Paul A. Martin correspondence and papers, 1856-1944 (bulk 1918-1919, 1944).

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Paul A. Martin correspondence and papers, 1856-1944 (bulk 1918-1919, 1944).

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This collection contains a list of descendants of John A. & Ida Challiss Martin, mother of Paul A. Martin. There is also an album of letters written by the children of Mary A. Harres Challiss who was Ida's mother. These describe their life at Woodlawn, their home in Nemaha County, Kan. There is a letter by W. L. Challiss, Mary's husband, on the family's move to Kansas in 1856. The letters dated 1918 and 1919 are between Paul Martin and A. L. Miller; 1 letter is from Paul's mother. The correspondence dated 1944 is from Lieutenant John A. Martin, Paul Martin's nephew, about John's service in the Pacific during World War II.

0.2 ft. (1 box)

Kansas State Historical Society

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Martin, John A.

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Miller, A. L.

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Challiss, W. L. (William Lawrence), 1826-1909.

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Martin, Ida Challiss, 1851-1932.

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