The John H. Wilson family papers are those of a longtime Ottawa, Kansas family headed by John H. "Bud" and Bertha (Washington) Wilson.

This collection contains photographs of the O'Dell-Wilson family and of two grade schools in Topeka, Kansas. Most of the photographs are undated. An O'Dell family member was a schoolteacher, and the Wilson family had been farmers in the La Cygne, Linn County area.