Lois Grimes was a Junction City, Kansas, resident, and an active member of the Baptist church. The collection covers the records of this involvement, including Calvary Baptist Church, Smoky Hill River Missionary Baptist District Association, and the Kansas Baptist State Congress of Christian Education.

The papers of the Smoky Hill River Missionary Baptist District Association, an organization of African American churches affiliated with the Missionary Baptist State Convention of Kansas, record the district organization's membership and activities from 1904-1924 and from 1942-1977.