Manuscripts

Cyrus Kurtz Holliday papers

Description: The collection consists of letters (52 original manuscript letters and 86 photocopies of typescripts), documents, 24 photographs, and a scrapbook related to the life and business activities of Cyrus K. Holliday. There are materials related to the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company and its business matters, the development of the city of Topeka, and politics in Kansas.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1854-1949
Call number: mssHolliday
Creator: Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz (1826-1900)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Mrs. George W. Burpee, May 1960.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated organization: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company.
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Cyrus Kurtz Holliday correspondence
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Letters to Mary Dillon Holliday and children.
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Cyrus Kurtz Holliday's A sketch: Why the townsite of Topeka was selected, by whom it was selected..., etc
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Copies of typescripts of letters.
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Printed material and Scrapbook
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Includes booklet "Cyrus K. Holliday" and scrapbook kept by Lillie Holliday Kellam regarding Cyrus Kurtz Holliday and Topeka, Kansas.
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Copies of minutes of incorporators' meeting, first stockholders' meeting, and first directors' meeting.
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