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Kansas Public School Diploma Awarded to Pansy, a Brown County, Kansas pony.

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P782

Overview

This Kansas public school diploma was awarded to Pansy, a piebald pony who for twenty-two years carried the children of Tom and Flora Hart to school in the Padonia Township of Brown County, Kansas. Pansy received her diploma with the Brown County Common School's 8th grade graduates of 1932, sharing the platform with other members of the class. Donated by one of the Hart children, Thelma Hart Berkley, the collection includes photocopies of the 1932 commencement program and of news articles regarding Pansy.

Dates

  • Creation: September 24, 1931; 1932

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

No access restrictions

Conditions Governing Use

Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.

Extent

1 folder : signed 24 September 1931; related photocopies dating from 1932 ; 25 x 38 cm

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

RH MS P782

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, Thelma Hart (Mrs. Morton) Berkley, 1993

Subject

Title
Guide to the Kansas Public School Diploma Awarded to Pansy, a Brown County, Kansas pony.
Subtitle
Kansas Public School Diploma Awarded to Pansy, a Brown County, Kansas pony.
Author
Finding aid prepared by mh, 2007; Finding aid encoded by mh, 2007
Date
2007
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Finding aid written in <language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
Finding aid permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/10407/2662116056
Preferred citation
Kansas Public School Diploma Awarded to Pansy, a Brown County, Kansas pony, Kansas Collection, RH MS P782, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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