Sibyl S. McDonald collection
Overview
Sibyl S. McDonald describes the early settlement of Wyandotte County, Kansas, and explains the U.S. government reparations to the Delaware Native Americans in 1972 for lands taken in 1854, when Kansas territory opened to Euro-American settlement. The collection includes McDonald's handwritten letter of reminiscences and a small number of newspaper clippings about her Grinter-Marshall ancestors and about the Delaware Tribe.
Dates
- Creation: 1972
Creator
- McDonald, Sibyl S. (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.
Biography of Sibyl S. McDonald
Sibyl S. McDonald was part Delaware. Her white ancestors, the Grinters, were the first white settlers in Wyandotte County. Moses Grinter married Anna Marshall (also spelled as "Marechal" according to McDonald) in the 1830s and had 10 children together.
Extent
1 folder (5 pieces in 1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
RH MS P216
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Written for the Kansas Collection by Sibyl S. McDonald
Subject
- Grinter family (Family)
- Title
- Guide to the Sibyl S. McDonald Collection
- Subtitle
- Sibyl S. McDonald collection
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by kpz, 22 October 1973. Finding aid encoded by mg, 2004. Finding aid revised by mwh, 2023.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/5904436895
- Preferred citation
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Sibyl S. McDonald collection, RH MS P216, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository