This small collection consists primarily of correspondence between Julia McKee and her parents, Mr. & Mrs. W. T. McKee; letters to her father from her brother Ralph; and correspondence with her friends. Also included is a diary she kept for part of 1933. Some of the letters contain political references.
Julia Marie McKee was born January 25, 1896, in Ohio, the daughter of William T. & Anna E. McKee. She had two brothers, William and Ralph. The family lived in Xenia Township, Greene County, Ohio, in 1900, but in 1910 they were in Cloud County, Kansas. Between 1910 and 1920, the family moved to Topeka, Kansas. As an adult, she worked for United States Senator Arthur Capper and lived in Topeka. She died in August 1979 in Topeka.
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