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Fred Robertson of the United State Attorney's Office, Kansas City, writes the secretary to Governor Arthur Capper, Charles H. Sessions in response to a letter he received. The letter acknowledges receipt of a letter from W. A. Lewis of Pence (Scott County), who is alarmed by the behavior of a German neighbor. During World War I, citizens suspicious of the patriotic allegiances of their neighbors often sent reports of such suspicions to the Governor. The Governor's Office often forwarded these reports to the United States District Attorney for investigation.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1915-1919: Capper)
Date: April 17, 1917
Robertson's letter to Sessions can be used in conjunction with other material (#207797) to help students appreciate the level of anti-German sentiment that permeated Kansas, and the U.S. in general, during World War I.
KS: 11th: 1.7.: challenges German Americans faced in Kansas during World War I
Item Number: 207401
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor Arthur Capper, Correspondence Files, Alphabetical File Box 36 Folder 11
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 207401
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Capper, Arthur
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1877-1930 (Kansas_Benchmark 1) - German Americans (Indicator 7)
Date - 1910s - 1917
Government and Politics - Federal Government
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Capper, Arthur
Military - Wars - World War I
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - European Americans - Germans
People - Notable Kansans - Capper, Arthur, 1865-1951
People - Notable Kansans - Robertson, Fred
Places - Cities and towns - Kansas City
Places - Cities and towns - Pence
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Scott
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Counties - Wyandotte
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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