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"Kansas dust storms" (a scrapbook compiled by staff of the University of Kansas Library)

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: RH E221

Overview

A scrapbook concerning Kansas dust storms, compiled by staff of the University of Kansas Library. Content includes photographs taken by the Stovall Studio of Dodge City, Kansas and clippings from various Kansas community newspapers, mostly from 1935.

Dates

  • Creation: 1913 - 1950

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

No access restrictions

Extent

1 volume (36 pages ) : 35 cm, scrapbook

Language of Materials

English

Scope and Contents

This 36-page scrapbook contains photographs and newspaper articles concerning Kansas dust storms, chiefly those of 1935. The clippings are from newspapers in many Kansas communities and date from 1913 to 1950, though most are dated 1935. Of the scrapbook's thirteen photographs of dust storms, twelve are ones taken by the Stovall Studio of Dodge City, Kansas, showing dust storms at Dodge City and Hugoton. The scrapbook was compiled by staff of the University of Kansas Library, and contains a "Kansas dust storms" title page.

Physical Location

RH E221

Separated Materials

"A Sunday in June," by Edith Stanforth (Public Health Nurse, Ulysses, Kansas), RH MS P658, Kansas Collection, Kenneth Spencer Research Library

Title
Guide to "Kansas dust storms" (a scrapbook compiled by staff of the University of Kansas Library)
Subtitle
"Kansas dust storms" (a scrapbook compiled by staff of the University of Kansas Library)
Author
Finding aid prepared by mh, 2006 Finding aid encoded by mh, 2006
Date
2006
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/10407/9317406199
Preferred citation
"Kansas dust storms" (a scrapbook compiled by staff of the University of Kansas Library), Kansas Collection, RH E221, 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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