John L. Kilworth papers
Overview
This collection of papers primarily contains Kansan John L. Kilworth's incoming business correspondence, as well as materials from his schooling at the Lawrence Business College.
Dates
- Creation: 1872 - 1899
Creator
- Kilworth, John L., 1864-1948 (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.
Biography of John L. Kilworth (1864-1948)
Kilworth was born in Lawrence, Kansas. He attended public schools and the Lawrence Business College. After graduation from the business college, Kilworth worked briefly as a clerk for Wells Fargo. In the early 1890s, he accepted a position as clerk and bookkeeper at the Watkins National Bank of Lawrence. In the decade that followed Kilworth augmented his inheritance left to him by his father, Issac, and by 1899 he retired from the bank to manage his extensive property holdings.
Extent
14 boxes (14 boxes + 2 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents
This collection of papers is primarily Kilworth's incoming business correspondence. There are also approximately 350 letters that treat personal or family matters, as well as notebooks and volumes from Kilworth's studies at the Lawrence Business College and miscellaneous personal papers related to Kilworth's real property holdings and recreational activities, such as attending plays. The bulk of the collection is arranged chronologically in 13 boxes, dating from 1880-1899, and totalling more than 2100 items. An addition that came in 1981 is in the last box of the collection; two volumes have been physically separated and are located at RH MS E69 and RH MS E70.
Physical Location
RH MS 46
Physical Location
RH MS E69
Physical Location
RH MS E70
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gifts, via University of Kansas Department of History, 1967; Douglas County Historical Society, October 1981.
Subject
- Kilworth family. (Family)
- Watkins National Bank (Lawrence, Kan.) (Organization)
- Lawrence Business College (Lawrence, Kan.) (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the John L. Kilworth Collection
- Subtitle
- John L. Kilworth papers
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by lgg, March 1974 and lt, October 1981. Finding aid encoded by amh and mg, 2004. Finding aid revised by mwh, lmw, 2020.
- Date
- 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/5460750886
- Preferred citation
-
John L. Kilworth Collection, Kansas Collection, RH MS 46, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository