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Farmers State Bank and Overland Park State Bank telegrams

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P785

Overview

These five telegrams to the Farmers State Bank of Lenexa, Kansas and the Overland Park State Park (Overland Park, Kansas) in early March 1933 contain instructions for restrictions on withdrawals of deposits, as well as mandated bank holidays. Issued in conjunction with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Emergency Banking Act, approved by the U.S. Congress on March 9, 1933, these telegrams to Johnson County, Kansas banks were issued by Kansas Governor Alf M. Landon, Kansas Bank Commissioner H. W. Koeneke, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.

Dates

  • Creation: March 3-March 11, 1933

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 ; 25 x 38 cm

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

RH MS P785

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, Mary P. Miller, 2000

Title
Guide to Johnson County, Kansas Bank Telegrams
Subtitle
Farmers State Bank and Overland Park State Bank telegrams
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/10407/9795221895
Preferred citation
Telegrams to Johnson County, Kansas Banks, Kansas Collection, RH MS P785, 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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