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Reply from the Executive Clerk of Kansas to Herman Buckman in response to Buckman's letter to Governor Arthur Capper regarding U.S. citizenship. The Executive Clerk explains that Buckman should re-file his petition for naturalization despite the fact that relations between Germany and the U.S. are tense as a result of World War I.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1915-1919: Capper)
Date: May 24, 1915
The Executive Clerk's reply can be used in conjunction with Herman Buckman's letter to Governor Capper (#213441) to help students understand the problems German Americans faced in Kansas during World War I, as well as how the state government handled difficult issues relating to German Americans and U.S. citizenship.
KS: 11th: 1.7.: challenges German Americans faced in Kansas during World War I
Item Number: 213442
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor Arthur Capper, Correspondence Files, Numerical File Box 5 Folder 44
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 213442
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 - 1915
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Capper, Arthur
Military - Wars - World War I - Homefront
People - European Americans - Germans
People - Notable Kansans - Capper, Arthur, 1865-1951
Places - Cities and towns - Muscotah
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Atchison
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/213442
