Lafferty family collection, 1886-1976

Authors

Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

Files

Description

This collection includes correspondence, newspapers, newspaper clippings, certificates, Sunday school lessons, photography, miscellaneous materials related members of the Lafferty, Jenkins and Massingill families.

The materials in this collection are largely centered on the Lafferty, Jenkins, & Massingill families. Common names among the materials include, Dr. Harry Earle Jenkins, James Jerome Lafferty, and William Massingill. Dr. H. E. Jenkins (b.1899 - d. 1983) was president of Tyler Junior College from 1946-1980. Prior to his going to Tyler, Texas, Dr. Jenkins, a Pittsburg, Kansas native, graduated from the Kansas Teachers College of Pittsburg (today’s Pittsburg State University) taught school in McCune, Kansas and was superintendent of the Girard, Kansas public schools. It is unknown how these families relate to each other.

Publication Date

9-6-2022

Keywords

Education, Religion and Philosophy

Disciplines

Education

Size of Collection

4 linear feet

Dates of Collection

1886-1976

Manuscript Number

SpC MS 0374

Recommended Citation

Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library, "Lafferty family collection, 1886-1976" (2022). Finding Aids. 422.
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/422