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Garfield County organization records
Date: 1887
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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Ford County organization records
Date: 1872-1873
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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Interview on experiences in World War II
Date: December 15, 1980
Mauderly enlisted in the Army (Infantry) in 1940 and served in Company B, 137th Infantry, Emporia National Guard. Interviewed by Dorothy Milsap, Mauderly talked about military experiences in the Second…
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Thomas Harten to Governor Andrew Schoeppel
Date: December 19, 1942
This letter, from Thomas Harten of New York to Kansas Governor Andrew Schoeppel, concerns the commemoration of Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation on the evening of February 10th, 1943, at Carnegie…
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Coral Bell to Governor Andrew Schoeppel
Date: October 4, 1944
This letter from Coral Bell to Governor Schoeppel, concerns the treatment of the African American citizens of Ellis, Kansas. Bell explains that the Victory Café in Ellis has a sign…
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A.L. Foster to the manager of Kelly’s Hotel in Iola, Kansas
Date: March 09, 1945
In this letter, from A.L. Foster of the Chicago Urban League to the manager of Kelly’s Hotel in Iola, Kansas, details Foster’s experiences at the hotel in the winter of…
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Robey Trader to Governor Andrew Schoeppel
Date: September 01, 1945
This letter, from Robey Trader to Governor Schoeppel, concerns Trader’s belief that expanded rights for African Americans in Kansas City, Kansas, might lead to increased racial tensions because, as Trader…
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Francisco Moralez to Andrew Schoeppel
Date: September 7, 1945
This letter, from Francisco Moralez to Governor Schoeppel, details Moralez’s experiences upon returning to Kansas after the end of World War II. Despite being a Mexican American U.S. Army veteran,…
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Elmer Jackson to Harold Stauffer
Date: November 21, 1945
This letter, from Elmer Jackson of the Kansas branch of the N.A.A.C.P. to Harold Stauffer, Chairman of the Kansas Board of Regents, details the difficulties faced by African American students…
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Reverand Justin Walz to Governor Walter Huxman
Date: December 11, 1937
This telegram, from Reverend Justin Walz to Governor Walter Huxman, protests the fact that federal funds to support hot lunches for children in need had ceased. Walz explains to Huxman…
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Ray Moseley to Governor Payne Ratner
Date: September 28, 1939
This letter from Ray Moseley, of Moseley and Company Real Estate Brokers, to Governor Payner Ratner, addresses Moseley’s 1939 organization of the Stay Out of Foreign Wars Society.
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Governor Andrew Schoeppel prohibition correspondence
Date: 1942-1946
Kansas governor Andrew Schoeppel collected this series of correspondence on prohibition legislation and the repeal of state-sanctioned prohibition. Kansas passed a state constitutional amendment on prohibition in 1880. Kansas repealed…
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Jay Hormel to Governor Payne Ratner
Date: September 27, 2009
In this letter to Governor Ratner from Jay C. Hormel of Hormel Foods, Hormel argues that the U.S. must prepare its economy to meet the potential demands of the war…
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F.E. Spicer to Governor Payne Ratner
Date: September 30, 2009
In this letter to Governor Payne Ratner, F.E. Spicer of Abilene, Kansas, argues that the U.S. should remain out of the conflict in Europe. In fact, Spicer contends that the…
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Edgar Nunally to Governor Payne Ratner
Date: May 21, 1940
This letter, from Methodist Reverend Edgar Nunally to Governor Payne Ratner, argues that the entire U.S. should “be thoroughly organized and prepared for the future contingencies brought on by the…
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William Allen White to Governor Payne Ratner
Date: May 22, 1940
In this letter from noted Kansan William Allen White, White argues that the U.S. must “throw its economic and moral weight on the side of the nations of Western Europe,…
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Wikoff-Vermillion Post #129
Date: June 11, 1977
This resolution from the Wikoff-Vermillion American Legion Post #129 in Lyon, Kansas, pledges that the Post will support “Americanism” and help defend against all “UnAmerican acts, functions, or demonstrations.”
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Clark Eichelberger to Governor Payne Ratner
Date: August 14, 2009
In this letter to Governor Ratner, Clark Eichelberger, on behalf of William Allen White, contends that Ratner must do everything in his power to garner support for sending U.S. destroyers…
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William Juhnke to Governor Payne Ratner
Date: June 21, 2009
In this letter to Governor Ratner, Mennonite William Juhnke of the Young People’s Committee of the General Conference of the Mennonite Church of North America states that he is opposed…
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Ed Kaufman to Governor Payne Ratner
Date: June 25, 1940
In this letter to Governor Payne Ratner, Bethel College President Ed. G. Kaufman urges the governor to do all that he can to keep the U.S. out of the war…
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Governor John St. John prohibition received correspondence
Date: January 1879-December 1882
Republican politician John St. John complied this series of correspondence on temperance and prohibition issues from letters received while governor of Kansas from 1879-1882. The correspondence includes letters supporting and…
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Gomer Davies to Senator Arthur Capper
Date: April 29, 1942
In this letter, Gomer T. Davies, proprietor of The Kansan Printing House in Concordia, Kansas, informs Senator Capper that the “business and professional interests” in the town of Concordia support…
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Daniel Hall to Senator Arthur Capper
Date: June 27, 1942
This letter from Daniel Hall of Topeka, Kansas, to Senator Arthur Capper, provides insight into the lives of detainees and prisoners of war held by the Japanese military during World…
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Arthur Capper to Daniel C. Hall
Date: July 01, 1943
In this letter, Senator Capper responds to the letter sent to him by civilian detainee Daniel Hall of Topeka, Kansas, who was being held in a Japanese camp in Shanghai,…
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Colonel H.H. Pfeil to Senator Arthur Capper
Date: May 21, 1943
In this letter, Colonel H.H. Pfeil, U.S. Army Liaison Officer for the Senate, responds to Senator Capper’s inquiries into pay for Axis prisoners of war held in the U.S. Pfeil…