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This oral history interview, conducted by Don Holsinger and Sondra Bandy of Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas, details the experiences of Henry Cooprider. Cooprider, a resident of Inman, Kansas, recalls his experience growing up in Kansas and the treatment he endured while the U.S. was at war with Germany during World War I. On one occasion, Henry's brother George was tarred and feathered by a mob in response to their father's earlier refusal to buy Liberty Bonds. Shortly after the incident, Henry was sent to Camp Funston as a Conscientious Objector.
Creator: Bethany College (Lindsborg, Kan.)
Date: 1970s
Cooprider's recollections are an invaluable piece of Kansas's past that can be used to help students understand the difficulties that many German Americans in Kansas faced during World War I.
KS: 11th: 1.7.: challenges Germans Americans faced in Kansas during World War I
Item Number: 213569
Call Number: K 325.3, M527, MSS. No.1, Henry Cooprider Oral History Interview
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 213569
Collections - Library
Collections - Oral History
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1877-1930 (Kansas_Benchmark 1) - German Americans (Indicator 7) - Discrimination
Date - 1970s
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Peace
Military - Wars - World War I - Homefront
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Reminiscence
People - European Americans - Germans
People - Notable Kansans - Cooprider, Henry
Places - Cities and towns - Inman
Places - Cities and towns - Lindsborg
Places - Counties - McPherson
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Reminiscences and Memoirs
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