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Ogden Sherman Jones papers

1    COLLECTION SUMMARY

1.1      Introduction/Abstract

Ogden Sherman Jones was the Kansas State Geologist from 1936 – 1951. This collection includes correspondence, maps, meeting minutes, and various reports created during his career and work done on the water crisis in Kansas during the 1930s.

1.2      Dates

                        1930s-1950s

1.3      Quantity

                        1 Box

1.4      Creator

                        Ogden Sherman Jones (1891-1952)

1.5      Title

                        Ogden Sherman Jones papers

1.6      UID and/or Call #

                        UID: 526232 Locator: 008-07-02-06

1.7      Language

                        English

              1.8     Notes

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                 1.9   Repository

                        Kansas State Historical Society (Topeka)

2    BIOGRAPHY

Ogden Sherman Jones was born on March 23, 1891, in Ogden, Utah to George Washington Jones (1860-1935) and Cora Sherman Jones.[1] The family moved to Lawrence, Kansas in 1896. Jones graduated from Lawrence High School in 1910.[2] Jones then earned his A.B. in geology from the University of Kansas. Jones was a member of Beta Theta Pi and Sigma Gamma Epsilon fraternities.[3] May 1917 Jones married Hazel Lucille Smith. Together they had three sons and one daughter.[4] Their children were: Col. Ogden Sherman Jones Jr. (1925-2012), Alison Lucille Jones Guinotte (1926-2003), Richard Kearney Jones (1928-2020), and Michael Peet Jones (1937-1988).[5] Also in 1917, Jones enlisted in the Army Air Corps.[6] He worked as a flying instructor until the end of WWI.[7] After the War, Jones was employed by Forrester and Cook in Wichita until 1924.[8] He joined the American Association of Petroleum Geologists in 1929. Jones did independent consulting work off and on until 1933, when he gained employment by the State of Kansas in the Water Conservation Department.[9] He became chief geologist for the Division of Sanitation of the Kansas State Board of Health and director of the Oil Field Section in 1936.[10] Jones held multiple positions until health issues forced him to resign in 1951. Jones passed away on December 28, 1952.[11] Jones is interred in Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, Kansas.[12]

 

3    SCOPE AND CONTENTS

 

The Ogden Sherman Jones papers consist of correspondence, maps, various records, and articles collected by Ogden S. Jones during his career as a geologist for the state of Kansas. The collection was processed as it was found and encompasses 6 series.  

Series 1: “Kansas Emergency Relief Committee “K.E.R.C.” includes records of the Kansas Emergency Relief Committee.

Series 2: Kansas State Board of Agriculture – Division of Water Resources Correspondence includes correspondence and records from the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, Division of Water Resources Department.

Series 3: Drought Survey – 1939 / Drought Emergency – 1940 includes letters, essays, records about the drought survey and emergency in Kansas during the 1930s.

Series 4: Kansas Public Water Supplies includes articles, reports, and correspondence about public water supplies.

Series 5: Individual Drough [sic] Sufferers Correspondence includes the bulk of letters and correspondence from the Kansas governor’s office from Kansan’s suffering from the water shortage. Handwritten letters from farmers addressed to the Governor detail their concerns about the need for water. Ogden S. Jones was forwarded the letters from Governor Ratner’s office. The series includes copies of Jones’s responses.

Series 6: Articles by Ogden S. Jones includes three articles written by Ogden Sherman Jones.

The finding aid below includes an itemized list of contents in each series. When available, additional geographic information about the author and/or recipient of each document is included in between brackets [example]. Additional geographic and/or job title of an individual is only noted upon the first appearance of their name in the finding aid, even if their name is on multiple documents. The date is included inside of parentheses. If there is no date on the document this is indicated by: (n.d.) standing for no date. When necessary, additional collection information is noted inside of brackets.

 

 

4    CONTENTS LIST

       Series 1: Kansas Emergency Relief Committee “K.E.R.C”

Geology of Earthwork Dams by Ogden S. Jones (n.d.) – 2 copies

Safeguard Present Water Resources by Ogden S. Jones (n.d.) – 2 copies

                  Letter to Henry H. Haworth from Ogden S. Jones (June 5, 1936)

                  Letter to Ogden Jones from Huntsman Haworth (June 8, 1936)

                  Letter to Huntsman Haworth from Ogden Jones (June 10, 1936)

Log Federal Well: West Mineral Kansas – Cherokee County (August 22, 1935 – September 11, 1935)

