Mary Ward Smith photograph
Overview
Reproduction of a portrait of Mary Ward Smith, who was hired in 1865 as the first schoolteacher in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas.
Dates
- Creation: 1865
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 Mary Ward Smith (1844-1931)
Mary F. Ward was born in 1844 in Zanesville, Ohio, the daughter of Ezra and Elizabeth (Glass) Ward. By 1865 she was in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, serving as Ottawa's first schoolteacher. In 1867 she married Horace Jeremiah Smith, with whom she had at least five children. She died in 1931 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California.
Extent
1 folder ; Folder measures 22x37 cm.
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
RH PH P10
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Franklin County Historical Society, 1982.
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Mary Ward Smith Collection
- Subtitle
- Mary Ward Smith photograph
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by lt, May 1982. Finding aid encoded by cmp, 2021.
- Date
- 2021-08
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/7133105856
- Preferred citation
-
Mary Ward Smith photograph, RH PH P10, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository