Cecil Howes Collection, 1833-1967

Collection MS. Collection No. 393

• Introduction
• Biography
• Scope and Content
• Contents List

Introduction

The Cecil Howes collection was donated to the Kansas State Historical Society in 1975 by Charles Cecil Howes. It contains original and copies of family correspondence, genealogical materials, diaries, and the writings of Cecil Howes and others. It is arranged by document type, and either chronologically or alphabetically within each series. There are no restrictions on use of the collection.

Biography

Cecil Howes was born on January 9, 1880 in Jefferson City, Missouri. His family relocated to Kansas when Cecil was ten years old. Howes began his journalism career in high school in Wichita, continuing through his college years at Friends University (Wichita) and the University of Chicago. Following a stint as city editor for the Wichita Eagle he became the Topeka correspondent for the Kansas City Star in 1906, a post he held for 43 years. He also wrote a column, “This Month in Kansas History,” for Kansas Teacher magazine from 1942-1950. Howes was recognized as an expert in the field of Kansas history and was a founder of the Shawnee County Historical Society. He married Bernice Vreeland by whom he had one son, Charles Cecil.

Scope and Content

This small collection contains personal and family materials including correspondence and genealogical material, historical and expository writings of Cecil Howes, and miscellaneous writings by others. A large number of photographs of family members have been removed to the photograph collection.

Contents list

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