Size: 0.25 linear feet

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Content note:
This collection contains 15 letters written to Myra McHenry during the years 1900 to 1907. The correspondents include C. U. and Comell McHenry, Carry A. Nation, A. T. Ayres, and J. L. Rogers among others. An activist in the early temperance movement in Kansas, McHenry staged street corner lectures, published a newspaper and many pamphlets, and was arrested frequently for her aggressive tactics.

Acquisition: Gift from John Rydjord

Processed by: KJC, 10-8-1991; JEF, 10-5-1998

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