Winfield Digital Collections

Winfield, Kansas

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Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Alice shared the history of how her family came to Cowley County. Her father was born in Canada and immigrated to New York State. Her mother was born…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Aurthur was born in Stillwater, MN in 1888. His father came from Germany and was a teacher in Milwaukee, WI. He came to America to not get drafted…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Avis recalls her memories of her church community. Attending Sunday School was a must no matter the weather. At age 22 she taught a class of teenage…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Bob and Bertha Bloomfield shared memories of growing up in the Winfield area. Bertha shared information about the Progressive State Bank. Bob shared…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Vea shared memories of her parents coming to the New Salem area from Illinois in 1873. Her father was born in Tennessee and moved to Illinois. While…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Chuck moved to Winfield in January of 1903 when he was 7 years old. He recalls the mud streets and the hitching posts that lined Main Street. The…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Helen was born in 1896 in Winfield, KS. Her father was born in Missouri, and her mother was born in Indiana. Her father grew up in Neosho, KS and…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Dulcie shared memories of the emigration of the Brooks from Tennessee in 1870 and the Hatfields from Kentucky in 1880. Both settled in the Burden…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Edna was born in Belle Plaine, KS in 1900. Her parents were both born in Illinois. She grew up in Belle Plaine and went to Southwestern College in…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Evie shared how her father was born in Scotland and emigrated to New York. He came to Winfield in 1879. She was too ill to finish high school, but she…