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Tornado memories - Theodore R. Mize
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DescriptionFive 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 Theodore Mize, who was a special deputy with the Shawnee County Sheriff's Department; document is comprised of five, one-page essays, each focusing on a different memory; titles for each essay are: "My Longest Night", "The Great Pandemic of Topeka That Never Happened", "The King of Central Park", and "Boxes of Kindness." 
CreatorMize, Theodore (Ted) R.Subject1966 Topeka TornadoI Remember...the Topeka TornadoPersonal narrativesCentral ParkDisaster reliefLaw enforcement1966 TornadoWeatherStormsTopeka (Kan.)DatendFormatPDFLanguageEnglish
CreatorMize, Theodore (Ted) R.Subject1966 Topeka TornadoI Remember...the Topeka TornadoPersonal narrativesCentral ParkDisaster reliefLaw enforcement1966 TornadoWeatherStormsTopeka (Kan.)DatendFormatPDFLanguageEnglishRelated
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Mize, Theodore (Ted) R., Tornado memories - Theodore R. Mize (nd). Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Local History Collections, accessed 17/07/2026, https://localhistory.tscpl.org/nodes/view/6693