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Harry E. Chrisman, former Liberal author and historian, donated a large collection of his writings, photographs, and other items to Liberal Memorial Library for the purpose of research. This database searches the contents of the Chrisman Collection.

CallNo: C17
Descriptive Title: Comment attached to 6 photos of people		Type: Comments
Date of Origin:		Provenance:
Size:		Condition: poor
Text: [enclosed in grey circle] album prints [lower, beside characture of soldier with drum] "Better Pictures for Less Money" [in pencil above quote, spelling questionable] Sawlay
Misc Info: There were 6 small photos taped to this. Also had another piece of thick cardboard with writing on it attached.
Subject:	People Men Women Sawlay	Related to:	P544 P545 P546 P547 P548 P549 C16
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CallNo: N104-F2a4
Descriptive Title: large group of people in Wyoming		Type: Negative
Date of Origin:		Provenance:
Size: 2 7/16 x 3 1/2		Condition: fair
Text: [on side of negative] Ansco Safety Film
Misc Info: Large group of people pose for picture. There are 3-5 rows of people, and the group spans the length of the negative. There are men, women and children in the group, all wearing very nice clothing. Men are in suits, women in dresses and fancy hats. Children are also dressed nicely. Could be a family reunion? Group in front of trees.
Subject:	group of people men women children grass trees Wyoming Ansco	Related to:	P419-F2a4 N103 E29
Other:	The original picture has Wyoming [another word I can't make out] written in pencil on the bottom. The negative is pretty dark and has a large shadow on the right.

CallNo: N13-F2a2
Descriptive Title: Betty Herian, Mayme Stroud and Anna Herian		Type: Negative
Date of Origin:		Provenance:
Size: 2 7/16 x 3 3/8"		Condition: very good
Text: 8 9 Kodak Safety Film Kodak Safety Film Betty Herian, Mayme Stroud, Anna Herian (Van [Corven])
Misc Info: Three women dressed in western attire stand in front of grandstands with people; perhaps at a rodeo; automobile in background at left.
Subject:	Betty Herian Mayme Stroud Anna Herian Van Corven western attire women rodeo grandstands sign people automobile Kodak	Related to:
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CallNo: N194-F2b3
Descriptive Title: Enclosed building on wheels with flowers and people on it		Type: Negative
Date of Origin:		Provenance:
Size: 3 1/2 x 2 7/16		Condition: very good
Text:
Misc Info: A building or small, enclosed house is on top of wheels like a wagon. The building has a roof, door and windows. The bottom part of the building is made of brick. There are several people in the building: a man with a child sitting on his lap and a woman behind in the door, two people in the first window, a person in the second and third windows, and a man in a suit standing beside the wagon. There are flowers and vines around the doorway and windows on the wagon. There are names written at the bottom of the negative, but it's cut off and can't be read.
Subject:	building wagon wheels flowers vines people men women children Hancock	Related to:	P523 P495 P276 P543
Other:	There is a sign to the right in the negative that says "Own Your" and the initials CE. Not sure if this is hand-written or part of the original photo.

CallNo: N216-A2b11
Descriptive Title: Green Stone house		Type: Negative
Date of Origin:		Provenance:
Size: 5 3/8 x 4 5/16		Condition: poor
Text: In red barely legible: The old Green Ranch House
Misc Info: Labeled as Plastics. It looks like a negative but feels like plastic, smooth on one side and rough on the other. Was in a folded Southwest Daily Times advertising copy paper with 3 other plastics.
Subject:	Green Stone house People Building Fence	Related to:	C18 N215 N217 N218
Other:	This is in very poor condition. It is hard to see the picture. There is a house and 1 or 2 people standing in front of the house. There is a possible fence also.

CallNo: N217-A2a3
Descriptive Title: Larrabee home		Type: Negative
Date of Origin:		Provenance:
Size: 9 3/16 x 6 5/16		Condition: good
Text: Signs in the picture: CITIZENS STATE BANK; TUCKER; WARREN HOTEL; POOL.
Misc Info: Labeled as Plastics. It looks like a negative but feels like plastic, smooth on one side and rough on the other. Was in a folded Southwest Daily Times advertising copy paper with 3 other plastics.
Subject:	Larrabee Moving House moving Town Home Automobiles People Street	Related to:	C18 N215 N216 N218
Other:	Negative is of a house being moved on a trailer. It is being pulled by a truck. There is a man walking backwards guiding the truck. There are people watching from the sidewalk, some have bicycles. There are automobiles parked on the side of the street.

