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These letters, spanning 1885 to 1886, are from state officials and other individuals regarding the superintendent position of the Topeka Insane Asylum to Kansas Governor John Martin. Letters recommend T. N. Thompson, George Gilmore, and Finley to the superintendent position. Martin appointed A. P. Tenney. The Topeka State Hospital (formerly the Topeka Insane Asylum) was a publicly funded institution for the care and treatment of the mentally ill in Topeka, Kansas, in operation from 1872 to 1997.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
Item Number: 454806
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Alexander Martin, Correspondence Files, Applications and endorsements for jobs, Box 10 Folder 8
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454806
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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