Charles Leroy Edson papers, [not before 1913]-1951.

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Charles Leroy Edson papers, [not before 1913]-1951.

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Correspondence and writings, mostly pertaining to his anti-establishment political and social views. The writings contain observations of Kansas & Topeka, Kan.; critical comments about the Republican Party, Alf Landon, Arthur Capper, Charles Sheldon, England, & the Episcopal Church; satire; a revisionist history of Kansas; and social, historical, & political commentaries. Other subjects include journalism, a revisionist history of Kansas with an emphasis on town building, the antipathy between capital and agriculture, a history of the attempts to move the Missouri capital for land speculation purposes, U.S. Supreme Court decisions, human nature, religion, economics, American culture, nationalism, and C.L. Edson's experiences as a staff member of the Federal Writers' Project working on the Kansas volume of the American Guide series. Correspondents include H.L. Mencken and Walter Winchell.

3 ft. (7 boxes)

Kansas State Historical Society

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Mencken, H.L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956

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Author, poet, journalist; of Topeka, Kan. Died 1975. From the description of Charles Leroy Edson papers, [not before 1913]-1951. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 49503111 Author, poet, journalist; of Topeka, Kan. Died 1975. From the description of Charles Leroy Edson collection [microform] : [papers], [not before 1913]-1951. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 60328384 ...

Winchell, Walter, 1897-1972

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