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Calvin C. Trent Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: KHC-37

Content Description

Four photographs of the Dodge City Flour Mills Fire in 1949. Calvin Trent also wrote about his experience of the fire on the backs of the photographs.

Dates

  • Creation: 1949

Biographical / Historical

Calvin C. Trent was born in Stafford, Kansas in 1904 and as a child moved to Dodge City. Trent was a warehouseman and assistant miller at the Dodge City Flour Mills, and witnessed the Flour Mills fire of 1949 firsthand. He died in September 1981 and is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery in Dodge City, Kansas.

Extent

4 Photographic Prints

1 Folders

Language of Materials

English

Title
Calvin C. Trent Collection
Subtitle
A finding aid of the collection at the Kansas Heritage Center
Status
Completed
Author
John Mason
Date
December 31, 2022
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Kansas Heritage Center Repository

Contact:
Dodge City Public Library
1001 N 2nd Avenue
Dodge City Kansas 67801 United States