| IN ORDER that members of the Kansas StateHistorical Society and othersinterested in historical study may know the class of books we are receiving, alist is printed annually of the books accessioned in our specialized fields.These books come to us from three sources, purchase, gift and exchange, and fallinto the following classes: Books by Kansans and about Kansas; books on the West,including explorations, overland journeys and personal narratives; genealogy andlocal history; and books on the Indians of North America, United States history,biography and allied subjects which are classified as general. The out-of-statecity directories received by the Historical Society are not included in thiscompilation. We also receive regularly the publications ofmany historical societies byexchange, and subscribe to other historical and genealogical publications whichare needed in reference work. The following is a partial list of books whichwere added to the library fromOctober 1, 1943, to September 30, 1944. Government and state officialpublications and some books of a general nature are not included. The totalnumber of books accessioned appears in the report of the secretary in theFebruary issue of the Quarterly. Aircrafter. Wichita, Cessna Employees' Club, 1941, 1942. 2 Vols. |
| ----. First Course in Home Making. Atlanta, Turner E. Smith and Company[c1941].555p. |
| ----, The Seven Lamps of Worship, a Candle-Lighting Service. Boston, Woman'sForeign Missionary Society, n. d. 7p. |
| ----, Handbook for Missionary Workers Among the American Indians. New York,HomeMissions Council [c1932]. 87p. |
| MILLER, FRANCIS TREVELYAN, Eisenhower, Man and Soldier. Philadelphia, The JohnC. Winston Company [c1944]. 278p. |
| Requirements for the Degree Of Master Of Science. Pittsburg, Kansas StateTeachers College, 1937. Typed. 45p. BRUFF, J. GOLDSBOROUGH, Gold Rush; the Journals, Drawings, and Other Papers ofJ. Goldsborough Bruff, Captain, Washington City and California MiningAssociation, April 2, 1849-July 20, 1851. New York, Columbia University Press,1944. 2 Vols. |
| GREGG, JOSIAH, Diary and Letters of Josiah Gregg; Excursions in Mexico andCalifornia, 1847-1850. Edited by Maurice Garland Fulton. Norman, University OfOklahoma Press, 1944. 396p. ALABAMA, STATE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY, Revolutionary Soldiers inAlabama; Being a List of Names, Compiled From Authentic Sources, of Soldiers ofthe American Revolution, Who Resided in the State of Alabama. Montgomery, TheBrown Printing Company, 1911. 131p. |
| CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, Year Book, 1942. Charleston, Walker, Evans andCogswell Co. [1943]. 210p. |
| HENDRICKSON, WALTER BROOKFIELD, David Dale Owen, Pioneer Geologist of theMiddleWest. Indianapolis, Indiana Historical Bureau, 1943. 180p. The Heraldic Journal;Recording the Armorial Bearings and Genealogies of American Families; Nos. 1-24,January, 1865-October, 1868. Boston, Wiggin and Lunt, 1865-1868. 4 Vols. |
LYONS, A. W., The Hiram Wesley Lyons Family; a Memorial. [Salt Lake City, TheWestern Hotel Register Company] 1943. 208p. |
| PARKER, DONALD DEAN, Local History; How to Gather It, Write It, and PublishIt.Rev. and ed. by Bertha E. Josephson. NO impr. 186p. |
| STILGEBOUER, F. G., Nebraska Pioneers; the Story of Sixty-Five Years ofPioneering in Southwest Nebraska, 1875-1940. Grand Rapids, Mich., Wm. B. EerdmansPublishing Company, 1944. 414p. ADAMS JAMES TRUSLOW, ed., and others, Album of American History; ColonialPeriod.New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944. 411p. |
| BERGER, MAX, The British Traveller in America, 1836-1860. New York, ColumbiaUniversity Press, 1943. 239p. |
| HAWLEY, CHARLES ARTHUR, Fifty Years on the Nebraska Frontier; the History ofthePresbyterian Theological Seminary at Omaha, Nebraska Omaha, Ralph PrintingCompany, 1941. 152p. |
| PRATT, HARRY EDWARD, Concerning Mr. Lincoln, in Which Abraham Lincoln IsPicturedas He Appeared to Letter Writers of His Time. Springfield, The Abraham LincolnAssociation, 1944. 145p. |
