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We don’t want another war
Date: 1938-1945
It isn’t clear if this item by Senator Arthur Capper is a speech or a letter to newspapers. He argues that the United States should do everything it can to…
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Crawford County organization records
Date: Between 1866 and 1868
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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Brown County-township boundary changes
Date: 1902
Brown County was one of the original counties included when Kansas was created. Therefore, it does not have the same organization records that were required to create a county at…
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Cowley County organization records
Date: 1870
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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John Brown, Jr., correspondence
Date: February 14, 1861-November 29, 1863
John Brown, Jr., wrote these letters to his wife Wealthy Brown during the early years of the Civil War. He enlisted and served as a Captain of Company K, 1st…
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Comanche County organization records
Date: 1873-1875
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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Cloud County organization records
Date: 1870
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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Clark County organization records
Date: May 05, 1885
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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Cheyenne County organization records
Date: April 01, 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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Henry Isely diary
Date: 1863
This diary was written by Henry Isely, a member of Company C, Sixty-seventh Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He enlisted in 1862 as a private and served over three years. Isely…
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Cherokee County organization records
Date: 1866-1912
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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Barton County organization records
Date: 1872
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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Barber county organization records
Date: 1872 to 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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State has four hundred draft objectors, ranks fifth
Date: September 20, 1953
This newspaper article describes the number of conscientious objectors in Kansas in the early 1950s. The article states there are 400 objectors in Kansas according to the Kansas Adjutant General,…
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Sixty objectors sent to state hospital staff
Date: October 24, 1952
This article from the Topeka Capital details the work done by sixty conscientious objectors at the Topeka State Hospital. As they had done during World War II, many conscientious objectors…
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Conscientious objectors assigned to camps
Date: July 29, 1942-September 30, 1942
List of vouchers of meals for Civilian Public Service (CPS) workers from late July to late September of 1942. Lists various restaurants at which CPS conscientious objectors ate, as well…
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Jehovah’s Witnesses to the County Prosecuting Attorney, Pittsburg, Kansas
Date: November 5, 1943
This letter is from a group of Jehovah’s Witnesses to the County Prosecuting Attorney of Pittsburg, Kansas. The group describe being confronted by a mob of thirty to forty people…
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Richard Stanley Booth to Local Board #1 Olathe, Kansas
Date: August 23, 1943
This letter from Richard Booth to Local Board #1 of Olathe, Kansas, is similar to many other letters from conscientious objectors during World War II. In the letter, Booth argues…
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Edwin Lee Booth to Local Board #1 of Olathe, Kansas
Date: July 10, 1943
This letter from Edwin Lee Booth of Mission, Kansas, describes his reasons for not reporting to the Civilian Public Service (CPS) camp at Hill City, South Dakota. Booth, a motorcycle…
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Forrest Jeffries to the U.S. Department of Justice
Date: April 21, 1943
Forrest Jeffries wrote to the U.S. Department of Justice concerning difficulties faced by Jehovah’s Witnesses in Scott City, Kansas, beginning in June of 1942. According to Jeffries’ account, the Scott…
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Affidavit from Homer W. Hunter to U.S. Attorney General Francis Biddle
Date: March 22, 1943
Affidavit from Homer Hunter of Coffeyville, Kansas, to U.S. Attorney General Francis Biddle. The affidavit describes the treatment endured by Melvin L. Jackson, F. Jerry Molohan, and Homer W. Hunter…
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E.H. Reed to the American Civil Liberties Union
Date: June 1, 1942
Letter from E.H. Reed of Hutchinson, Kansas, to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in New York City. The letter is regarding the case of Frank U. Martin, who was…
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Anna M. Hogsett to Governor Payne Ratner
Date: October 22, 1942
This letter from Mrs. Anna Hogsett of Brownell, Kansas, to Governor Payne Ratner, details her efforts to help her son Luther who refused to join the U.S. military because he…
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Adjutant General of Kansas to Governor Andrew Schoeppel
Date: Between 1943 and 1947
This memorandum, from the Adjutant General of Kansas to Governor Andrew Schoeppel, addresses the use of conscientious objectors on dairy farms. During World War II, thousands of men applied to…
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The Selective Service Act as amended
Date: 1943
This excerpt from “The Selective Service Act as Amended,” published in 1943, outlines the terms and conditions relative to Conscientious Objective status. First put into law by the Selective Service…