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Morton 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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Montgomery County organization records
Date: 1869-1870
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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Mitchell 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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Meade County organization records
Date: 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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Anne G. Cravens to Governor Andrew Schoeppel
Date: August 15, 1944
In this letter to Governor Schoeppel, Anne G. Cravens of Santa Monica, California, tells Schoeppel that he should work to establish a “Veterans City” in Kansas where returning soliders could…
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McPherson County organization records
Date: 1870-1873
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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W.F. Turrentine to Frank J. McClure
Date: June 20, 1945
In this letter to Frank J. McClure, Director of the Veterans Information Center in Kansas City, Missouri, W.F. Turrentine, Jr., Secretary to the Governor of Kansas, informs McClure that “returning…
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Marion County organization records
Date: 1865
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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Logan 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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Edward McMaster to Governor Andrew Schoeppel
Date: April 15, 1945
In this letter to Governor Schoeppel, Lieutenant Edward McMaster, Information and Education Officer for the Headquarters, 8th Fighter Group, at San Fransico, California, asks Schoeppel for information concerning various fields…
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Ira Howard to Governor Andrew Schoeppel
Date: April 30, 1945
In this letter to Governor Schoeppel, Ira Howard of Gaylord, Kansas, argues that returning veterans from World War II must be given a fair chance at employment after the war.…
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Mrs. Clarence Hall to Governor Andrew Schoeppel
Date: September 25, 1944
In this letter to Governor Schoeppel, Mrs. Clarence A. Hall of Alton, Kansas offers to give up her home and farm to a returning soldier in order to facilitate his…
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Lincoln 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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Lane 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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Labette County organization records
Date: 1867
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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Kiowa 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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W.D. Jochems to Governor Andrew Schoeppel
Date: January 11, 1947
In this letter, W.D. Jochems, State Chairman of the Kansas United War Fund, informs Governor Schoeppel that the Kansas War Fund, Inc. has “its work finished” due to the end…
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Victory garden conference
Date: January 17, 1942
This cover letter addressed to “All Victory Garden Committeemen” was attached to the reports from 4 different Victory Garden committee meetings that were held at the State House in Topeka…
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Carl Fredin to Governor Payne Ratner
Date: January 20, 1942
In this letter to Governor Ratner, Carl Fredin of Wadsworth, Kansas, offers his suggestions and ideas concerning the best way to go about creating Victory Gardens in Kansas. A complete…
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Beulah Mongold to Governor Payne Ratner
Date: January 23, 1942
In this letter to Governor Payne Ratner, Beulah Mongold of Topeka, Kansas, proposes that all vacant lots in town be utilized as Victory Gardens because “every foot of ground should…
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Minutes of the meeting of State Executive Victory Garden Committee
Date: March 06, 1942-March 26, 1942
This cover letter written by H. Umberger, Dean of the Division of Extension, Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science (K. S. C.), to Governor Payne Ratner is accompanied…
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Governor Prentice Cooper to Governor Payne Ratner correspondence
Date: June 30, 1942-August 08, 1942
Correspondence from Governor Prentice Cooper of Tennessee to Governor Payne Ratner of Kansas addressing the spread of Victory Gardens throughout the U.S. In the letter, Cooper, Chairman of the National…
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Dean H. Umberger to Governor Payne Ratner
Date: August 26, 1942
This letter to Governor Ratner from Dean H. Umberger of the Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science in Manhattan, Kansas, details the progress of the Victory Garden Program.…
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Report of Kansas U.S.O. Committee
Date: 1941
This item details the amount of contributions to the United Service Organizations (U.S.O.) from cities and counties in Kansas during 1941. Totaling almost $90,000, the U.S.O. campaign in Kansas was…
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NAACP begins education drive among its people
Date: May 6, 1945
This article describes the Topeka NAACP’s efforts to convince local African Americans that, if they are interested in “their own status as an American citizen,” they will “at all times…