This collection contains six photographs of schools in Atchison and Leavenworth Counties in Kansas from 1922 to 1925 and in the 1940s, including the Pardee School, Lane School, Delaware School, Bell School, and Mound School. Collection includes photograph description and identifications of students and teachers standing outside the schools. Ava Higley Milett appears as a student or teacher in all the photographs.

Views of buildings and activities in Cherokee, Crawford County, Kansas and of the Tharp family, including the bank owned by Tharp. The photo album in the collection includes several views around Leavenworth County.