Governor Edward Arn, correspondence files, box 58

Creator: Kansas. Governor (1951-1955 : Arn)

Date: January 1951-January 1955

Level of Description: Item

Material Type: Government record

Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor Edward Arn, Correspondence Files, Subject Files Box 58

Unit ID: 310000

Summary: These folders contain correspondence subject files with Governor Arn, the thirty-second governor of Kansas, serving from January 8, 1951 to January 10, 1955. Some subjects included are flood, flood control and the disaster relief committee. Starting on July 13, 1951, one of the most costly floods in Kansas? history swept down the Kansas River valley into the Missouri River basin. The Kansas River valley had flooded before but not with this magnitude and damage. During the period of July 9-13, some areas in the Kansas River basin received 18.5 inches of rain. The eastern half of the basin averaged 8 inches. T

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Title (Main title): Governor Edward Arn, correspondence files, box 58

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Folder 1 Flood -- Disaster Relief Committee, 1951
Folder 2 Flood -- Disaster Relief Committee, 1951
Folder 3 Flood -- Requests for Funds, Jul-Nov 1951
Folder 4 Flood -- State-Federal Coordinating Committee on Flood Relief, 1951
Folder 5 Flood -- Taxes on Flooded Property, 1951-1952
Folder 6 Flood Control, Jan-Apr 1952
Folder 7 Flood Control, May 1952
Folder 8 Flood Control, Jun-Aug 1952
Folder 9 Flood Control, Sep-Oct 1952
Folder 10 Flood Control, Nov-Dec 1952

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Kansas. Governor (1951-1955 : Arn)