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Date: September 07, 1880
In this letter, Kansas Governor St. John is asked by W.V. Johnston, on behalf of the Ford County Temperance Union, to visit his community and deliver a Prohibition Amendment speech,…
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Date: September 06, 1880
In this letter, W. P. Hackney emphatically instructs Kansas Governor St. John to not allow Kentuckian George Bain to “stump” for Hackney’s Senate candidacy. “Now I don’t want any of…
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Date: September 06, 1880
In this letter, Samuel Dilley congratulates Kansas Governor St. John on his nomination and invites the Governor to attend a Temperance picnic in Reno Centre to deliver a speech on…
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Date: September 06, 1880
A letter to Kansas Governor St. John from Martha Boyer of Hart’s Mill (renamed Hewins), Chautauqua County, KS, requesting information concerning the proposed prohibition amendment. She anticipates that without additional…
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Date: September 06, 1880
A letter from W.A.S. Clifford congratulating Kansas Governor St. John on his recent re-nomination. Clifford urges the Governor to address the County Temperance Annual Convention in Leavenworth on Sept 22nd.
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Date: September 04, 1880
In this letter, Kansas Governor St. John is invited to deliver a temperance lecture at a newly organized Lodge in Galena.
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Date: September 04, 1880
In this letter, G. W. Bain of Parsons, congratulates Kansas Governor St. John on his nomination, which he considers a great victory for the amendment in spite of opposition in…
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Date: September 03, 1880
In this letter, pastor and temperance worker C.W. Gullett, invites Kansas Governor St. John to deliver a prohibition amendment speech in Americus, population 500, sometime in September. He promises to…
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Date: September 04, 1880
A letter to Kansas Governor St. John from W.J. Alexander, expressing his gratitude and admiration for The Governor’s oratory ability at a recent lecture he had given in Leavenworth. Alexander…
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Date: September 02, 1880
A letter from G. W. Sulton of Hartford, who previously told Kansas Governor St. John the people in his community “needed working up” on the amendment, asks the Governor to…
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Date: September 02, 1880
A letter from J.M. Dunsmore inviting Governor John St. John to attend a Temperance Rally, September 8th, in Thayer.
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Date: March 1944
This is a photograph of Lieutenant Robert S. Raymond receiving the British Distinguished Flying Cross from Lord Halifax, acting on behalf of King George VI. In the spring of 1940,…
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Date: 1943
This is a photograph of Robert S. Raymond dressed in his British Royal Air Force uniform. He grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, where his family owned a furniture store.…
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Date: 1943
This is a photograph of the British Royal Air Force plane flown by Robert S. Raymond. The plane’s logo was a Jayhawk standing on a bomb. The bomb doors were…
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Date: 1942
This is a photograph of Robert S. Raymond dressed in his pilot’s uniform. In the spring of 1940, he joined the American Volunteer Ambulance Corps and went to France. He…
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Date: Between 1900 and 1910
This is a photograph of Ida May Gleason Raymond, who was born October 17, 1883 near Grove Springs, New York. She grew up in this community, and in 1912, she…
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Date: October 1941
This is a photograph of Robert S. Raymond in his British Royal Air Force uniform. In the spring of 1940, he joined the American Volunteer Ambulance Corps and went to…
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Date: 1940
This is a photograph showing Robert S. Raymond dressed in his American Volunteer Ambulance Corps’ uniform with ambulances in the background. The photograph was probably taken in France. In the…
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Date: September 20, 1917 - October 11, 1918
This series of fifteen letters was sent by Henry J. Allen to his wife Elsie Jane Allen and his daughter Henrietta Allen. Subjects broached in the letters concern family, friends,…
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Date: 1916-1917
This series of sixteen letters to 21st Kansas Governor Henry J. and Elsie Jane Allen are sent from Frank Lloyd Wright and his third wife, Oligianna. In 1915, Allen hired…
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Date: 1980
This is a photograph of Robert S. and Elizabeth (Betty) Raymond in Lawrence, Kansas. He grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, where his family owned a furniture store. After graduating…
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Date: June 1, 1912
Political cartoon drawn by Ryan Walker for the socialist newspaper, Appeal to Reason, which was published in Girard, Kansas. The cartoon depicts a concerned worker watching Republican presidential candidate William…
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Date: Between 1940 and 1949
These two black and white photographs show the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company’s steam locomotive #4115.
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Date: August 13, 1880
Kansas Governor St. John receives this letter from Mrs. M. E. Redrick, a Lawrence newspaper reporter and ardent temperance supporter. Redrick requests a letter of introduction from the Governor, enabling…
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Date: August 12, 1880
A letter from Mrs. L.H. Washington, lecturer and organizer for the Iowa Women’s Christian Temperance Union, writing Kansas Governor St. John, detailing her work schedule for the next few weeks.…
