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Black History Month Feature: Sarah Rector--Kansas City's First Black Millionairess
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| Title | Black History Month Feature: Sarah Rector--Kansas City's First Black Millionairess |
| Abstract | File containing photos and biographical article about Sarah Rector Campbell Crawford, or Sarah Rector (ca. 1901-1963 ca.), "the first black female millionaire to live in Kansas City," and her husband Kenneth Campbell, Sr., owner of "a Hupmobile agency on 19th and [Vine Streets]," with residences at 2000 East 12th Street (a mansion still standing) and later at 2440 Brooklyn Avenue and 2418 Campbell Street. Description of Sarah as a native of Oklahoma inheriting family oil money from the government and leasers (including Walt Disney) there before coming to Kansas City in 1916 as a millionairess, entertaining at her mansion "guests such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Joe Louis and fighter Jack Johnson." |
| Date | February/15/1991 |
| Source | Kansas City Call |
| Location | Vertical File: African Americans--Prominent |
| Page | 1 |
| Local Subject | Campbell, Kenneth
African Americans
Rector, Sarah
Millionaires
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| Illustrations | No |
| Item Type | Newspaper Article
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| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| Item ID | 123124 |
| CONTENTdm number | 27221 |
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