Stafford County Historical and Genealogical Society

Established 1976

100 North Main St.
Stafford, KS 67578

Phone: 620-234-5664

E-mail: schgs1976@gmail.com

MUSEUM HOURS:
9am-3:30pm weekdays,
weekends & special tours by appointment.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President: Suzie McMillan
Vice-President: Marceline Masten
Secretary: Silva Scholes
Treasurer: Jean Fanshier

Steve Hartnett
Don Hornbaker
Barbara Grimmett
Linda Westfahl
Pat Houston

Executive Director: Michael Hathaway

FARMERS NATIONAL BANK

We have begun a grant application to conduct further renovations on the Farmers National Bank, our main museum building. The work involves brick and stone repair and replacement, caulking around all the windows and doors, and interior plaster water damage repair. If we were to be awarded this grant, the total would be $90,000, of which we will be required to raise $22,225 in matching funds. Needless to say, all donations toward this project are most welcome.

CRAWFORD ANNEX ROOF

The roof was repaired on the Crawford Annex in October, and the floor was repaired in mid-January. We also repaired the small windows on the west side of the old Masonic Hall, and replaced the floor in the foyer of the Farmers National Bank. These jobs ran us $2,800. Any donations to help offset these unexpected expenses would be most appreciated. Donations may be sent to Stafford County Museum, 100 N. Main St., Stafford, KS 67578. (Patrons may donate via Paypal using our email address: schgs1976@gmail.com.)

MILTON ANNEX NORTH WALL AND ROOF

Repairs were completed on the north wall and roof of the Milton Auto Museum. We were very pleased to have this building back in good shape and to mark this off of our "to-do" list!

PERMANENT QUILT EXHIBIT

Stafford County Museum hosted Chamber Coffee  May 18, 2018, at the museum library. It coincided with the ribbon cutting and grand opening of the museum’s permanent quilt exhibit. The ribbon was cut by Marceline Masten at 10 a.m. at the back of the Farmers National Bank (where the late great attorney Bill Goss’ office was once upon a time).
 
The exhibit displays all of the quilts in the museum’s collection. Along with quilts, the display features many other exquisite hand-crafted textile artifacts, such as examples of tatting, and items in which the craftswomen raised and harvested the wool, spun the wool into thread, wove it into strips, and sewed the strips into bed covers. For more information and photos, look for Stafford County Historical and Genealogical Society on Facebook.
 
STAFFORD COUNTY SOUVENIR PLAYING CARDS

$10 per deck

Stafford County Souvenir Playing Cards, printed on high quality playing card stock. These cards make a fun & fascinating collectible as well as a wonderful gift. Each card highlights a different historical photo & fact about our County.

The tuck-box is adorned with a colorful 1929 architect's drawing of our Courthouse and the back of each card shows a colorized postcard photo of our museum building as it was in 1910.

We are grateful to everyone who participated in this fundraising project by sponsoring a card. Communities represented by our sponsors in the cards are Hudson, Macksville, Radium, St. John, Stafford and Zenith as well as our rural areas.

We can mail them for an additional $3.00 per deck for shipping/handling. Payment may be made by check or money order to the address above, or via Paypal using our email address: schgs1976@gmail.com.

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Gray Studio Glass Negatives On-Line
 
Gray Studio photos on-line at Forsyth Library (FHSU)

Gray Studio Glass Plate Negatives, film by Gizmo Pictures (Topeka),
commissioned by Kansas Humanities Council for its 40th anniversary
 
William R. Gray featured on Hatteburg’s People (KAKE-TV, Wichita)
 
William R. Gray featured on Sunflower Journeys (KTWU-Channel 11, Topeka)

Glass negatives project featured on Positively Kansas, Episode 1 (KPTS Ch. 8, Wichita)

 Glass negatives project featured on Main Street Kansas (KSN, Wichita)

This is the official website of the Stafford County Historical and Genealogical Society.
The mission of the Stafford County Historical and Genealogical Society is to collect, research and preserve the history of Stafford County, Kansas.
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