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Stovall family papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 673
Overview

The Stovall family were residents of Leavenworth, Kansas from the 1940s-1990s. The collection is comprised of material assembled by Gertrude Stovall and related to church organizations in Kansas and Washington state, as well as collected documents regarding family members, published material from the family library, and photographs.

Dates: 1950 - 1999; 1950 - 1999

Susan Greenbaum papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1474
Overview

Susan D. Greenbaum received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Kansas, majoring in sociology and anthropology. She conducted extensive research into cultural groups within Kansas City, Kansas in the late 1970s and early 1980s as research for her degrees. The main focus of this collection is her research material and findings from the Slavic-American neighborhood of Strawberry Hill and the African American community in Northeast Kansas City.

Dates: 1894-1985 (bulk 1966-1983)

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

Theo Cribbs papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 648
Overview

Theo Cribbs was a member of the Kansas State House of Representatives, representing the Sedgwick County 89th District from 1972-1991. The collection reflects his legislative activities, primarily in the form of correspondence.

Dates: 1976 - 1981

Timothy A. Johnson collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 572
Overview This collection mostly consists of photographs and miscellaneous related items regarding African American businesses, organizations, and groups, predominantly in Wichita, Kansas. There are also photographs from elsewhere in Kansas, as well as Oklahoma and Nebraska. Includes mounted prints, real photo postcards, cartes de visite, cabinet cards, and other items. The collection also notably includes materials related to Lauretta Buckner's involvement with the Daughters of Isis (a women's...
Dates: approximately 1870s-1960s

Urban League of Wichita, Kansas papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P725
Overview

The Urban League of Wichita, Kansas papers provide some information regarding the League's activities, mostly dating from the 1980s. All newspaper clippings are copies from the originals, with the exception of one press release accompanying the related material. The league was founded to facilitate economic self-reliance and an improved quality of life for its clients.

Dates: 1968 - 1986

Veryl A. Switzer Papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P879
Overview

The Veryl A. Switzer Papers are those of a native Kansan who played football at Kansas State University before playing professional football for five years and serving in the Air Force. He returned to Kansas State University as an administrator and was inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame.

Dates: 1982 - 1987

Virginia Ricard papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1166
Overview

The Virginia Ricard Papers are those of a native Kansan who attended Dunbar School in Salina, Kansas and later became an educator.

Dates: 1922-1927, 1951-1992

Wabaunsee County (Kan.) settlement research

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P795
Overview

This collection of research regarding a late nineteenth-century African American settlement in Wabaunsee County, Kansas was conducted by Penny Clark.

Dates: approximately 1994

Walker family papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 587
Overview

The Walker family papers are those of one of the first African American homesteading families in Stafford County, Kansas. The family for several decades owned a successful farm.

Dates: 1880 - 1999

Washington-Kemp Family Papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P561
Overview

The Washington-Kemp Family Papers are those of a longtime Kansas family. They focus mainly on the Mayhew and the Bassett family branches located in Southeast Kansas.

Dates: 1887-1933, 1983

Willard Johnson family papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 672
Overview

Native Kansan Willard Johnson, Sr, was born near Leavenworth, Kansas and became a leading bacteriologist. His son, Willard Johnson, Jr., became a professor of political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The collection includes records and manuscripts of several Johnson family members.

Dates: 1920 - 1999

William D. Harrison Papers, 1865, 1916, 1952

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P602
Overview

The William D. Harrison Papers are those of a long time Kansas resident who practiced law in Hutchinson, Kansas. They consist of a U.S. Army discharge certificate, a newspaper clipping, and a funeral program. The collection also includes a photograph, located at RH MS-P P602.

Dates: 1865, 1916, 1952

William K. Marshall papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 659
Overview

The papers of William K. Marshall are those of a native Kansan who became the first African American to represent the 58th District in the Kansas State House of Representatives.

Dates: 1974 - 1976

Wilson Thurston papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 470
Overview

Wilson Thurston (1918-2003) was a resident of Coffeyville, Kansas. An active member of the community, his experience included service on the USD 455 Board of Education. This collection of his papers is comprised primarily of materials relating to his family and the Coffeyville community.

