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In this letter to Governor Ratner, Carl Fredin of Wadsworth, Kansas, offers his suggestions and ideas concerning the best way to go about creating Victory Gardens in Kansas. A complete transcription is available by clicking "Text Version" below.
Creator: Fredin, Carl
Date: January 20, 1942
Item Number: 217013
Call Number: Governor's Files, Governor Payne Ratner, Box 20, Folder 4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 217013
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Ratner, Payne Harry
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1930-1945 (US_Benchmark 2) - World War II home front (Indicator 6)
Date - 1940s - 1942
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Ratner, Payne Harry
Home and Family - Daily life - Gardening
Military - Wars - World War II - Homefront
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Ratner, Payne, 1896-1974
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Cities and towns - Wadsworth
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/217013