Sources for Saline County Research

Salina Public Library
Judy Lilly, Kansas Librarian
Campbell Room of Kansas Research
301 W. Elm
Salina, KS 67401
785-825-4624
http://www.salpublib.org/

Salina and Saline County directories, card files on births, deaths and marriages before 1900 (from local newspapers), oral history tapes, photographic collection, on microfilm: Salina newspapers, some Saline county small town newspapers, Kansas Census from 1855-1925.

Smoky Valley Genealogical Society
211 W. Iron, Suite 205
Salina, KS 67401
785-825-7573
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/saline/index.html

Salina City directories, Salina High School yearbooks, and original records including: Saline County marriages, probate, Salina voter registration, school census, plat maps for 1884, 1903, 1920. Roselawn cemetery index.

Smoky Hill Museum
211 W. Iron
Salina, KS 67401
785-309-5776

Photo collection of Salina and Saline county; documents and photographs related to business, medicine, schools, Camp Phillips and Schilling Air Force Base, and other topics relating to Saline county history.

Bibliography of local history

All books below are available at the Salina Public Library.

As We Were: A Pictorial History of Saline County, Volumes 1 and 2. Mary Crowther and Mary Maley, Eds. Salina, KS: Saline County Historical Society, Inc. 1976.

Bramwell, Ruby Phillips. City on the Move: The Story of Salina. Salina, KS: Survey Press, 1969.

Christ Cathedral: A Priceless Heritage. Newton, KS: Mennonite Press, 2000.

Hughes, Harry and Helen Craig Dingler. From River Ferries to Interchanges: A Brief History of Saline County, Kansas from the 1850’s to the 19080’s. Ellsworth, KS: Ellsworth Printing Company, 1988.

Oakes, Royal. Camp Phillips: World War II Army Post. Bountiful, Utah: Royal Oakes, 1986.

Wright, Bill. Rearwin: A Story of Men, Planes, and Aircraft manufacturing During the Great Depression. Manhattan, KS: Sunflower UP, 1997.

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