Victoria Shinn collection
Overview
The collection contains documents, publications, and notes Victoria Shinn collected during her service in the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs, the Kansas Association of Colored Women's Clubs (K.A.C.W.C.), and Church Women United. Collection also contains a few papers from the Topeka Council of Clubs and the Ne Plus Ultra Art and Literary Club. A 1952-1961 K.A.C.W.C. scrapbook belonging to Anna Boydston Woods and a 365 Days of Black History Calendar (1989) are also included.
Dates
- Creation: 1952 - 2000
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 Victoria Shinn (1915-2008)
Victoria Silverleane Jefferson Shinn was born in Beggs, Oklahoma. She moved to Topeka, Kansas in 1923 where she graduated from Washington Grade School, Lincoln Junior High, and Topeka High School. She married Charles Shinn, Jr. in 1934 with whom she had two sons, Owen Clark Shinn (1934-2017) and Daryle Shinn (1937-2014).
Shinn was a member of the Shiloh Baptist Church and served on the finance committee, as a condolence clerk, and as a member of the choir. Shinn was also a life member of the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs, the Kansas Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Church Women United, and the Ne Plus Art and Literary Club where she served as president, secretary, historian, and parliamentarian over her 57-year membership. Victoria Shinn died in 2008.
[Information retrieved from obituaries published in the Topeka Capital-Journal on December 27, 2008.]
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (1 box + 1 oversize box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Like items have been grouped together and then arranged chronologically. Titles of materials have been maintained when present. Folder titles [in brackets] have been created by Spencer staff based on their understanding of the contents.
Physical Location
RH MS 1610
Physical Location
RH MS Q517
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Owen Shinn, 2010.
Source
- Shinn, Owen (Donor, Person)
Subject
- Kansas Association of Colored Women (Organization)
- National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (U.S.) (Organization)
- Church Women United (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Victoria Shinn Collection
- Subtitle
- Victoria Shinn collection
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by eje. Finding aid encoded by eje.
- Date
- 2024-7-31
- 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
- https://hdl.handle.net/10407/5508102139
- Preferred citation
-
Victoria Shinn collection, RH MS 1610, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository