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In this letter to D.J. Fair, Director of the Kansas State Highway Commission, Claud McCamment, a Safety Engineer for the State, reports the results of his survey of five Kansas cities in preparation for the Kansas Federal Defense clinics to be held in those cities.
Creator: McCamment, Claud R
Date: January 30, 1942
This item can be used in conjunction with other material on the home front during World War II to give students an idea of the type of activities done by civilians during the conflict.
11th Grade, Benchmark 2, World War II home front (indicator 6)
Item Number: 217077
Call Number: Governor's Records, Governor Ratner, Box 16, Folder 9
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 217077
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Ratner, Payne Harry
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1930-1945 (US_Benchmark 2) - World War II home front (Indicator 6)
Date - 1940s - 1942
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Ratner, Payne Harry
Military - Wars - World War II - Homefront
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Ratner, Payne, 1896-1974
Places - Cities and towns - Chanute
Places - Cities and towns - Dodge City
Places - Cities and towns - Salina
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Cities and towns - Wichita
Places - Counties - Ford
Places - Counties - Neosho
Places - Counties - Saline
Places - Counties - Sedgwick
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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