John Shaw Dawson speeches, papers, teaching certificates, 1894-1958.

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John Shaw Dawson speeches, papers, teaching certificates, 1894-1958.

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Mostly essays, teaching certificates, and speeches by members of the Saturday Night Literary Club. The collection also contains an autobiographical essay of his trip from Illinois to Kansas in 1887 at age 18; a reminiscence about several Kansas politicians; Kansas State Historical Society (Topeka) correspondence relating to a luncheon in his honor, Oct. 17, 1944; obituaries; newspaper articles; contracts; printed items; and a letter to voters outlining his qualifications for the Kansas Supreme Court.

0.6 ft. (2 boxes)

Kansas State Historical Society

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Kansas State Historical Society

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The Kansas State Historical Society (KSHS or KHS) was formally organized on 13 December 1875, though previous attempts had been made to found such a society. The Kansas Editors' and Publishers' Association were the driving force for this latest version, and the committee created to form the society appointed Franklin G. Adams as its secretary. The Society soon outgrew its space in the State Capitol and after several successive moves within the building, its collections were moved to the new Memo...

Saturday Night Literary Club, Topeka, Kansas.

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Kansas. Supreme Court

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A supreme court was created in Kansas when it became a territory in 1854, composed of a chief justice and two justices appointed by the president for terms of four years each. When Kansas became a state, the constitution created a Supreme Court consisting of one chief justice and two associate justices elected from the state at large for six-year terms. In 1895, the legislature dealt with the problem of increasing case loads by creating the Kansas Courts of Appeal. However, this also was a tempo...

Dawson, John S., 1869-

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Teacher, Kansas attorney general, state Supreme Court justice; of Hill City, Topeka, Kan. Died 1960. From the description of John Shaw Dawson speeches, papers, teaching certificates, 1894-1958. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 173190350 ...