Here are the current books available through Smith Books |
941. Kansas Biographical Index: State-wide and Regional Histories. by Patricia D. Smith. An index of more than 35,500 biographies found in sixty-eight volumes of Kansas state-wide and regional collective histories that span a century of publishing (1876-1976). These volumes cover all the counties of the entire state. 1994. 350 pp., softbound. Archival quality, 24 lb. paper. $30.00 |
KANSAS |
951. Kansas Biographical Index: County Histories. This index includes biographical sketches from 183 volumes of Kansas county histories that were published over a century's time. More than 69,000 people are cited. The volume includes a bibliography of sources. * State-wide in scope, * Citation of 69,100 biographies, * 549 pages, soft cover,* Archival quality, 24 lb. paper. Softbound $51.00. |
961. Kansas Biographical Index: Town and Community Histories. This third and final index of biographical sketches is compiled from 258 Kansas town, community and organization histories. Although this volume has approximately the same number of people cited as the first volume, the print size has been reduced so there are fewer pages. Together, the three volumes cite more than 140,000 Kansans= biographical sketches. $28.00 |
Edwards and Kiowa Counties, Kansas |
971. Crescent Community of Kiowa and Edwards Counties, Kansas.The history of the community, churches, schools and the Bethel Cemetery. Transcription of the cemetery clerk and treasurer's books; Butler township birth and death register 1914-1928; Bethel Cemetery tombstone inscriptions; transcribed obituaries and much more. Fold-out maps, photographs. Indexed. 228 pages. Acid free paper archival quality 24 lb. paper., softbound. $20.00 |
Finney County, Kansas |
811. 100 Years Finney County, Kansas Cemetery Inscriptions 1879-1979. by Stanley C. Smith and Patricia D. Smith. All known cemeteries in Finney County (16 in all). Includes location map and cemetery plat maps when available. More than 9,000 inscriptions. In the late 1870's settlers poured into the area that was to become Finney County, Kansas. Colonies came from Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania. 1981. 208 pp., softbound. $20.00 |
821. Centennial Saga of First United Methodist Church Garden City, Kansas 1882-1982, by Patricia D. Smith. Garden City was founded in 1878. The Methodist Episcopal Church became the frontier town's second organized church in 1882. A narrative history; a biographical sketch of each minister; and the first records of the church 1882-1895...full memberships, probationers, baptisms, marriages are included in this volume. 1982. 286 pp. acid free paper, index, hardbound. $25.00 |
882. Finney County Kansas Obituary Abstracts and Death Notices 1879-1911, by Katherine K. Powell and Patricia D. Smith. These more than 4,000 obituary and death notices were abstracted from 24 county newspapers. This is a research aid for historians, genealogists and people searching for their family's medical history in the period preceding Kansas' 1911 law requiring death certificates state wide. 1988. 378 pp. acid free paper, indexed. Softbound $21.50. Hardbound $28.50. |
901. Finney County, Kansas Will Abstracts 1885-1922: Will Books A-D, by Patricia D. Smith with Katherine K. Powell. There are a large number of "foreign wills" in the early will books. Land and emigration companies, as well as railroads promoted both settling and investing in land. Many received land through assignment of mortgages that later were foreclosed. The largest numbers recorded were from the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Main, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York and Pennsylvania. The abstracts include the name of the individual who left the will, pertinent information of relatives, witnesses, executors, and death dates. Every name index. 1990. 70 pp. softbound. $6.00 |
Cowley County, Kansas |
791. History of Upper Timber Creek School, Cowley County, Kansas 1879-1979, by Stanley C. Smith. A history of a one room country school that existed for 100 + years. UTC School, founded in 1879, closed in 1955, but continued through the yearly alumni reunions until 1993. Of more than 3200 names included, the most often mentioned are: Adams, Akins, Albert, Barnhill, Cooper, Davis, Elam, Ewalt, Griffin, Harris, Herr, Hickman, Jamison, Jones, Lanier, Mathews, Mills, Morgan, McCaw, Osborn, Parker, Peterson, Primrose, Putnam, Shields, Smith, Stickle, Sweet, Tharp, Tomlin, Whiteman, Williams, Wilson, Yarbrough, and Young. The school records are verbatim copies of all the existing school records, Clerk's records, Treasurer's Record and Teacher's Registers. Some record exists for every year. The county's copies for this school were destroyed in the county courthouse when it was flooded in the early 1940's. Also included are abstracts of all the Records of The Timber Creek Friends Church 1930-1971; a narrative history by the author; teacher's memories; minutes of the school reunions 1966-1978; family biographical sketches; census and tax enumerations; maps and pictures. 1979. 310 pp. Softbound, $25.00 |
