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This correspondence between Russell McClure, City Manager of Wichita, and several important individuals in Kansas, including Governor Schoeppel, addresses the problems accompanying the attendance of two Japanese American students at Friends University in Wichita. The primary theme that runs through McClure's letters is that the two Japanese American students will not be treated kindly by the citizens of Wichita due to the strong current of animosity that existed toward Japanese and Japanese Americans.
Date: February 19, 1943-November 27, 1943
These items can be used in conjunction with other materials on the home front during World War II to highlight race and ethnic relations during the conflict.
11th Grade, Benchmark 2, Race and Ethnic Relations (indicator 7)
Item Number: 217445
Call Number: Governor's Records, Governor Schoeppel, Box 63, Folder 13
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 217445
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Schoeppel, Andrew Frank
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1930-1945 (US_Benchmark 2) - Race and ethnic relations (Indicator 7)
Date - 1940s - 1943
Education - Higher education - Institutions - Friends University
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Schoeppel, Andrew Frank
Military - Wars - World War II - Homefront - Japanese Labor
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Schoeppel, Andrew Frank, 1894-1962
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Cities and towns - Wichita
Places - Counties - Sedgwick
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/217445