Letter to Ogden Jones from John R. DeMun [Director of Finance, Accounts, and Audits at the State Department of Social Welfare of Kansas] (April 30, 1941)

Letter to John R. DeMun from Ogden S. Jones (May 5, 1941)

Letter to Ogden Jones from John R. DeMun (May 8, 1941)

Letter to John R. DeMun from Ogden S. Jones (May 13, 1941)

Property and Equipment Receipt, State Board of Social Welfare of Kansas to the State Board of Health (1941)

“Handy Oil Maps Kansas” Map 48, Beaver Pool, Barton Co. Published by Rinehart’s Oil Report and the Continental Map Company. (January 31, 1942)

12 pages of handwritten notes (n.d.)

Seward County, Kansas Map. Published by Continental Map Company (n.d.) [OVERSIZED. REMOVED TO 933-18]

K.E.R.C. Lists of Geological Staff, Poor Commissioners, Case Supervisors, Certifying Officers, Supervisor of Work Program [County Engineers] and Bulletin Index (November 1934)

 

      Series 2: Kansas State Board of Agriculture – Division of Water Resources Correspondence

Letter to Dean Harry Umberger [Kansas State College of Agriculture and applied Science], Mr. N.P. Sherwood, Ogden S. Jones, members of the Sub-Committee, from George S. Knapp [Chief Engineer, Topeka, KS], Chairman of the Committee (May 21, 1940)

Report of the Governor’s Committee Part IV, Water Supply Problems

Letter to Ogden S. Jones and Dean Harry Umberger from George S. Knapp (May 22, 1940)

Suggested Outline for the Report of the Governor’s Committee on Water and Flood Conservation by Dr. Sherwood

Progressive 10-year Average Annual Precipitation and Temperature Graph: Manhattan, Kansas (1858 – 1939)

Progressive 10-year Average Annual Precipitation and Temperature Graph: Independence, Kansas (1872 – 1939)

Progressive 10-year Average Annual Precipitation and Temperature Graph: Dodge City, Kansas (1875 – 1939)

Progressive 10-year Average Annual Temperature and Seasonal Evaporation Graph: Colby, Kansas (1914 – 1939)

Progressive 10-year Average Annual Temperature and Seasonal Evaporation Graph: Hays, Kansas (1907 – 1939)

Progressive 10-year Average Annual Temperature and Seasonal Evaporation Graph: Garden City, Kansas (1908 – 1939)

                  Includes envelope addressed to Ogden S. Jones

 

     Series 3: Drought Survey – 1939/Drought Emergency – 1940

         Report of the Committee, Introductory Statement (n.d.)

         Tentative Outline: Report of the Governor’s Committee (n.d.)

Speech on Water Geology and Outline for Permanent Water Program for Kansas (December 15, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Gov. Payne Ratner (December 6, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Charles Marshall [KS State Architect] (April 26, 1950)

Handwritten letter to Ogden Jones from M.M. (December 4, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from C.M. Young [KU Professor of Mining Engineering] (April 20, 1937)

Works Progress Administration House Memorandum letter to A.B. Nuss from Ogden Jones (October 28, 1935)

Works Progress Administration House Memorandum letter to A.B. Nuss from Ogden Jones (September 10, 1935) – 2 copies

Letter to Ogden Jones from Wes Roberts [Secretary to Governor Ratner] (August 22, 1940)

Letter to Governor Payne Ratner from D.Z. McCormick, [Morris County Agricultural Agent] (August 20, 1940)

Letter to D.Z. McCormick from Ogden Jones (August 23, 1940)

Letter to George Knapp from Harry P. Burleigh, [Hydraulic Engineer] (August 7, 1940)

Letter to Harry Burleigh from George Knapp (July 11, 1940)

Letter to George Knapp from Harry Burleigh (July 5, 1940)

“An Open Letter” by M.B. Wetmore, Wichita (May 30, 1940)

Letter to R.V. Smahara [Engineer, Division of Water Resources, State Board of Agriculture] to Ogden Jones (August 21, 1940)

         Letter to Ogden Jones from George Knapp (August 19, 1940)

Letter to Earnest Boyce [Engineer, State Board of Health] from M.B. Wetmore (April 3, 1940)

Letter to M.B. Wetmore from Earnest Boyce (April 5, 1940)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Wes Roberts (August 20, 1940)

Letter to J.B. Cartwright [Perryton, TX] from Walter Ward [Extension Architect, Kansas] (May 13, 1940)

Handwritten Letter to College of Agriculture, Manhattan KS from J.B. Cartwright (May 3, 1940)

Letter to J.B. Cartwright from Ogden Jones (May 18, 1940)

Letter to Ogden Jones from A.T. Watson [Winkler-Koch Engineering Company] (April 18, 1940)

Letter to A.T. Watson from Ogden Jones (April 26, 1940)

Report of Water Analysis City of Wichita (n.d.)

Letter to N.P. Sherwood, Ogden Jones, and Dean H. Umberger from George Knapp (April 16, 1940)

Letter to George L. Duff [Scott City, KS] from Waler G. Ward [Extension Architect] (April 8, 1940)

Letter to Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science from George Duff (March 29, 1940)

Letter to George Duff from Ogden Jones (April 19, 1940)

Letter to A. Duvanel [Agusta, KS] from George Knapp (March 16, 1940)

Letter to George Knapp from Wes Roberts (March 12, 1940)

Handwritten letter to Gov. Ratner from A. Duvanel (March 9, 1940)

Letter to A. Duvanel from Ogden Jones (March 30, 1940)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Gov. Ratner (February 13, 1940)

Handwritten letter to Gov. Ratner from D.W. Wood [Wellington, KS] (February 12, 1940)

Letter to D.W. Wood from Ogden Jones (February 22, 1940)

Letter to Ogden Jones from R.V. Smrha (February 19, 1940)

Letter to Division of Water Resources from E.D. Brewer (February 17, 1940)

Letter to Chairman, County Commissioners [Yates Center, KS] from Ogden Jones (February 22, 1940)

Letter to R.V. Smrha from Ogden Jones (February 22, 1940)

Letter to Howard C. Myers [County Farm Agent, Howard, KS] from Ogden Jones (February 2, 1940)

Letter to Earl Means [County Farm Agent, Winfield, KS] from Ogden Jones (February 2, 1940)

Letter to A. Duvanel [Augusta, KS] from Ogden Jones (January 27, 1940)

Handwritten letter to Gov. Ratner from A. Duvanel (January 13, 1940)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Laurence P. Buck [Dodge City, KS] (January 23, 1940)

Letter to Laurence Buck from Ogden Jones (January 27, 1940)

Handwritten letter to Ogden Jones from T.N. Barnes [Topeka, KS] (January 15, 1940)

Letter to T.N. Barnes from Ogden Jones (January 15, 1940)

Letter to Frank Ridlon [Coyville, KS] from Ogden Jones (January 12, 1940)

Letter to Guy Josserand [Director, Forestry, Fish and Game Commission, Pratt, KS] from Ogden Jones (January 12, 1940)

Letter to Ogden Jones from G.L. Barham [Major Gas & Oil Company, Chanute, KS] (January 11, 1940)

Letter to G.L. Barham from Ogden Jones (January 12, 1940)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Howard Myers [County Agent, Howard, KS] (January 11, 1940)

Letter to Howard Myers from Ogden Jones (January 13, 1940)

Letter to Ogden Jones from E.J. Jungmann [Carbondale, KS] (January 9, 1940)

Letter to E.J. Jungmann from Ogden Jones (January 12, 1940)

Letter to Ogden Jones from D. Umberger (January 8, 1940)

Letter to Ogden Jones from W.L. Nicholson [Kansas City, Missouri] (January 7, 1940)

Letter to W.L. Nicholson from Ogden Jones (January 9, 1940)

Letter to Guy Josserand from Ogden Jones (January 6, 1940)

Letter to W.H. Cleveland [Wellington, KS] from Ogden Jones (January 5, 1940)

Letter to Dean Harry Umberger from Ogden Jones (January 5, 1940)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Walter Ward (January 5, 1940)

Letter to Walter Ward from Byron J. Taylor [County Agent, Page City, KS] (January 3, 1940)

Letter to Byron Taylor from Walter Ward (January 5, 1940)

Letter to Byron Taylor from Ogden Jones (January 8, 1940)

Handwritten letter to Governor Ratner from George Gartner [Independence, KS] (January 1, 1940)

Letter to George Gartner from Ogden Jones (January 9, 1940)

Letter to Ogden Jones from L. Mattox [Assistant Secretary to Governor Ratner] (January 4, 1940)

Letter to Frank Ridlon [Coyville, KS] from Ogden Jones (January 6, 1940)

Letter to Governor Ratner from Ruel Durkee [Lyons, KS]

Letter to Ruel Durkee from Ogden Jones (January 2, 1940)

