Overview Russell R. Funk, a native of Nemaha County, Kansas, moved to Lemoore, California in the early part of the 1900s, where he practiced dentistry and played professional baseball. Funk's letters to his parents in Nemaha County's town of Kelly, which include letters to them from his wife, describe events in Funk's family life, dental practice and baseball career. The papers contain several communications from Funk's sister Edna and many 1934 Christmas cards received by his sisters Grace and...