A collection of photographs from the family of Bessie Wilson. Includes two photographs of the 9th Cavalry band, a photograph of a father and his two daughters with the label "Wilson Family," a photograph of five African American men, a negative of a first grade class at Van Buren School in Topeka, Kansas, and a large group photograph in front of the Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church.

The William Harrington III papers are those of a long time Kansas resident and former Buffalo Soldier who served in the U.S. Army for 30 years.