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2018 Highlights
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Kansas Memory Blog
By: Haley Suby, Digital ArchivistOver the past eleven months, the Kansas Historical Society has been working hard to bring you digitized images that represent the past, present and future of Kansas and Kansans. Featured in this post are highlights from each month, different collections and counties. Read further to see what we have found to digitize for you. January:One of the first items to be digitized in 2018 comes from the home town of the Society's new Acquisitions Archivist. Gracing us from Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas, this booklet uses black and white photographs with accompanying captions to represent street scenes, churches, businesses, aerial views and residences. The Acquisitions Archivist may not have been in Pittsburg in 1902 but some of the buildings may still be around for your delight today. February:February was the cold month the current Digital Archivist joined the team. This 360-degree photograph of a container from the Shawnee Methodist Mission in Johnson County, Kansas, was shot by the Society's photographer. Through shooting the container thirty-six times incrementally by ten degrees around the container, a full 360-degree view is achieved giving the viewer a better perspective of a 3D object.March: March brought more cold weather to Kansas, but it also brought this digitized map of the Kansas Territory. Today we have more convenient modern technology to help us stay warm while outside working compared to when the land was surveyed for this map. George N. Propper surveyed the land to create this map to identify county boundaries, Indian boundaries, rail roads, emigrant routes and many more. April: