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R. C. Chase to Governor John St. John

Date: April 27, 1880

This letter to Kansas Governor St. John from R. C. Chase of Hiawatha, Kansas, urges the Governor to attend a temperance convention being held in late May, 1880.

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O. J. Benham to Governor John St. John

Date: April 19, 1880

In this letter, O.J. Benham of Cleveland, Ohio, informs a Mr. Baird (Chairman, National christian Temperance Union, N.C.T.U.)that Liberty Jones will work as an organizer in the west, and asks…

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Frank Baird to Governor John St. John

Date: April 20, 1880

This letter from Frank Baird of Alliance, Ohio, seeks Kansas Governor St. John’s endorsement of temperance worker Liberty Jones of Chicago, Illinois. Baird was chairman of the Board of managers…

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The Kansas Star, volume 44, number 2

Date: November 1920

This is an issue of The Kansas Star, a publication written and printed by the students of the Kansas School for the Deaf in Olathe, Kansas. This issue includes pupil’s…

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Frank Aley to Governor John St. John

Date: April 14, 1880

In this letter, Frank Aley from Manhattan, Kansas, requests that Kansas Governor St. John send him data or statistics relating to temperance and prohibition.

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J. M. Miller to Governor John St. John

Date: March 27, 1880

In this letter, J.M. Miller explains the details and logistics for Kansas Governor St. John’s April 4th visit to Council Grove, Morris County, Kansas. Miller took the liberty to arrange…

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J. F. Drake to Governor John St. John

Date: March 08, 1880

This letter from J. F. Drake of the Lyon County Temperance Society to Kansas Governor St. John, requests that the Governor give them a week’s notice of his intentions to…

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Wolford D. Wyatt to Governor John St. John

Date: April 07, 1880

Wolford Wyatt of Lincoln, Illinois, sends Kansas Governor St. John, this letter of introduction and recommendation for a young female temperance worker on her way to Kansas.

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B. F. Wright to Governor John St. John

Date: March 31, 1880

This letter serves as an invitation from B. F. Wright in Charles City, Iowa, for Kansas Governor St. John to speak there in July. Wright was corresponding secretary of the…

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O. C. Welch to Governor John St. John

Date: April 06, 1880

In this letter, in addition to asking Kansas Governor St. John to lecture in Parkerville, Morris County, Kansas, on temperance, O. C. Welch expresses his opinions about St. John’s popularity…

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Robert Taft photography research notes

Date: 1920s - 1950s

These research notes document the research Robert Taft undertook in writing his works on the history of American photography. This series complements the series of Taft’s photography correspondence included on…

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John Denair

Date: November 1915

This is a photograph of John Denair. He was an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway employee. Denair was born at Germantown, Pennsylvania, on November 10, 1846. He began his…