Finding Aid for the George Banker Owens Collection

The collections consists of photos, documents, correspondence, and artifacts relating to the life of George B. Owens. Although many of the items relate to his personal life, they also have a broader context. As a student and later a teacher in Johnson County, Kansas and Wyandotte County, Kansas schools, many of the photos are not only not only of him, but class photos, and photos of school buildings. The collection helps form a history of the early rural schools in the area. The photos and artifacts relating to his military career include many early photos of airplanes from World War I.

Files

https://content.mymcpl.org/files/original/ae29bfcaffa73bcb486482c76cf06ca6.pdf

Reference

Jolene Clark, Archivist, Midwest Genealogy Center, Finding Aid for the George Banker Owens Collection, Midwest Genealogy Center, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri, 2018; updated 2019

Cite As

Jolene Clark, Archivist, Midwest Genealogy Center, “Finding Aid for the George Banker Owens Collection,” Genealogy Gallery, accessed March 28, 2024, https://content.mymcpl.org/items/show/8929.

Title

Finding Aid for the George Banker Owens Collection

Subject

Genealogy
Family history
Owens family

Description

The collections consists of photos, documents, correspondence, and artifacts relating to the life of George B. Owens. Although many of the items relate to his personal life, they also have a broader context. As a student and later a teacher in Johnson County, Kansas and Wyandotte County, Kansas schools, many of the photos are not only not only of him, but class photos, and photos of school buildings. The collection helps form a history of the early rural schools in the area. The photos and artifacts relating to his military career include many early photos of airplanes from World War I.

Creator

Jolene Clark, Archivist, Midwest Genealogy Center

Publisher

Midwest Genealogy Center, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri

Date

2018; updated 2019

Format

Portable Document File Format; 582 KB; 5 pages.

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

george banker owens collection.pdf