Faculty of 1919.
source: Sumner High School Collection
identifier: RH MS-P 1137:1.83

Building Custodians, 1940s.
description: Sumner High School, Kansas City, KS.
source: Sumner High School Collection
identifier: RH MS-P 418.116

New Sumner Building, 1940.
description: In 1940 the new building was opened at 8th street and Oakland Avenue. Today this building serves as the Sumner Academy of Arts and Science Magnet School.
source: Sumner High School Collection
identifier: RH MS-P 418.2

Chemistry Classroom, 1930s.
description: Sumner’s faculty taught both vocational and college preparatory classes, gaining Sumner a reputation for academic excellence.
source: Sumner High School Collection
identifier: RH MS 418:1.1

Kansas Vocational School Campus, 1920.
description: Topeka, Kansas Between 1899 and 1920, the official school name was the Kansas Industrial Education Institute.
date: 1920
identifier: RH C733 2nd, 1920-22

Kansas Technical Institute Bulletin.
description: The school’s final catalogue/bulletin.
date: 1954-55
identifier: RH C735

Buffalo Review
description: Kansas newspaper made by the junior high school class at Kansas Vocational School, Topeka, Kansas. The buffalo was the school mascot.
date: November 29, 1933

Class Catalogues, Western University, Quindaro, Kansas
source: Western University
date: 1913-14 and 1916-17
identifier: RH C672

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

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