George Allen Photograph Collection.Ĭall Number: RH PH 137. Call Number: RH PH 137.įlood in Abilene, Kansas, 1903. Among the collection are views of Kansas, Arizona, Illinois, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Missouri, Dakota Territory, as well as images of cowboys, sod homes, coal mining, floods, cattle raising, the Chicago Exposition of 1874, and railroads.Įmporia News building on Commercial Street, Emporia, Kansas, undated. In 1990 he sold 722 stereoviews to the University of Kansas Libraries. He would go on to spend thirty-five years collecting thousands more, with his collection peaking somewhere between 20,000 and 25,000. He bought his first stereoview in the 1950s from a woman who operated an antique shop behind her house. Allen also collected stereoviews, a hobby fueled by his love of history and an interest in photography. He practiced law in Lawrence for forty years. He graduated from Liberty Memorial High School, and then earned a law degree from Kansas University. George Allen (1913-2007) was born in Wichita, Kansas. George Allen with his collection, December 1989. Eisenhower, Kansas Collection, Mindy Babarskis, President's Day Tags: Abilene KS, Abilene Reflector-Chronicle, Dwight D. Click images to enlarge.Īrticle describing the speech given by General Eisenhower to Abilene residents titled “Eisenhower Calls Friends to Realize Responsibility in United Effort for Peace”, Abilene Reflector-Chronicle front page from June 22, 1945.

Click image to enlarge.Īrticle discussing General Eisenhower’s arrival by train titled “Ike is at Home”,Ībilene Reflector-Chronicle front page and page 6 from June 22, 1945. “Abilene’s Greatest Son Comes Home”, Abilene Reflector-Chronicle front pageįrom June 22, 1945. General Eisenhower homecoming train seating chart and menu, Papers of Harry Darby, Kansas Collection,Ĭall number: RH MS 1345, Box 9, Folder 35. Papers of Harry Darby, Kansas Collection, call number: RH MS 1345, Box 9, Folder 35. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home, or come visit us here at Spencer Research Library!Įisenhower homecoming train brochure and menu front cover, signed by Dwight D. If you’re interested in learning more about our nation’s only president from Kansas, check out this great entry in the Kansas Historical Soceity’s Kansapedia, book a trip to the Dwight D. Here at the Spencer Research Library, as a part of our Kansas Collection, we have General Eisenhower’s Homecoming train brochure signed by the man himself and the Abilene Reflector-Chronicle issue reporting on his historic return. After Victory in Europe Day on May 8, 1945, then General Eisenhower returned to his hometown of Abilene. But before he became the 34 th President of the United States, Eisenhower served as the commanding general of the U.S. Here he worked ceaselessly to deescalate the cold war and poured his energies into working towards world peace. Eisenhower served 8 years in the office from 1953-1961. The only president to come from Kansas, Dwight D. Abilene, Kansas is a small city of under 7,000 people, but it managed to produce one of the most influential U.S.

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