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This file includes correspondence asking for literature about the abolishment of capital punishment. In reply to the request from Oklahoma, the Governor's office states that Kansas abolished the use of capital punishment years prior to Governor Capper's administration. This is part of a bigger collection of Governor Arthur Capper correspondence.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1915-1919: Capper)
Date: 1915
Item Number: 451742
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor Arthur Capper, Correspondence Files, General Correspondence - Numerical File, Box 3 Folder 134
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 451742
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Capper, Arthur
Date - 1910s - 1915
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Punishment
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Capper, Arthur
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Corrections, Department of
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - Notable Kansans - Capper, Arthur, 1865-1951
Places - Other States - Oklahoma
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/451742
