National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers 1948 Publication
description: Organized in 1926, the National Congress of Colored Parents-Teachers Association worked to improve conditions in schools for children and teachers. Featured on the cover of this publication is the organization’s founder, Mrs. Selena Sloan Butler (1872-1964) of Atlanta, Georgia. A graduate of Spelman College, she was a wife, mother, teacher and a leading clubwoman.
source: Ethel Moore Family Collection
date: 1948
identifier: RH MS 559:8.1

Miss Mamie Dillard
description: A life-long resident of Lawrence, Kansas, Ms. Dillard graduated from the University of Kansas in 1896. She began her teaching career in Lawrence at Pinckney School for their segregated class of African American students. Later, she served as principal of Lincoln School, an African American grade school in Lawrence.
source: Ethel Moore Family Collection
date: 1896
identifier: RH MS-P 559:1.7

Kansas Colored Parent-Teacher Association Convention.
description: Convention theme: Every Child An Equal Chance Sumner Elementary School, Leavenworth, Kansas. Staff F. Johnson Collection
source: Staff F. Johnson Collection
date: 1952
identifier: RH MS-P 1109.1

Washington School PTA Fundraiser Program Topeka, Kansas.
description: The program featured the coronation of Donald Smith and Bonnie Dandridge as king and queen for selling the most tickets for the project. The event included performances by students from Washburn University and Lincoln University.
source: J.B. Anderson Collection
date: 1952
identifier: RH MS-P 1230:1.11

Class of 1914, Western University
description: Class of 1914, Western University
source: Bishop W.T. Vernon Collection
date: 1914
identifier: RH MS-P 529:1.25

Bishop William T. Vernon (1871-1944)
description: When Bishop William T. Vernon became president of Western in 1896, he rescued the school from its decline by reviving financial support from the Kansas state legislature for its operations, expanding its physical plant and fostering a dramatic increase in enrollment. In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt appointed him as Registrar of the United States Treasury.
source: Bishop W.T. Vernon Collection
identifier: RH MS-P 529:1.8.3

Commandant and Cadet Staff, 1916
description: Commandant and Cadet Staff, 1916, Western University, Quindaro, Kansas.
source: Doris Kerr Larkins Collection
date: 1916
identifier: RH MS-P 895:1.1

Ward Hall and the Industrial Education Building, c. 1906.
description: Ward Hall and the Industrial Education Building
source: Bishop W.T. Vernon Collection
date: c. 1906
identifier: RH MS-P 529:1.24.1

Herman T. Jones (1906-1983)
description: As principal of the Kansas Vocational School from 1939 to 1947, Mr. Jones advanced the school’s ratings and increased its enrollment. Previously, he had served as an instructor, registrar, and dean of Western University from 1932 to 1939.
source: Herman T. Jones Collection

Kansas Vocational School Students and Faculty, Topeka, KS, c. 1940.
description: Kansas Vocational School Students and Faculty, Topeka, KS, c. 1940.
source: John W. Temple Family Papers
date: c. 1940