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Date: May 7, 1944
This article from the Topeka Capital details the success of the airplane building effort in Wichita, Kansas, and its monetary impact on other cities and towns in the state. In…
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Date: June 13, 1919
Michael Birmingham, calling himself “a soldier who has been over there,” writes to Kansas Governor Henry Allen of Topeka asking for repeal of the “Anti-Cigarette Law” “Is the anti-cigarette law…
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Date: July 25, 1943
This article from the Wichita Eagle addresses the immense importance of Wichita aircraft companies in supplying the U.S. air effort during World War II. More importantly, the article address the…
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Date: September 6, 1944
This article published in the Kansas City Star details the accomplishment of the North American airplane manufacturing plant in Kansas City, Kansas. At that time, the Kansas City plant was…
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Date: June 5, 1919 to June 12, 1919
Clyde Reed, secretary to Kansas Governor Henry Allen of Topeka, Kansas, writes to Maude Younger of the National Woman’s Party in Washington D.C. advising her of a special session of…
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Date: April 25, 1943
This article from the Wichita Eagle covers the Boeing Aircraft Company’s completion of the 7,000th trainer airplane for the U.S. Armed Forces. By 1943, Boeing was producing a trainer airplane…
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Date: June 9, 1919
In response to Governor Allen calling a special Kansas legislative session to extend the right to vote to women, Representative W. A. Newkirk writes to Allen stating that he is…
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Date: September 29, 1944
KS: 11th: 2.4.: understands the role of Kansas aviation companies in World War II
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Date: June 9, 1919
Although women in Kansas already had the right to vote, Kansas Governor Henry J. Allen recalled the Kansas legislature for a special session in June of 1919 for the purpose…
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Date: Feb 10, 1885
A long letter of proposal from William H. Schofield to the members of the Board of Trade Association of Leavenworth, Kansas. Mr. Schofield proposes to build a railroad from Leavenworth,…
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Date: Between 1870 and 1880
This is a listing of the major towns (post offices) along the Neosho and Cherokee Divisions of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad. Some of the towns included are Council…
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Date: 1873
This small pamphlet encourages the purchase and settlement of land in eastern Kansas stretching from Lawrence southward to the Kansas line and owned by the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad.…
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Date: Between 1876 and 1879
This flyer encourages land purchase and development in central Kansas through the Kansas Pacific Railway. The reasoning is an expanded market for wheat and meat due to the Russo-Turkish War…
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Date: 1918
This card, issued by the U.S. Marshall, District of Kansas, is similar to many issued during World War I to German Americans that had not yet attained U.S. citizenship. This…
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Date: July 25, 1918
This Alien registration Card, issued by the U.S. Department of Justice to Vena Peters Schock of Topeka, KS, was issued during World War I due to Schock’s status as a…
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Date: 1918
This card, issued by the U.S. Marshall, District of Kansas, is similar to many issued during World War I to German Americans that had not yet attained U.S. citizenship. This…
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Date: February 25, 1918
This alien registration card, from the U.S. Department of Justice to Charles Schock of Topeka, Kansas, was issued during World War I due to Schock’s statue as a non-naturalized citizen…
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Date: November 1, 2006
Phyllis M. Shardean Wiens enlisted in the Navy in 1941 and served until 1945. Interviewed by Marian Poe on Nov 1, 2006, Wiens talked about military experiences in the Second…
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Date: January 3, 2007
Loren Wiens enlisted in the Navy in 1945 and served until 1946. Interviewed by Marian Poe on Jan 3, 2007, Wiens talked about military experiences in the Second World War.…
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Date: Oct. 28, 1981
Ida Sellers Warner enlisted in the WAC (Women’s Army Corps) in 1943 and served until 1945 in the Ninth Air Corps. Interviewed by Carolyn Sayler on Jan 1, 1901, Warner…
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Date: May 24, 2006
Richard “Dick” G. Wellman enlisted in the Navy in 1942 and served until 1946 on the USS Macomb & USS Hampton. Interviewed by Marian Poe on May 24, 2006, Wellman…
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Date: March 27, 2007
Earl Lee Welch was inducted into the Army (Air Force) in 1942 and served until 1945 in the 6th Bomb Group. Interviewed by Marian Poe on Mar. 27, 2007, Welch…
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Date: May 13, 2006
Walter P. Vincent was inducted into the Marine Corps in 1944 and served until 1945 in the 3rd Division, 21st Regiment, E Company. Interviewed by Marian Poe on May 13,…
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Date: June 6, 1984
Taylor was inducted into the United States Army. This is an article written by Carolyn Sayler, that was published in the Lyons Daily News on June 6, 1984. It was…
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Date: July 10, 2006
William S. Stockstill enlisted in the Army (Air Force) in 1942 and served until 1946 in the 13th Air Group, 489th Squadron. Interviewed by Marian Poe on Jul 10, 2006,…
