Ruth Gwendolyn Gregg portrait
Overview
This portrait is of Ruth Gwendolyn Gregg, an African American and a Kansan. The photograph was made by Stanback Studios.
Dates
- Creation: approximately 1940s
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Biography of Ruth Gwendolyn Gregg (1903-1981)
Ruth Gwendolyn Gregg was born in Kansas City, Kansas on December 10, 1903. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. G. Archibald Gregg, and her uncle, Archibald's brother, was Bishop John A. Gregg of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Archibald Gregg was the former President of Western University in Quindaro, Kansas and Shorter College in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Ruth Gwendolyn Gregg was a graduate of the University of Kansas with a degree in Fine Arts in music. She was the organist and a member of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Kansas City, Kansas.
Gregg later taught music in the Jackonsonville, Florida public school system. After retirement, she moved to Los Angeles, California to live with her cousins Cordea and Dorothy Cotton. After suffering a brief illness after a stroke, she passed away on July 6, 1981. She had a nephew, two great nephews, and several cousins.
[Information from a note in the accession file.]
Extent
1 folder (1 photograph) ; Photograph measures 5x7".
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
RH PH P600
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Dr. William Foster, July 1987.
Source
- Foster, William P. (William Patrick) (Donor, Person)
Subject
- Gregg, Ruth G. -- Photographs (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Ruth Gwendolyn Gregg Collection
- Subtitle
- Ruth Gwendolyn Gregg portrait
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by nb, 1989. Finding aid encoded by lmw, 2021.
- Date
- 2021-08-05
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/0034129711
- Preferred citation
-
Ruth Gwendolyn Gregg photograph, RH PH P600, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository