Ethel Moore family papers 1900-1983

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Ethel Moore family papers 1900-1983

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Ethel Johnson Moore was born in Lawrence, Kansas, on April 30, 1889, to Samuel Henry Johnson and Lula (Carr) Johnson. Her father became on of the first African American members of the Lawrence school board when he filled an unexpired term of another board member. Ethel is the oldest of eight children, discontinued school in order to help raise her younger siblings. Throughout her life, Ethel, along with her sister, Lois Johnson Branch, was an active participant in local and national organizations affiliated with both the Baptist and African Methodist Episcopal Church. Ethel Moore died in January 1983. The papers reflect primarily the activities of the women of the family, including Lula Johnson Irving, Ethel Moore, and Lois Branch.

3.75 linear ft, 11 oversize folders, 57 photographs

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University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection

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Moore, Ethel, 1889-1983

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Ethel Johnson Moore was born in Lawrence, Kansas, on April 30, 1889, to Samuel Henry Johnson and Lula (Carr) Johnson. Her father, an engineer by trade, became one of the first African American members of the Lawrence school board when he filled an un-expired term of another board member from August 1891-April 1892. The family moved to Alexandria, Indiana, in 1895, residing there until the Mr. Johnson's death in 1906, upon which her mother moved the family back to Lawrence. Ethel, th...