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Tornado memories - Sheila J. (Spring) Polter
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DescriptionPhotocopied tornado memories brochure collected as a part of the "Remembering the Topeka Tornado of '66" event held at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library on June 3, 2003; answers to questions are handwritten; tells the personal memories of Sheila J. (Spring) Polter, who was 8 years old in 1966; was having a sleepover with a friend that night; remembers watching Bill Curtis on TV, since he was a friend and student of her father's; the law school building where he father taught at Washburn University was destroyed; as assistant dean, her father was very involved in the school's rebuilding
CreatorPolter, Sheila J. (Spring)Subject1966 Topeka TornadoI Remember...the Topeka TornadoPersonal narrativesWashburn University of Topeka1966 TornadoWeatherStormsTopeka (Kan.)Date2003FormatPDFLanguageEnglish
CreatorPolter, Sheila J. (Spring)Subject1966 Topeka TornadoI Remember...the Topeka TornadoPersonal narrativesWashburn University of Topeka1966 TornadoWeatherStormsTopeka (Kan.)Date2003FormatPDFLanguageEnglishGeographic Location
Address5236, SW 27th St, Topeka, 66614Geolocation[1]
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Polter, Sheila J. (Spring), Tornado memories - Sheila J. (Spring) Polter (2003). Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Local History Collections, accessed 11/07/2026, https://localhistory.tscpl.org/nodes/view/6590