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The collection primarily documents Charles Tidwell's athletic achievements as a student at the University of Kansas. Materials in the collection include newspaper clippings, programs, publications, and photographs.

Overview Frank Marshall Davis was a well-known African American poet, journalist, and political activist in the 1930s and 1940s who fell into relative obscurity after moving to Hawaii in 1948, until his poetry was "rediscovered" in the 1970s. John Edgar Tidwell has devoted much of his academic career to researching, editing, and publishing materials both by and about Frank Marshall Davis. This collection comprises both Tidwell's collection of original Frank Marshall Davis materials, as well as...

Overview

The Verlean Tidwell family papers are those of an African American family from Independence, Kansas. The papers document the family of Verlean and Harry Tidwell and their children Charles, Winfred, Cornelius, John Edgar, and Linda.