Selected Sources

A range of sources, including letters, personal documents, photos, books, newspapers, magazines, emails and websites, were consulted during researching. Many are cited within the text.

The sources of the graphics can be found by clicking on the image. The top item in the list that opens is the source.

In some cases, the true origin of items utilized, such as photos from family members, are not known with certainty. The list of selected sources below identifies the person or institution from which the items were obtained by the authors:

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Baker University Archives, Baldwin City, Kansas - Henry Millikan family
Bird and Mickel Map Co., I881, Chicago - Historical Plat Book of Clay County, Kansas
Chapman Center for Rural Studies, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas - Mark Chapman personal items and center goals
Clay County Historical Society museum, Clay Center, Kansas - Pageant-related items
Colman, Gould - Carson family papers and photographs
Fosse, Margaret (Flinner) - Carson family information and photos
George A. Ogle & Co., 1918, Chicago - Standard Atlas of Clay County, Kansas
Harper & Bros., 1955, McKee, Elmore - The People Act: Stories of How Americans Are Coming Together to Deal With Their Community Problems
Hart, Barbara (Roenigk) - Roenigk family information and photographs
Kansas Humanities Council (now Humanities Kansas), Topeka, Kansas - Cathy Haney pageant project
Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas - Newspaper archives
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas; Richard L.D. and Marjorie J. Morse Department of Special
Collections - Carson family collection
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas - Various Royal Purple yearbooks
Lansing, Kitty (Hart) - Gus Hart photo
Leipold, Ann (Elliot) - Photo of Agnes Anderson
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. - Items relating to Charles Todd and Robert Sonkin
Roenigk, Ivan - Roenigk family information and slides
Rundell, Charlotte - Ron Gilbert interview
Torlotting, Gerard - Torlotting family and various sister-city documents and photos, history of Feves, France and surrounding area
Torlotting, Herve - Torlotting family information and photos
Trinity Episcopal Church, Buffalo, New York, Holly Maloney - McKee photo
Vaughan, Patti - Rolland R. Vaughan Sept. 26, 1944 letter
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organ ization (UNESCO) - May 1949 newsletter
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas - Jacobson photos
U.S. National Archives and Research Center - Public biographical and chronological data
Utley, Mark - Pierson and Utley families information and photos
Websites - General history and family history

amazoe.org.br
ameshistory.org
ancestry.com
assemblee-na tionale.fr
connecticuthistoryillustrated.org
dailymail.co.uk
ibiblio.org
mideasti.blogspot.com
militaryhistoryblogspot.wordpress.com
motto.media
newspapers.com
nps.gov
porcelainsigns.com
raconte-moi-woippy.net
senat.fr
shipspotting.com
telegraph.co.uk.
travelfranceonline.com
village of Feves website, version now removed