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In the letter, he corrects information about the Cheyenne Indians' raid on the Kaw Indians which is printed in Brigham's book, The Story of Council Grove on the Santa Fe Trail. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/220047"> <img src="https://img.kansasmemory.org/thumb/00178132.jpg" alt="Senator Charles Curtis to Ida M. Ferris" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/220047" title=""> Senator Charles Curtis to Ida M. Ferris </a> <br /> Creator: Curtis, Charles, 1860-1936 <br /> Date: December 18, 1909 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_220047"> In this letter to Ida M. Ferris, Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas provides information on the Sac and Fox tribe that Ferris had requested at an earlier date for an article that she was writing. The information provided by Senator Curtis, chairman of the Senate's Committee on Indian Depredations, contains a brief list of treaties made between the Sac and Fox tribe and the United States. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/208980"> <img src="https://img.kansasmemory.org/thumb/00056263.jpg" alt="Arthur Capper, Charles Curtis, and John W. Thomas" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/208980" title=""> Arthur Capper, Charles Curtis, and John W. Thomas </a> <br /> Creator: Henry Miller News Picture Service <br /> Date: June 22, 1929 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_208980"> Arthur Capper, United States senator from Kansas, Charles Curtis, vice president of the United States, and John W. Thomas, United States senator from Idaho, in Washington, D. C., are photographed with 4-H Club members from Kansas. Capper, 1865-1951, a native of Garnett, Kansas, served Kansas as Governor from 1915 to 1919, and U. S. Senator from 1919 to 1949. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/213473"> <img src="https://img.kansasmemory.org/thumb/00095073.jpg" alt="Benjamin S. Paulen and Charles Curtis, Pawnee, Kansas" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/213473" title=""> Benjamin S. Paulen and Charles Curtis, Pawnee, Kansas </a> <br /> Creator: Holt, O.W. <br /> Date: August 1, 1928 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_213473"> This sepia colored photograph shows Kansas Governor Benjamin S. Paulen shaking hands with members from the Potawatomi tribe at the dedication ceremony for the restoration of the state's first territorial capitol in Pawnee, Kansas. Standing in the middle watching the handshake is United States Senator from Kansas, Charles Curtis. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/508246"> <img src="https://img.kansasmemory.org/thumb/00946305.jpg" alt="Old Pawnee Capitol, Pawnee, Kansas" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/508246" title=""> Old Pawnee Capitol, Pawnee, Kansas </a> <br /> Creator: Holt, O. W. <br /> Date: 1928 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_508246"> This set of photographs show the dedication ceremony for the restoration of the state's first territorial capitol in Pawnee, Kansas. The first photograph shows a crowd gathered around the capitol building during the dedication ceremonies. The second image show a group of reenactors. The third photograph shows Kansas Senator Charles Curtis shaking hands with a member of the Potawatomie tribe. The fourth image shows a crowd gathered for the ceremonies. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/512643"> <img src="https://img.kansasmemory.org/thumb/00959411.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis Cartoon" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/512643" title=""> Charles Curtis Cartoon </a> <br /> Creator: Reid, Albert Turner, 1873-1955 <br /> Date: 1928 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_512643"> This is a photograph of a political cartoon by Albert T. Reid depicting Charles Curtis in the 1928 presidential race. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/505646"> <img src="https://img.kansasmemory.org/thumb/00939306.jpg" alt="Arthur Capper, United States Senator" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/505646" title=""> Arthur Capper, United States Senator </a> <br /> Creator: Spalton, A.E. <br /> Date: June 01, 1925 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_505646"> This photograph shows United States Senator Arthur Capper with fellow United States Senator from Kansas Charles Curtis to the far left, and Kansas Governor Benjamin Paulen in the middle, at a gathering in Wichita, Kansas. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/205"> <img src="https://img.kansasmemory.org/thumb/d00000202.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/205" title=""> Charles Curtis </a> <br /> Date: Between 1928 and 1933 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_205"> This photograph shows Charles Curtis, 1860-1936, standing on the steps of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.As a Kansas politician he serves in the United States Congress from 1893-1907. He also serves two terms as a United States Senator, 1907-1913 and 1915-1929. In 1928 Curtis is elected as the thirty-first vice-president of the United States, 1929-1933, and is the first Native American to be elected to public office in the United States. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/208533"> <img src="https://img.kansasmemory.org/thumb/00052327.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis' home, Topeka, Kansas" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/208533" title=""> Charles Curtis' home, Topeka, Kansas </a> <br /> Date: Between 1900 and 1929 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_208533"> This photograph shows Charles Curtis' home at 1101 Topeka Avenue in Topeka, Kansas. