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I Remember the July 1951 Flood - Jacqueline Carnes
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DescriptionThree page document, both handwritten and typed, submitted to TSCPL as a part of its collecting initiative "I Remember the July 1951 Flood"; tells the personal memories of Jacqueline Carnes, who was 9 years old in July 1951 and living on Rural Route 3 in Iola, KS; he family's house was on a hill surrounded by water; they had to go stay with some neighbors whose home was not threatened by the flood waters; recalls going to the doctor for typhoid injections
CreatorCarnes, JacquelineSubject1951 FloodPersonal narrativesDisaster reliefWeatherStormsIola (Kan.)DatendFormatPDFLanguageEnglish
CreatorCarnes, JacquelineSubject1951 FloodPersonal narrativesDisaster reliefWeatherStormsIola (Kan.)DatendFormatPDFLanguageEnglishGeographic Location
AddressR.R. 3, Salina, KS
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CollectionI Remember the July 1951 FloodEvent1951 Flood
Event1951 FloodAdmin
LocationOn display, Topeka Room (temporary)
Carnes, Jacqueline, I Remember the July 1951 Flood - Jacqueline Carnes (nd). Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Local History Collections, accessed 17/07/2026, https://localhistory.tscpl.org/nodes/view/7174