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This collection consists of records from the Kansas Farmer Seed Wheat Club. It includes correspondence, index cards by county noting how much was deposited in each bank, what was outstanding and what had been paid, and other miscellaneous materials. The correspondence and other materials all regard the logistics of purchasing, shipping, and distributing the seed wheat, as well as monitoring how the crops fared and that loans were repaid. Frequent correspondents include Culver D. Yetter, secretary of the Kansas Farmer Seed Wheat Club, and Charles Manville Sawyer, state bank commissioner who became the first president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
Creator: Kansas Farmer Seed Wheat Club
Date: 1913 - 1915
Item Number: 40598
Call Number: Kansas Farmer Seed Wheat Club Coll. #598
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 40598
Agriculture - Agricultural methods and practices - Seeding
Agriculture - Crops - Wheat
Agriculture - Environment - Weather
Business and Industry - Banking
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Farmers
Collections - Manuscript - History - Kansas Farmer Seed Wheat Club
Date - 1910s - 1913
Date - 1910s - 1914
Date - 1910s - 1915
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Secretary of State
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Bill-of-sale
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Telegram
Places - Counties - Finney
Places - Counties - Gove
Places - Counties - Graham
Places - Counties - Gray
Places - Counties - Greeley
Places - Counties - Haskell
Places - Counties - Lane
Places - Counties - Logan
Places - Counties - Ness
Places - Counties - Rawlins
Places - Counties - Reno
Places - Counties - Rush
Places - Counties - Russell
Places - Counties - Saline
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Counties - Sheridan
Places - Counties - Thomas
Places - Counties - Trego
Places - Counties - Wallace
Places - Counties - Wichita
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Telegrams
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/40598