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/208974"> <img src="https://img.kansasmemory.org/thumb/00056257.jpg" alt="Arthur Capper, Ben Paulin, Charles Curtis, and Carl R. Gray at Pawnee Capitol, Pawnee, Kansas" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/208974" title=""> Arthur Capper, Ben Paulin, Charles Curtis, and Carl R. Gray at Pawnee Capitol, Pawnee, Kansas </a> <br /> Date: August 1, 1928 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_208974"> This photograph shows Senator Arthur Capper, Kansas Governor Ben Paulin, Vice President Charles Curtis, and Carl R. Gray standing from left to right while visiting the Pawnee Capitol in Pawnee, Kansas on August 1, 1928. The men visited the Pawnee Capitol, commonly referred to as the First Territorial Capitol at Fort Riley, when Senator Capper was visiting Kansas. The First Territorial Capitol was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/208981"> <img src="https://img.kansasmemory.org/thumb/00615861.jpg" alt="Henry J. Allen, Charles Curtis, and Arthur Capper" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/208981" title=""> Henry J. Allen, Charles Curtis, and Arthur Capper </a> <br /> Date: July 11, 1929 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_208981"> An informal portrait of U. S. Senator Henry J. Allen (left of the child in the center), Vice President Charles Curtis, and U. S. Senator Arthur Capper, standing with fellow celebrants at the 75th Anniversary celebration of Atchison, Kansas. Capper (1865-1951) a native of Garnett, Kansas, served as Kansas Governor from 1915 to 1919 and then as U. S. Senator from 1919 to 1949. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/209330"> <img src="https://img.kansasmemory.org/thumb/00055431.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis, Vice President of the United States" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/209330" title=""> Charles Curtis, Vice President of the United States </a> <br /> Date: Between 1920 and 1933 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_209330"> Portrait of Charles Curtis, 1860-1936, United States Congressman, 1893-1907, U. S. Senator, 1907-1913 and 1915-1929, and Vice President of the United States, 1929-1933. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/215382"> <img src="https://img.kansasmemory.org/thumb/00135063.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/215382" title=""> Charles Curtis </a> <br /> Date: 1928 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_215382"> Charles Curtis in 1928 during his political campaign to become United States Vice President, under soon to be elected, President Herbert Hoover. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/217296"> <img src="https://img.kansasmemory.org/thumb/00151052.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/217296" title=""> Charles Curtis </a> <br /> Date: 1928 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_217296"> These three sepia colored photographs show U.S. Senator Charles Curtis campaigning for the vice-presidency of the United States. Curtis and presidential running mate Herbert Clark Hoover, were elected in 1928 by defeating Democratic candidate Al Smith and running mate Joseph Taylor Robinson. The Hoover-Curtis ticket sought re-election in 1932, but the overwhelming economic problems facing the country cost them the election to Democratic candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt and his running mate John Nance Garner. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/225233"> <img src="https://img.kansasmemory.org/thumb/00282218.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis political button" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/225233" title=""> Charles Curtis political button </a> <br /> Date: 1893 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_225233"> Small political campaign button featuring Charles Curtis. Born in Topeka, Kansas, Curtis served in the United States Congress and was later elected Vice President. He was the first individual of American Indian ancestry to reach that high office. This button depicts a very young Curtis and was probably used in his early campaigns for the Kansas seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/226482"> <img src="https://img.kansasmemory.org/thumb/00317222.jpg" alt="Kansas farmers at the capitol in Washington, D.C." width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/226482" title=""> Kansas farmers at the capitol in Washington, D.C. </a> <br /> Date: December 06, 1927 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_226482"> This is a photograph of Kansas farmers posed with Senators Charles Curtis and Arthur Capper on the capitol steps in Washington, D.C. The farmers signed up for a two-week tour sponsored by the Kansas Farmer and featured visits to industrial plants and historic sites. Thirty-two farmers signed up for the tour. The group left November 27 by Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe passenger train. They made stops in Chicago, IL; Detroit, MI; Windsor, Canada; Buffalo, New York; Schenectady, New York; New York, New York; Philadelphia, PA; Akron, OH; and Washington, D.C. The group spent three days in Washington. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/315766"> <img src="https://img.kansasmemory.org/thumb/00640735.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis at Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/315766" title=""> Charles Curtis at Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas </a> <br /> Date: 1925 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_315766"> This is a photograph of Charles Curtis and several other people in cap and gown at Washburn College, now known as Washburn University, in Topeka, Kansas. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/473841"> <img src="https://img.kansasmemory.org/thumb/00925825.jpg" alt="Correspondence between Senator Charles Curtis and Amabel Gossett" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/473841" title=""> Correspondence between Senator Charles Curtis and Amabel Gossett </a> <br /> Date: January 07, 1924-January 12, 1924 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_473841"> Correspondence between Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas and Amabel Gossett of Topeka, Kansas regarding The Woman's Club of Topeka, the World Court, and the Upper Mississippi River National Reserve. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/508332"> <img src="https://img.kansasmemory.org/thumb/00946255.