Davis family papers 1880-1984

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Davis family papers 1880-1984

http://hdl.handle.net/10407/4539249179

This collection, dating from 1880 to 1984, contains manuscript and published accounts of the family line of Hesper, Kansas pioneers Samuel Hunt Davis (1848-1938) and his wife Emma Stubbs Davis (1855-1942), whose Quaker family siblings and descendants figured prominently in the early history of Kansas, including the founding of Friends University at Wichita. Many of the accounts are written by the collection's donor, Mildred Davis Watson, a daughter of Samuel and Emma Davis and a long-time director of the Douglas County Welfare Department at Lawrence, Kansas.

1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes), 1 oversize folder

eng,

University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 6354242

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Topeka Provident Association (Topeka, Kan.)

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Council of Social Agencies (Lawrence, Kan.)

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Davis, Emma Stubbs, 1855-1942.

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Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center

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Davis, Samuel Hunt, 1848-1938.

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Davis family.

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Watson, Mildred Davis.

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These papers reflect the family line of Samuel Hunt Davis (1848-1938) and his wife Emma (Stubbs) Davis (1855-1942). Samuel Davis was born in Randolph County, North Carolina on March 20, 1848. Following his father's death in 1858, the family moved to Indiana, and in 1862 settled in Douglas County, Kansas. After attending public schools, Samuel pursued teacher training at the State Normal School at Emporia, teaching at Wyandotte County, Kansas and in schools in Douglas County's Grant ...

Davis, Roxana, 1855-1904.

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Davis, Adela Hunt, 1824-1906.

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Stubbs, Walter Roscoe, 1858-1929

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Hesper Academy (Hesper, Kan.)

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Friends University (Wichita, Kan.)

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Stubbs family.

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Davis, James M., 1853-1923.

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