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This file contains correspondence from the members of the Kansas Institution for the Education of the Blind to Kansas Governor Humphrey. The letters provide the Governor with reports and updates on the education and instruction of the students at the school. A letter from Allen Buckner, Superintendent, informs the Governor of the total number of students enrolled in the school. Buckner also advises the Governor that students are learning to use the typewriter. A separate letter from Lewis, the Music Teacher, provides the Governor with an outline of the student's curriculum. Other letters discuss appointments and reappointments of certain positions, and a letter from Buckner recommends the school obtain a good oculist.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1889-1893 : Humphrey)
Date: 1889-1891
Item Number: 455333
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor Lyman Underwood Humphrey, Correspondence Files, State departments and agencies, Box 1 Folder 9
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 455333
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Humphrey, Lyman Underwood
Date - 1880s - 1889
Date - 1890s - 1890
Date - 1890s - 1891
Education - Higher education - Curriculum
Education - Higher education - Institutions - Kansas State Institution for the Blind
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Humphrey, Lyman Underwood
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Education, State Board of - Superintendent of Public Instruction (preceded Board of Education)
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - Notable Kansans - Humphrey, Lyman Underwood, 1844-1915
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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