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Speer, John, 1817-1906

 Person

Found in 2 Records:

John S. Gilmore correspondence and records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 10
Overview

This collection is composed primarily of correspondence and business forms relating to John Gilmore's activities as a newspaper publisher, journalist, state legislator, and a confidant of state governors.

Dates: 1862 - 1913

Publication of the Lawrence (Kansas) Preservation Alliance's Hobbs Park Memorial Fund, Can you guess who I am?

 Collection — Folder 1
Call Number: RH MS P650
Overview

A publication of the Lawrence Preservation Alliance's Hobbs Park Memorial Fund (Lawrence, Kansas) enlisting support for preserving and relocating to Hobbs Park the city's historic Murphy-Bromelsick house. Content describes the life of early editor and publisher John Speer, whose homesite is near the proposed Hobbs Park location.

Dates: between 2000 and 2001

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Subject
Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration -- Kansas -- Lawrence 1
Hobbs Park (Lawrence, Kan.) -- History 1
Kansas -- Newspapers 1
Kansas -- Politics and government 1