Manhattan Neighborhood Research Information Source Ideas

 

                (Area code for phone numbers is 785 unless otherwise noted.)
 

1)     Riley County Historical Society & Museum, 2309 Claflin Road, 565-6490

Building hours: Tuesdays - Fridays 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Weekends 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.

        LIBRARY SERVICES BY APPOINTMENT ONLY – (785) 565-6490

Manhattan Historical Survey files (forms & research data)

Maps (including 1881 and 1909 Plat Books)

Directories (telephone 1895-present; Polk 1939-2000)

Tax books (1862-1920)

Text files on Manhattan & Riley County topics

Special editions of local newspapers (1910, 1913, etc.)

Transportation histories

Records of clubs & organizations

Ideas on interview subjects

Chamber of Commerce brochures

Books on Manhattan history

                        Family files

                        Photo files

                        Court records

                        Obituaries

                        Cemetery records

                        Census data

                        Church histories

                        Scrapbooks

                        Yearbooks

                        City clerk records

2)     Riley County Genealogical Society, 2005 Claflin Road, 565-6495, email
Tuesdays, Thursdays -- 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Wednesdays, Saturdays -- 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. 
Sundays -- 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. (closed holidays)

3)     Riley County Courthouse Complex on Poyntz Avenue (parking lot at Fifth & Humboldt) Register of Deeds 537-6340; Appraiser’s Office 537-6310; County Clerk 537-6300

4)     Charlson & Wilson Bonded Abstracters

Title Office, 111 North Fourth Street, 565-4800

5)     Manhattan City Hall, 11th & Poyntz

                                Ward & Lot map

6)     Manhattan Public Library, Poyntz & Juliette, 776-4741

Newspapers on microfilm (see also Kansas State Historical Society)

Who’s Who Directories

7)     Manhattan Code Office, 2000 Denison (Fire Station, Denison & Kimball) 587-4506

                                Building permits

8)     Hale Library, KSU Campus

General library resources

KSU Archives 532-7456

Sanborn maps (various years) on microfilm (Documents Department)

9)     Kansas State Historical Society, 6425 S.W. Sixth Avenue, Topeka, 785-272-8681

                Historic Preservation Office ext. 240

Research Library Reference Desk ext. 117

Newspaper collection on microfilm (also available through interlibrary loan)

10)  Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Family History Center

2812 Marlatt Avenue, 539-5445, call for hours.

11)  USDA Service Center, 2615 Farm Bureau Road, 776-7582 (off Seth Childs near Cinema)
Aerial photographs

12)  Other possibilities

www.terraserver.com (this aerial photography site has apparently been commercialized)

Aerial Photo Field Office (Salt Lake City), 801-975-3500

Kansas Geographical Survey (maps)e