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A letter from Eliza of Pittsburgh, Kansas, asks Governor Humphrey for information regarding a school for children who are mentally handicapped. In Eliza's letter, she explains she has no money to pay for her child to attend school and asks the Governor if there is a provision to assist them. A letter from Superintendent C. K. Wiles informs the Governor he has written to Eliza and Nichols providing them with all the necessary information, he states that at current the school is at capacity and there are fifty applications before Eliza and Nichols.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1889-1893 : Humphrey)
Date: 1890
Item Number: 455343
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor Lyman Underwood Humphrey, Correspondence Files, State departments and agencies, Box 2 Folder 9
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 455343
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Humphrey, Lyman Underwood
Date - 1890s - 1890
Education - Higher education - Institutions
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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