Portrait of woman and young man
date: Unknown
contributor: From the donated collection of Sara Horak to the Rossville Community Library in 2015
rights: Public Domain

Portrait of young boy and girl
creator: Unknown
date: Unknown
contributor: From the donated collection of Sara Horak to the Rossville Community Library in 2015
rights: Public Domain

Portrait of a man, Kleckner Studio, Atchison, Kansas
description: Unknown man in portrait from Kleckner, Atchison, Kansas
creator: Kleckner, Photographer, Atchison, Kansas Believed to be within public domain due to timeframe.
date: Unknown
contributor: From the donated collection of Sara Horak. 2015
rights: Public Domain

Bob Bixby's Alligator, 1956, Rossville, Kansas
subject: Pets
description: J June 14, 1956 “SEE you LATER, ALLIGATOR…” Kansas State Sigma Nu member harbors strange mascot here When you say, “See You Later, Alligator” to Bob Bixby, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bixby of Rossville, you may be saying just what it implies. Bixby has been seen around town with a real live alligator. The alligator is the mascot of the Sigma Nu fraternity house of which Bixby is a member in Manhattan. During the summer vacation, Bixby has volunteered to take care of it. "Beauregard", as it's named, is about 3 1/2 years old and is about three feet long, from nose to tail. "It's just billfold size", Bob says. Beauregard's sex has not been determined but if he lives long enough the Sigma Nu's could have a pet that measures 12 to 14 feet in length. The ’gator became the Sigma Nil mascot when Jim Krome of Mississippi City, Mississippi, caught it in a swamp end brought it to his fraternity following the Christmas holiday. Beauregard is allowed to run free in Krome’s room at night. Part of the time the house mother has had her bathtub used to wet the ’gator which they usually do once a day. Rawlings Pint Size Super will have the alligator on dis¬play this Friday and Saturday. Bob Rawlings, proprietor of the store believed everyone would be interested in seeing Beauregard, especially the kid¬dies. Bixby is keeping Beauregard at his grandfather’s place east of town. A special pen has been ar¬ranged in order to keep him home and not scare the neighbors. He is fed meat scraps and lettuce but, being a reptile, he stores his food in his tail for a reserve and doesn’t need to eat but once every few days. [CAPTION 1:] Beauregard, mascot of Bob Bixby’s fraternity, Sigma Nu, seems to smile, a daring to get closer. When asked if Beauregard has ever bitten anyone, Bixby said, “Nobody has ever given him a chance to.” [CAPTION 2:] Bob Bixby, who handles the alligator like the ‘gator enjoyed being handled likes to show the needle sharp teeth it has. Beauregard, who is relatively untamed,…
creator: Rossville Reporter, Rossville, Kansas
publisher: Rossville Community Library
date: June 14, 1956
contributor: The Rossville Reporter has given us copyright license.
rights: All rights reserved
format: newspaper
type: RCL0404

Peggy Sullivan Directs Summer Theatre, 1972, Rossville, Kansas
subject: Drama
description: DIRECTS SUMMER THEATRE PEGGY SULLIVAN, ROSSVILLE, is the director of the newly-formed Summer Theatre group which will open this Thursday in St. Marys. The Summer Theatre is a first for St. Marys and is sponsored by the Recreation Commission. Earlier this spring, the Recreation Commission invited Dr. and Mrs. Harold Mandl to a meeting of interested persons for the purpose of starting a Summer Theatre group. From this meeting Peggy Sullivan was chosen director and the selection of the cast was begun. Peggy is a Theater major at Emporia State Teachers College. She lives in Rossville and is working there this summer. Almost any evening the past few weeks, Peggy could be found rehearsing with her cast in the IC gym. It was here that the play, “You Can't Take It With You” took shape. Peggy says the most important aspect is the mood that the actors reflect. “Let one person destroy the mood and it may take many lines to reestablish that mood”, she says. The mood Peggy is talking about is the gay 1920’s, the time setting of the play. Peggy also believes it takes great acting to make everyone in the audience forget their problems of the day and relieve them with a world of make-believe. Ask Peggy what reward the cast, crew, and all concerned with the Theatre group get and her reply is, “Only one thing — audience appreciation”. (Turn to Page 5 for pictures of cast and crew.)
creator: St. Marys Star, St. Marys, Kansas
publisher: Rossville Community Library, Rossville, Kansas
date: July 20, 1972
rights: All rights reserved
format: newspaper

