This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
A Story Worth Telling: From Topeka to POW Camps
Col James Clark Hughes, a Topeka native, pursued Pancho Villa, served in World War I, fought Japan in World War II, and endured over three years in six Japanese POW camps. Captured at Bataan at 54, he was freed aged 57 in Manchuria with severe malnutrition and dental loss. one in three fellow POWs died.
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Col
James Clarkughes
Pancho Villa
Hughes
Asia
Bataan
Philippine Islands
Mary Madden
Kansas Museum of History
James C. Hughes
Museum and Education Division