CallNo: N82-J2
Descriptive Title: Adobe Walls, Texas, Monument		Type: Negative
Date of Origin: 1929		Provenance:
Size: 2 7/16 x 3 7/8"		Condition: very good
Text: o Ansco Safety Film Dobe Walls, Texas
Misc Info: Adobe Walls monument surrounded by fence; people standing by fence; monument set off in the middle of plains.
Subject:	Adobe Walls monument Adobe Walls, Texas plains brush grass fence people rocks hills Ansco Safety Film	Related to:	P209-J2
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CallNo: P118-F2a2		larger image
Descriptive Title: Betty Herian, Mayme Stroud and Anna Herian		Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1917		Provenance:
Size: 4 x 4 15/16		Condition: good
Text: [front] Betty Herian, Mayme Stroud, Anna Herian (Van Corven) [back] Alliance, Nebr. 1917 L to R: Betty Herian, Mayme Stroud, Anna Herian. Photo by Van Corven
Misc Info: Three women pose in front of grandstands or platform; might be at a rodeo. There are people behind them standing on grandstand or platform. There is an automobile in far left back.
Subject:	Betty Herian Mayme Stroud Anna Herian Van Corven Alliance, Nebraska rodeo fence sign people automobile grandstands	Related to:
Other:	copy

CallNo: P209-J2		larger image
Descriptive Title: Adobe Walls, Texas, Monument		Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1929		Provenance:
Size: 3 9/16 x 4 1/2		Condition: good
Text: [front] Dobe Walls, Texas [back] Adobe Walls Taken 1929 Harry E. Chrisman Lane D, Apt. 74, Bluebonnet Courts Liberal, Kansas
Misc Info: Adobe Walls monument surrounded by fence; people standing by fence; monument set off in the middle of plains.
Subject:	Adobe Walls monument plains Adobe Walls, Texas brush grass fence people rocks hills	Related to:	N82-J2
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CallNo: P229-A3j		larger image
Descriptive Title: C.M. Waters Livery and Barn		Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1910s		Provenance:
Size: 6 15/16 x 8 15/16		Condition: good
Text: [front] Don't Mark photo! [back] C.M. Waters operated "Oklahoma Feed Yard" in Liberal in 1913 and "Oklahoma Wagon Yard" in 1914-1915-1916-1917-1918-1919-1920. His name then drops out of the old telephone directories so he must have left Liberal (or) perhaps, died. His wagon yard address was listed as "South Liberal" or South of Rock Island tracks. The street at lower right is believed to be (Liberal Iron and Metal) St. so the barn was about where lights Sporting Goods or Maliney Cleaners is in 1960.
Misc Info: Picture is attached to brownish cardboard mat/frame. Actual picture size is 5 1/16 x 7"
Subject:	livery and feed barn people street scene horses wagons Wagon yard Feed yard	Related to:
Other:	Photo has tape on top back.

CallNo: P25-C1c		larger image
Descriptive Title: Blizzard of 1957		Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1957		Provenance:
Size: 8 1/16 x 10		Condition: very good
Text: [front] ROCK ISLAND GOLDEN[S] [back] 24 ; 36 [36 is circled] ; [stamp] HARRY E. CHRISMAN 10245 W 14th Ave. Denver, Colo. 80215 ; [photo has lines drawn on back]
Misc Info: Snow drifts almost as high as train. Three people stand in train entrance; one standing on snowdrift; more people in background on snow.
Subject:	snow drifts Rock Island Train Golden [s] people Liberal area telephone poles fences	Related to:
Other:	Photo has stains on back. Photo has tape on top back.

