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This collection includes letters and correspondences between Arthur Capper, Governor of Kansas, Chas. S. Huffman, Adjutant General of Kansas, General Wood, a commander at Camp Funston, and others regarding an outbreak of Influenza at Camp Funston. Following a quarantine of Camp Funston, family members of soldiers stationed at the camp expressed concerns to Governor Capper, which prompted an investigation of the facilities. The results of this investigation is discussed within this material. All of the correspondences in this collection are dated to October 1918.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1915-1919: Capper)
Date: October 1918
Item Number: 452923
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor Arthur Capper, Correspondence Files, War Correspondence - Numerical File, Box 16 Folder 53A
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 452923
Built Environment - Function - Health Care - Hospital
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Capper, Arthur
Community Life - Disasters and accidents - Epidemics - Influenza of 1918
Date - 1910s - 1918
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Capper, Arthur
Military - Facilities - Barracks
Military - Facilities - Camps - Camp Funston
Military - Facilities - Hospitals
Military - Wars - World War I
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - Notable Kansans - Capper, Arthur, 1865-1951
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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