Chautauqua

Items listed below are in the file drawers of a cabinet in the Kansas Room of LVPL.
For additional background information about the history of Chautauqua in Kansas, click here: Bleeding Kansas [Fort Scott National Historic Site]

"Chautauqua to Close A Week's 'Run' Tonight." Leavenworth Times. July 24, 1927.

"Thirty on List for Directors of Chautauqua." Leavenworth Times. July 26, 1927.

Over the Edge: Travelers on the Plains Chautauqua '87 A Humanities Guide.

"Chautauqua Looks for Kansas sites." Leavenworth Times. Nov. 21, 1988.

"Chautauqua Tent Show Coming to Leavenworth." Leavenworth Times.July 5, 1987.

Cox, Tony. "Lewis Returned from Expedition to a World He Couldn't Call Home." Leavenworth Times. July 12, 1987, ill.

Kessler, Jan. "Indians seen as a Victim of Civilization." Leavenworth Times. July 9, 1987, ill.

Kessler, Jan. "People Take Opportunity to Meet Chautauqua Cast." Leavenworth Times. July 8, 1987, ill.

Lemke, Debra Bates. "The Magic of Chautauqua." Photos from Leader. July 16, 1987.

Parish, Connie. "Elizabeth Custer devoted Her Life to the General." Leavenworth Times. July 12, 1987, ill.

Ruff, Candy. "Chautauqua: Actors Tell of Paths Taken to Discover Facts About Characters." Leavenworth Times. July 13, 1987.

Ruff, Candy. "Traveling Back to a Time When the City Was Young." Leavenworth Times. July 10, 1987, ill.

Tillotson, Carolyn. "Residents Remember Earlier Chautauquas." Leavenworth Times. July 5, 1987.

Whiltock, Lynette. "Characters 'Come Alive' at Chautauqua." Article from unknown source, ill.

Zeman, J.J. "Preparing For Chautauqua." Leavenworth Times. July 12, 1987, ill.

Zeman, J.J. "Stevenson Finds Americans to be Backward and Boorish." Leavenworth Times. July 10, 1987, ill.

Chautauqua 87. [A program]Copied from: Leavenworth Times Nov. 22, 1987.

[A Chautauqua ticket for July 8-12 1987 Leavenworth High School]

"Chautauqua" [A poem or speech]

"Chautauqua '87" [a poster]

"Chautauqua '88". Leavenworth Times. Nov. 22, 1987.

Chautauqua postcards, 12.

Matheny, David L, et al. The Kansas Chautauqua: Profiles. Emporia, KS: Center for Great Plains Studies, 1986.

[Bibliography from The Wild West by Don Russell 1899]

[Miscellaneous news clippings from the Leavenworth Times July 8-12 1987]