Carry Amelia Nation papers 1870-1961 (bulk 1872-1909).

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Carry Amelia Nation papers 1870-1961 (bulk 1872-1909).

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Diary and scrapbook; letters written, particularly to her niece Callie Moore; letters received from admirers, especially after her crusade in Great Britain, Dec. 1908-Mar. 1909; memorabilia; poems; and information about her activities in Kansas. Entries in her diary reveal her feelings and fears and express her faith. The letters are primarily to family members as well as public officials and supporters; they demand justice, tell of her travels, and discuss family members and concerns. Also included are letters received by Callie Moore from others and correspondence of other family members. Correspondents include the Blue Ribbon Gospel Temperance Union, Harriet W. Brand of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Edward A. Braniff, A. M. Dickinson, Kansas Attorney General A. A. Godard, Albert Kohler of the French magazine La Vie heureuse, the Leicester & District Temperance Union, Nyle Miller of the Kansas State Historical Society, and Kansas Governor W. E. Stanley.

Originals: 0.6 ft. (2 boxes)Digital edition: 3 items.

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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...

Brand, Harriet W.,

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Miller, Nyle H.

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Nyle H. Miller was a Kansas State Historical Society executive. He was born Nov. 16, 1907, at Anthony, Kan. and died Aug. 6, 1988, at Topeka, Kan. From the description of Nyle Miller a pictorial history of the family of Nyle Miller - Esther Pennock [microform], 1932-1980. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 61855523 ...

Dickinson, A. M.,

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Leicester & District Temperance Union.

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Blue Ribbon Gospel Temperance Union.

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Godard, Aretas Allen, 1855- ,

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Nation, Carry Amelia, 1846-1911

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Prohibition, women's-rights activist. Of the central United States; Texas; Medicine Lodge, Kan. From the description of Carry Amelia Nation papers 1870-1961 (bulk 1872-1909). (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 571694573 ...

Stanley, William Eugene, 1844-1910

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Kansas. Governor (1899-1903 : Stanley)

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Kansas. Office of the Attorney General

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The Kansas Attorney General's Office is a constitutional office created in 1861, the year that Kansas gained statehood. The Kansas Attorney General serves as the state's top law enforcement and legal officer. The office represents the state in legal affairs and the citizens of the state through its various divisions, boards and agencies. The Attorney General is elected at the November general election in even numbered years. The Bureau of Investigation, which was created in 1939, was placed unde...

Moore, Callie (Callie Bell), 1886-1977.

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Kohler, Albert

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Braniff, Edward Andrew.

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Moore family.

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Woman's christian temperance union

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Temperance organization founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1874. Campaigning against the use of alcohol and in favor of labor laws and prison reform, the W.C.T.U. became one of the largest and most influential women's organizations of the 19th century. It became global when the World W.C.T.U. was founded in 1883. The organization continued to exist through the 20th century, although membership declined after the passage of the 18th Amendment (Prohibition) in 1919. From the description of ...