CallNo: P262-F2f8		larger image
Descriptive Title: Newspaper staff		Type: Print
Date of Origin:		Provenance:
Size: 6 1/2 x 7 7/16		Condition: excellent
Text: [back] Left to right - Charles Hayes, reporter; Mrs. Sandra Matter, clerk; ______________, sports reporter; Maurine Tate, Society Ed & Local Features editor; Eulala Keller, Classified & Proofreader; at far desk - Arnold Ericson, city editor and wire. 4 col HARRY E. CHRISMAN LANE D. APT. 74 BLUEBONNET COURTS LIBERAL, KANSAS
Misc Info: Photo is of an office with 4 workers sitting at desks and two people standing. There are 3 women and 3 men. A typewriter and phone is visable. The desks on the left look like cubicles.
Subject:	newspaper staff people 1950s typewriter	Related to:
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CallNo: P263-F2a4		larger image
Descriptive Title: Railroad and crowd of people		Type: Print
Date of Origin:		Provenance:
Size: 6 3/4 x 9 7/16		Condition: good
Text: [back] 5 col "Four" [stamp] HARRY E. CHRISMAN LANE D. APT. 74 BLUEBONNET COURTS LIBERAL, KANSAS
Misc Info: Photo is of a huge group of people standing between a train and a railroad track. There are buildings behind the train. There is one automobile in the left side of photo and horse and buggys on the right side of photo. There is a man standing on the rail of the track. There are people on the train. There are electric or telephone poles by the buildings.
Subject:	railroad train train crowd people car Automobile Buildings Horses Wagons Poles	Related to:
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CallNo: P272-A1a		larger image
Descriptive Title: Downtown street scene		Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1920's		Provenance:
Size: 2 3/16 x 5		Condition: good
Text: [front] [sign on store front] QUINLAN & TAYLOR REAL - ESTATE INSURANCE [there are more signs, but unable to read them] [back] 5 col 2.2 [stamp] HARRY E. CHRISMAN LANE D, APT. 74 BLUEBONNET COURTS LIBERAL, KANSAS
Misc Info: Photo is of a street scence. There are people in automobiles and people standing. There is one wagon with two horses and a man standing in wagon. There is a dog running across the street. There is an empty wagon with 2 white horses hooked up to it. There are 2 men sitting in the front right corner of photo.
Subject:	Street Downtown Buildings People Automobiles Horses Wagon Poles	Related to:
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CallNo: P419-F2a4		larger image
Descriptive Title: Group picture, possibly town members		Type: Print
Date of Origin: late 1800's or early 1900s		Provenance:
Size: 5		Condition: good
Text: [No text on copy 1] [Copy 2 front] Wyoming picnic
Misc Info: Photo is of a large group of people crowded together for photo. There are men, women, and children. All are dressed nice. They are all in front of very tall trees.
Subject:	people men women children town members Wyoming Picnic Trees	Related to:	N104-F2a4
Other:	Two copies of same photograph from negative N104.

CallNo: P426-F2a		larger image
Descriptive Title: Old Adobe Hotel at Courtland		Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1912		Provenance:
Size: 5 7/8 x 7 15/16		Condition: poor
Text: [front] [people have numbers circled on them 1-12] [back] Interior of Hotel at Courtland (Ballroom Upstairs) [?] Mattingly 5 [5 is circled] Sam Berry John Spikes Nillie Clifford Mr. Miller 2 [2 is circled] Sam Herron Mrs. Miller 1 [1 is circled] Papa (Jim Herron) [cigt Rose] [Mrs. Jeffers] Dick [Jeffers] Tom Cowan 3 [3 is circled] Rita Herron 4 [4 is circled] Eula (King) (Walker) 1 [1 is circled] Tomerlin 6 [6 is circled] 7 [7 is circled] } [6 and 7 have a brace] Miller sisters (Ran Photo gallery) 8 [8 is circled] John Spikes 9 [9 is circled] Tillie [or Nillie] Clifford 10 [10 is circled] 11 [11 is circled] } [10 and 11 have a brace] Mr. + Mrs. Griffin 12 [12 is circled] Tommy Cowan 13 [13 is circled] Al Mattingly [Note] PHOTO SHOWS INTERIOR OF OLD ADOBE HOTEL AT COURTLAND, ARIZONA (Ballroom Upstairs ABOUT 1912-13 Shown (by numbers): 1. Jim Herron, noted Arizona and International cattle man; Herron built and owned the old hotel; 2. Thomas Darrel (Sam) Herron, son of Jim; 3. Rita (Herron) McGrew, daughter of Jim; 4. Eula (King) Walker Tomerlin; 5. Sam Berry; 6-7 the Miller sisters (who ran a photo gallery in Courtland); 8. John Spikes; 9. Nellie Clifford; 10-11. Mr. and Mrs. Griffin; 12. Tommy Cowan; 13. Al Mattingly;
Misc Info: Photo is of 3 rows of people all facing the camera. They are in a room. There is a dresser on the left side. There are 27 people in group.
Subject:	People Jim Herron Courtland Arizona Old Adobe Hotel Ballroom Herron family	Related to:	P422- P423- P424- P425-
Other:	Jim Herron Family

CallNo: P463-A2a11		larger image
Descriptive Title: Where my Antonia worked and lived		Type: Print
Date of Origin: November 1963		Provenance:
Size: 3 9/16 x 5 1/16		Condition: excellent
Text: [front] NOV 63 [back of photo] Where my Antonia worked + lived ; Red Cloud, Nebraska ; A KODAK PAPER
Misc Info: Photo is of a two-story home. There is a huge tree directly in front. There are people on the porch and in front of the house. Two men and two women. There is a bay window on the top floor behind the tree.
Subject:	Willa Cather House People Trees Men Women Chimney	Related to:	P461- P462- P464- P465- P466- P467- P468- P469-
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CallNo: P71-3b1		larger image
Descriptive Title: Depot at Arkalon, Kansas		Type: Print
Date of Origin:		Provenance:
Size: 5 x 7 1/8		Condition: fair
Text: [front] on the [?????] From the Cimarron Flood, May [?] # [?] Arkalon, KAN. [back] 20 (20 is circled) Harry E. Chrisman Lane D, Apt. 74 Bluebonnet Courts Liberal, Kansas. [note] 20 [20 is circled] 24 [24 is circled] Depot at Arkalon, Kansas. The (three x's) faded caption on the picture reads: "on the way back to Liberal, Kansas, from the Cimarron Flood, May 1914, Arkalon, KANS." 60%
Misc Info: Train pulling out of depot. People on a flat car. Train is pulling away from a building behind it. Picture's left top corner is bent.
Subject:	train engine people depot Arkalon, Kansas	Related to:
Other:	Photo has tape on top back.

