William and Lula White family papers
Overview
This collection includes scrapbooks, photographs, letters, geneology information, and financial materials belonging to the White family, extending from the mid-19th through the 20th centuries, an African American family who lived in Lawrence and Leavenworth, Kansas. Also included are materials regarding Leavenworth Public Schools and the Zion Baptist Church in Kansas. The photographs date back to the 1870s and include many members of both the White and the Johnson families, along with photographs of groups and church events.
Dates
- Creation: 1867 - 1990
Creator
- White, Marilyn Elaine Patrice, 1944- (Compiler, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
History of the Johnson and White families
This collection represents the White family, historically from Lawrence, Kansas and Los Angeles, California. Focusing on Marilyn Elaine White, born in 1944 in Los Angeles, this collection includes geneological information for both her paternal and maternal lines.
Her paternal grandfather, George Paris White, married the adopted Sarah Ella Thompson, later Ella Sarah Johnson, in 1899. She was a school teacher and active participant in the Leavenworth County School system in Leavenworth, Kansas. Their son and Marilyn's father, Ela Nelson White, was born in Lawrence, Kansas in 1902 and married Mary Laurenza Susan Johnson in 1943 in Los Angeles.
Marilyn White's maternal grandparents, Julius Ceasar Johnson and Coralee Aga Jacques, married in 1903 in Kansas City. Their daughter Mary, Marilyn White's mother, was born in 1912.
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet (2 boxes + 2 oversize boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents
This collection contains one box of family papers that span geneological information, school administration records, correspondence, and various financial documents, all of which are ordered by record type. Oversize materials have been physically separated and are located at RH MS Q382.
The photographic material contains images of mostly family members of both the paternal and maternal relatives of Marilyn White. There are also photographs of miscellaneous group and church events, interior shots, and unidentified persons.
Physical Location
RH MS 1310
Physical Location
RH MS-P 1310
Physical Location
RH MS Q382
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Roxie L. Whitaker-Dye, 1987-1999.
- Title
- Guide to the William and Lula White Collection
- Subtitle
- William and Lula White family papers
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by ea, 2013. Finding aid encoded by ea, 2013. Finding aid revised by eh, 2017; mwh, 2019.
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Support for the processing of this collection was provided by the Dana and Sue Anderson African American Collecting Program Endowment Fund
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/7133105852
- Preferred citation
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Willam and Lula White family papers, RH MS 1310, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository