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This correspondence and miscellaneous papers concern the Carry A. Nation Home, a home for elderly women in Kansas City, Kansas, established by the Kansas Woman's Christian Temperance Union. A number of letter are to and from Mary E. Dobbs, Wichita, Kansas, who was the corresponding secretary for the WCTU. Also included are inquiries about working at the home, rulings and minutes of board meetings, copies of resident contracts, house rules, a "brief" history, and a receipt book. There is a printed copy of the 1923 constitution and by-laws for the Ingleside Home for Aged Women in Topeka, Kansas. 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: 1923-1938
Item Number: 227505
Call Number: Kansas Woman's Christian Temperance Union/Mary Evelyn Dobbs Coll. #170, Box 1 Folder 5-10
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 227505
Collections - Manuscript - KWCTU/Mary Evelyn Dobbs
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Reform/Advocacy - Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Community Life - Community services - Welfare - Welfare facilities - Homes for the elderly
Date - 1920s
Date - 1930s
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Prohibition and temperance
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Contract
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Minutes
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Receipt
People - Notable Kansans - Dobbs, Mary E.
People - Notable Kansans - Nation, Carry Amelia,1846-1911
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Kansas City
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Cities and towns - Wichita
Places - Counties - Sedgwick
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Counties - Wyandotte
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Manuscript
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Organization records - Minutes
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