{"id":67,"date":"2013-07-13T16:26:10","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T16:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mckeescholars.org\/wp\/?page_id=67"},"modified":"2025-07-09T11:03:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T15:03:34","slug":"john-mckee-archives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/mckeescholars.org\/wp\/?page_id=67","title":{"rendered":"John McKee Archives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of further interest are the following documents concerning Col. McKee and his family:<\/i> <\/i><\/p>\n

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  1. Pennsylvania National Guard Record <\/a>(1870)<\/li>\n
  2. Last Will of John McKee <\/a>(1899)<\/li>\n
  3. “Col. John M’Kee Dead,” The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph <\/a>(April 8, 1902)<\/li>\n
  4. “Rich Negro Presbyterian Leaves Estate to Catholics,” North American <\/a>(April 10, 1902)<\/li>\n
  5. “Negro’s Fortune to Found College,” New York Times <\/a>(April 11, 1902)<\/li>\n
  6. “Says Col. McKee Had a ‘Pull,'” North American <\/a>(April 12, 1902)<\/li>\n
  7. “Negro Millionaire’s Kin to Fight for his Estate,” The Philadelphia Press <\/a>(April 12, 1902)<\/li>\n
  8. “Col. M’Kee’s Will,” The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph<\/a> (April 12, 1902)<\/li>\n
  9. Relatives Fight Hard to Break McKee’s Will,” North American <\/a>(April 13, 1902)<\/li>\n
  10. “Col. M’Kee Meant to Disinherit Family,” Philadelphia Evening Telegraph<\/a> (April 14, 1902)<\/li>\n
  11. “M’Kee Heirs Are Ready,” The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph<\/a> <\/a>(April 15, 1902)<\/li>\n
  12. “M’Kee [relatives] to Fight Hard,” Newspaper article <\/a>(April 17, 1902)<\/li>\n
  13. “Began Life a Penniless Negro; His Will Disposes of Over $4,000,000,” The Philadelphia Sunday Press<\/a> (April 20, 1902)<\/li>\n
  14. “Minister Denounces the Late Col. M’Kee,” Philadelphia Evening Telegraph <\/a>(April 28, 1902)<\/li>\n
  15. “Minister Arraigns Col. Mc’Kee,” The Philadelphia Tribune <\/a>(May 3, 1902)<\/li>\n
  16. “Col. M’Kee’s Millions,” Newspaper article <\/a>(May 13, 1902)<\/li>\n
  17. “Authority Expired on the Death of Col. McKee,” The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph <\/a>(May 17, 1902)<\/li>\n
  18. “M’Kee’s Will Not Contested,” The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph <\/a>(May 21, 1902)<\/li>\n
  19. “M’Kee’s Will Probated,” New York Times <\/a>(May 22, 1902)<\/li>\n
  20. “M’Kee Millions to Build College,” North American <\/a>(May 22, 1902)<\/li>\n
  21. “Executors Develop the McKee Estate,” Newspaper article <\/a>(May 23, 1902)<\/li>\n
  22. “M’Kee Securities Worthless,” The Evening Bulletin <\/a>(July 21, 1902)<\/li>\n
  23. “Mother Accuses Her Sons,” The Philadelphia Record <\/a>(September 19, 1903)<\/li>\n
  24. “Money for M’Kee’s Heirs,” The Evening Bulletin <\/a>(March 8, 1904)<\/li>\n
  25. “Col. McKee’s Daughter Has Received $20,000,” Newspaper article <\/a>(March 9, 1904)<\/li>\n
  26. “Negro Heir to Estate Changes Name,” Newspaper article <\/a>(July 2, 1904)<\/li>\n
  27. “Richest Colored Woman Weds,” Newspaper article <\/a>(December 8, 1904)<\/li>\n
  28. Preliminary Report of Amicus Curiae<\/a> (1948)<\/li>\n
  29. “Death of Claimant Ends Estate Fight'” New York Times <\/a>(August 19, 1948)<\/li>\n
  30. Recommendations of the Master<\/a> (1952)<\/li>\n
  31. McKee Estate Opinion <\/a>(1953)<\/li>\n
  32. McKee Estate – en banc <\/a>(1953)<\/li>\n
  33. McKee Supreme Court Opinion<\/a> (1954)<\/li>\n
  34. Article from The Scranton Times <\/a>(Tuesday, March 31, 1959)<\/li>\n
  35. “The Case of the Curious Colonel”<\/a> from Tales of South Jersey, by Jim Waltzer and Tom Wilk, Rutgers University Press, NJ<\/li>\n
  36. A Comprehensive Report of the Activities of the Committee<\/a> (August 13, 1971)<\/li>\n
  37. Memorandum of Judge Bolger <\/a>(September 17, 1971)<\/li>\n
  38. “Secrets and Lies<\/a>” by Lawrence Otis Graham, Readers’ Digest<\/i> (July, 2006)<\/li>\n
  39. McKee City<\/a> (November 11, 2007)<\/li>\n
  40. Leonard Dozier: Life Story of John McKee<\/a><\/li>\n
  41. Colonel John McKee<\/a> (January 17, 2012)<\/li>\n
  42. “Unheeded in Death”<\/a> (September 30, 2012)<\/li>\n
  43. Colonel John McKee: Wealthiest African American At His Death in 1902<\/a> by Rebecca Bayeck,Ph.D, CLIR<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Of further interest are the following documents concerning Col. McKee and his family:  Pennsylvania National Guard Record (1870) Last Will of John McKee (1899) “Col. John M’Kee Dead,” The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph (April 8, 1902) “Rich Negro Presbyterian Leaves Estate to Catholics,” North American (April 10, 1902) “Negro’s Fortune to Found College,” New York Times (April 11, 1902) “Says Col. McKee Had a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-67","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mckeescholars.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mckeescholars.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mckeescholars.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mckeescholars.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mckeescholars.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"http:\/\/mckeescholars.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":801,"href":"http:\/\/mckeescholars.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67\/revisions\/801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mckeescholars.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}