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African American families -- Kansas -- Leavenworth

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Records:

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

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 and Lula White family papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1310
Overview This collection includes scrapbooks, photographs, letters, geneology information, and financial materials belonging to the White family, extending from the mid-19th through the 20th centuries, an African American family who lived in Lawrence and Leavenworth, Kansas. Also included are materials regarding Leavenworth Public Schools and the Zion Baptist Church in Kansas. The photographs date back to the 1870s and include many members of both the White and the Johnson families, along with...
Dates: 1867 - 1990

Woods Family papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P660
Overview

The Woods Family papers are of a family whose members resided in Leavenworth and Tonganoxie, Kansas from the late 1800s to the late 1900s. The Papers document the family line of Benjamin Franklin and Sally (James) Woods.

Dates: 1884 - 1983