1861: Kansas from Statehood to Civil War
This exhibit highlights the scholarship and resources of the University of Kansas in partnership with the Kansas State Historical Society and the Spencer Museum of Art. It examines how the establishment of the Kansas Territory in 1854 triggered debate about sensitive issues of the day, increasing tension between North and South and eventually leading to the outbreak of the Civil War.
Exhibit Info
Kansas State Historical Society
6425 Southwest 6th Avenue
Topeka, KS 66615
Spencer Museum of Art
1301 Mississippi Street
Lawrence, KS 66045
Baron, Frank. “German Republicans and Radicals in the Struggle for a Slave-Free Kansas: Charles R. Kob and August Bondi.” Yearbook of German-American Studies, Vol. 40, 2005.
Brackman, Barbara. Quilts from the Civil War: nine projects, historic notes, diary entries. Lafayette, Calif.: C&T Pub., 1997.
Buchanan, Rex. ‘To bring together, correlate, and preserve,’ A History of the Kansas Geological Survey, 1864-1989. Bulletin 227, Kansas Geological Survey, 1989.
Earle, Jonathan H. John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry: a brief history with documents. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2008.
Epps, Kristen K. “Bound Together: Masters and Slaves on the Kansas-Missouri Border, 1825- 1865.” Ph.D. diss., University of Kansas, 2010.
Keel, William D., ed. Unsere Leute: the Volga Germans of West Central Kansas: aspects of their history, politics, culture and language. Lawrence, KS: Max Kade Center for German-American Studies, University of Kansas, 2004.
Tibbetts, John C. "Riding with the Devil: The Movie Adventures of William Clarke Quantril." Kansas History, Vol. 22, No. 3 (Autumn 1999), 182-199.
Weber, Jennifer L. Copperheads: the rise and fall of Lincoln’s opponents in the North. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
Weber, Jennifer L. America's Bloodiest Days. National Geographic, 2010. Williams, Carmaletta Maria. “Only the devils danced.” Ph.D. diss., University of Kansas, 2001.
The KU Libraries Exhibits Program promotes the creative scholarship of our campus community, highlights the strength of the libraries’ collections, and works in partnership with cultural venues internal and external to KU.
This exhibit highlights the scholarship and resources of the University of Kansas in partnership with the Kansas State Historical Society and the Spencer Museum of Art. It examines how the establishment of the Kansas Territory in 1854 triggered debate about sensitive issues of the day, increasing tension between North and South and eventually leading to the outbreak of the Civil War.
Kansas State Historical Society
6425 Southwest 6th Avenue
Topeka, KS 66615
Spencer Museum of Art
1301 Mississippi Street
Lawrence, KS 66045
Baron, Frank. “German Republicans and Radicals in the Struggle for a Slave-Free Kansas: Charles R. Kob and August Bondi.” Yearbook of German-American Studies, Vol. 40, 2005.
Brackman, Barbara. Quilts from the Civil War: nine projects, historic notes, diary entries. Lafayette, Calif.: C&T Pub., 1997.
Buchanan, Rex. ‘To bring together, correlate, and preserve,’ A History of the Kansas Geological Survey, 1864-1989. Bulletin 227, Kansas Geological Survey, 1989.
Earle, Jonathan H. John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry: a brief history with documents. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2008.
Epps, Kristen K. “Bound Together: Masters and Slaves on the Kansas-Missouri Border, 1825- 1865.” Ph.D. diss., University of Kansas, 2010.
Keel, William D., ed. Unsere Leute: the Volga Germans of West Central Kansas: aspects of their history, politics, culture and language. Lawrence, KS: Max Kade Center for German-American Studies, University of Kansas, 2004.
Tibbetts, John C. "Riding with the Devil: The Movie Adventures of William Clarke Quantril." Kansas History, Vol. 22, No. 3 (Autumn 1999), 182-199.
Weber, Jennifer L. Copperheads: the rise and fall of Lincoln’s opponents in the North. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
Weber, Jennifer L. America's Bloodiest Days. National Geographic, 2010. Williams, Carmaletta Maria. “Only the devils danced.” Ph.D. diss., University of Kansas, 2001.