Santa Letters From Scandia and Republic 1936
A collection of Vintage Christmas requests from Kansas children dated December 1936. Letters to Santa from Scandia Republic and surrounding areas ask for toys such as wagons tractors dolls tricycles candy and nuts. Children include Loyaldean Fike Betty Pauline Cardwell Donald Richards Norma Jean Lervold Gene Downing Bertil Wayne Nelson Genevieve Nendorf and Eulah Nondorf with notes on teachers programs and family wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
Mamma
Gene Downing
Harold “McDowell
Billy Moe
Loren ‘Able
Bertil Wayne Nelson
Children’s Christmas Wish Lists from Scandia Letters
A collection of festive Santa letters from Scandia Kansas children dated December 11, 1936 to 1986. Kids request toys such as trains, dolls, trucks, roller skates, dolls, a violin, a pocket book, a stair of candy and nuts, and family goodwill, signed by numerous young residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
Marjorie Elaine
Santa Claus
Esther Acre
Paul Isaacson
Poltergeist Talk Frames Greeding Dinner Party
Dr Greeding a wealthy surgeon with rumored clairvoyance discusses poltergeists with Prof Carlisle during a dinner in which Nancy and Dan Carlisle are present. The tale turns on a shattered statuette and mysterious forces, revealing Greeding’s fascination and doubts about such phenomena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeding
Ira Jerrell
Nancy
Dan
Carlisle
Mary Ann
G’ading
Newfoundland
Doctor Greeding
Professor Carlisle
Mrs. Greeding
Mary
Ann
Professor
Hazard
Charles Fort
Fort
Tompkins
Also Mentioned on This Page
Scandia
Kansas
North Pole
Barleen
Loyaldean
Fike
Republic, Kansas
Pleasant Grove
Betty Pauline Cardwell
Donald Richards
Richard
Bill
Donald Fogelberg
LaVerne Lervold
Mother
Daddy
Norma Jean Lervold
Mr. Santa
Genevieve Nendorf
Sister
Eulah Nondorf
Blaine
Alice Rodgers
Jack Summers
Mrs. Santa
Ardeth English
Bobby Martin
Jimmie Jensen
Arlene Phyllis
Lervoid
Dale Arthur Lervoid
Glenna Hohman
Donna Jean
Evelyn Mae’ Burandt
Dee
Duane
Ocobock
Miss’ Larson
Betty Dunn
Mary Lou van Blarcum
Donald Larson
Gloria Lee
Roy Charles Wilson
Claus
Bobby Dixon
Ben
Ames Williams
Jerrell
Cottons
Paul Master
Terrell
Dees
Ben Ames Willians
W.nlu. Service
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!