Minus Gentry Collection of Sheldon Kindergarten photographs, 1898-circa 1908 1898-circa 1908

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Minus Gentry Collection of Sheldon Kindergarten photographs, 1898-circa 1908 1898-circa 1908

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The Minus Gentry Collection pictorially records activities at the Sheldon Kindergarten, which Reverend Charles Sheldon and the Central Congregational Church in the Tennesseetown area of Topeka, Kansas operated from 1893 to 1908.

0.25 linear feet (1 box)

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University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 6353385

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Gentry, Minus E.

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In 1892, the Reverend Charles Sheldon of Central Congregational Church made a study of the social and economic problems of Topeka, Kansas' Tennesseetown district, which was an area settled by Exodusters. Convinced that education was key to social improvement, Sheldon and the Church started a kindergarten for the Tennesseetown children; it was the first African American kindergarten west of the Mississippi River. The Sheldon Kindergarten first opened in 1893 in a rented Tennesseetown...

Sheldon, Charles M., 1857-1946

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Dr. Sheldon was the author of several religious books, the most well-known being "In His Steps". (See Kansas Collection card catalog for his works available in this library.) From the guide to the Letters, 1899-1900, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kansas Collection) Charles Monroe Sheldon was born February 26, 1857 in Wellsville, New York. His father was a Congregational minister so the family moved five times before settling in South Dakota. Sheldon ...