Records of the Kansas Governor's Office

John Anderson, Jr. Administration
January 9, 1961 - January 11, 1965

The records of Kansas Governor John Anderson, Jr. consist of correspondence, appointments, state agency and subject files during his term as governor from 1961 to 1965.

Scope and Content Note

The arrangement and description of the correspondence of the Governor's office is structured according to the arrangement, duties, functions and responsibilities of the Governor and the Executive branch of Kansas state government.

The record group of governors' papers is divided according to administration. Each administration is a Correspondence Series, and is divided into an Alphabetical Subseries, an Appointments Subseries, a State Agencies Subseries, and a Subject Subseries.

The Alphabetical Subseries contains routine correspondence from either the common, concerned citizen about routine subject matter; or from important correspondents, arranged by name.

The Appointments Subseries contains letters of endorsement from private individuals recommending others for government appointments, as well as the governor's letters of appointments to fill a wide variety of state offices. In this record group, the governor's appointment file is arranged chronologically.

The State Agencies Subseries contains routine correspondence to and from nearly all of the bureaus of the state government. This is the appropriate subseries for research of state agency activities and history. Variations in arrangement of these files typically takes place from one administration to another--as the structure of the state government changes.

The Subject Subseries contains a wide array of files on any and every important subject matter at the time. Researchers investigating important issues of any given era in Kansas' history (or national history) should examine the Subject Suberies of the Governors' Correspondence.

In nearly all record groups of Governor's correspondence, there are oversize items. Oversize items are inventoried in the back of each register, giving their original folder location and the oversize storage location where they have been transferred. When examining the folders that held oversize items, the researcher will find a transfer form identifying the item and giving information on its new location.

Legislation. The Legislature, being the largest entity in the law-making process, occupied a large segment of this series. The bills passed into laws, deal with a wide variety of subject matter – subject matter which may also be inventoried in the Subject Subseries. The papers in the Legislature files are located there because they are identified by their bill number (e.g. Legislature 1963. House Bill 233). Papers dealing with the same subject matter, but are identified by subject title are located in the Subject Subseries (e.g. School District Unification).

Agency Sketch

The office of the Governor of the State of Kansas was established by the State Constitution of 1859 (the Wyandotte Constitution).

According to constitutional mandate, some of the more important duties, functions, responsibilities and bailiwicks of the Kansas Governor are as follows:

The supreme executive power of the State shall be vested in a Governor, who shall see that the laws are faithfully executed.

The Executive Department shall consist of a Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, and Superintendent of Public Instruction, who shall be chosen by the electors of the State at the time and place of voting for members of the Legislature, and shall hold their offices for the term of two years from the second Monday in January, next after their election, and until their successors are elected and qualified.

He may require information in writing from the officers of the Executive Department upon any subject relating to their respective duties.

He may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the Legislature by proclamation, and shall, at the commencement of every session, communicate in writing such information as he may possess in reference to the condition of the State, and recommend such measures as he may deem expedient.
All commissions shall be issued in the name of the State of Kansas; signed by the Governor, counter-signed by the Secretary of State, and sealed with the great seal.

For a complete list of gubernatorial duties, see the Kansas State Constitution (1859), Article I -- Executive.

Biographical Sketch

John Anderson, Jr., was born on May 8, 1917, near Olathe, Kansas, to John and Ora Bookout Anderson. Anderson graduated from Olathe High School in 1935. From there, he went on to Kansas State College of Agriculturea and Applied Science, and later transferred to the University of Kansas. In 1943 he graduated from the University of Kansas, and from the K.U. law school the following year. Anderson did not qualify for military service during the World War II years because of physical reasons. Instead, he spent two years, from 1944 to 1946, on the staff of Federal Judge Walter A. Huxman. Later, in 1946, Anderson opened his own law practice in Olathe.

Soon after establishing his law practice, Anderson entered politics by running for county attorney for Johnson County as a Republican. Anderson won this election, as well as two following elections and served in this capacity until 1953.

Beginning in 1952, Anderson sought to elevate his political career by running for a seat in the Kansas Senate. Again he was successful, holding this office until March 1, 1956. At that time, he was appointed to fill the unexpired term as attorney general. Once in this elective office, Anderson won the two following elections in 1956 and 1958.

By 1960, Anderson was ready for bigger ambitions, and entered the race for the office of governor in the election of that year. He defeated the Democratic incumbent, George Docking, 511,534 to 402,261 (the Prohibition candidate received 8,727). In keeping with his tradition for winning elections in pairs, Anderson also won the 1962 gubernatorial election. Anderson and his family became the first governor of Kansas to occupy Cedar Crest, which had just been renovated at a cost of one hundred thousand dollars.

In 1964, Anderson chose not to seek re-election, but instead, went back to his law practice in Olathe. He remained active in public service after leaving the governor's office, serving as an attorney for the Board of Healing Arts and the Kansas Turnpike Authority. In addition, he served as the director of the Citizens' Conference on State Legislatures from 1965 to 1972. He was nominated for federal judgeships on a number of occasions, but was never appointed. Again, in 1972 he tried for the Republican Party nomination for governor, but was defeated by Morris Kay.

In his personal life, Anderson married Arlene A. Auchard and had three children; John Anderson III, Kerry Diane, and King David.

Administrative Sketch

By the time John Anderson was inaugurated into the governor's office the state of Kansas had acquired Cedar Crest, a new residence for its chief executive and had remodeled the structure at a cost of $100,000. Anderson was the first of Kansas' governors to occupy Cedar Crest, which has been the official governor's residence ever since.

Over all, Anderson's agenda prioritized the streamlining of state government in Kansas. Anderson's bureaucratic modernization effort combined some state agencies and re-organized several state boards and commissions. His agenda also included the establishment of a combined psychiatric and medical hospital on the grounds of the Kansas Reception and Diagnostic Center. Anderson pursued mandatory sentencing for convicted drunk drivers, however, the legislature would not accept his plan for dealing with drunk drivers. In addition, Anderson proposed a bill which would have required automobile drivers above the age of forty to have annual eye examinations. A few Kansans wrote to Anderson on this issue: all denouncing it. Kansas already had a social program for children of low income families. Anderson established a new fund for this service separate from the general fund so that its account could receive federal matching funds. He also sought and achieved alterations to the pardon and parole system.

Anderson's biggest, longest lasting and most controversial reforms were in the area of education. It was during his term that the state of Kansas established unified school districts. Prior to that time, each rural school was its own school district. School district unification enabled the new, larger districts to utilize their funds more effectively. Another major issue of the time concerned the amount of money the state was appropriating for education. Citizens all across Kansas wrote the governor urging an increase in per pupil spending. Folders containing these letters constitute the largest subseries in this series. As it happened, Anderson was able to convince the legislature to increase the per-pupil spending allocations. Other educational efforts included the hiring of a state school library consultant, and implementation of a comprehensive educational survey to determine the state's needs in education. Finally, he brought the University of Wichita into the state Board of Regents system.

The centennial of the admission of Kansas into the Union took place during Anderson's term, and the governor kept files of concerning its anniversary. The files containing these records and correspondence are indicative of the business behind the orchestration of a large scale celebration. In other historical matters, President Eisenhower left the White House in January of 1961, and began plans for the establishment of the Eisenhower Center is Abeline at that time.

Some of the events taking place outside of the state of Kansas (and even internationally) had an influence on the state, its government and citizens. In out-of-state matters, the early 1960s was a time of economic growth and development, and Kansans enjoyed the increasing standard of living that other Americans were realizing.

Anderson's tenure in office was in the early 1960s and one of the signs of the times was the perceived threat of the Soviet Union and the Cold War in international politics. Ordinary Kansans felt this threat and called upon the governor to do everything in his power to halt the spread of Soviet communism. The communist party had, in fact, been outlawed in other states (Arizona and Arkansas, for example). Of all of the issues of the time, the threat of Soviet expansion and spread of communism probably caused more anxiety and fear than any other. The letters from individual Kansans and organizations such as the Veterans and Citizens Committee Against Communism and the National Indignation Convention reveal a level of anxiety bordering on paranoia. Files on communism exist in this record group, as well as files for the related topics of bomb shelters and fallout shelters (listed separately).

Though the plight of minorities was only just beginning to be recognized (nationally, the Civil Rights Act became law in 1964), files on race relations and increased minority staffing in the Republican Party indicate that the white establishment was responding to these issues. Many people of a variety of backgrounds wrote to the governor to increase funding for the Kansas Commission on Civil Rights, and the written evidence reveals that Anderson himself was committed to improving race relations. Anderson also kept files for the Kansas Association for Colored Women, the Negro Progress Exposition, and NAACP.

In 1962 the Supreme Court of the United States handed down a decision concerning prayer in public schools. This decision generated alarm among the more conservative segments of American and Kansas society, and several concerned Kansans wrote to the governor expressing their opinions on this matter.

At the time of John F. Kennedy's assassination, foreign consuls and representatives responded by sending their condolences to the governor. Though the quantity is not great, it is relevant to the fact that the governor of Kansas dealt with a wide variety of issues, and received correspondence from all over the world.

Series Listing

Series 1: Correspondence Files

    Subseries A: Alphabetical

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      1: Surnames missing or illegible
      2: Aase-Amick
      3: Ambler-Armstrong
      4: Arnold-Aziere
      5: Baalman-Bargus
      6: Barhydt-Bash
      7: Bashaw-Beck
      8: Becker-Bentley

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      1: Bentley-Billings
      2: Billings-Blanks
      3: Blanton-Boller
      4: Boller-Bradley
      5: Bradley-Brookover
      6: Brooks-Brown

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      1: Browne-Burchfiel
      2: Burenheide-Bywater
      3: Cain-Carlton
      4: Carlton-Catlan
      5: Catlin-Christner
      6: Christopherson-Coffey

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      1: Coffin-Cook
      2: Cooke-Crafts
      3: Craig-Cyr
      4: Daczkowski-Daniels
      5: Darby, Harry
      6: Darling-Davis
      7: Davis-Deffenbaugh
      8: Deines-Ditges

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      1: Dittman-Doyle
      2: Drake-Dyson
      3: Eagan-Eilers
      4: Eisenberg-Enochs
      5: Enright-Ewerts
      6: Fabian-Fiser

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      1: Fishback-Forsberg
      2: Forsberg-Freylinghuysen
      3: French-Fussel
      4: Gadberry-Germann
      5: Germann-Gnecco
      6: Go-Green
      7: Greenberg-Guyot

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      1: Haas-Hannah
      2: Hanning-Harrington
      3: Harris-Haynes
      4: Head-Hicks
      5: Hiebert-Holbert
      6: Holle-Howard
      7: Howard-Hysmith

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      1: Ihle-Iverson
      2: Jackman-Johnson
      3: Johnson-Jones
      4: Jones-Juvenal
      5: Kaba-Kellogg
      6: Kelly-Kimel
      7: Kimmel-Kneisel

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      1: Knepper-Kwiltt
      2: Lacy-Lawrence
      3: Lawhorn-Lew
      4: Lewinsohn-Longpre
      5: Lonnecker-Lyons
      6: McAfee-McCoy

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      1: McCray-McKernan
      2: Mackie-McTigue
      3: McNamara, John
      4: Maas-Marshall
      5: Markwarde-Maxwell
      6: May-Meyers
      7: Michener-Miller

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      1: Mills-Mobley
      2: Mock-Moore
      3: Mooren-Mountain
      4: Muchnic-Myser
      5: Nachtigal-Nelson
      6: Nelson-Nichols
      7: Nicholson-Nystrom

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      1: Oakes-Owen
      2: Packard-Payne
      3: Peaney-Pickett
      4: Phillips-Porter
      5: Porter-Pyewell
      6: Quarnstrom-Quisenberry
      7: Rachal-Ray

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      1: Ray-Research
      2: Resident-Rinker
      3: Rinker-Root
      4: Roper-Rymph
      5: Sabol-Scarborough
      6: Schad-Schwengel

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      1: Schweigert-Shay
      2: Shea-Shockley
      3: Shoner-Sinkar
      4: Sinclair-Smith
      5: Staats-Stonecypher
      6: Stoner-Swoboda

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      1: Starr-Stoutemburgh
      2: Stowall-Swoboda
      3: Taft-Thexton
      4: Thie-Tift
      5: Tillmon-Tyler
      6: U-V

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      1: Wachendorf-Warner
      2: Warner-Weiss
      3: Weitzell-Whitworth
      4: Wichmann-Williams
      5: Williams-Wilson
      6: Wilson-Woodrow
      7: Woodruff-Wymer

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      1: X-Z

    Subseries B: Appointments
    2: 1961-1962
    3: 1963-1964

    Subseries C: State Agencies
    4: Adjutant General's Office, 1961-1964
    5: Civil Defense Division, 1961-1962
    6: Civil Defense Division, 1963-1964
    7: Kansas Military Board, 1963
    8: Kansas National Guard, 1961-1963
    9: Aging, Kansas State Interdepartmental Committee on, 1959-1964

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        Administration, Dept. of

      1: Accounts and Reports Division, 1961
      2: Budget Division, 1961
      3: Budget Division, 1962
      4: Budget Division, 1963-1964
      5: Budget Division
      6: Budget Division -- Revised Estimates for Fiscal Years, 1964, '65, '66
      7: Personnel Division, 1961
      8: Purchasing Division, 1962
      9: State Finance Council, 1961
      10: Agriculture, State Board of, 1961-1963
      11: Alcoholic Beverage Control, Office of the Director of, 1961-1963
      12: Architect, State, 1963
      13: Architect, State--Approvals, 1961-1964
      14: Athletic Commission, Kansas, 1961
      15: Attorney General, 1961-1963
      16: Attorney General. Kansas Bureau of Investigation, 1964
      17: Banking Board, 1963
      18: Barber Examiners, Board of, 1961-1963
      19: Blind, Co-ordinating Council for the, 1961-1964

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      1: Building Commission, State Office, 1963
      2: Centennial Commission, Kansas, 1961-1964
      3: Centennial Commission, Kansas - The Kansas Story, 1961
      4: Charter Board, State, 1962
      5: Children's Receiving Home, Kansas, Atchison, 1963
      6: Civil Rights, Commission on, 1962-1964
      7: Civil Service Board, State, undated
      8: Constitutional Revision, Kansas Commission on, 1961
      9: Constitutional Revision, Kansas Commission on, 1961-1962
      10: Constitutional Revision, Kansas Commission on, 1963
      11: Consumer Loan Commissioner, 1963
      12: Corporation Commission, State, 1961-1964
      13: Cosmotologists, Board of Registration for, 1961-1964
      14: Deaf, Kansas School for the, 1963-1964
      15: Economic Analysis, Office of, 1963-1964

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      1: Economic Development Commission, Kansas, 1962-1963
      2: Economic Development Commission, Kansas, 1963-1964
      3: Emergency Resources Planning Committee, 1964
      4: Entomological Commission, State, 1962
      5: Epileptics, State Hospital for, Parsons, 1962
      6: Executive Council, 1961-1962
      7: Fair Managers, State, Board of, 1963-1964
      8: Finance Council, State, 1961-1964
      9: Fire Marshal, State, 1961
      10: Forestry, Fish and Game Commission, 1960-1964
      11: Fort Hays State College, 1961-1962
      12: Governor's Office, 1961-1963
      13: Civil Defense, Governor's Conference - Committee on, 1961-1962
      14: Economic Development Committee, 1961-1963
      15: Indian Council, Governor's Intrastate, 1961-1964
      16: Industrial Survival, Governor's Conference on, 1963
      17: Medical Care, Governor's Avisory Committee on, 1961-1964
      18: Mental Health, Governor's Conference on, 1961
      19: Mental Retardation, Governor's Advisory Committee on, 1964
      20: Physically Handicapped, Governor's Committee on Employment of the, 1961-1963
      21: Recreation, Governor's Advisory Council on, 1962

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      1: Speeches, 1961-1963
      2: Speeches, 1963-1964
      3: Taxation and Assessments Committee, 1964
      4: Teen-Age Leadership Seminar, 1964
      5: Grain Inspection Dept., State - Sedimentation tests, 1961
      6: Healing Arts, State Board of, undated
      7: Health, State Board of, 1961-1964
      8: Health, State Board of. Environmental Health Services. Sewage Permits, 1961-1962
      9: Health, State Board of. Environmental Health Services. Sewage Permits, 1963-1964
      10: Health, State Board of. Maternal and Child Health, 1962
      11: Highway Commission, State, 1961-1962

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      Folder
      1: Highway Commission, State, 1962
      2: Highway Commission, State, 1963-1964
      3: Highway Commission, State--Condemnation, 1961-1964
      4: Highway Commission, State. Motor Vehicle Department, 1961-1963
      5: Highway Patrol, State, 1961-1964
      6: Highway Patrol Pension Board, 1961-1964
      7: Historical Society, Kansas State, 1964
      8: Hotel and Restaurant Board, State, 1962-1963
      9: Industrial Development Commission, Kansas, 1961-1963
      10: Industrial School for Girls, State, Beloit, 1963
      11: Insurance, Office of Commissioners, of, 1962
      12: Interstate Co-operation, Commission on, 1961-1964
      13: Interstate Oil Compact Commission, 1961
      14: Interstate Oil Compact Commission, 1962
      15: Interstate Oil Compact Commission, 1962

