Winfield Digital Collections

Winfield, Kansas

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Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
William went to Kansas State University and received a degree in Mechanical Engineering and then went on to earn a degree in Architecture. Upon…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Welcome has been a resident of Winfield for 71 years and recalls his life as a laborer. He worked as a cook, incinerator operator at the hospital, and…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Warren recalled the tailor and laundry businesses that Tom and Frank Parker owned together which began in 1893. In the beginning they would send the…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Ward shared that his paternal grandparents were both born in Pennsylvania in the 1830s. His father was the oldest of 3 children. In 1876 the family…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Veso shared memories of growing up in Winfield. She enjoyed how the neighbors would gather outside of their homes in the evenings and share stories…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Stanley was born in Tennessee and spent some time in Arkansas as a child.
His first jobs was carrying a paper route and working at a filling…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Sherlah shared that her paternal grandparents came to Cowley County from Tennessee in the late 1800s by covered wagon. They settled near Burden, KS.…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Sarah shared that her parents came from Glascow, Scotland. They met once they were in America. They came to Winfield, KS because her mother's sister…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Ross shared memories of when his grandpa Wilkins settled near Grouse Creek and Cambridge in the spring of 1870. His father was 6 years old when they…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Rosa shared the story of her family history of settling in Lynn, KS to find better farming land. After 15 years in Lynn, they moved near Enid, OK by…