781. Cemetery Records of Cowley County, Kansas, Vol. 1. by Stanley C. Smith and Patricia D. Smith. All cemeteries in Harvey and Omnia Townships: Glen Grouse, Box, Upper Timber Creek, Mt. Vernon, Baltimore and Atlanta. Map and locations. 1978. 55 pp, indexed, Softbound. $5.00. |
USED BOOKS |
The following are books from our personal library that we wish to sell. These are single copies, so once a book is sold, that is it. We will update this portion of the site frequently so as to avoid showing books that have been sold, but it is a possibility that a book may no longer be available. As always, you can send us an e-mail at padsmith@excite.com to confirm that a book is still available before you send a check. |
KANSAS A Souvenir History of Lincoln County, Kansas. Elizabeth N. Barr. Facsimile reprint of the 1908 edition by the Lincoln County Centennial Committee in 1961. Stories of early settlements and settlers. This reprint has 2 page Errata section and 8 pages of early Lincoln County history from a 1955 newspaper. Light soiling on front cover; otherwise tight and clean. From our collection. Soft cover. $35.00. Conquest of Southwest Kansas. Leola H. Blanchard. This reprint of the classic history of Southwest Kansas had notes added to correct information in the original book and an index was added. Includes a history of towns in the area, especially in Finney Co., KS. Old tales and interviews with old timers. Originally printed in 1931. Reprinted in 1989. 410 pp. Softbound. This copy of the book is NEW. $20.00 Hardbound copy NEW. $27.00 Ness Western County, Kansas. Minnie Dubbs Millbrooke. Illustrated by Cecilia Banwell. 1955. 319 p. with bibliography, notes, appendices, 150+ maps, photographs and illustrations. Endpapers are illustrations of a homestead certificate. Sought after by cattle trade collectors. Gray cloth with red lettering on cover and spine. No dust jacket. Exceedingly scarce. Inscription by original owner. CONTACT US FOR PRICE. Annals of Shawnee Methodist Mission and Indian Manual School. Martha B. Caldwell, ed. Topeka: Kansas State Historical Society. 1939. 1st edition. Illustrated. Selections from mission records 1825-1865. Some yellowing and slight wear of cover from age. 120 p. Paperback, pictorial cover. $12.00 Kaw Valley Landscapes: A Guide to Eastern Kansas. James R. Shortridge. Coronado Press: Lawrence, KS. 1977. A book about the beauty of the Kaw Valley that runs through the counties of Pottawatomie, Jackson, Jefferson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte, Johnson, Douglas, Shawnee, Osage, and Wabaunsee. Illustrated. 211 p.The hardbound cover shows yellowing, otherwise in very good condition. $20.00 Annals of the City of Kansas, Embracing Full Details of the Trade and Commerce of the Great Western Plains, Together with Statistics of the Agricultural, Mineral and Commercial Resources of the Country West, South and South-West, Embracing Western Missouri, Kansas and the Indian Country, and New Mexico. C. C. Spalding. Frank Glenn Publishing Co. with Columbia, MO: E. W. Stephens Co. 1950. Facsimile edition of the rare 1858 edition. Black, cloth boards with gold-stamped lettering. 116 p. Like new from our collection. $20.00 History of Kansas Masonry. Ben W. Graybill. Published by the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Kansas. 1975. 1st edition. Many biographical sketches. Indexed. 134 p. Hardbound. $11.00 My Folks Came in a Covered Wagon: A Treasury of Pioneer Stories. American Bicentennial Edition. Stauffer Communications/Cappers Weekly Readers. 1956. Geared for younger readers, contains short sketches of pioneer life. Front cover shows slight rubbing, red. Index. 102 p. Softbound. $8.00 A Century of Congregationalism in Kansas 1854-1954. Charles M. Correll. Wichita, KS: McCormick-Armstrong Co. 1953. 1st edition. Dust jacket slight damage. $10.00 Ozawkie on the Delaware (1854-1976). Publisher, Erma L. Steffey, 1975. 124 pages. This softbound book has yellowed cover. Owner name written on inside of front cover, otherwise in very good condition. $35.00 |