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      Folder
      1: Interstate Oil Compact Commission, 1963
      2: Interstate Oil Compact Commission, 1964
      3: Interstate Oil Compact Commission. Minutes of Mid-Year and Annual Meeting, 1964
      4: Interstate Oil Compact Commission, Minutes of Mid-Year and Annual Meeting, undated
      5: Juvenile Courts, 1961
      6: Juvenile Courts, 1962
      7: Juvenile Courts, 1963-1964
      8: Labor Dept., State, 1963-1964
      9: Labor Dept., State. Employment Security Division, 1961-1964

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      1: Larned State Hospital, 1962-1964

        Legislature, 1961

      2: House Bill 2
      3: House Bills 51-192
      4: House Bills 219-228
      5: House Bill 243
      6: House Bill 279
      7: House Bill 316
      8: House Bill 329
      9: House Bill 375
      10: House Bill 378
      11: House Bill 379
      12: House Bill 379
      13: House Bill 379
      14: House Bill 379
      15: House Bill 403
      16: House Bill 409

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      1: House Bill 414
      2: House Bill 463
      3: House Bill 479

        Legislature, 1961

      4: Senate Bill 63 (Highway Legislation)
      5: Senate Bill 70
      6: Senate Bills 107 and 108
      7: Senate Bill 181
      8: Senate Bill 212
      9: Senate Bill 329
      10: Senate Bill 337
      11: Senate Bill 344
      12: Senate Bill 378
      13: Senate Bill 389
      14: Senate Bill 390
      15: Senate Bill 398
      16: Senate Bill 399
      17: Senate Bill 400
      18: Legislature, 1962
      19: Legislature, 1962. Senate Bill 28
      20: Legislature, 1963
      21: House Committee on Labor and Industry. Oil and Gas Conservation, 1963
      22: House Bill 6
      23: House Bill 125
      24: House Bill 160
      25: House Bill 183
      26: House Bill 206
      27: House Bill 233 (Unification of School Districts)
      28: House Bill 233
      29: House Bill 377

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        Legislature, 1963

      1: Senate Bill 137 (Sunday selling)
      2: Senate Bill 151
      3: Senate Bill 161
      4: Senate Bill 179
      5: Senate Bill 261
      6: Senate Bill 316
      7: Senate Bill 343
      8: Senate Bill 391
      9: Senate Concurrent Resolution 3

        Legislature, 1964

      10: House Bill 2
      11: Reapportionment
      12: Special Session
      13: Legislative Council, 1961-1962
      14: Legislative Council. Labor and Industries Committee, 1961-1962
      15: Library Advisory Commission, 1961-1963
      16: Livestock Sanitary Commissioner, 1963
      17: Missouri Basin Inter-Agency Committee, 1964
      18: Missouri Basin Inter-Agency Committee, 1964
      19: Neurological Institute, Kansas, 1961-1964
      20: Oil and Gas Advisory Committee
      21: Osawatomie State Hospital, 1962-1964
      22: Park and Resource Authority, Kansas State. Outdoor Recreation Committee, 1961-1964
      23: Parsons State Hospital and Training Center, 1962
      24: Penal Insitutions, State Director of, 1961-1963

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      1: Penal Institution Site Selection Committee, 1961-1963
      2: Architectural and Design firms--
      3: Abilene
      4: Blue Rapids
      5: Chanute
      6: Clay Center
      7: Coffeyville
      8: Doniphin County
      9: El Dorado
      10: Emporia
      11: Engineering Firm Reports
      12: Eureka
      13: Hearing Schedule
      14: Herington
      15: Holton
      16: Hutchinson
      17: Independence
      18: Iola
      19: Junction City

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      1: Lansing
      2: Medium Security Institution
      3: Marysville
      4: Miscellaneous Medium Security
      5: McPherson
      6: Ottawa
      7: Ottawa
      8: Paola
      9: Parsons
      10: Parsons

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      1: Pittsburg
      2: Public Readings
      3: Salina
      4: Valley Falls
      5: Wellington
      6: Port of Entry Board, 1962-1963
      7: Probation and Parole, State Board of, 1961-1962
      8: Property Valuation Dept., 1961-1963
      9: Public Instruction, Kansas State Dept. of, 1961-1963
      10: Real Estate Commission, Kansas, 1963
      11: Reception and Diagnostic Center, Kansas State, 1962
      12: Regents, State Board of, 1961-1964
      13: Minutes, 1961-1962
      14: Minutes, 1963-1964
      15: Dormitory Fund, 1961-1964
      16: Research Foundation of Kansas, undated
      17: Research Foundation of Kansas, 1963
      18: Research Foundation of Kansas, 1964

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      1: Retirement System, Public Employees'. Board of Trustees, 1961-1962
      2: Revenue, State Dept. of, 1961
      3: Revenue, State Dept. of, 1962-1964
      4: Review, Kansas State Board of, 1961-1964
      5: Safety Council, Kansas, 1961-1962
      6: Savings and Loan Dept., 1961-1963
      7: Secretary of State, Kansas Statutes republication, 1962-1963 8: Social Welfare, State Dept. of, 1961-1964 9: Advisory Committee on Institutional Management, 1961-1964 10: Division of Institutional Management, 1961-1964 11: Division of Institutional Management. Mental Health, 1963-1964 12: Division of Services for the Aging, 1964 13: Investigation, 1963

