Freeman Collection of Hesper, Kansas history records
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 979
Overview
This collection contains various histories of the community of Hesper in Douglas County, Kansas. Included are histories of the Hesper Academy and the Hesper Friends Church, as well as biographies of Davis family members who were early Hesper settlers and witnesses to William Quantrill's August 1863 raid on the nearby town of Lawrence.
Dates
- Creation: 1912 - 1977
Creator
- Freeman, Glen (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
.25 Linear Feet (1 box + 1 oversize folder)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
RH MS 979
Physical Location
RH MS Q247
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Glen and Marian Freeman, 1992
Subject
- Freeman, Marian (Person)
- Davis, Adela Hunt, 1824-1906 (Person)
- Davis, Emma Stubbs, 1885-1942 (Person)
- Davis, Samuel Hunt, 1848-1938 (Person)
- Watson, Mildred Davis (Person)
- Hesper Academy (Hesper, Kan.) -- History (Organization)
- Friends Church (Hesper, Kan.) -- History (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Glen and Marian Freeman Collection of Hesper, Kansas History
- Subtitle
- Freeman Collection of Hesper, Kansas History
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by mh, 2007; Finding aid encoded by mh, 2007
- Date
- 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in <language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/3856655313
- Preferred citation
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Freeman, Glen, Freeman collection of Hesper, Kansas history, RH MS 979, Kansas Collection, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository