Kansas State Penitentiary

Items listed below are in the file drawers of a cabinet in the Kansas Room of LVPL.
For additional online information, click here: Kansas State Penitentiary

Gable, Frank M. "The Kansas Penitentiary." from Kansas Historical Collection vol. 14 pg. 379-437.

"Kansas State Penitentiary 100 Years Old This Month." Leavenworth Times.

"Summarization of the Index to Inmate Records: Kansas State Penitentiary 1861 - 1952." Kansas State Historical Society.

Gripka, Cathy. "State Prison History Traced." February 1976.

"Free to Sing" [photo] Kansas City Star. June 3, 1996.

"The Kansas State Penitentiary."

Diuguid, Lewis W. "Behind Bars but in Control." Kansas City Star. June 10 1995.

Diuguid, Lewis W. "Unlocking the Voice of Inmates." Kansas City Star. May 18, 1996.

Parish, Connie. "Escapee Search Continues in Missouri." Leavenworth Times. September 9, 1981.

Searle-Smith, Nancy. "4 KSP Fugitives Steal Vehicle in Springfield." Leavenworth Times. September 8, 1981.

Parish, Connie. "KSP Escapees Face Wyandotte Charges." Leavenworth Times. September 10, 1981.

Miller, Tom. "Capture of Last Fugitives Ends Week of Fear." September 14, 1981.

Whitaker, Barbara. "Kansas Prison Escapees Elude Searchers." September 7, 1981.

Dirks, Karen. "Three KSP Inmates Arraigned On Aggravated Escape Charges." Leavenworth Times. September 23, 1981.

Combs, Mary S. "Carlin Vows to Improve KSP Security." Leavenworth Times. September 23, 1981.

"Search Continues Near Arora, MO." September 10, 1981.

"Wet Convicts Calm Down at Lansing." Kansas City Star. July 10, 1969.

"Heavey Damage." Kansas City Star.

Parish, Connie. "Carlin Receives KBI Escape Report." Leavenworth Times. September 18, 1981.

"Woodson and Crouse Agree on KSP Policy." November 19, 1969.

Morgan, Ray. "Kansas Prisoners Resent Rigid Guard." Kansas City Star. December 19, 1969.

"Some Prisoners at Lansing Resent their Loss of 'Boss' Role" Kansas City Times. December 19, 1969.

Searle-Smith, Nancy. "Vanderslice Back on Duty at prison." Leavenworth Times. September 24, 1981.

"Escapees Face New Charges." October 4, 1981.

Miller, Tom. "Fugitives Put Town in Grip of Fear." Mid-America

Weiner, Time. "Four Convicts Still at Large After Escape." Kansas City Times. September 7, 1961.

"Leave Riot-Torn Prison Cellblock." Leavenworth Times. June 26, 1969.

Parish, Connie. "Witness KSP Hangings Affected Everyone." Leavenworth Times.

Parish, Connie. "Fallen Heroes are Remembered at LCF. Leavenworth Times. May 11, 2001, ill.

"Convicts War Underground." Kansas City Star. October 29, 1969.

Parish, Connie. "Barbara Leaving Post As Head of Corrections." Leavenworth Times. July 9, 1985.

"New Warden's Iron Hand Gentle on Steel Bars." Kansas City Star. January 20, 1971.

"Sunday Escape Third for Year."

"Another Escapee Captured Saturday." September 13, 1981.

Dirks, Karen. "KSP Escapees Back at Prison." Leavenworth Times. October 15, 1985.

Jones, Harry. "Humane Care for Women Inmates Only." Kansas City Star. April 5, 1973.

Nicely, Stephen. "A Seething Unrest Prevails in Kansas Prison." Kansas City Star. August 10, 1969.

"Looking Things Over." [photo]

"Prison Space Still Needed." January 30, 1985.

"An Associate of Art Degree to an Inmate." Leavenworth Time. June 3, 1969.

Parish, Connie. "Overcrowding Makes Delays Frustrating." Leavenworth Times. January 30, 1985

Nicely, Stephen. "Prison Life Too Much for Some." Kansas City Star. August 24, 1969.

Parish, Connie. "Gov. Carlin Dedicates Medium Security Prison." Leavenworth Times. June 26, 1985.

Parish, Connie. "Inmates Moving Into New Prison Facility." Leavenworth Times. July 2, 1985.

Cox, Tony. "Turning the Tide Through Rehabilitation." Leavenworth Times. October 12, 1986.

Liston, Warren. "Frank Sawyer Free After 49 Years." Kansas City Star. September 18, 1969.

Kansas Department of Corrections. Corrections Briefing Report. January 1996.

Gripka, Cathy. "Controversy Always Surrounded Lansing Prison." Heritage. February 1978.

Parsons, Steve. "Book Gave KSP Inmates Notoriety." Leavenworth Times. April 13, 1980.

Parsih, Connie. "An Average Kansas Prisoner Would be a Young White Male." Leavenworth Times. May 16, 1982.

[Picture of the Kansas State Penitentiary Twine Factory from a 1987 Leavenworth calendar.]

Johnston III, J. H. "Prison Inmates Share in one Man's Dream." Outlook. August 1980.

Parish, Connie. "Prison Crowding 'Critical" Leavenworth Times. January 25, 1987.

Parish, Connie. "15 Executed on KSP Gallows This Century." Leavenworth Times.

Parish, Connie. "Some Aren't Just Famous They're Infamous." Leavenworth Times. July 21, 1996.

"State Prison." Leavenworth Times. April 19, 1964.

Kansas State Penitentiary. [Brochure]

Dary, David. "The Day They Went Over the Wall at Lansing." Kansas City Star.  May 20, 1973.

[Picture of Kansas State Penitentiary Brick Factory from a 1986 Leavenworth calendar]

A Look at the Kansas State Penitentiary. [Booklet]

Legislative Post Audit Committee. Performance Audit Report Capacity in Kansas Prisons. July 1985 [also have 1987 report]

Gripka, Cathy. "State Prison History Traced." Heritage. February 1976.

Parish, Connie. "Local Man Spins Tale of Two Hangings." Leavenworth Times. August 29, 2004.

Parish, Connie. "Local Man Investigates Unusual Hangings at State Prison." Leavenworth Times. August 30, 2004.

Parish, Connie. "Historical Gallows May Return to Area." Leavenworth Times. March 14, 2004.

Parish, Connie. "Lansing Made Prior Requests." Leavenworth Times. March 15, 2004.

Parish, Connie. "Offiical: Returning Gallows Not Simple." Leavenworth Times. March 16, 2004.

Parish, Connie. "Local Men Recall Hangings." Leavenworth Times. April 14, 2005.

"Lansing Correctional Facility." - Formerly Kansas State Penitentiary; Brochure 2006.

"Prisoners Seize Prather, Escape." Leavenworth Times. May 30, 1933.

Penn, Steve. "Society Owes a Debt to Prison's Staff." Kansas City Star. May 22, 2008.

"Legal Hanging in Kansas." Printed from Internet web pages dedicated to free genealogy: Kansas Trails. Sept. 28, 2009.