Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939

Photographs collected by Myrna Eastin which primarily document Mullinville, Kansas during the 1910s, focusing mostly on houses, schools, and churches. There are also three photographs of dust storms in Kansas during the 1930s, and a few photographs of Greensburg and Lakin. One photograph is of family members living in Goshen, Oregon. There is also a photograph of a train wreck somewhere in Kansas in 1914.

Photographs collected by Myrna Eastin which primarily document Mullinville, Kansas during the 1910s, focusing mostly on houses, schools, and churches. There are also three photographs of dust storms in Kansas during the 1930s, and a few photographs of Greensburg and Lakin. One photograph is of family members living in Goshen, Oregon. There is also a photograph of a train wreck somewhere in Kansas in 1914.

Photographs collected by Myrna Eastin which primarily document Mullinville, Kansas during the 1910s, focusing mostly on houses, schools, and churches. There are also three photographs of dust storms in Kansas during the 1930s, and a few photographs of Greensburg and Lakin. One photograph is of family members living in Goshen, Oregon. There is also a photograph of a train wreck somewhere in Kansas in 1914.

The collection includes letters written by Thula Sharp Abbey and includes various details about her family and daily life in Cimarron and Dodge City from 1930-1959. These letters include details about various aspects of rural life from that time, including personal accounts of dust storms during the Dust Bowl Era. There are also printed transcriptions of the letters.