Dolores Hobley Collection

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: Lecture Hour students; Group photograph of the African American female Lecture Hour students under the direction of Rosa B. Johnson standing in rows on the steps of the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Most of the women wear coats or suit jackets, anklet socks, and skirts or jumpers. 2119 is on the building between the columns behind the women., No date; likely 1950s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Related range: P28-51; laminated; handwritten on back: "Rosa B. Johnson / Lecture Hour / Girls"; part of assembled binder titled "Western Baptist Seminary / K.C.M.O. / Chorus Director / Mrs. D.A. Holmes." Stamped on back, "Williams Photo Studio 1808 Vine St. Kansas City, MO. Phone GRand 9085."

: Lee Bohanon; An African American man in sunglasses and a traditional African shirt, leans on the leg that has his foot propped up on a small stone wall., No date; likely circa 1970s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Inscribed on the back: "[May Withdraw; Lee Bohanon]"

: Less you forget; A smiling African American woman sitting on a couch with lace antimacassars in a white dress, a corsage, and flowers in her hair., No date; likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Inscribed on the front: "Less you forget, Kathryn"

: Lillie and Mary; Lillie and Mary stand outdoors next to a wooden clapboard structure. Both wear lace-up boots and hats. Lillie holds an closed umbrella tip side down, as a cane, in her right hand., No date; likely between 1918 and 1923, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Picture postcard; handwritten on front: "My sisters / Lillie / Mary"

: Lilly Milton; Studio photo of Lilly Milton., No date; likely 1980s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Came in a plastic bag inscribed: "Lilly Milton, Swope Health Clinic"

: Lincoln High School band and rifle drill team; Group photograph of the Lincoln High School Band and rifle drill team standing and seated on the steps in front of Lincoln High School in Kansas City, Missouri. The first three seated rows are the African American students who play instruments. The back four rows of seated and standing African American students hold rifles. Everyone is wearing a uniform including hats. The bass drum on the right corner of the photograph says, "Lincoln High School Band and Orchestra." The drum major is seated on the left corner of the photograph. The band director sits in the middle of the front row holding a very long conductor's baton. Possibly this is only a brass and percussion band . Two students in the middle of the next to the last row hold flags; one is the flag of the United States of America., No date; likely 1926 to 1936, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Purchased from Dolores Hobley, c. early 2010s. Handwritten on back, "Lincoln High School Band, KCMO."

: Lincoln High School students; A group photograph of unidentified African American students and teacher standing in rows on the steps of Lincoln High School in Kansas City, Missouri. There are 18 females and 12 males all mixed together. Two of the boys wear uniforms. One boy wears a letter sweater with the letter "L" on it. The teacher stands on the right end of the back row. Two girls on the front row hold handbags. All of the females wear dresses or skirts. The boys mostly wear suits. In the upper right corner, a student watches from a partially opened window., No date; likely circa 1930, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Purchased from Dolores Hobley, c. early 2010s. Handwritten on back, "Lincoln High School group photo." Stamped on back, "Williams Photo Studio 1808 Vine St. Kansas City, MO. Harrison 9085."

: Literary Society of Western Seminary; A group photograph of the African American co-ed Literary Society standing in rows on the steps at Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The African American instructor/leader stands in the middle in the front. The women wear skirts or dresses; some with coats. The men mostly wear jackets and neckties., No date; likely circa 1950, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Related range: P28-51; laminated; handwritten on back: "Literary Society"; part of assembled binder titled "Western Baptist Seminary / K.C.M.O. / Chorus Director / Mrs. D.A. Holmes."

: Literary Society of Western Seminary; A co-ed African American group of the Literary Society of the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The front row sits in chairs. The back three rows stand on the steps up to the porch of the building with 2119 above the porch. "Williams KC.MO" is printed in white handwriting script on the bottom right corner., No date; likely 1930s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Related range: P28-51; laminated; handwritten on back: "Literary Society"; part of assembled binder titled "Western Baptist Seminary / K.C.M.O. / Chorus Director / Mrs. D.A. Holmes." Stamped on back, "Williams Photo Studio 1808 Vine St. Kansas City, MO. Phone GRand 9085."

: Lizzie and Cornelia check out the pampas grass; Lizzie and Neal [Cornelia Scott], African American women, standing among the pampas grass on the Marland Estate in Ponca City, Oklahoma., No date; likely circa 1928, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Related range: P89-112; handwritten on back: "(Cornelia) Neal & Lizzie"

: Lizzie and a friend share a bench; An unidentified African American woman and Lizzie, petting a dog, are seated on a wooden slat bench in an outdoor garden or courtyard., No date; likely circa 1928, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Related range: P89-112.

: Lizzie driving a Buick; Lizzie, an African American woman, from her left side, smiles as she looks out the window as she sits in the driver's seat of a 1928 Buick Country Club Coupe with her left arm resting on the open window frame., No date; likely 1920s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Lizzie in a dark dress; Lizzie, an African American woman, wearing a dark dress and hat, leans a porch of a house with round columns., No date; likely circa 1928, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Related range: P89-112.

