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A portrait of Simeon Montgomery Thorp, who resided in Lawrence, Kansas, and was State Superintendent of Public Instruction. He served as Kansas State Senator in 1863. In that same year, Thorp was killed in Quantrill's raid.
Creator: Fassett, S. M.
Date: 1862
Senator Thorp's portrait can be used along with other material concerning Quantrill's raid on Lawrence to provide students with a sense of who was affected by the attack, as well as some of the reasons why the raid made national headlines.
KS: 7th: 2.6.: important events in Kansas during the Civil War
Item Number: 211736
Call Number: B Thorp, Simeon Montgomery *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 211736
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Educators
Collections - Photograph
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1854 to 1865 (Benchmark 2) - Civil War in Kansas (Indicator 6) - Quantrill’s Raid
Date - 1861-1869 - 1862
Government and Politics - State Government - Legislature - Senate
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Education, State Board of - Superintendent of Public Instruction (preceded Board of Education)
Military - Wars - Civil War - Quantrill's raid
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Carte-de-visite
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Carte-de-visite
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