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Tornado memories - Charles Wright
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Other TitleA Tornado Reflection
DescriptionFour page typewritten document submitted as part of the "Remember the Topeka Tornado of '66" event held at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library on June 3, 2003; tells the personal memories of Charles Wright, who was the mayor of Topeka in 1966; first page contains Wright's answers to the standard questions; rest of the document is a personal narrative about his experience during and after the tornado; remembers flying in an Air National Guard helicopter over the area and crying at the extent of the destruction; stayed in the Civil Defense shelter in the sub-basement of the courthouse for 2 weeks overseeing recovery effortsCreatorWright, CharlesSubject1966 Topeka TornadoI Remember...the Topeka TornadoPersonal narrativesCity government Topeka mayorMayors1966 TornadoWeatherStormsTopeka (Kan.)Date2003FormatPDFLanguageEnglish
DescriptionFour page typewritten document submitted as part of the "Remember the Topeka Tornado of '66" event held at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library on June 3, 2003; tells the personal memories of Charles Wright, who was the mayor of Topeka in 1966; first page contains Wright's answers to the standard questions; rest of the document is a personal narrative about his experience during and after the tornado; remembers flying in an Air National Guard helicopter over the area and crying at the extent of the destruction; stayed in the Civil Defense shelter in the sub-basement of the courthouse for 2 weeks overseeing recovery effortsCreatorWright, CharlesSubject1966 Topeka TornadoI Remember...the Topeka TornadoPersonal narrativesCity government Topeka mayorMayors1966 TornadoWeatherStormsTopeka (Kan.)Date2003FormatPDFLanguageEnglishRelated
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Wright, Charles, Tornado memories - Charles Wright (2003). Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Local History Collections, accessed 11/07/2026, https://localhistory.tscpl.org/nodes/view/6619