Whittington family [photographs], 1965 - 2010
Dates
- Creation: 1965 - 2010
General
This file includes a 2001 email from Katie Armitage to the Lawrence Journal-World explaining that Leslie Whittington, who lived in Lawrence during her childhood, was one of the victims of the flight 77 plane that crashed into the Pentagon; a photograph of Leslie as a child; correspondence with Debbie Rowden about a memorial for Leslie at Centennial School; articles about moving the memorial bookshelf to the Lawrence Public Library when the school was closed; 2003 deed of gift of papers regarding Leslie Whittington to the Watkins Community Museum of History; papers and cards from people to do with the 2003 memorial day at Centennial School; birth announcements of Leslie’s children; the September 12, 2001 front page of the New York Times depicting the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers; program from the memorial service in Maryland for Leslie Whittington and her husband, Charles Falkenberg, and their children; correspondence from Ruth (Whittington) Koch; 1991 cards to do with donations to New York University in honor of Greg Whittington, who died of AIDS, and an invitation to his memorial; cards from Greg Whittington; and a 1965 issue of Trans-action featuring an article by Dr. H.G. Whittington, who was director of Kansas Community Mental Health Services.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository