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This file includes general correspondence relating to the smallpox epidemic in Columbus. Topics included in the correspondence is closing public buildings such as schools and churches to decrease the spread of smallpox in Columbus, Kansas. The Governor's office replies with directing them to Dr. Samuel Crumbine and the State Board of Health. This is part of a bigger collection of Governor Arthur Capper correspondence.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1915-1919: Capper)
Date: January 1915
Item Number: 451615
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor Arthur Capper, Correspondence Files, General Correspondence - Numerical File, Box 1 Folder 15
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 451615
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Capper, Arthur
Community Life - Disasters and accidents - Smallpox
Date - 1910s - 1915
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Capper, Arthur
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Board of Health, Kansas State
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - Notable Kansans - Capper, Arthur, 1865-1951
Places - Cities and towns - Columbus
Places - Counties - Cherokee
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/451615
