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Campbell Chapel A.M.E of Atchison, Kansas records
Collection
Call Number: RH MS P723
Overview
The Campbell Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E.) of Atchison, Kansas records provide a general overview of both the church and the African Methodist Episcopal Kansas-Nebraska Conference to which the Chapel belongs.
Dates:
1981
Coffey family papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 692
Overview
The Coffey family papers contain the papers of Vernon C. Coffey, a train porter who played an important role in the Brotherhood of Trainmen, Brakemen, Porters, Switchmen, Firemen, and Railway Employees, Inc. The Coffey family papers also includes the papers of Cornelius R. Coffey, a pioneer in the field of aviation, and Ada E. Coffey Williams, who has been influential in nursing and vocational education in Kansas.
Dates:
1908 - 2005
Papers of Bishop John A. Gregg
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 579
Overview
The papers of Bishop John A. Gregg are those of an African American and native Kansan who became a leader in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and in higher education. The papers also document his missionary activities in South Africa and during World War II.
Dates:
1869-1969
Papers of Bishop William Tecumseh Vernon
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 529
Overview
William Tecumseh Vernon, after his ordination in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, served as President of the A.M.E.-sponsored Western University in Quindaro, Kansas. Vernon also served as Register of the United States Treasury from 1906-1911. Reverend Vernon was consecrated a Bishop of the A.M.E. Church in 1920, and was assigned to the 17th Episcopal District in South Africa where he served for four years. The collection consists primarily of family correspondence and genealogical...
Dates:
1897 - 1989
Robert C. Caldwell family papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 627
Overview
The Caldwell family papers are those of an African American family from Salina, Kansas. The majority of the papers concern Robert C. Caldwell, who was a Salina teacher, City Commissioner, and Salina's first African American and first school teacher elected Mayor. He also served as Representative for Salina in the Kansas State Legislature.
Dates:
1922 - 1999
St. John A.M.E. Church of Topeka, Kansas records
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 481
Overview
The Records of St. John A.M.E. Church of Topeka, Kansas are those of an African American church in Topeka that is one of the oldest African Methodist Episcopal churches in Kansas.
Dates:
1877 - 1993
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- Banda, H. Kamuzu (Hastings Kamuzu), -1997 1
- Brotherhood of Trainmen, Brakemen, Porters, Switchmen, Firemen, and Railway Employees 1
- Caldwell family. 1
- Caldwell, Robert C., 1913-1999 1
- Campbell Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Atchison, Kan.) 1
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- Coffey, Cornelius R., 1903-1994 1
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- Gregg, John Andrew, 1877-1953 1
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