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Date: December 31, 1919
In this letter, Meyers outlines ten items that he suggests would “fix” the proposed industrial court legislation. The legislation would have a tribunal decide on labor problems between employers and…
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Date: December 27, 1919
E.H. Murdock sends Governor Allen suggestions “to protect the CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES against the enormous expense and inconvenience of strikes…” Suggestions,such as this, were frequently received by Governor…
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Date: January 4, 1920
Art Welch, secretary to Local Union 960, Mulberry, Kansas, writes to Governor Allen opposing the proposed Court of Industrial Relations. The legislation would have a tribunal decide on labor problems…
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Date: January 6, 1920
F.J. Moss writes to Governor Allen about labor in the nation. Included with this letter is an article written by Moss, from Kansas City, Missouri, entitled “Will Our Troubles Decrease…
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Date: January 20, 1920
Governor Allen responds to a letter from Taylor Miller, of Salina, Kansas, in which he agrees with Taylor that it would be better if the Industrial Court of Relations could…
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Date: January 20, 1920
In this letter, Taylor Miller writes to Governor Allen about the Industrial Court Bill, which was passed by special legislation in 1920 following a series of strikes in the Southeast…
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Date: December 26, 1919
H. Alvin Moore writes to Governor Allen asking for information about Kansas’ plan to eliminate labor disputes. Moore, a member of the Industrial Code Commission of Washington on Industrial Peace,…
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Date: May 24, 1915
Reply from the Executive Clerk of Kansas to Herman Buckman in response to Buckman’s letter to Governor Arthur Capper regarding U.S. citizenship. The Executive Clerk explains that Buckman should re-file…
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Date: 1915
Letter from Herman Buckman, resident of Muscotah, Kansas, to Governor Arthur Capper of Topeka. Buckman, who was born in Germany and lived in the U.S. for 30 years at the…
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Date: Between 1870 and 1880
A small brochure encouraging travel via the Kansas Pacific Railway. It promotes land sales along the Kansas Pacific line as well as tourism and the health benefits of travelling to…
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Date: 1876
This six panel brochure advertises the routes of the Kansas Pacific Railway Company, with emphasis on accommodations, both passenger and freight, from the eastern states to the west. Specifically, the…
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Date: Between 1870 and 1880
A small brochure advertising 6,000,000 acres of land for sale by the Kansas Pacific Railway in Kansas and Colorado. The Kansas Pacific Railway has the most direct route between Kansas…
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Date: July 1877
This large pamphlet has a full page map of central Kansas with Kansas Pacific Railway lands shown on one side. The reverse side contains numerous reasons to settle in The…
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Date: 1875
This brochure advertises the routes of the Kansas Pacific Railway Company, with emphasis on accommodations, both passenger and freight, from the western states to the east. Specifically, the company claims…
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Date: 1875
This appears to be half of an advertising brochure by the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company. The advertisement is for 5,000,000 acres of prime land for sale in Kansas and Colorado.…
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Date: Between 1870 and 1890
A poster distributed by the Kansas City, Ft. Scott & Gulf and the Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern Railroads promoting 500,000 acres of land in Southeastern Kansas open for settlement.…
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Date: February 1877
This Kansas Pacific Railway brochure promotes travel to the San Juan Mines of Colorado and the Black Hills gold mines. One side contains a map of the Kansas Pacific Railway…
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Date: June 1, 1873
This letter solicits subscription of funds to advance the expansion of the Kansas Pacific Railway Company by fifty-two miles to reach Fort Lyon, Colorado. It says that Fort Lyon will…
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Date: May 4, 1918
This letter from Robert Heike, Jr., pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lydia, Kansas, to Kansas Governor Arthur Capper of Topeka, addresses the use of the German language during church…
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Date: July 11, 1915
This letter from Charles D. Puckett of Dallas, Texas, to Kansas governor Arthur Capper of Topeka discusses claims from the Price Raid of 1864. Puckett’s in-laws, Washington and Mary Ann…
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Date: September 18, 1950
In his reply to Topekan attorney Charles Bledsoe, NAACP legal counsel Robert L. Carter outlined his initial thoughts on strategies and approaches to the case. Two of Carter’s main points…
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Date: September 5, 1950
In the letter, Charles E. Bledsoe, attorney for the Topeka Chapter of the NAACP, outlines the general nature of Topeka’s situation as influenced by local laws. In particular, Bledsoe refers…
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Date: 1950
A handwritten draft by Lucinda Todd, on the case of Brown vs. The Board of Education. This case led to a landmark ruling by the United States Supreme Court that…
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Date: September 13, 1950
This Letter mentions the receipt of Todd’s letter of August 29, 1950, about the situation in Topeka’s elementary schools. White mentioned that he would immediately refer the letter to his…
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Date: August 29, 1950
First Letter from the Lucinda Todd, of the Topeka Chapter of the NAACP, to NAACP Executive Secretary Walter White. In the letter, Todd outlines the problems in Topeka and the…
