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These letters are from various individuals regarding multiple charitable institutions in Kansas to Kansas Governor G. W. Glick. S. B. S. Wilson wrote to apply for the position of Superintendent of the "Deaf and Dumb" Asylum. Many letters endorsed Dr. V. W. Sunderlin for Superintendent of the Osawatomie Insane Asylum. Others also endorsed J. J. Thompson and J. W. Gossett for the same position. The final letters are from J. D. Sherrick applying for the position of Superintendent for the Topeka Insane Asylum.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883: Glick)
Date: 1883-1885
Item Number: 454298
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor George Washington Glick, Correspondence Files, Applications and endorsements , Box 4 Folder 11
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454298
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
Education - Higher education - Institutions - Kansas State School for the Deaf
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
People - Notable Kansans - Glick, George Washington, 1827-1911
Places - Cities and towns - Osawatomie
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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