Winfield Digital Collections

Winfield, Kansas

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Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Emil shared his memories of going to Winfield High School in 1916 and Miss Simpson, American History Teacher, would inform them of the state of World…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Part 1 - Etna shared memories of her maternal grandparents who traveled to Cowley County from Kentucky in a covered wagon. Their homestead was a log…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Evelyn shared her memories of when she began working as a social worker in 1936 during the Depression Era. The upper floor of the courthouse had a…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Florence shared memories of her high school years and her normal training to become a teacher. In this training, she learned how to teach in country…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Frances recalls that her grandfather settled in Sedan, KS after the Civil War. Her father began working at a bank in Sedan when he was 16. Her mother…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
George Bloomshine shares memories dating back to 1884 of living on a farm in the Winfield area. He also recalls attending the Cowley County Fair.
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Georgia shared the story of her father coming to Cowley County by covered wagon in 1869. At that time the city of Winfield had not be established and…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Gertrude Hankins shares the history of when her family came to Cowley County in 1871 from Ray County in Missouri. They first settled near Grouse…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Gola grew up on a farm by Timber Creek near Wilmont, KS. Her mother's family moved to Kansas from Illinois because the father's health was not well.…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Part 1 - Gus was the former Chief of Police in Winfield, KS. He was born in Oxford, KS in 1911. His parents were also born in Oxford, KS. His father's…