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      1: Lists of Employees, 1962
      2: Report of the Governor's Committee on Medical Care, 1961
      3: Soil Conservation Committee, State, 1961-1963
      4: State Office Building Commission, 1961-1962
      5: Supreme Court Nominating Commission, 1962-1964
      6: Tax Appeals, State Board of, 1961-1964
      7: Topeka State Hospital, 1961-1963
      8: Turnpike Authority, Kansas, 1961-1963
      9: University of Kansas, 1961
      10: Medical Center, Admissions, 1964
      11: William Allen White School of Journalism, 1962
      12: University, Kansas State, 1961-1964
      13: Veterans Commission, Kansas, 1961-1963
      14: Veterinary Examiners, State Board of, 1963
      15: Vocational Education, State Board of, 1963-1964
      16: Water Resources Board, State, 1961
      17: Water Resources Board, State, 1962-1964
      18: Acquisition of Additional Lands, 1962
      19: Andale Watershed, 1961
      20: Arkansas, Red River Basin, 1961-1964
      21: Bee Creek, 1962-1964
      22: Big Creek at Hays, 1961-1964

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        Water Resources Board, State,

      1: Big Hill Resevoir, 1961-1962
      2: Blue River and tributaries, 1962-1964
      3: Caney Watersheds, 1962-1963
      4: Cheney Reservoir, 1962
      5: Cimarron Basin, 1962
      6: Clinton Reservoir, 1963
      7: Cottonwood River, 1961
      8: Cow Creek Report, 1961-1962
      9: Dodge City, 1962
      10: Elk City Reservoir, 1963
      11: Fall River Reservoir, 1961-1962
      12: Federal Projects of Kansas, 1961-1963
      13: Florence Flood Control, 1961-1963
      14: Glen Elder Dam & Reservoir, 1961
      15: Great Bend Local Proposed Flood Control, 1964
      16: John Redman Reservoir, 1963
      17: Kansas Red River Basin
      18: Kansas River & Basin, 1961-1964
      19: Kansas River Basin Report - Woodbine Dam, 1961-1964
      20: Kansas Watershed District Act, undated
      21: Kaw Dam & Reservoir, 1961-1962
      22: Little Walnut - Hickory Watersheds, 1963
      23: Little Arkansas River, 1962
      24: Marion Reservoir, 1961
      25: Milford Reservoir, 1963
      26: Missouri River States, 1962

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        Water Resources Board, State

      1: Missouri River Main Stem Reservoir, 1962-1964
      2: Missouri River States Committee, 1961
      3: Missouri River States Committee, 1964
      4: Mud Creek & Cottonwood River, 1962-1964
      5: Nebo Watershed, 1961
      6: Nemeha County State Lake, 1962-1964
      7: Norton Reservoir & Glen Elder Project, 1962
      8: Omnibus Flood Control Bill, 1962
      9: OsageRiver Basin, 1962
      10: Perry Reservoir, 1962-1964
      11: Pomona Dam & Reservoir, undated
      12: Republican River & Tributaries, 1963-1964
      13: Rock Creek Watershed Joint District #28, 1964
      14: Silver Creek Watershed, 1961
      15: Shanghai Creeks Watershed, 15
      16: Solomon Valley Flood Control,undated
      17: Spring River Basin, 1964
      18: Stranger Creek, 1961-1962
      19: Three Mile Creek, 1963-1964
      20: Towanda Reservoir, 1964
      21: Turkey Creek Watershed, 1962
      22: Tuttle Creek Lake -- dedication, 1963

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      1: Twin Caney Watershed, 1962
      2: Upper Black Vermillion, 1962
      3: Verdigris River & Tributaries, 1961-1962
      4: Walnut River Basin, 1964
      5: Water Pollution Control, 1963-1964
      6: Watersheds, 1961
      7: Watershed District No. 26 Atchison County, 1960
      8: Webster Revervoir & Dam, 1962
      9: White Clay Creek, 1961-1962
      10: Water Resources Committee, Tri-State, 1961-1962
      11: Winfield State Hospital and Training Center, 1961-1962
      12: Workman's Compensation Director, 1964

    Subseries D: Subjects

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      13: Abortion, 1962-1963
      14: Aged, Assistance for the (a.k.a. Kerr-Mills Bill), 1961-1964
      15: Air Weather Service--U.S. Air Force, 1962
      16: Alabama, 1961-1964
      17: Alcohol--Driving while intoxicated, 1961-1964

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      1: Alcohol--Liquor by the drink, 1961-1962
      2: Alcohol--Liquor by the drink, 1963
      3: Alcohol--Liquor by the drink, 1963
      4: Alcoholic Beverages, 1961-1963
      5: American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, 1964
      6: American Legion, 1962
      7: American Legion Boys' State of Kansas, 1963-1964
      8: American Republican Army, 1961
      9: Arbor Day, 19961-1963
      10: Arizona, 1963
      11: Arkansas, 1961
      12: Arkansas Basin Development Association, Inc., 1964
      13: Arkansas River Compact Administration, 1961-1964
      14: Arkansas-White-Red Basins Interagency Committee, 1961

      Box 28-01-03-04
      Folder
      1: Arkansas-White-Red Basins Interagency Committee, 1961
      2: Arkansas-White-Red Basins Interagency Committee, 1961
      3: Arkansas-White-Red Basins Interagency Committee, 1962
      4: Arkansas-White-Red Basins Interagency Committee, 1962
      5: Arkansas-White-Red Basins Interagency Committee, 1962
      6: Arkansas-White-Red Basins Interagency Committee, 1963

      Box 28-01-03-05
      Folder
      1: Arkansas-White-Red Basins Interagency Committee, 1963
      2: Arkansas-White-Red Basins Interagency Committee, 1963
      3: Arkansas-White-Red Basins Interagency Committee, 1964
      4: Arkansas-White-Red Basins Interagency Committee, 1964
      5: Assembly of Captive European Nations, 1961
      6: Atheist Colony at Stockton, Kansas, 1963
      7: Atheist Colony at Stockton, Kansas, 1963
      8: Beef, Imported, Jan-Feb 1964

      Box 28-01-03-06
      Folder
      1: Beef, Imported, Mar-Jun 1964
      2: Belgium, 1964
      3: Blind, Wolfner Library for the, 1961

        Blue laws legislation (see 28-01-02-01 f1)

