Kansas Documents

This act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. The Avalon Project allows you to read this act in its entirety. 

Like the United States Constitution, Kansas also has one.  Here you can read the constitution or download it in PDF format.  During the territorial period of Kansas there were four attempts to write a constitution for Kansas.  You can read about this by visiting this page on the Kansapedia web site. 

The William Allen White collection is housed at the Emporia State University's Library.  This page will tell you what the collection holds.

The voices of the past are heard again in the Kansas Collection, through nearly-lost books, letters, diaries, photographs, and other materials.

list of territorial government records held in the Kansas State Archives.

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This is the classic 1912 Kansas Cyclopedia of the State of Kansas edited by Frank W. Blackmar, A. M. Ph. D. In it you will find tons of information about the state and its people. In the introduction Blackmar states that "Perhaps no other commonwealth admitted into the Union during the last half of the last century has a greater historical interest than Kansas. Born in the storm and stress period of national political controversy, cradled in the tumult of civil war, and reared to full statehood in an era unparalleled in the arts of peace, the life of Kansas has been one of intense activity. Carved out of territory once known as part of the Great American Desert, by the industry of her people it has become one of the most productive and wealthy states of the Union in proportion to its population. "

The Constitution of the state of Kansas is based upon the United States Constitution in many ways.  This page gives you a short history of the United States Constitution. It was provided by one of our many students who used our website to do their homework about history.