Dates: 1900; 1960-1985

Young Women's Christian Association, Yates Branch records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 439
Overview

The YWCA, Yates Branch records are those of a Kansas City, Kansas Young Women's Christian Association affiliate organized in 1913 and dissolved in 1982 after it was absorbed by the Kansas City, Kansas Central Branch YWCA.

Dates: 1917 - 1982

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 5
Kansas. Legislature 3
Armitage, Katie 2
Bowers, Ella, 1871- 2
Friends of Yates Branch (Kansas City, Kan.) 2
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Paul Laurence Dunbar School (Salina, Kan.) 2
Topeka School District (Topeka, Kan.) 2
University of Kansas 2
Young Women's Christian Association (Kansas City, Kan.) 2
African Methodist Episcopal Church 1
Afrikan Culture Society 1
Alexander, A. Gillan 1
Alexander, Jack, 1930- 1
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 1
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Delta Chapter (University of Kansas) 1
Anderson, Eugene, 1944- 1
Anderson, J. B. (Joseph B.) 1
Anderson, Pearl Gatewood, 1909-1980 1
Austin family. 1
Bailey Truck Line Company (Abilene, Kan.) 1
Bailey, Elvin J., 1907- 1
Baker University 1
Baptist Training Union 1
Bassett family. 1
Bates-Tompkins, Angela 1
Bayard, Ruth L., 1917-2007 1
Beard, Almenita 1
Beard, David 1
Bowers family. 1
Bowers, James L., 1884-1949 1
Boy Scouts of America. Troop 22 (Topeka, Kan.) 1
Branch, Lois 1
Brockhouse, Michael Lee 1
Brodhead, Michael J. 1
Brown, Shirley 1
Bryant family. 1
Bryant, Della E. 1
Bryant, James 1
Buckner, Lauretta 1
Caldwell family. 1
Caldwell, Robert C., 1913-1999 1
Case Western Reserve University 1
Charles F. McAfee (Firm) 1
Church of the Ascension (Kansas City, Kan.) 1
Clairborne, Earline, 1924-2015 1
Clark, Penny, 1959- 1
Collins, Ercelle 1
Cooper (Family : Topeka, Kan.) 1
Cooper, Emma Ellene, 1889-1972 1
Cooper, W. D. (William Damascus), 1861-1965 1
Coordinating Committee for the Black Community (Lawrence, Kan.) 1
Coordinating Committee of the Black Community (Topeka, Kan.) 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 C. 1
Craig, Lulu Sadler, 1868-1972 1
Cribbs, Theo, 1915-1993 1
Dandridge, Bertha, 1896-1992 1
Dandridge, Deborah L., 1946- 1
Dandridge, Harry, 1891-1969 1
Davis, James P., 1927-1979 1
Day, Benjamin, 1925- 1
Decker, Charles E. 1
Decker, Monica S. Lowman 1
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Psi Chapter (University of Kansas) 1
Douglas, Joe, 1928-2020 1
Douglass Hospital (Kansas City, Kan.) 1
Douglass State Bank 1
Dowdell, Rick D. 1
Dozier, Morris, 1921- 1
Drake family. 1
Drake, Lorenzo, 1876?- 1
Drake, Rosa Anna Smith, 1885- 1
Dunbar Club (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1
Epsilon Sigma Alpha 1
Evans, Stump, 1904-1928 1
Exodusters Awareness, Incorporated 1
First Regular Missionary Baptist Church (Lawrence, Kan.) 1
Florence Crittenton Mission (Topeka, Kan.) 1
Freemasons. Enterprise Lodge No. 70 (Coffeyville, Kan.) 1
Freemasons. Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Kansas 1
Frey family. 1
Frey, Kingsley R. 1
Frye family. 1
General Electric Company 1
Girard, James Preston, 1944- 1
Greenbaum, Susan D. 1
Griffin, Loraine, 1903- 1
Hackenberg, Robert 1
Hall, Geneva 1
Hamilton, Marcus 1
Hammond family. 1
Hammond, Mervyn E., 1933- 1
Hammond, Mervyn E., 1955-2014 1
Hammond, Robert N., 1905-1978 1
Hammond,, Joseph C., 1866-1935 1
Hampton Institute 1
Hanks, Murt, 1933-1989 1
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