Shipping address:
909 1/2 S Kansas Ave, Ste 1
Topeka, KS 66612-1252

Phone: [785] 232+3242

Mailing address:
PO Box 1834
Topeka, KS 66601-1834

Fax: [785] 232+3308

People often ask, “How did you come up with that name?”

The name, Shade of the Cottonwood, relates to Plains Indian legend. Many of the indigenous people of the Plains believed the shadow of plants and animals possessed a power or intelligence, especially the shadow of cottonwoods. These towering trees line the streams and creeks amid a seemingly endless sea of tallgrass prairie.

A brief history:

1994: Sally M. Snell and Michael C. Snell formed Shade of the Cottonwood, L.L.C. Sally became the first full-time partner, writing and editing a monthly publication on historic preservation, administrating the state tourism program, and travel writing for various magazine, newspaper, and travel guide publishers.

1997: Michael left his Art Director position at an advertising agency to join Shade of the Cottonwood, L.L.C. full-time, designing books, collateral materials, and web sites for companies around the globe. Michael also markets a large stock photography library to magazine and book publishers, and advertising agencies.

2003: Shade of the Cottonwood, L.L.C. moved to its current location in downtown Topeka, just a block from the State Capitol.

Shade of the Cottonwood is a creative services company based in Topeka, Kansas. We provide writing, photography and design services to a wide variety of publishing and corporate clients.
We strive to provide quality work through a friendly, organized creative process. Most of our new clients have been referred by our existing clients which, we hope, says something about our work and our work ethic.

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Design: We specialize in book design and offer a full range of services including cover design, interior design, typesetting, photography and illustration. We also design logos and identity systems, brochures and websites. [more]

Writing: Specializing in travel writing for magazines and travel guide publishers, Sally has also written corporate histories, technical manuals and advertising copy. [more]

Photography: Stock and assignment photography for the travel industry specializing, but not limited to, the central and midwestern United States. [more]

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