Kenneth Spencer Research Library Archival Collections

The Bowser-Johnson Funeral Home records include funeral service records from an established Topeka, Kansas business.

The Jackson Mortuary records are those of a long time Wichita, Kansas business that the Jackson family has continued to run since its 1926 founding. The collection includes some paper material and photographs; the bulk of the collection consists of microfilmed funeral records from 1926-1956.

Jesse C. Newman, Jr. founded Newman Securities Company Inc. and is the president of the Newman Development Company in Overland Park, Kansas. This collection includes administrative papers of development projects and research in Kansas City, Kansas and Missouri and Nassau, Bahamas; materials related to the Japanese Cultural Arts Foundation of the Midwest's creation of an Asian conference center; and family photographs and other personal materials.

John Turner Miles owned and operated the Miles Funeral Home in Atchison, Kansas from 1927 until his death in 1971. His papers consist chiefly of diaries, dating from 1922 to 1958, which document Miles' personal life and business affairs as a mortician.

This collection consists of research materials used by Katie Armitage for her publications and presentations on African Americans in Lawrence and Douglas County, Kansas.

The Lloyd Kerford Papers are those of a lifelong Kansan who was a partner in the George W. Kerford Quarry Company, Atchison, Kansas.

The Louise Brown Family papers are those of a Lawrence, Kansas, family during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

This collection contains funeral records for the Mrs. J.W. Jones Memorial Chapel, Inc. of Kansas City, Kansas, including volumes of funeral records with microfilm copies. The collection also includes miscellaneous financial and administrative records taken from funeral volumes and a photograph of the storefront for the Kansas City Embalming and Casket Company, circa 1901-1921.

Roy and Clara Patterson were longtime Coffeyville, Kansas residents and the owners of Patterson Funeral Home. Roy Patterson served as Mayor of Coffeyville, Kansas during the 1970s. the collection is comprised of family papers and business records of the funeral home, and includes photographs.

The Records of Stonestreet and Son Undertakers are those of an early twentieth century Topeka, Kansas mortuary business.

The Thatcher Family Papers are those of a Kansas City, Kansas family who, beginning in 1912, owned and operated the Thatcher Funeral Home.