Governor Payne Ratner’s Water Emergency Programby Ogden Jones (November 1939)

Letter to County Commissioners from Ogden Jones (November 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Ray Hoss [County Agent, Yates Center, KS] (December 28, 1939)

Letter to George Knapp from Ogden Jones (December 27, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Ray Hoss (December 23, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Ray Hoss (December 21, 1939)

Letter to Ray Hoss from Ogden Jones (December 27, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Gov. Ratner (December 21, 1939)

Handwritten letter to Gov. Ratner from R.C. Carpenter [Chanute, KS] (December 18, 1939)

Letter to R.C. Carpenter from Ogden Jones (December 28, 1939)

Letter to Hays Miller [KS State Planning Board, Topeka] from Ogden Jones (December 21, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Ben H. Dake [Mt. Grove, Missouri] (December 21, 1939)

Letter to Ben H. Dake from Ogden Jones (January 9, 1940)

Handwritten letter to Ogden Jones from P.F. Kendall [Riley, KS] (December 11, 1939)

Letter to P.F. Kendall from Ogden Jones (December 20, 1940)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Clarice Noble (December 18, 1939)

Letter to Clarice Noble from Ogden Jones (December 20, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Henry C. Abbey [Fulton, KS] (December 18, 1939)

Letter to Henry C. Abbey from Ogden Jones (December 20, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Frank Blecha (December 18, 1939)

Letter to Frank Blecha from Wilbur W. White [Crowley Co. Agricultural Conservation Association] (December 14, 1939)

Letter to Frank Blecha from Ogden Jones (December 19, 1939)

Letter to M.B. Wetmore [Wichita] from Ogden Jones (December 18, 1939)

When Kansas Water Wells Are Gone – What Then! By M.B. Wetmore (n.d.)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Guy Josserand (December 14, 1939)

Letter to Guy Josserand from Ogden Jones (December 18, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Gov. Ratner (December 14, 1939)

Handwritten letter to Gov. Ratner from Carl Fergusen [Pittsburg, KS] (December 10, 1939)

Letter to Carl Fergusen from Ogden Jones (December 18, 1939)

Letter to Gov. Ratner from Mrs. George Mendenhall (December 12, 1939)

Letter to Mrs. George Mendenhall from Ogden Jones (December 18, 1939)

Rural America and the Soil Problem by A.Q. Miller Editorial From the Belleville Telescope – 2 copies (December 7, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from A.Q. Miller [Salina, KS] (December 9, 1939)

         Letter to A.Q. Miller from Ogden Jones (December 13, 1939

         Letter to Karl V. Shawver [Paola, KS] from Ogden Jones (December 13, 1939)

Letter to Elmo H. Huffman [Forestry, Fish, and Game Commission, Pratt, KS] from Ogden Jones (December 13, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Ray Hoss (December 11, 1939)

Letter to Ray Hoss from Ogden Jones (December 13, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Dal Dalrymple [Oil & Gas Journal, Tulsa, Oklahoma] (December 7, 1939)

Letter to Dal Dalrymple from Ogden Jones (December 9, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Gene Abernathy (December 5, 1939)

Letter to Gene Abernathy from Ogden Jones (December 9, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Clifford Sharp [Johnson County] (December 5, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Will J. Miller [Commissioner, Topeka] (November 29, 1939)

Letter to Lester Shepard [County Agricultural Agent, Erie, KS] from Ogden Jones (November 29, 1939)

Letter to M.J. Kirwan [I.T.I.O. Company, Bartlesville, Oklahoma] from Ogden Jones (November 29, 1939)

Letter to Gov. Ratner from Scott Montgomery [McPherson, KS] (November 25, 1939)

Letter to Scott Montgomery from Ogden Jones (December 14, 1939)

Letter to Elmo Huffman from Ogden Jones (November 25, 1939)

Letter to Senator W.E. Ireland [Yates Center, KS] from Ogden Jones (November 24, 1939)

Letter to W.T. Anderson [Editor, Oil & Gas Journal, Tulsa, OK] from Ogden Jones (November 24, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Gov. Ratner (November 29, 1939)

Handwritten letter to Gov. Ratner from Albert Benson [Elsmore, KS] (November 27, 1939)

Letter to Albert Benson from Ogden Jones (December 1, 1939)

Letter to Frank Blecha from Ogden Jones (December 4, 1939)

Letter to Frank Blecha from Ogden Jones (November 24, 1939)

Letter to W.J. Daly [County Farm Agent, Winfield, KS] from Ogden Jones (November 24, 1939)

Letter to Guy Josserand from Ogden Jones (November 20, 1939)

Letter to Frank Blecha from Ogden Jones - draft (November 20, 1939)

Letter to Frank Blecha from Ogden Jones (November 20, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from J.B. Doze [The Wichita Eagle] (November 17, 1939)

Letter to J.B. Doze from Ogden Jones (December 11, 1939)

The Development of Safe Well Water Supplies – 12 pages (n.d.)

Department of the Interior Geological Survey: Prospecting for Emergency Stock-Water Supplies in Parts of Southeastern Kansas stricken by the Drouth [sic] During the Fall and Winter of 1939 – 40. Chautauqua, Elk, Osage, and Woodson Counties by Bruce F. Latta. Coffey, Crowley, and Montgomery Counties by Thad G. McLaughlin. (March 14, 1940)

Letter to Dean Harry Umberger from George Knapp (May 16, 1940)

Letter to Ogden Jones from George Knapp (December 26, 1939)

Memorandum: Work in Regard to Governor Payne Ratner’s Water Emergency Program, 1939 by George W. Edelen, Jr. [Junior Engineer, Division of Water Resources] (December 22, 1939)

Letter to Frank Blecha from Ogden Jones (November 20, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Clifford Sharp (December 4, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from C. Hutton (February 23, 1940)

Minutes of Governor’s Committee for Water Program (January 30, 1940)

Appendix “A” “Relation of Bureau of Agricultural Economics to Water Storage Programs” Roger Stewart, State BAE Representative, U.S.D.A. (n.d.)

Appendix “B” “Water Storage Activities of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration” Alfred L. Casey, Engineer, U.S.D.A. (n.d.)

Appendix “C” “Water Storage Activities of the Soil Conservation Service” Ira K. Landon, State Coordinator, U.S.D.A. (n.d.)

Appendix “D” “Aid Provided by Farm Security Administration” by George L. McCarty, State Director, U.S.D.A.

Appendix “E” “Manner in which the Work Projects Administration can aid in Water Storage Programs” John E. Brink, Deputy State Administrator (n.d.)

Letter to Ogden Jones from T.A. Wiseman [Gridley, KS] (March 11, 1940)

Letter to T.A. Wiseman from Ogden Jones (March 13, 1940)

Disposal of Oil Field Brines in Relation to the Protection of Fresh Water Supplies by Ogden Jones (n.d.)

 

 

     Series 4: Kansas Public Water Supplies

An Ominous Drought by Albert P. Gillette [San Marino California] (Reprint from March 1949 issue of Water & Sewage Works)

Letter to Members of Governor’s Committee for Water Programs from Mrs. M. Moon [Secretary to George Knapp] (May 2, 1940)

Minutes of Governor’s Committee for Water Program, Topeka (March 27, 1940)           

Letter to Gov. Ratner from D.J. Fair [Director of Highways] (March 26, 1940)

"Kansas Public Water Supplies: Tabulation showing source, method of treatment, population of city, and date of construction" by Division of Sanitation KS State Board of Health Lawrence, KS (January 1, 1939)

 

     Series 5: Individual Drough [sic] Sufferers Correspondence

Letter to Ogden Jones from William Mayberry [Secretary to the Governor] (August 15, 1934)

Telegram from Tom Sheridan to Governor Landon (August 14, 1934)

Telegram to Gov. Landon from E.O. Stevens (August 10, 1934)

Telegram to Ogden Jones from C.J. Hays (August 10, 1934)

Telegram to John Stutz from Elizabeth Hardy (August 9, 1934)

Telegram to Kansas Emergency Relief Committee from O.R. Mulvaney (August 14, 1934)

Telegram to C.L. Howard from N.S. Robb (August 14, 1934)

Telegram to John Stutz from Eunice Gilbert (August 7, 1934)

Telegram to John Stutz from Georgia Smith (August 9, 1934)

Telegram to Ogden Jones from J.L. Knight (August 10, 1934)

Telegram to Ogden Jones from Marc Lampl (August 7, 1934)

Telegram to Ogden Jones from C.J. Hays (August 4, 1934)

Telegram to Ogden Jones from C.J. Hays (August 4, 1934)

Telegram to Mr. Marvin from E.M. Leach (August 8, 1934)

Telegram to Ogden Jones from Agnes Smith Hathaway (August 4, 1934)

Copy of Telegram to Frank Blecha from C.A. Hollingsworth (November 13, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Gov. Ratner (April 5, 1940)

Handwritten letter to Gov. Ratner from S. Cannon [Burrton, KS] (April 2, 1940)

Letter to S. Cannon from Ogden Jones (April 8, 1940)

Letter to Gov. Ratner from John Keenan [Williamsburg] (November 8, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Gov. Ratner (November 20, 1939)

Letter to Frank Blecha from Howard Myers (November 18, 1939)

Letter to Frank Blecha from Lenard Rees [County Agricultural Agent, Manhattan, KS] (November 16, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Gov. Ratner (December 14, 1939)

Letter to Gov. Ratner from D.T. Bunton [Mayor, Fulton, KS] (December 10, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Gov. Ratner (December 20, 1939)

Letter to Gov. Ratner from J.E. Evans [Spring Creek Township] (December 13, 1939)

Letter to L.O. Green [Industrial Power & Water Company, Arkansas City, KS] from Gov. Ratner (November 3, 1939)

L.O. Green Business Card

Handwritten letter to Gov. Ratner from J.Q. Bradley, W.L. Bailey, and N.E.B. [Maple City, KS] (December 13, 1939)

Handwritten letter to Gov. Ratner from Ralph Mead Early [Mayetta, KS] (December 18, 1939)

Handwritten letter from Homer Bradley (n.d.)

Handwritten letter to Gov. Ratner from JT Lady [Maple City, KS] (December 13, 1939)

Handwritten letter to Gov. Ratner from Harvey Blender [Maple City, KS] (December 13, 1939)

Handwritten letter to L.O. Green from A.C. Robinson (December 13, 1939)

Handwritten letter to Gov. Ratner from J.Q. Bradley [Maple City, KS] (December 13, 1939)

Handwritten letter to Gov. Ratner from Fred [Maple City, KS] (December 13, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from T.A. Morgan [Director, State Corporation Commission, Wichita] (December 14, 1939)

Letter to Corporation Commission from A.R. Weseloh [Gridley, KS] (December 11, 1939)

Letter to Gov. Ratner from Lester Shepard (November 27, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Rolla B. Holland [County Agent, Sedan, KS] (November 25, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Gov. Ratner (November 23, 1939)

Letter to D.J. Fair from “Doc” Lowe [Sterling, KS] (November 17, 1939)

Letter to Dean H. Umberger from Chas. A. Hageman [County Agent, Fredonia, KS] (November 17, 1939)

Handwritten letter to Gov. Ratner from J.H.M. Gregor [Moline, KS] (November 21, 1939)

Graphing Paper Handwritten Notes

Two Scrap paper handwritten notes on Morris County – Attached to Morris County Maps

Morris County Highway Map [OVERSIZED. REMOVED TO 933-18] – 2 copies

Geologic Map of Kansas [OVERSIZED. REMOVED TO 933-18]

Kansas State Board of Health, Daily Drilling Well Report (December 14, 1939) – including envelope addressed to Kansas State Board of Health, Division of Sanitation, Oil Field Waste, Lawrence, Kansas

Letter to Ogden Jones from Howard Myers (December 1, 1939) – attached to Elk County Road Map

Elk County Road Map [OVERSIZED. REMOVED TO 933-18]

Johnson County, Kansas Road Map – 2 copies [OVERSIZED. REMOVED TO 933-18]

Report “Summarization of Water Facilities Program: Kansas” (December 1, 1939)

1940 Instructions and Specifications for the Construction of Earthen Tanks or Reservoirs (January 18, 1940)

Summary of Letters Receved by Governor or Chairman Relative to Water Situation (n.d.)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Gov. Ratner (December 8, 1939)

Letter to Frank Blecha from D.Z. McCormick (November 29, 1939)

Letter to Frank Blecha from George Gerber [Lyndon, KS] (December 1, 1939)

Letter to Frank Blecha from Ogden Jones (December 11, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from E.G. “Ty” Dahlgren [Oil & Gas Unit, Washington, D.C.] (December 7, 1939)

Excerpt from the Oklahoma Oil Reporter (October 4, 1939)

Letter to E.G. Dahlgren from Ogden Jones (December 11, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Gov. Ratner (November 16, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Gov. Ratner (November 17, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Gov. Ratner (November 20, 1939)

Letter to Frank Blecha from Lot F. Taylor [Butler County Agent] (November 15, 1939)

Letter to H. Umberger from M.M. Dickerson [County Agent, Leavenworth, KS]

Letter to Frank Blecha from Walter J. Daly [County Agent, Winfield, KS] (November 15, 1939)

Handwritten letter to Gov. Ratner from George Meall [Cawker City, KS] (November 17, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Gov. Ratner (November 15, 1939)

Handwritten letter to Gov. Ratner from Ines Cameran Wheeler [Oskaloosa, KS] (November 11, 1939)

Handwritten letter to Gov. Ratner from Ray Underwood [Parsons, KS] (November 11, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Gov. Ratner (November 29, 1939)

Letter to Gov. Ratner from Frank Blecha (November 27, 1939)

Letter to Frank Blecha from S.U. Case [County Agent, Girard, KS] (November 25, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Gov. Ratner (November 24, 1939)

Letter to Gov. Ratner from Frank J. Shidler [Great Bend, KS] (November 24, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Gov. Ratner (December 1, 1939)

Newspaper Clipping “Walter Daly Resigns” (n.d.)

Letter to Gov. Ratner from L.O. Green (December 1, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Frank Blecha (November 22, 1939)

Letter to County Agent from Frank Blecha (November 22, 1939)

Letter to Gov. Ratner from C.T. Hall [County Agricultural Agent] (November 28, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Clifford Sharp (December 5, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Gov. Ratner (November 15, 1939)

Letter to Gov. Ratner from J.V. Anstrom [Osage City, KS] (November 11, 1939)

Letter to Frank Blecha from A.W. Nott [County Agent, Independence, KS] (November 13, 1939) – includes map of Mongomery County, Kansas

Letter to Manhattan, Kansas from E. Barrett [Olivet, KS] (November 11, 1939)

Preliminary Draft of Proposed Report Sub-Committee on Procedure Lower Missouri Drainage Basin Committee

Letter to Ogden Jones from Gov. Ratner – includes Summary of Letters Received in Regard to Water Situation in Eastern KS (November 24, 1939)

Letter to Gov. Ratner from J.P. Fengel [President of Kansas Farmers Union, Salina, KS] (December 17, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from George Knapp (December 18, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Gov. Ratner (December 19, 1939)

Handwritten Letter to Gov. Ratner from W.C. McConachie [Ottawa] (December 14, 1939)

When Kansas Water Wells Are Gone – What Then! By M.B. Wetmore

Letter to Ogden Jones from F.E. Benedict [County Commissioner, Bourbon County] (December 19, 1939)

Handwritten letter to Gov. Ratner from Joe Rondelli [Pittsburg, KS] (December 14, 1939)

Memo for Ogden Jones from Gov. Ratner (December 19, 1939)

Handwritten Letter to Gov. Ratner from Wilbur White [Cowley County] (December 14, 1939)

Kansas Emergency Relief Administration Kansas County Map (n.d.)

Letter to Frank Blecha from Maurice I. Wyckoff [Altamont, KS County Agent] (November 14, 1939)

Letter to Frank Blecha from R.B. Elling [Ottawa, KS County Agent] (November 14, 1939)

Letter to Frank Blecha from J.F. True [Burlington, KS County Agent] (November 14, 1939)

Handwritten letter to Water Resources Department from J.K. McCallum (November 16, 1939)

Letter to J.K. McCallum from W.O. Hilton [Geologist] (November 21, 1939)

Letter to Ogden Jones from Elmo W. Huffman [Engineer]

Kansas State Lakes and Parks Map (n.d.)

Blank yellow copy papers with “State of Kansas, Office of the Governor, Topeka” Letterhead papers – 4 pages

Blank white “State of Kansas, Office of the Governor, Payne Ratner” Letterhead papers – 5 pages

Governor Payne Ratner’s Water Emergency Program by Ogden S. Jones (November 1939) – 11 copies

Gov. Ratner’s Water Emergency Program Letter to County Commissioners from Ogden S. Jones (November 1939) – 2 copies

Scrap paper with handwritten notes of Kansas County names (n.d)

 

Series 6: Articles by Ogden S. Jones

Photocopy of Southwest Water Works Journal “State Control of Oil Pollution” pages 28-29 (June 1942)

Photocopy of Civil Engineering Volume 17, Number 2  “Subsurface Disposal of Inland Oil-Field Brines Conserves Fresh Water Supply” by Ogden S. Jones (February 1947)

Photocopy of “Stream Analyses: Locate Oil Field Pollution Sources” by Ogden S. Jones (Reprint from World Oil, February 1, 1950)

              

5    RELATED MATERIALS

 

See also: Payne Harry Ratner Papers. Ms. Coll. 71A. UID: 44046. /archives/44046.

 

6    BIBLIOGRAPHY

                       

Find a Grave. “Ogden Sherman Jones Sr.” Accessed August 14, 2024. https://findagrave.com/memorial/22586428/ogden-sherman-jones.

 

“Ogden Sherman Jones, Sr.” Ancestry Database. Accessed August 14, 2024. https://www.ancestryinstitution.com/family-tree/person/tree/51920523/person/26051958190/facts.

 

“Given Diplomas.” Jeffersonian Gazett, June 8, 1910. Accessed August 14, 2024. https://kshsonsite.newspapers.com/image/70681549/

 

“Ogden Jones Obituary.” Lawrence Daily Journal-World. December 29, 1952. Micro-film available at the Kansas State Archives Research Room. Call # L 461.

 

Hay, L.C. “Memorial Ogden Sherman Jones (1891-1952)” January 22, 1953. AAPG Bulletin. Accessed July 15, 2024. https://archives.datapages.com/data/bull_memorials/037/037002/pdfs/483.htm.

 

7    INDEX TERMS

            Personal Names

            Ogden Sherman Jones Sr. (1891-1952)

            Hazel Lucile Smith (1897-)

            Payne Ratner (1896-1974)

            Col. Ogden S. Jones Jr. (1925-2012)

            Alison Lucile Jones Guinotte (1926-2003)

            Richard Kearney Jones (1928-2020)

            Michael Peet Jones (1937-1988)

            Geographic Locations

            Lawrence, Kansas

            Topeka, Kansas

            The State of Kansas

            Subjects

            Kansas – History

            The Dust Bowl – 1930s

            Drought – Kansas Water Supply

            Kansas State Geologist – Geology

            Kansas Water Crisis – Department of Sanitation

            Governor Payne Ratner’s Water Emergency Program, 1939

            Kansas Governor (1939-1943: Ratner) 

8    ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

8.1      Restrictions on access

                        None.

8.2      Restrictions on use

                        None.

8.3      Custodial History/ Provenance

This collection was kept by descendants of Ogden Jones until it was donated to the Kansas State Historical Society in September of 2023. It was donated by Karen Jones, granddaughter of Ogden Jones.

8.4      Alternate forms

                        None.

8.5      Preferred citation

Note: Ogden Sherman Jones, Ogden Sherman Jones papers, 1934-1951, Kansas State Historical Society Archives, Manuscript Collection no. 526232.

Bibliography: Jones, Ogden Sherman. Ogden Sherman Jones papers, 1934-1951. Kansas State Historical Society. Manuscript Collection no. 526232.

8.6      Acquisition information

                        Accession # 2024-051

                        UID # 526232

8.7      Processing information

                        Rebekah L. Stewart, 2024.

[1]“Ogden Sherman Jones, Sr.” Ancestry Database. Accessed August 14, 2024. https://www.ancestryinstitution.com/family-tree/person/tree/51920523/person/26051958190/facts.

[2]“Given Diplomas,” Jeffersonian Gazette, June 8, 1910, https://kshsonsite.newspapers.com/image/70681549/.

[3]L.C. Hay, “Memorial Ogden Sherman Jones (1891-1952),” AAPG Bulletin (February 1953): 483, accessed July 2024, https://archives.datapages.com/data/bull_memorials/037/037002/pdfs/483.htm.

[4]Hay, “Memorial Ogden Sherman Jones,” (February 1953): 483.

[5] “Ogden Sherman Jones, Sr.” Ancestry Database. Accessed August 14, 2024. https://www.ancestryinstitution.com/family-tree/person/tree/51920523/person/26051958190/facts.

[6]L.C. Hay, “Memorial Ogden Sherman Jones (1891-1952),” AAPG Bulletin (February 1953): 483, accessed July 2024, https://archives.datapages.com/data/bull_memorials/037/037002/pdfs/483.htm.

[7]Hay, “Memorial Ogden Sherman Jones,” (February 1953): 483.

[8]Hay, “Memorial Ogden Sherman Jones,” (February 1953): 483.

[9]Hay, “Memorial Ogden Sherman Jones,” (February 1953): 483.

[10]Hay, “Memorial Ogden Sherman Jones,” (February 1953): 483.

[11]Hay, “Memorial Ogden Sherman Jones,” (February 1953): 483.

[12] Find a Grave. “Ogden Sherman Jones” https://findagrave.com/memorial/22586428/ogden-sherman-jones.