Resources, Related Books and Web Sites

University of Kansas http://www.ukans.edu
Kenneth Spencer Research Library
Sheryl K. Williams
Lawrence, Kansas 66045-2800
(785) 864-2027

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.

Senator 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)

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)

Hart, George L. Nineteenth Republican National Convention
The Tenny Press: New York (1928)

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, (NOTE = No longer considered a factual or as a reliable source)
The Story of Charles Curtis
Frederick A. Stokes Co. New York, (1928)
(New developement - FOUND = A copy with Dust Jacket, on the dust jacket;
the author Don C. Seitz notes that book was written primarily for young boys)
NOTE - This book is NOT included in the list of biographies written by Don C. Seitz
See Don C. Seitz papers http://diglib.princeton.edu/ead/getEad?eadid=C0044&kw=

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)

It is my humble, and honest opinion that the section written by Steve W. Tally on Vice-President Charles Curtis, (see Page 249) in his book "Bland Ambition, From Adams to Quayle - The Cranks, Criminals, Tax Cheats and Golfers who made it to Vice-President"; published in 1992 ISBN 0-15-61340-4 by Harcourt/Brace, is very much inaccurate. The article has actually been proven incorrect in places by historical research for the FACTS; so how much of his entire book is factual and how much is fake?

There is NO source documentation used in the book "Bland Ambition, From Adams to Quayle - The Cranks, Criminals, Tax Cheats and Golfers who made it to Vice-President" on any of the Vice Presidents, especially no documentation for the article 'written' on Vice-President Charles Curtis, so I would actually as any person doing historical research begin to question the very authenticity of all articles written. I have written Mr. Steve Tally for any source documents that were used in preparing the article on Vice-President Charles Curtis for his book, this information is usually provided at the back on a book when 'facts' such as he has presented; the sources or bibliography, are usually presented at the back of the book so that the 'research' can be validated; but was not in the case of this book. Instead of an open and honest letter from the author, which has been my experience with other authors; I received a letter from his attorney. There is NO source documentation or bibliography apparently used in the preparation for the book . It is my honest opinion that this book be considered 'for entertainment purposes only' rather than a source record.
My Opinion is based on the facts obtained from 13 years of diligent, extensive and intensive quest for the facts from the life ofVice-President Charles Curtis.

I have found many MANY multiples of errors about Senator/Vice President Charles Curtis in other books. There is the opinion that Charles Curtis was so crooked that he burned ALL of his private papers so that he could not be found out.
I found that not to be the case. Actually over the years since his death in 1936, so many stories and outright lies have been repeated (published as facts in other books) so many times that many authors have used these stories and outright lies as true material, so lies are accepted as actual truths.
One little for instance, how many places have you come across other books that have Charles Curtis with a middle initial or middle name? To me this is poor research on the part of the author, so all of that author's books could possibly be just as much wrong.
Vice President Charles Curtis does not have either a middle initial or a middle name as per his baptism records at St Mary's Kansas.

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 about the book's title and the authur's name.