==
1700 SW College Avenue
Topeka, Kansas 66621 (785) 670-1010
Professor Averill http://www.washburn.edu/cas/english/taverill/
Dr. Sara Tucker http://www.washburn.edu/cas/history/stucker/SWThome.html
Wellesley College for Women http://www.wellesley.edu
108 Central Street
Wellesley, Mass. 02481
(781) 283-1000Yale Law School beth.novick@yale.edu
127 Wall Street
New Haven, Conn 06511.The private, personal family Curtis Cemetery is located in North Topeka, Topeka Boulevard north, to Paramore, go west 1 block to Harrison, go north on Harrison, which is marked "Dead End", but at the end, is a dirt road that curves up the hillside to the private Curtis cemetery. The majority of the extended Curtis family is buried here.
Books, Magazines and Internet used as Resources
Senator Charles Curtis "A Son of Pawhuska"
American Monthly magazine, February 1928, p.11Senator Charles Curtis (cover picture) "Quiet Leader"
TIME magazine, December 20, 1926 p.9-10 http://www.time.com
Senator Charles Curtis (cover picture) "Curtis of Kansas"
TIME magazine, June 18, 1928 p. 8-9
Vice-President Charles Curtis (cover picture) "The Vice President"
TIME magazine, December 5, 1932 p.11-12
Adams, F.G. Kansas State Historical Society
Vol. IV Clifford C. Baker, State Printer (1890)Bright, John D. Kansas, The First Century
Lewis Historical Publishing Co. Inc. (1956)Carter, Kent, The Dawes Commission
Ancestry.com Incorporated (1999)Cochran, C.V. A History of Kansas Avenue Methodist Church
(1962)Cutler, William G. History of the State of Kansas
published by A.T Andreas, Chicago (1883)Ewy, Marvin Charles Curtis: Vice President of the United States
The Emporia State Research Studies, Vol. 10, Number 2
Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, Kansas, (December, 1961)Fitzgerald, Daniel Gone But Not Forgotten: Lost Schools of Topeka
editor Topeka, Kansas: Shawnee County Historical Society (1990)Gann, Dolly Dolly Gann's Book
Doubleday, Doran and Co. New York, (1933)Hart, George L. Nineteenth Republican National Convention
The Tenny Press: New York (1928)Hart, J.C. Census of Kaw Indians of Pawnee Agency Oklahoma
(June 30, 1922)Hodge, Frederick Webb Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, North Americans Indians
Government Printing Office, Washington D.C. (1912)Isern, Thomas and Wilson, Raymond. Kansas Land
Salt Lake City: Gibbs, Smith (1988)Kane, Thomas Nathan. Famous First Facts Fourth Edition
New York: The H.W. Wilson Co. (1981)Martin, George W. Kansas State Historical Society
Vol. VIII Topeka, George A. Clark, State Printer (1904)O'Donnell, Harold L., Eugene Township, (Vermillion County, Indiana) The First 100 Years, 1824-1924
The Interstate, Printers and Publishers, Danville, Illinois (1963)
(received on library loan from Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana)Pope, Charles Henry, The Pioneers of Massachusetts
Massachusetts: Boston (1900)Richmond, Robert W. Kansas: A Land of Contrasts
St. Louis: Forum Press (1980)Seitz, Don Carlos From Kaw Teepee to Capitol,
The Life Story of Charles Curtis, Indian, Who Has Risen to High Estate
Frederick A. Stokes Co. New York, (1928)Wolgast, Larry E. Kansas Pioneers
Walsworth Publishing Co. (1976)Providence Public Library (articles from the Rhode Island collection)
225 Washington Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02902-3283
The Anadarko Daily News (1954 article on Charles Curtis)
PO Box 548
Anadarko, Oklahoma 73005
The Republican National Convention (1932)
National Historical Press
Chicago, Illinois
War of the Rebellion (Civil War)
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
Washington: Government Printing Office (1888)World Book Encyclopedia #11
Chicago: World Book, Inc. (1898)There are many many more books, magazines, web sites, microfiche that I have read/copied in preparation for the research for this web site. This also includes many many oral interviews with people who knew Charles Curtis as well as the family descendants..
It is not possible to list every place, book, magazine article etc. as well as name all the people that I have spoken with.
In the process of my research I have found multitudes of errors concerning Charles Curtis; this has made me all the more determined to use primary resources as much as possible.
There is information here that will not match what you find elsewhere, if it does not; myself I question the resources used as many newer resources are incorrect with assumptions, misconceptions as well as outright lies. Look for the resources that were used to write anything on Charles Curtis; as many will not even note the resources used for Charles Curtis; if they have resources, note the date and author and email me or send me the information.
Pappan family http://www.geocities.com/lux731
Curtis family http://www.genealogy.com
Hubbard family http://www.ancestry.com
Baird Family http://www.familysearch.org/
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Overview of Charles Curtis life
Timeline A: The Indians in Kansas
Timeline B : The timelines of Kansas and the USA
Timeline C - Major events and Famous Firsts
Biography A : Charles Curtis and his extended family genealogy.
Biography B : Charles Curtis (before going into Politics)
Politics and Beliefs of Charles Curtis
Legacy left by Charles Curtis
Memorials and donations
Charles Curtis home in Topeka, Kansas
Signature Bldg. New Kansas State Office Building named for Charles Curtis
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