Lawrence, Kansas 75th Anniversary Collection
Overview
This collection contains documents pertaining to Lawrence, Kansas' 75th anniversary of its founding in 1929, including a scrapbook of newspaper clippings compiled by University of Kansas library staff at the time and a poster announcing celebratory events associated with the anniversary. It also includes program carbons, expense sheets, print reviews, correspondence, souvenir programs and pamphlets, several out-of-town newspaper letters and reviews, a timeline, assorted newspaper clippings and various historical reviews.
Dates
- Creation: 1920 - 1929
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
History of Lawrence, Kansas
The City of Lawrence in Douglas County, Kansas was first incorporated in 1854, soon after the Territory of Kansas opened for Euro-American settlement. The city was founded by members of the New England Emigrant Aid Company, interested in supporting the free state cause and stopping slavery from extending further into the newly-settled areas of the United States. It was eventually called Lawrence after Amos A. Lawrence, a benefactor of the Emigrant Aid Company, and the city's main street was named Massachusetts after the state from which most settlers came in the original settling party.
Lawrence was the site of several skirmishes, raids, and other violence during the Bleeding Kansas era and the Civil War. In 1866 the University of Kansas officially opened in Lawrence.
Extent
7 folders (7 folders + 1 volume, 1 oversize folder)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
RH MS P777
Physical Location
RH MS R44
Physical Location
RH MS E142
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transfers, University Archives, 1990; Watson Library, 1980.
Processing Information
Volume of clippings at RH MS E142 formerly located at KB HI 651 Se8.
Source
- University of Kansas. Libraries. University Archives (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Lawrence, Kansas 75th Anniversary Collection
- Subtitle
- Lawrence, Kansas 75th Anniversary Collection
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by rh, 2007; revised by mwh, 2017
- 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/10407/1433447121
- Preferred citation
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Lawrence, Kansas 75th Anniversary Collection, RH MS P777, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository