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These letters, spanning 1885 to 1888, are from the superintendent's office regarding the Kansas State Insane Asylum to Kansas Governor John Martin. Most of the letters discuss the admittance of individual patients including soldiers to the asylum. The Kansas State Insane Asylum was located in Topeka, Kansas.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
Item Number: 454773
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Alexander Martin, Correspondence Files, State departments , Box 8 Folder 7
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454773
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Martin, John Alexander
Community Life - Community services - Welfare - Welfare facilities - Asylums
Date - 1880s - 1885
Date - 1880s - 1886
Date - 1880s - 1887
Date - 1880s - 1888
Date - 1880s - 1889
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Martin, John Alexander
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - State hospitals
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - Notable Kansans - Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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