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Mothers meeting at Sheldon Kindergarten, Topeka, Kansas

This is a photograph of the mothers of kindergarten students in a meeting at the Sheldon Kindergarten in Topeka, Kansas. In 1893, Charles Monroe Sheldon, pastor of Topeka's Central Congregational Church, worked with Topeka's "Tennessee Town" community to organize the first African American kindergarten west of the Mississippi River.

Lilla Day Monroe

Lilla Day Monroe, 1858-1929, was a Kansas journalist who established and edited "The Club Woman" and "The Kansas Woman's Journal." As editor of "The Kansas Woman's Journal," Monroe solicited reminiscences of pioneer life from Kansas women, receiving hundreds of responses. She organized these reminiscences into a collection, and published many of them in the journal. She was also an active supporter of women's suffrage, being a member of the Kansas State Suffrage Association and serving as its president for several years.

Polly Ann McColl

Ada McColl

This is a photo of Polly Ann McColl with a wheelbarrow of buffalo chips in an unidentified Kansas location. The photo was taken by Polly Ann's daughter, Ada

Vital DeDonder and family

This is a photo of the Vital DeDonder family: standing left to right: Marie Leonie (Newton), Irma Hortense (Hallock), Achille Philippe, Francis Joseph (Francois Philippe), George Joseph; seated left to right: Clemence Jeanne (Koppes), Marie (Ronsse), Vital Dedonder with Agnes Mary (Floersch), Sylvia Marie DeDonder (probably Vital's second wife) holding Alice Loyola.

William Anderson and family

A photograph of William "Wid" Anderson and family in the yard of their residence at 55th Street West and K7, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas.

Henry and Ada McColl Thiles

Wedding photograph of Henry Thiles and Ada McColl.

Polly Ann and Ada McColl

This is a photo of Polly Ann and Ada McColl standing at the grave of William H. McColl.

Lora McColl Mills and Ada McColl Thiles

A photograph of Lora McColl Mills and Ada McColl Thiles.

McColl family

A photograph of the McColl Familiy, (l to r) top row: Lora, Ada and Dan; middle row: W. H., Fay and Polly Ann; front row: Bert.

Children on a picnic in Council Grove, Kansas

Anderson, Walt

A group of picnicking children and their teacher for the camera. In the background of one photograph, bicycles leaning against the trees are visible. In another, there is a view of the Neosho River.