This collection contains research material generated by Glen Schwendemann, a former Torrance Unified School District teacher and historian, on mob violence (lynchings and murder) in the United States from the 1840s to early 1900s; as well as his research and publications on Nicodemus and the Exodusters movement in Kansas. Also included in this collection are unpublished manuscripts written by Schwendemann on ancient and medieval times, and personal papers related to Schwendemann's education, family history, and collection of books.

Intended as the basis of a manuscript on U.S. mob violence from the 1840s to 1890s but unpublished, the material was researched, collected, and edited by Glen Schwendemann over four decades (ca. 1960-2000). The data was collected from newspapers, dating from the mid to late nineteenth century, in the form of microfilm and then transcribed by Schwendemann. The intended title of the manuscript was: Mob Violence in America, 1839 – 1892. Schwendemann's interest in and committed research on the subject was inspired by his Master's thesis (University of Oklahoma, 1957) on nineteenth century African-American migration from the South, particularly on Nicodemus and the Exodusters movement in Kansas. Located in Graham County Kansas, Nicodemus, the first Black community west of the Mississippi River, is a small town that was founded by newly freed slaves in 1877.

6 boxes (four document cases; two record storage boxes)

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