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/508332" title=""> Charles Curtis </a> <br /> Date: Between 1927 and 1933 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_508332"> This photograph shows Charles Curtis, 1860-1936, seated at a desk. As a Kansas politician he served in the United States Congress from 1893-1907. He also served two terms as a United States Senator, 1907-1913 and 1915-1929. In 1928 Curtis was elected as the thirty-first vice-president of the United States, 1929-1933, and was the first Native American to be elected to public office in the United States. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/508334"> <img src="https://img.kansasmemory.org/thumb/00946267.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/508334" title=""> Charles Curtis </a> <br /> Date: Between 1928 and 1933 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_508334"> This photograph shows Charles Curtis, 1860-1936, seated at a desk. As a Kansas politician he serves in the United States Congress from 1893-1907. He also serves two terms as a United States Senator, 1907-1913 and 1915-1929. In 1928 Curtis is elected as the thirty-first vice-president of the United States, 1929-1933, and is the first Native American to be elected to public office in the United States. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/508335"> <img src="https://img.kansasmemory.org/thumb/00946270.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/508335" title=""> Charles Curtis </a> <br /> Date: 1928 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_508335"> This photograph shows Charles Curtis with his arm in a sling at an unidentified location. As a Kansas politician he served in the United States Congress from 1893-1907. He also served two terms as a United States Senator, 1907-1913 and 1915-1929. In 1928 Curtis was elected as the thirty-first vice-president of the United States, 1929-1933, and was the first Native American to be elected to public office in the United States. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/512611"> <img src="https://img.kansasmemory.org/thumb/00959378.jpg" alt="Portrait of Charles Curtis as a young man" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/512611" title=""> Portrait of Charles Curtis as a young man </a> <br /> Date: Between 1880 and 1890 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_512611"> This is a portrait of Charles Curtis as a young man. Charles Curtis served as the 31st Vice President of the United States. He was a member of the Kanza tribe, and was the first Native American to serve in the U.S. Congress and as Vice President. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/512612"> <img src="https://img.kansasmemory.org/thumb/00959381.jpg" alt="Portrait of Charles Curtis in Topeka, Kansas" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/512612" title=""> Portrait of Charles Curtis in Topeka, Kansas </a> <br /> Date: November 18, 1914 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_512612"> This is autographed portrait of Charles Curtis seated reading a book in Topeka, Kansas, November 18, 1914. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/512614"> <img src="https://img.kansasmemory.org/thumb/00959385.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis as a youth in "Hiawatha" tableaux" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/512614" title=""> Charles Curtis as a youth in "Hiawatha" tableaux </a> <br /> Date: Between 1880 and 1890 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_512614"> This is a set of photographs of Charles Curtis and two unidentified young men dressed in traditional Native clothing in the Hiawatha tableaux. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <table> <tr> <td width="100"> <a href="/item/512615"> <img src="https://img.kansasmemory.org/thumb/00959392.jpg" alt="Charles Curtis on Philippine Islands trip" width="98" /> </a> </td> <td> <p> <a href="/item/512615" title=""> Charles Curtis on Philippine Islands trip </a> <br /> Date: 1905 <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;" id="item_description_512615"> This is a photograph of Charles Curtis and an unidentified man on his Philippine Island trip, 1905. </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <hr></hr> <p> Showing 1 - 25 <br /> <a href='/locate.php?&categories=4229&page=2'>Next Page ></a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div id="header" class="noprint"> <div id="km_logo"> <a href="/" title="Kansas Memory - Main Page"><img src="/graphics/Kansas-Memory4.png" alt="Kansas Memory" /></a> </div> <div id="kshs_logo"> <a href="http://www.kshs.org" title="Kansas Historical Society"><img src="/graphics/kshs_non_logo81px.png" alt="Kansas Historical Society" /></a> </div> <div id="kshs_real" class="noprint"> <p> <a href="/">Home</a> · <a href="/blog">Blog</a> · <a href="/categories">Browse</a> · <a href="/faq">FAQ</a> · <a href="/about">About</a> · <a href="/map">Map</a> · <a href='/teachers'>Teachers</a> · <a href='/feedback'>Contact Us</a> </p> </div> <div id="search_box" class="noprint" > <form method="get" action='/locate.php'> <p> <label for="top_search_input" style="display:none;">Search Input</label> <input class="smallform noprint" type="text" name="query" size="21" maxlength="120" style="padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px;" id="top_search_input" /> <label for="top_search_submit" style="display:none;">Submit Search Query</label> <input class="smallform noprint" value="Search" type="submit" id="top_search_submit" /> <span style="font-size:0.8em; color: white; margin-bottom: 3px;"><a href="/locate.php" style="color: white;">Advanced</a></span><br /> </p> </form> </div> </div> <div id="bottom_banner"> <p> Copyright © 2007-2024 - <a href="http://www.kshs.org" title="Kansas Historical Society">Kansas Historical Society</a> - <span class="noprint"> <a href="/feedback">Contact Us</a> <br /> This website was developed in part with funding provided by the <a href="http://www.kansas.gov/board/index.html" title="Information Network of Kansas">Information Network of Kansas</a>. </span> </p> </div> </body> </html>

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