The Franklin Collection contains letters, photographs, clippings and personal papers of Chester and Ada Franklin. The Franklins traveled extensively, and often separately. The love letters they exchanged reveal their relationship and times in which they lived. Please enjoy Black Archives of Mid-America's first collection to go online.

• Chester Arthur Franklin Biography
• Chester Arthur Franklin Photographs
• Ada Crogman Franklin Biography
• Ada Crogman Franklin Photographs
• The Kansas City Call History