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These letters ranging from Dec. 11, 1883 to Jan. 3, 1884 are from H. M. Greene, Superintendent of the Kansas State Asylum for Imbecile and Idiotic Youth, and Geo. J. Barker, attorney, to Kansas Governor G. W. Glick. They are discussing a shooting that took place in one of the rooms of the asylum. One letter is a description of the whole incident according to H. M. Greene. Both Greene and Barker are writing to Kansas Governor G. W. Glick to delay the governor's proclamation of this case.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883: Glick)
Date: 1883-1885
Item Number: 454266
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor George Washington Glick, Correspondence Files, State departments , Box 2 Folder 9
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454266
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Glick, George Washington
Community Life - Community services - Welfare - Welfare facilities - Asylums
Date - 1880s - 1883
Date - 1880s - 1884
Date - 1880s - 1885
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Arson
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Glick, George Washington
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Education, State Board of - Superintendent of Public Instruction (preceded Board of Education)
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Proclamation
People - Notable Kansans - Glick, George Washington, 1827-1911
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Proclamation
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