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Community Service and War Fund
Date: 1943
This item details the various teams and committees related to the Community Service and War Fund in Kansas for the 1943 drive. Included are the quotas for each team and…
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Kersey Coates to Andrew Horatio Reeder
Date: December 01, 1854
A letter written by Kersey Coates, from the steamboat Genoa, to Kansas Territorial Governor Andrew Horatio Reeder, regarding the bogus Kansas election of November, 1854. Coates expresses his outrage over…
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Thomas Hartley Crawford to Andrew Horatio Reeder
Date: January 14, 1832
A letter written by Thomas Hartley Crawford, Congressman from Pennsylvania, to Andrew Horatio Reeder, regarding the appointment of a young man to be a midshipman. A complete transcription is available…
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Joseph Laubach to Andrew Horatio Reeder
Date: January 02, 1849
A letter written by Joseph Laubach, a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, to Andrew Horatio Reeder regarding a senate caucus. A complete transcription is available by clicking “Text…
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Thomas Hartley Crawford to Andrew Horatio Reeder
Date: February 25, 1832
A letter written by Thomas Hartley Crawford, a Congressman from Pennsylvania, to Andrew Horatio Reeder, regarding a visit to the Secretary of the Navy and the appointment of a young…
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G. P. Lowry to Henry
Date: May 17, 1856
A copy of a letter written by G. P. Lowry, Hudson, Michigan, to Henry, describing Kansas’ Territorial Governor Andrew Reeder’s escape from Kansas. In the spring of 1856, Reeder and…
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Statement to be issued by Governor Andrew F. Schoeppel
Date: Unknown
This draft of a statement to be issued by Governor Schoeppel concerns the Fourth War Loan campaign for the sale of war bonds during World War II. With a quota…
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Parsons work at peak
Date: January 29, 1942
This newspaper article, from the January 29, 1941, edition of the Kansas City Times, details the effort required to build the defense plant at Parsons, Kansas. According to the article,…
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Boom not all joy
Date: September 27, 1941
This article, from the September 27, 1941, edition of the Kansas City Times, addresses the concerns of the residents of Parsons, Kansas, following news that an artillery munitions plant will…
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Await a Parsons Boom
Date: July 01, 1941
This article, from the Kansas City Times, details the often significant economic impact associated with the building of military or defense related facilities. In Parsons, Kansas, the most obvious impact…
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Location of vast shell loading plant at Parsons
Date: June 05, 1941
This map from the Topeka Daily Capital, shows the size and location of the proposed site for the $35,000,000 shell loading plant that was built near Parsons, Kansas in the…
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Parsons shell loading plant brings big industry to SEK
Date: May 31, 1941
This newspaper article from the Fort Scott Tribune details the size of both the buildings and the labor force to be used at the shell loading plant in Parsons, Kansas.…
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The plague that came out of Fort Riley
Date: March 10, 1961
This book review by Arthur F. Duncan, of the Kansas City Star, details the Influenza of 1918, its impact on Fort Riley, and eventually, its rapid spread throughout most of…
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Missouri-Kansas Highways
Date: August 1922
This magazine published by the Good Roads Association of Greater Kansas City promotes paved roads in the Kansas City and Missouri area. The publication contains a number of articles, photos,…
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Conditions at Camp Funston correspondence
Date: July 10, 1918-July 19, 1918
This correspondence deals with complaints about the treatment of servicemen at the hospital in Camp Funston. Written during the summer of the Influenza of 1918, these various pieces of correspondence…
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Governor Arthur Capper to the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners
Date: June 16, 1917
In this letter to the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, Leavenworth, Kansas, Governor Capper explains that the State Board of Health and the Federal Government is “making a…
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Samuel Crumbine to Governor Arthur Capper
Date: June 16, 1917
In this letter to Governor Capper, Samuel Crumbine, Secretary of the Kansas State Board of Health, addresses the issue of a sanitation zone around all military installations in the state…
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Woodson County organization records
Date: 1873
In order for an unorganized county to be recognized by the state of Kansas, a certain number of householders/legal electors had to petition the governor. The governor would appoint a…
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Wilson County organization records
Date: 1864
In order for an unorganized county to be recognized by the state of Kansas, a certain number of householders/legal electors had to petition the governor. The governor would appoint a…
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Wichita County organization records
Date: 1886
In order for an unorganized county to be recognized by the state of Kansas, a certain number of householders/legal electors had to petition the governor. The governor would appoint a…
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Wallace County organization records
Date: 1868-1889
In order for an unorganized county to be recognized by the state of Kansas, a certain number of householders/legal electors had to petition the governor. The governor would appoint a…
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Trego County organization records
Date: 1879
In order for an unorganized county to be recognized by the state of Kansas, a certain number of householders/legal electors had to petition the governor. The governor would appoint a…
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Deaths by counties: Topeka City
Date: 1918
This information, gathered for the Kansas State Board of Health’s Division of Vital Statistics, details the number of deaths in Topeka from the Influenza of 1918. As indicated by the…
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Thomas County organization records
Date: 1885
In order for the state of Kansas to recognize an unorganized county, a certain number of householders or legal electors from that county had to petition the governor. The governor…
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Death by causes: influenza
Date: 1918
This summary of deaths, compiled by the Division of Vital Statistics of the Kansas State Board of Health, details the total number of deaths that resulted during the Influenza of…