CallNo: P78-I2		larger image
Descriptive Title: Jack rabbit roundup		Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1935		Provenance:private collection - Lee Larrabee
Size: 3 1/2 x 5 9/16		Condition: good
Text: [front] Photo by C.A. Smith - 1935 [back] 3 [3 is circled] Harry E. Chrisman 10245 W. 14th Ave. Denver, Colo. 80215 [address is stamped twice] Harry E. Chrisman LANE D, APT 74 LIBERAL, KANSAS [address is stamped once] [note] 3 [3 is circled] Picture No. 3 When the slat (fence) gate is closed behind them, the men and boys enter pen and club frightened animals to death. The woman in pen with club is mopping up on jacks that have been beaten and stunned but are still alive. Thousands of dead jackrabbits litter the ground over an area of fifty to seventy-five yards in the Pen. - Photos courtesy Lee Larrabee.
Misc Info: Photo is of dead and stunned jackrabbits in pen; people clubbing rabbits while people in background watch.
Subject:	jack rabbits people with clubs slat gate or fence Lee Larrabee vehicles men boys woman pen	Related to:	P77 P123 P257 P552 P553
Other:	Photo has tape on top back and a paperclip stain on top right corner.

CallNo: P9-C1c		larger image
Descriptive Title: Blizzard of 1957		Type: Print
Date of Origin: 1957		Provenance:Southwest Daily Times
Size: 8 1/16 x 10		Condition: very good
Text: [back note] Even the snow-plows stalled in the deep cuts when high winds drifted them full of snow. Photo by Joe Cannon, Southwest Daily Times. 24 c/o [Jones] 75 % [back] 5 24 Harry E. Chrisman 10245 W 14th Ave. Denver, Colo. 80215
Misc Info: Snow plow is stuck in large, long snow drift. Three people on right side of ditch, three or four on left side; one man standing on drift by plow.
Subject:	snow drifts snow plow people Liberal area telephone poles dirt ditch cuts fence Joe Cannon Southwest Daily Times	Related to:
Other:	Photo has tape on back.

CallNo: PC37-C1c		larger image
Descriptive Title: Blizzard of February 1912		Type: Postcard
Date of Origin: February 1912		Provenance:
Size: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2		Condition: good
Text: [front] Snow plow stuck near Liberal 2-28-12 [back] Post Card; Place Stamp Here; Correspondence Here; Name and Address Here; Return Photo to Harry E. Chrisman 10245 W. 14th Ave. Denver, Colo. 80215 [back note 1] Taken in the cut west of Liberal not too far from the point of entry. [back note 2] The February storm of 1912 buried the entire southwest in snow that was three feet deep on the level and filled all the railroad cuts to the top. Trains failed to run for several days and there was great loss of livestock. Photo courtesy O.B. Wimmer, Liberal. (sentence underlined) Don't mark photo!
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Subject:	snow plow snow bank people highline poles Liberal, Kansas O.B. Wimmer	Related to:
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CallNo: PC3-C2c		larger image
Descriptive Title: Freight train wreck		Type: Postcard
Date of Origin: July or August 18, 1938		Provenance:private collection - Turtle Studio, Liberal KS
Size: 3 1/2 x 6 1/2		Condition: good
Text: [front] Wrecked freight train on R.I. RR at Arkalon Bridge 8-18-38. Engine 5036. Cost $115,000. Wt. 733200 lbs. Power 67000 Drawbar Booster 70000 lbs. Turtle Studio. 21. [back] Post Card Turtle Studio Kodak Finishing and Gift Shoppe Liberal, Kans. 14 S. Kansas Ave. Correspondence. Address. Place Stamp Here. 34 (circled) 75% Harry E. Chisman 10245 W. 14th Ave. Denver, Colo. 80215. [back note] 34 (circled) 24 Engineer Walter Walker rode old Engine 5036 into the Cimarron when floods caused the bridge to give way, July 18, 1938.
Misc Info: Cranes pull engine from train wreckage. People look on from bridge, ground below.
Subject:	train wreckage Arkalon bridge Walter Walker train engine railroad ties two cranes Rock Island Railroad workers Engine 5036 Cimarron River people Turtle Studio Liberal, Kansas Kodak Finishing	Related to:
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