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This is correspondence sent and received by Mary Evelyn Dobbs, corresponding secretary of the Kansas Woman's Christian Temperance Union from 1907 to 1939. The letters arrived from people across the state, including the presidents of county chapters of the KWCTU. Most correspondence relates to planned public speeches and visits intended to establish and support new branches of the KWCTU. There are also communications from the state organization to local units. Specific items include a letter dated July 1, 1918, from Dobbs to F.L. Pinet with a manuscript entitled "Early Factors in Kansas Prohibition" intended for publication in the Kansas Teacher, advertising contracts for the KWCTU periodical Our Messenger, and a letter written to Dobbs from Clara E. Keys, a WCTU missionary in Africa. One letter recognizes Mary Sibbitt as the organizer of comfort kits provided for soldiers at Fort Leavenworth. Sibbitt, known as the "Kansas Cyclone," was an founding officer of the International Association of Women Ministers. There are several other groups of official Kansas WCTU records on Kansas Memory. They can be found by selecting Collections - Manuscript - KWCTU/Mary Evelyn Dobbs.
Date: 1910-1939
Item Number: 227504
Call Number: Kansas Woman's Christian Temperance Union/Mary Evelyn Dobbs Coll. #170, Box 1 Folder 1-4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 227504
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Religion - Ministers
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Religion - Missionaries
Collections - Manuscript - KWCTU/Mary Evelyn Dobbs
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Reform/Advocacy - Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Date - 1910s
Date - 1920s
Date - 1930s
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Prohibition and temperance
Military - Facilities - Forts - Fort Leavenworth
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - Notable Kansans - Dobbs, Mary E.
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Arnold
Places - Cities and towns - Augusta
Places - Cities and towns - Barclay
Places - Cities and towns - Beloit
Places - Cities and towns - Burdett
Places - Cities and towns - Canton
Places - Cities and towns - Coffeyville
Places - Cities and towns - Fort Scott
Places - Cities and towns - Halstead
Places - Cities and towns - Hanston
Places - Cities and towns - Harlan
Places - Cities and towns - Harveyville
Places - Cities and towns - Hutchinson
Places - Cities and towns - Jetmore
Places - Cities and towns - Kiowa
Places - Cities and towns - Lecompton
Places - Cities and towns - Manhattan
Places - Cities and towns - McLouth
Places - Cities and towns - McPherson
Places - Cities and towns - Mont Ida
Places - Cities and towns - Morland
Places - Cities and towns - Moundridge
Places - Cities and towns - Newton
Places - Cities and towns - Oberlin
Places - Cities and towns - Olathe
Places - Cities and towns - Ottawa
Places - Cities and towns - Parsons
Places - Cities and towns - Plainville
Places - Cities and towns - Sitka
Places - Cities and towns - Syracuse
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Cities and towns - WaKeeney
Places - Cities and towns - Westmoreland
Places - Cities and towns - Wichita
Places - Cities and towns - Winfield
Places - Counties - Anderson
Places - Counties - Barber
Places - Counties - Bourbon
Places - Counties - Butler
Places - Counties - Clark
Places - Counties - Cowley
Places - Counties - Decatur
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Franklin
Places - Counties - Graham
Places - Counties - Hamilton
Places - Counties - Harvey
Places - Counties - Hodgeman
Places - Counties - Jefferson
Places - Counties - Johnson
Places - Counties - Labette
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - McPherson
Places - Counties - Mitchell
Places - Counties - Montgomery
Places - Counties - Ness
Places - Counties - Osage
Places - Counties - Pawnee
Places - Counties - Pottawatomie
Places - Counties - Reno
Places - Counties - Riley
Places - Counties - Rooks
Places - Counties - Sedgwick
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Counties - Smith
Places - Counties - Trego
Places - Counties - Wabaunsee
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Manuscript
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