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Ella Bowers scrapbook
Collection — Box: 1
Call Number: RH MS Q239
Overview
The Ella Bowers scrapbook documents Mrs. Bowers' social activities as a Lawrence, Kansas resident and member of the African American community.
Dates:
1930s-1940s
Ethel Moore family papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 559
Overview
Ethel Johnson Moore was a long-time resident of Lawrence, Kansas, along with several other members of her family. Her father became one of the first African American members of the Lawrence school board in the 1890s when he filled an unexpired term of another board member. This collection primarily reflects the activities of the women of the family, including Ethel Moore, her sister Lois Johnson Branch, her mother Lulu Johnson Irving, and her granddaughter Alice Fowler.
Dates:
1861 - 2014
John Thomas Johnson papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 164
Overview
John Thomas Johnson worked as a freelance reporter, primarily for the Topeka Capital-Journal, and as a stringer for Time magazine, the Wichita Eagle-Beacon, the Kansas City Star-Times, and United Press International.
This collection includes notes compiled while he was reporting in Lawrence, Kansas, 1970, and outlines, notes, etc., for a proposed book to be jointly authored with James P. Girard. A later addition to the collection contains materials related to his work for Time-Life in El...
Dates:
1970 - 1994
Katie Armitage research on African Americans in Douglas County, Kansas
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1390
Overview
This collection consists of research materials used by Katie Armitage for her publications and presentations on African Americans in Lawrence and Douglas County, Kansas.
Dates:
Usage: 1975 - 2010
Manifesto: read to the congregation of the First Methodist Church in Lawrence, Kansas, May 10, 1970, by the Coordinating Committee for the Black Community (Bryce Rivers, Chairman),
Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P689
Overview
Photocopy of a 3-page manifesto read to the congregation of the First United Methodist Church (Lawrence, Kansas) on Sunday, May 10, 1970, by Bryce Rivers, Chairman, Coordinating Committee for the Black Community. Alleging the church's world-wide exploitation of African Americans, the manifesto demands payment of $75,000 in reparations for Lawrence's 3,000 African American residents.
Dates:
May 10, 1970
Marcus Hamilton papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 667
Overview
The Marcus Hamilton papers reflect the experience of an African American family residing in Lawrence, Kansas, from the mid-1800s through the 1930s.
Dates:
1865, 1880-1930
Shirley Brown papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS P839
Overview
The Shirley Brown papers are those of a long time Lawrence, Kansas resident.
Dates:
1905-1969
The black entrepreneur in Lawrence, Kansas.
Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: RH MS D168
Overview
Bachelor of arts honors thesis, University of Kansas, 1975.
Dates:
1900-1915, 1975
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