Charles Edward Sims was the State Librarian of Kansas from 1973 to 1975.

Biography

He was born in Rantoul, Kansas

Rantoul, Kansas

Rantoul is a city in Franklin County, Kansas, United States. The population was 241 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Rantoul is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

, a small town in east central Kansas

Kansas

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. He was inducted into the US Army Air Corps on 20 December 1943 as a weapons mechanic, re-arming aircraft. After the war, Sims attended the University of Kansas

University of Kansas

The University of Kansas is a public research university and the largest university in the state of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City, Kansas with the main campus being located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest point in Lawrence. The...

 in Lawrence

Lawrence

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, earning a degree in Library Management. He was appointed the State Librarian of Kansas by Governor Robert Docking

Robert Docking

Robert Blackwell Docking, , was the 38th Governor of Kansas from 1967 until 1975.Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Docking attended public school in Lawrence, Kansas, before attending the University of Kansas, and served in the Air Force during World War II...

in 1973. He held the position until the end of Docking's term in 1975. Sims died on 8 August 1983, aged 58.