      4: Boeing Company, 1962-1963
      5: Bomb Shelters, 1961 (see also Fallout Shelters)
      6: Box Car Shortage, 1962-1964
      7: Boy Scouts of America, 1961-1963
      8: Brazil, 1963
      9: Brotherhood Week, 1961
      10: California
      11: Capital Punishment, 1961-1964
      12: Central Airlines, Inc., 1961
      13: Central Kansas Industrial Development Association, 1963
      14: Chicago trip, 1964 Nov. 17-18
      15: Child Psychology, American Academy of, 1963
      16: Children and Youth, Kansas Council for, 1961-1964
      17: Christmas decorations, 1961
      18: Churches, Kansas Conference on, 1961-1962
      19: Civil Rights, 1961-1964
      20: Code of Civil Procedure, 1963
      21: Colby Development, 1963
      22: Colored Women, Kansas Association for, 1961
      23: Communism, 1961-1964
      24: Community Mental Health Centers, 1961-1964

      Box 28-01-03-07
      Folder

        Council of State Governments

      1: Atomic Energy, 1961-1962
      2: Board of Managers, 1962
      3: Chicago, Ill, 1961
      4: Chicago, Ill, 1961
      5: Chicago, Ill, 1961-1962
      6: Conference of Interstate Agencies, 1961
      7: Eastern Regional Office, 1961-1962
      8: Economic Development, 1961
      9: Index to CSG Publications, 1961-1962
      10: Inter-Agency Institutional Arrangements and Agreements..,1963
      11: Midwestern Region, French Lick, Indiana, 1962

      Box 28-01-04-01
      Folder
      1: Midwestern Region, Grand Rapids, South Dakota, 1961
      2: Washington, D. C., 1961-1962
      3: Water Division, 1961
      4: Western Office, 1961
      5: County Tax Administration, 1964
      6: Cuba, 1962
      7: Cuban Medical Association in Exile, 1962
      8: Delaware, 1964
      9: Dental Schools, 1963
      10: Disaster Counties, 1963-1964
      11: Disaster Emergency Survival Corp., 1961
      12: Drivers' Eye Examinations, 1961-1963
      13: Dry Forces, Kansas United, 1961

        Education

      14: Adult Education
      15: Anonymous Educational Benefactor, 1963
      16: Comprehensive educational survey,1961-1963
      17: Financial Support for Schools, State, 1961 Jan-Feb 13
      18: Financial Support for Schools, State, 1961 Feb 14-21
      19: Financial Support for Schools, State, 1961 Feb 21-22

      Box 28-01-04-02
      Folder

        Education (cont.)

      1: Financial Support for Schools, State, 1961 Feb 22-23
      2: Financial Support for Schools, State, 1961 Feb 24-Mar 1
      3: Financial Support for Schools, State, 1961 Mar 2-9
      4: Financial Support for Schools, State, 1961 Mar 10-15
      5: Financial Support for Schools, State, 1961 Mar 16-26
      6: Financial Support for Schools, State, 1961 Mar 27-31
      7: Financial Support for Schools, State, 1961 April

      Box 28-01-04-03
      Folder

        Education (cont.)

      1: Financial Support for Schools, State, 1962 Jan 19-30
      2: Financial Support for Schools, State, 1962 Jan 30
      3: Financial Support for Schools, State, 1962 Jan 31
      4: Financial Support for Schools, State, 1962 Jan 31
      5: Financial Support for Schools, State, 1962 Feb 1
      6: Financial Support for Schools, State, 1962 Feb 1
      7: Financial Support for Schools, State, 1962 Feb 2
      8: Financial Support for Schools, State, 1962 Feb 2

      Box 28-01-04-04
      Folder

        Education (cont.)

      1: Financial Support for Schools, State, 1962 Feb 2
      2: Financial Support for Schools, State, 1962 Feb 6-7
      3: Financial Support for Schools, State, 1962 Feb 7
      4: Financial Support for Schools, State, 1962 Feb 7
      5: Financial Support for Schools, State, 1963
      6: Financial Support for Schools, State, 1964
      7: Financial Support for Schools, State, undated
      8: Financial Support for Schools, State--Galena, 1961
      9: Higher Education Facilities Commission, 1964

      Box 28-01-04-05
      Folder

        Education (cont.)

      1: Higher education in the middle west, 1962
      2: School term length, 1963
      3: State school library consultant, 1961
      4: Unification of school districts, 1961-1963
      5: Unification of school districts, 1963
      6: Universities, 1961
      7: Washburn University, 1961 and undated material
      8: Wichita University, 1962-1964
      9: Wichita University, undated
      10: Eisenhower Center, 1962
      11: Emergency Planning, 1964
      12: European Trade Trip, 1964
      13: Equal opportunity, 1963
      14: Executive Mansion -- Cedar Crest, 1961
      15: Fallout Shelters, 1961-1964 (see also Bomb shelters)
      16: Family/Divorce Law, 1961-1964
      17: Floods and Flood Control, 1961-1963

      Box 28-01-04-06
      Folder
      1: Florida
      2: Flour Milling, Industry Conference on, 1964 Dec 21
      3: Food for Peace, 1961-1962
      4: Four-H Progress Awards, 1962
      5: Future Homemakers of America
      6: Gambling, 1961-1963
      7: Georgia
      8: Germany, 1962
      9: Goodyear Supply Points to Service State Vehicles, undated
      10: Graham County. District Court, 1961
      11: Great Plains Wheat, 1961
      12: Greece, re: Roger Ranney, 1961
      13: Hamilton County. Probate Court, 1964
      14: Hawaii, 1963
      15: Heartland, U.S.A. Exhibit Commission, 1961-1962
      16: Helium Plants, 1961
      17: Highway 24 Overpass, 1962
      18: Horton Indian Agency, 1963
      19: Idaho, 1961-1964
      20: Illinois, 1962-1964
      21: India, 1962-1964
      22: Indiana, 1961-1964
      23: Industrial Safety Conference, 1962-1964
      24: Institute for American Strategy, 1961
      25: Insurance, undated
      26: Inter-American Development Bank, 1963
      27: Interstate Reciprocity, 1964
      28: Iowa, 1962-1964
      29: Israel, 1961
      30: Italy, 1962-1963
      31: Japan, 1961-1962
      32: Japanese Governors' Conference, 1964
      33: Japanese Governors' Conference, 1964
      34: Kansas City Terminal Railway Bridge, 1961
      35: Kansas Livestock Association, 1963