: Lizzie masters driving the Buick; Lizzie, an African American woman, from her left side, smiles as she looks out the window as she sits in the driver's seat of a 1928 Buick Country Club Coupe with her left arm resting on the open window frame., No date; likely circa 1928, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Related range: P89-112; 2 copies; copy 1, handwritten on back: "Lizzie / Master Buick"

: Lizzie sits on a bench with a dog; Lizzie and a dog sit on an outdoor hewn stone bench in a garden likely at the Marland Estate. Lizzie wears a light-colored full-length jacket and hat., No date; likely circa 1928, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Related range: P89-112.

: Lizzie stands in the garden; Viola, an African American woman, wearing a uniform as she stands in an outdoor garden of the Marland Estate in Ponca City, Oklahoma., No date; likely circa 1928, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Related range: P89-112.

: Lizzie, Cornelia, and another woman visiting the Pioneer Woman Monument; An unidentified African American woman stands behind Cornelia S. [Scott] and Lizzie as Cornelia sits and Lizzie stands on the base of The Pioneer Woman Monument designed by Bryant Baker in Ponca City, Oklahoma., October 25, 1930, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Related range: P89-112; handwritten on back: "Pioneer Woman Monument / Marland Reserve" and "Oct. 25-30"; handwritten on front: "Cornelia S." and "Lizzie"

: Logan and Frank; Logan and Frank standing on sidewalk in a residential area with trees on lawns. Both are smiling and dressed in suits and hats. Frank holds three books low in his right hand. Logan has his left hand tucked under Frank's right arm., No date; likely between 1904 and 1918, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Picture postcard; handwritten on front: "Logan / Frank". AZO is printed around the stamp box with four triangles in the corners pointing up.

: Maids standing in a row; Seven African American women standing in a row in front of a rock wall of the Marland Estate exterior in Ponca City, Oklahoma, wearing uniforms, from left to right, Mayme, Etta, Cornelia, unidentified, Viola, Ethel, and Lizzie., No date; likely 1928, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Related range: P89-112.

: Maids standing in a row; Seven African American women stand in a line with their right side to a stone wall of the Marland Estate exterior in Ponca City, Oklahoma, and their left side to the sidewalk wearing uniforms, likely maids, left to right, Neal [Cornelia Scott], Ethel, Etta, Mayme, Lizzie, Viola and an unidentified woman. The women all wear light dresses and either a lace headband or a white cap., No date; circa 1928, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Related range: P89-112; handwritten on back [note: only six IDs are given for seven people], "Neal Scott 1 / Ethel Goodloe[?] 2 / Etta 3 / Mayme 4 / Lizzie 5 / Viola 6."

: Majorettes march in a parade; Marching majorettes in an unidentified parade between buildings on 27th Street with people looking on from the sidewalks. Cars are parked on both sides of the streets., No date; likely 1950s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten on back: "Terry on the parade up on 27th Street. And she thinks she [sic] cute."

: Mamie King in a blouse and pleated skirt along with correspondence on a postcard from Mamie King to Lewis Sallee; Front: Photo postcard of Mamie King from her left side, standing with the hands behind her back and her head turned slightly to the left to look over her left shoulder. She wears a high-collared, light-colored, puffy blouse, and ankle-length, light-colored pleated skirt with a sash tied around the waist, and a bow in her hair. There is a painted backdrop behind her of concrete stairs and bannister. Back: Correspondence on a photo postcard of Mamie King., June 16, 1911, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Inscribed with address to "Mr. Lewis E Sullee, Jefferson City, Mo. June 16, 1911." and message: "Dear Lewis, I give you one of my pictures in remembrance of me. Yours very truly, Mamie King" Azo picture postcard, four triangles in the corners pointing up in the stamp box.

: Mamie King in graduation clothing; Photo postcard of Mamie King smiling while wearing a mortar board, tassel, and a cross body sash for graduation., No date; likely between 1904 and 1918, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Inscribed: "Mamie King." Azo picture postcard, four triangles in the corners pointing up in the stamp box.

: Many people on a beach; An unidentified beach scene of people wearing swimsuits sitting and standing on a beach with umbrellas, fallen pilings, and a dog. These is a designated swim area marked by poles and ropes with people within it running in the water. Two African American children and one African American woman face the photographer and smile as they sit on the beach win one African American boy standing behind them also looking at the photographer. A group of white women are seated nearby at the right., No date; likely 1920s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Marine; A portrait photograph of an African American US Marine., No date; likely circa 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Marland Grand House; Marland's Grand Home, 1000 E. Grand Avenue in Ponca City, Oklahoma., Illegible but possibly July 30, 1928, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Related range: P89-112; handwritten on back: "Marland Home / 1003 Central [sic] / Ponca City, Okla." A date in white on the front right side of the photograph starts with July but then is illegible.

: Mat; A studio photo of Mat wearing a brown suit, white shirt, and a colorful tie with leaf outlines, a carnation boutonniere, and a pocket square., No date; likely circa 1930s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Inscribed twice on the front in cursive and block letter: "To the best and dearest wife in the world; Mat."

: Maureen Smith plays the piano; Maureen Smith, an African American musician, stands with her left side to the photographer and turns her head toward her left shoulder to smile at the photographer as she stands with her hands on the keys of a upright piano. She wears earrings, a floral print blouse, a solid suit jacket and a matching mid-length pleated skirt with flat shoes with ankle straps. A printed signature on the bottom left says, "Bloom Chicago.", No date; likely circa 1950, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Purchased from Dolores Hobley, c. early 2010s. Handwritten on back, "Maureen Smith."

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