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Tenant farmers Bill and Edna Heim of Kensington, Kansas, wrote to the farm owner, Clarice Snoddy of Topeka, regarding a hail storm that destroyed most of their crop. The letter discusses the insurance claim to be filed for the damage and the tenants' feelings, economic condition, and related problems. The letter illustrates the considerable vulnerability of farming to unfavorable environmental and economic conditions. Farms on the plains had been ravaged by drought and wind in what is commonly known as the Dust Bowl.
Creator: Heim, Edna
Date: July 4, 1938
Item Number: 209092
Call Number: Clarice Snoddy Papers Coll. #123, Box 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 209092
Agriculture - Agricultural methods and practices - Dry farming
Agriculture - Crops - Wheat
Agriculture - Environment - Pests
Agriculture - Environment - Weather - Storms - Hail
Agriculture - Environment - Weather - Storms - Rain
Agriculture - Environment - Weather - Storms - Wind
Collections - Manuscript - Snoddy, Clarice
Date - 1930s - 1938
Environment - Weather - Storms - Hail
Environment - Weather - Storms - Thunderstorms
Environment - Weather - Storms - Wind
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Places - Cities and towns - Kensington
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Counties - Smith
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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