Showing Collections: 1 - 10 of 10
Anthony Scott Family papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 676
Overview
The Anthony Scott Family papers are those of a family that moved to Topeka, Kansas in the 1800s. The papers document the family line of Anthony and Anna Scott, especially focusing on James H. Scott and his family who moved to California in 1919.
Dates:
1815 - 1982
Charles and Julia Dandridge family papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1153
Overview
The Charles and Julia Dandridge family papers are those of a longtime African American Topeka, Kansas family. The papers specifically focus on the couple's older son, Pearl Milburn Dandridge, and his family.
Dates:
1901 - 1995
Cooper-Sheppard-Cox family papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 576
Overview
The Cooper-Sheppard-Cox Family Papers are those of an African American family whose members resided in Topeka, Kansas from the late 1800s to the 1970s. The papers document the family line of W. D. (William Damascus) and Mary M. (Overton) Brinkley Cooper, and include papers of Sheppard and Cox family members who married descendants of W. D. and Mary Cooper.
Dates:
1878 - 2004
J. B. Anderson papers and photographs
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1230
Overview
This collection consists of papers and photographs from J. (Joseph) B. Anderson and his wife Pearl, long-time residents of Topeka, Kansas. J. B. Anderson was a popular photographer in that city from the 1940s through the 1970s.
Dates:
1926, 1944, 1946, 1948-1955, 1959-1968, 1972-1973, 1975-1980, 1982-1999, 2001-2002
John David Barker family papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 775
Overview
The Papers of the John David Barker Family are those of long time Kansas residents who were active in local groups, such as Topeka's St. John A.M.E. Church.
Dates:
1895 - 1983
John W. Temple family papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 641
Overview
The John W. Temple family papers are those of an African American family from Topeka, Kansas. The collection documents the family of John W. and Pearl Temple and the lives of their children, James, Jeanette (Temple) Dandridge, Alberta, and Frederick.
Dates:
1898 - 2012
Josephine Brice papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS P747
Overview
The Josephine Brice papers are those of a long time Kansas resident who was active in Topeka organizations, especially St. John A.M.E. Church.
Dates:
1886 - 1950
Nathaniel Sawyer family papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1460
Overview
This collection includes correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other legal and personal papers from the Nathaniel Sawyer family, a prominent Topeka, Kansas-based family of the late 19th and 20th centuries. Materials are both originals and photocopies, including copies of materials related to Harlem Renaissance artist Aaron Douglas, husband to Alta Sawyer. Most of the collection pertains to Daniel Smith Sawyer II, his children (especially Constance Sawyer), and Aaron Douglas...
Dates:
circa 1880-2012 (bulk 1950s-1990s)
O'Dell-Wilson family photographs
Collection
Call Number: RH PH 63
Overview
This collection contains photographs of the O'Dell-Wilson family and of two grade schools in Topeka, Kansas. Most of the photographs are undated. An O'Dell family member was a schoolteacher, and the Wilson family had been farmers in the La Cygne, Linn County area.
Dates:
circa 1890-1930
Sharon Woodson-Bryant Papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1151
Overview
The Sharon Woodson-Bryant papers are those of a native Kansan who is a journalist and public relations professional. They also relate to Woodson-Bryant's family, especially her father, James E. Woodson, who was a Topeka, Kansas-based attorney.
Dates:
1920 - 2008
Filtered By
- Subject: African American families -- Kansas -- Topeka X
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Subject
- African American clergy -- Correspondence 1
- African American college students -- Kansas -- Lawrence 1
- African American families -- California -- Los Angeles 1
- African American freemasons -- Kansas 1
- African American lawyers -- Kansas -- Topeka 1
- African American photographers 1
- African American teachers -- Correspondence 1
- African American women journalists 1
- African Americans -- Kansas -- Topeka 1
- African Americans -- Kansas -- Topeka -- History 1
- Blacks in missionary work -- Africa 1
- Railroads -- Employees 1
- Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Participation, African American -- Photographs 1 ∧ less
- Names
- Dandridge, Jeanette Ruth Temple, 1912-2001 2
- Temple family 2
- Temple, John William, 1879-1968 2
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Delta Chapter (University of Kansas) 1
- Anderson, J. B. (Joseph B.) 1
- Anderson, Pearl Gatewood, 1909-1980 1
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company 1
- Barker family. 1
- Barker, Evelina Buckner, 1871-1966 1
- Barker, John D., 1868-1960 1
- Brice, Josephine 1
- Cary, Allena Barker, 1891- 1
- Cooper (Family : Topeka, Kan.) 1
- Cooper, Emma Ellene, 1889-1972 1
- Cooper, W. D. (William Damascus), 1861-1965 1
- Cox (Family : Topeka, Kan.) 1
- Cox, E. Beth (Elene Beth), 1946-1998 1
- Cox, Henrietta Sheppard, 1919-2004 1
- Cox, Josiah Clark, 1914-1995 1
- Cox, Thomas Cooper, 1939-2012 1
- Dandridge family 1
- Dandridge, Charles Ernest, 1870-1958 1
- Dandridge, Deborah L., 1946- 1
- Dandridge, Julia Graves, 1872-1951 1
- Dandridge, Pearl Milburn, 1901-1977 1
- Douglas, Aaron 1
- Graves family 1
- Holt, Cyrene C. 1
- Jackson, Darlene 1
- Monroe School (Topeka, Kan.) 1
- O'Dell family 1
- Order of the Eastern Star. Rebecca Chapter No. 8 (Topeka, Kan.) 1
- Sawyer (Family : 1890- : Topeka, Kan.) 1
- Sawyer family 1
- Scott family. 1
- Scott, Anthony, 1846-1917 1
- Scott, James H., 1870-1964 1
- Shepard family. 1
- Sheppard (Family : Topeka, Kan.) 1
- Sheppard, Elizabeth, 1878-1950 1
- St. John A.M.E. Church of Topeka, Kansas 1
- Temple, Alberta Mae, 1913-2007 1
- Temple, Frederick C., 1922-2014 1
- Temple, James William, 1909-2001 1
- Wilson family. 1
- Wilson, Marian H. 1
- Woodson, James E. (James Edward), -1983 1
- Woodson-Bryant, Sharon 1 ∧ less
∨ more
∨ more