      Box 28-01-04-07
      Folder
      1: Kansas-Missouri River Mills, undated
      2: Kaw Basin Water Management Association, 1961
      3: Kaw Dam & Reservoir Development Association, Inc., 1962
      4: Kentucky, 1961
      5: Land and Water Conservation Fund, 1964
      6: Landmarks Celebration, American. Steering Committee, 1964
      7: Law enforcement, 1961
      8: Leavenworth Regional Planning Commission, 1962
      9: Leawood, Kansas, undated
      10: Lewis & Clark Expedition Trail (Doniphan County State Park), 1962-1964
      11: Louisiana, 1961
      12: Massachusetts, 1964
      13: Master Farmer Association - Membership, 1962
      14: Meade County Soil Conservation - Annual Report, 1963
      15: Medical Association, Kansas, 1961-1963
      16: Mental Health, 1961
      17: Mental Health, 1962-1963
      18: Mental Illness and Health, Kansas Congress on, 1963
      19: Mental Retardation, 1963-1964
      20: Mexico, 1961-1963
      21: Michigan, 1962-1963
      22: Mid-America, Inc., 1961
      23: Mid-Arkansas River Basin Water Study Committee, 1964
      24: Midwestern Governors' Conference, 1962
      25: Midwestern Governors' Conference, 1963

      Box 28-01-05-01
      Folder
      1: Midwestern Governors' Conference, Omaha, Neb.,1963 Nov. 20-23
      2: Midwestern Governors' Conference, 1964
      3: Midwestern Governors' Conference. Advisory Committee, 1964
      4: Millers National Federation, 1962-1963
      5: Minnesota, 1962
      6: Mississippi, 1961-1962
      7: Mississippi Valley Association, 1961-1962
      8: Missouri, 1961-1964
      9: Missouri-Arkansas Basins Flood Control and Conservation Assn., 1961-1962
      10: Missouri Basin Field Committee, 1964
      11: Missouri Basin Interagency Committee, 1961
      12: Missouri Basin Interagency Committee, 1961
      13: Missouri Basin Interagency Committee, 1961
      14: Missouri Basin Interagency Committee, 1961

      28-01-05-02
      Folder
      1: Missouri Basin Interagency Committee, 1962
      2: Missouri Basin Interagency Committee, 1962
      3: Missouri Basin Interagency Committee, 1962
      4: Missouri Basin Interagency Committee, 1963
      5: Missouri Basin Interagency Committee, 1963
      6: Missouri Basin Interagency Committee, 1963

      28-01-05-03
      Folder
      1: Missouri Basin Interagency Committee, 1963
      2: Missouri Basin Interagency Committee, 1963
      3: Missouri River States Committee, 1961-1963
      4: Missouri Valley Adult Education Association, 1961
      5: Missouri Valley Association, 1961
      6: MKT Freight Railway, 1964
      7: Mobile Telephone Service, 1961
      8: Monroe Doctrine, Committee for the, 1962
      9: National Association of Claimants' Counsel of America, 1964
      10: NAACP, 1961-1963
      11: NASA, 1963-1964
      12: NASAO, 1963-1964
      13: National Bellamy Award, 1961-1964
      14: National Cemetery No. 1 - Fort Scott, Kansas, 1962
      15: National Committee on the Employment of Youth, 1962
      16: National Grange, undated
      17: National High School Driver Education, 1964
      18: National Rivers & Harbors Congress, 1961-1964
      19: National Scale Men's Association, 1962
      20: National Security Seminar, 1964
      21: National Service Program, 1963
      22: National Water Research Symposium, 1961
      23: National Water Safety Congress, 1963
      24: Native Sons and Daughters, 1963
      25: Nebraska
      26: Negro Progress Exposition, 1963
      27: Netherlands, 1962
      28: Nevada
      29: New Hampshire
      30: New Jersey

      Box 28-01-05-04
      Folder
      1: New Mexico
      2: New York
      3: New York World's Fair, 1961-1964
      4: Nike Hercules Sites, 1961
      5: North American Water & Power Alliance, 1964
      6: North Dakota,1961-1964
      7: Nudist Colonies, 1963
      8: Ohio, 1961-1962
      9: Oil & Gas Association, Kansas Independent, 1961
      10: Oklahoma, 1963
      11: Old Age Assistance, 1961
      12: Oregon, 1961-1963
      13: Ottawa--South Interstate Highway Assoc., 1963
      14: Ozark, Frontier Trail, 1963-1964
      15: Packers and Stockyards Act
      16: Panama, 1961
      17: Pan-America World Airways, 1963
      18: Pennsylvania
      19: People-to-People Conference, 1962
      20: Pesticidal & Agricultural Chemicals, 1964
      21: Petroleum, 1963-1964
      22: Petroleum Industries Committee, Kansas, 1964
      23: Petroleum Study Committee, 1962-1964
      24: Pharmaceuticals Association, Kansas, 1961
      25: Physical Fitness, 1963-1964
      26: Physical Therapy, 1963

      Box 28-01-05-05
      Folder
      1: Prairie National Park, 1961-1962
      2: Prayer Breakfast, 1962-1964
      3: Prayer in Schools, 1962-1964
      4: Press Service, Inc., Kansas, 1962
      5: Project Hope, 1961
      6: Quivera Wildlife Refuge, 1962-1964
      7: Race Relations, 1961-1964
      8: Railroads--Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RR, 1963-1964
      9: Recreation Society, American, Inc., 1961

        Republican Party

      10: Kansas Women's Republican Club, 1961
      11: Minority Staffing, Subcommittee on Increasing, 1963-1964
      12: Republican Governors' Association, 1963-1964
      13: Republican National Committee, 1961-1964
      14: Republican National Committee - News Releases, 1964
      15: Republican National Committee -- Party-to-People Forum, 1964
      16: Republican State Committee, 1961-1964
      17: Young Republican National Federation, 1963
      18: Retarded Children, Kansas Association for, 1961
      19: Right-to-Work, 1963
      20: Ring Bells for Freedom, 1962-1963

      Box 28-01-05-06
      Folder
      1: Roeland Park Development, 1961
      2: Santa Fe Trail, 1961-1962
      3: Severy water supply, 1963-1964
      4: Soil Conservation Districts, Kansas Association of, 1962-1963
      5: South Dakota, 1962-1963
      6: Southern Railway, 1962
      7: Southwestern Bell Telephone co., 1961
      8: Southwestern College, Winfield, 1961
      9: Spanish-American War Veterans, 1961
      10: State Governments, Council of, 1964
      11: State Governments, Council of, 1964
      12: Student congress, 1964
      13: Sugar beets, 1962-1964
      14: Sugar report, 1962

        Sunday selling legislation (see 28-01-02-01 f1)

      15: Sunflower Boys State, 1961
      16: Switzerland, 1961-1964
      17: Taxation, 1963-1964
      18: Teachers Association, Kansas State, 1963-1964
      29: Tennessee
      20: Texas
      21: Topeka. Court. Marshal, undated
      22: Traffic courts and traffic safety, 1964
      23: Tuttle Creek, 1963
      24: Union Pacific Railroad, 1962
      25: United Nations, 1961-1962
      26: United States Exports, 1963-1964

      Box 28-01-05-07
      Folder

        United States

      1: Agriculture, Dept., of, 1961-1963
      2: Arms Control & Disarmament Agency, 1964
      3: Atomic Energy Commission, 1961-1964
      4: Attorney General, 1961-1964
      5: Aviation Agency, Federal, 1963-1964
      6: Civil Aeronautics Board, 1961
      7: Commerce, Dept. of, 1962-1964
      8: Communications Commission, Federal, 1963
      9: Congress. House of Representatives, 1961
      10: Congress. Senate, 1961-1964

        Constitutional Amendment proposition, 1961

      11: Electorial College, 1962
      12: District of Columbia voting rights, 1961
      13: House of Representatives Apportionment, 1961
      14: Voting age, 1961
      15: Defense, Dept. of, 1961-1963
      16: Air Forces, 1961
      17: Army, 1961-1964
      18: Civil Defense, 1961-1962
      19: National Guard Bureau, 1963
      20: Navy--USS Kansas silver set
      21: Health, Education and Welfare, Dept. of, 1961-1964
      22: Intergovernmental Relations, Advisory Commissions on, 1962-1963
      23: Interior, Dept. of, 1961-1964
      24: Interstate Commerce Commission, 1961-1964
      25: Labor, Dept. of, 1961-1964
      26: Library Services Act, undated
      27: Power Commission, Federal, 1961

      Box 28-01-06-01
      Folder
      1: President, Office of the, 1961-1964
      2: Kennedy Assasination Condolences, 1963
      3: Traffic Safety, Committee for, 1960-1964
      4: Voting, Commission, 1964
      5: Retardation, Panel on, 1962-1964
      6: White House Conference on Youth and Fitness, 1962
      7: Selective Service System, 1962
      8: Small Business Administration, 1961
      9: State, Dept. of, 1964
      10: Treasury, Dept. of, 1962
      11: Veterans Administration, 1963
      12: University of Kansas City, 1961
      13: Upper Marais de Cygne Water Shed Association, 1961
      14: Urban Renewal
      15: Uruguay, 1964
      16: Utah, 1962
      17: Veterans' Day, 1961
      18: Veterans of Foreign Wars, 1961
      19: Virginia, 1964
      20: Washington, 1961-1964
      21: Watershed Protection and Water Prevention Act, 1964
      22: Water Resources Activities in the United States, 1960
      23: Water Resources Planning Act, 1964
      24: Water supply for Pleasanton and Galesburg, 1963
      25: Wichita County State Lake, 1964
      26: Wichita World, 1962
      27: Wisconsin, 1961
      28: Women Engineers & Scientists International Conference, 1964
      29: Women, status of, 1961-1964
      30: Women Voters, League of, 1962-1963
      31: Women's Kansas Day Club, 1963
      32: Woodbine Dam, 1961-1962
      33: Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, 1964
      34: World Food Fair, 1961
      35: World Peace Ceremony, Kansas for, 1961
      36: Wyoming, 1961-1964
      37: Zip Coding 1964

Oversized Material

Letter, 1963 April 30, of Sylvia Moralez (location: M-2-3-7-Lf7)
Milk "Czars" (location: M-2-3-7-L 7)
This Street Named in Honor of the State of Alabama (location: M-2-3-7-L f7)
General Highway Map of Franklin County (x3) (location: M-2-3-7-L f7)
Administration Area K.O.P. (location: M-2-3-7-L f7)
Administration Area K.O.P. (location: M-2-3-7-L f7)
Boy Scouts of America - Resolution (location: M-2-3-7-L f7)
Resolution As To Fall-Out Shelters (location: M-2-3-7-L f7)
Cartoon Drawing (location: M-2-3-7-L f7)
Map of the United States, re: National Park Service (location: M-2-3-7-L f7)
Youth Fitness Poster (location: M-2-3-7-L f7)
"Ring Bells for Freedom" (location: M-2-3-7-L f7)
U.P.R.R. County map of Kansas (location: M-2-3-7-L f7)
U.S. Constitutional Amendment proposition (location: M-2-3-7-L f7)


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