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These letters are from various individuals in charitable institutions to Kansas Governor John Martin. The Kansas Insane Asylum discusses Native American patients among others. The rest of the letters discuss admittance into institutions including the Soldier's Orphan Home and Reform School. In 1887, the Soldier's Orphan's Home in Atchison, Kansas opened for children of Union soldiers and sailors. In 1889, regulations were altered to admit all "dependent, neglected or abused children" between the ages of two and 14.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
Item Number: 454841
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Alexander Martin, Correspondence Files, Subject files , Box 12 Folder 10
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454841
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 - Soldiers Orphans Home
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Soldiers’ Orphans Home
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - Notable Kansans - Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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