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Special Collections and Archives

Arbor Day: A Celebration of Trees

In 1854, J. Sterling Morton and his wife left Detroit, Michigan, for the Nebraska Territory.  Trees and other plants were needed to beautify the ...

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Special Collections and Archives

A Tale of Two Rabbits

Once upon a time there was a little girl who grew up in England.  She didn’t go to school, instead being   educated by a ...

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Stormy Weather: A Jazz Celebration

April showers do bring May flowers, but the rain won’t last forever. So scat to the downbeat, come on and groove, just move your feet, as we ...

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Authors' Tea

On January 31, 2013 the 5th - 8th grades at Turning Point Academy welcomed Ashley Todd-Diaz, ESU’s Curator of Special Collections and Archives, ...

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Emporia, Kansas: From the Beginning

Photograph of a map of the city of Emporia, Kansas, 1878. The Walter M. Andersen Collection   Emporia, Kansas, was founded on ...

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We've got your cure for "Kansas Day Syndrome"!

According to teacher, principal, superintendent, and 1920 Kansas State Normal School graduate L. Harold Caldwell, “Kansas Day Syndrome” ...

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