Bess Divine Baird, Rossville, Kansas
description: Personalities You Should Know People who have come and gone from Rossville in the past 31 years probably have had opportunity of meeting Bess Divine Baird. Bess has operated the Divine Cafe at the same location these entire 31 years. Mrs. Jake Baird came to Rossville in the year 1919 from Kansas City. Mo. After arriving here she worked for about a year at the Golden Belt Cafe which some old-timers can remember. Later she opened up a dry cleaners and laundry in the building now housing the cafe. A short time later she changed the laundry business to the cafe she has operated ever since. Good-natured Bess has met every kind of person you could think of in her cafe. Bess says she has dished out about everything and has taken about everything. She has the record of being the third longest in business in Rossville. C. E. Gresser has been in business here the longest at the Peoples State Bank, she said, and William Hesse of Hesse Lumber Co is the second, having been in business just about a week before she was. The Divine Cafe has long been the “old faithful” on Main street. For many years it has been the coffee break stop for businessmen and the heaping plates of home-cooked food for the workers. Mrs. Baird is a member of the Royal Neighbors and the Silver Lake American Legion Auxiliary.
creator: Rossville Reporter, Rossville, Kansas
publisher: Rossville Community Library
date: March 15, 1956
rights: This work is copyrighted; the copyright holder has granted permission for this item to be used by the Rossville Community Library. This permission does not extend to third parties.
format: newspaper article

1962 Kool-Aid Stand, Rossville, Kansas
description: Little Billie Rogers (pouring) and Mike Rogers (seated), sons of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rogers will have to close their business this week with the opening of school Friday. They say business is a little slow anyway. Here Billy Whitlock and Earl Queen were a couple of customers for a cool glass of Kool-Aid for two cents a glass.
creator: Shawnee County Reporter, Rossville, Kansas
publisher: Rossville Community Library
date: August 20, 1962
rights: This work is copyrighted; the copyright holder has granted permission for this item to be used by the Rossville Community Library. This permission does not extend to third parties.
format: newspaper

Dr. Robert S. Gabbey Memoirs, 1892, Rossville, Kansas
description: FOREWORD This collection of interesting stories are the recollections of an early day Rossville physician and the trip he and his family made to the Montana goldfields in 1864, These chapters were discovered by Mrs. Virginia Gentry while doing research on the early history of Rossville. They were originally published in nineteen installments in the Rossville Times in 1892, The adventures and hardships as well as humorous incidents that happened are told by the good doctor in a very interesting and well written manner. Nothing has been changed. The members of the Historical committee felt this story should be shared with others interested in early day history. This booklet is being published by the board of the Rossville Community Library and any profits derived from it's sale will be used for worthwhile projects in the library. DR. ROBERT S, GABBEY, 1833-1900 Robert S. Gabbey, pioneer doctor and Inventor was born May 3, 1833 in Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania. Little is known of his parents but they were of Scotch ancestry. He attended the local schools and then entered Jefferson College, graduating in 1852. In 1854, he was married to Annie Welton of Columbus, Ohio. After his marriage, he returned to Jefferson Medical College and graduated in 1855. In 1857, President Buchanan appointed him to the position of Government Physician to the Pottawotami Indians living on the reservation in the St. Marys and Rossville area. He served in this capacity for several years, living at St. Marys and later moving to Rossville o In 1864, Dr. and Mrs. Gabbey joined a wagon train going to the Montana go'ldflelds. Net finding Montana Territory to their liking, they returned to Rossville where he resumed the practice of medicine. He also purchased a farm east of the new town. In addition to his other duties, Dr. Gab- bey found time to perfect a new type of cultivator which was manufactured locally under the unlikely name of "Gabbey Go-Devil". During the 1890's he experimented with the theori…
creator: Dr. Robert S. Gabbey Originally published in the Rossville Times, Rossville, Kansas
publisher: Rossville Community Library
date: 1892
rights: Public domain
format: manuscript

Award being given, Rossville, Kansas
description: We don't know really anything about this picture except that it was found in our archives. On the back of the photo is the number "63," but we don't know if this was the year or not. Help us identify the two men in the picture! The plaque being handed to the man with the glasses says "Authorized Insurance Agent."
creator: Unknown
publisher: Rossville Community Library
date: Unknown; possibly 1963
rights: Orphaned work
format: photograph

1913 Postcard to Claude Dodge, Kansas
description: Front side: Photograph of two women Back side: Addressed to Mr. Claudeen Dodge, Rydal, Kansas. Sent on April 22, 1913, from Caldwell, Kansas; received April 23, 1913, at Rydal, Kansas. One cent stamp with George Washington portrait. Transcription: Dear cousin: Here we are isn't it a great picture? You better get busy and write. S'pose you recognize Faye. This was taken April 12. Tell Sophene I'll send her a card soon. Everybody is fine. Mayme
creator: Mayme (unknown)
publisher: Rossville Community Library
date: April 22, 1913
rights: Public domain
format: original postcard
identifier: RCL0271a RCL0271b