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"Radical Kansas" presentation by Scott G. McNall and James P. Divney

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P548

Overview

Typed presentation script and 160 slides, which were used to illustrate the narrative "Radical Kansas" by Scott G. McNall and James P. Divney, which was made possible through a Kansas Committee for the Humanities grant. Topics covered in the presentation include the beginnings of Euro-American settlement in Kansas Territory, farming, the 1874 grasshopper plague, railroads and their effect on trade, the rise of populism, William Jennings Bryan, Louis Pio, spiritualism and Prudence Crandall, the chautauqua movement, women's suffrage, prohibition and Carry Nation, C.B. Hoffmann, Appeal to Reason and Girard, workers and the International Workers of the World (IWW), World War I and loyalty concerns, and the Great Depression and the dust storms of the 1930s.

Dates

  • Creation: 1985?

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

.25 Linear Feet (1 document case)

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

RH MS P548

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, Scott G. McNall from the University of Kansas Sociology Department, 1985.

Title
Guide to the "Radical Kansas" Collection
Subtitle
"Radical Kansas" presentation by Scott G. McNall and James P. Divney
Author
Finding aid prepared by mwh, 2020. Finding aid encoded by mwh, 2020.
Date
2020
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Finding aid written in English.
Finding aid permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/10407/9351535898
Preferred citation
"Radical Kansas" presentation by Scott G. McNall and James P. Divney, RH MS P548, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.

Repository Details

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

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