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Papers, reports, etc.

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P292
Overview

Papers, reports, etc., on water pollution control, legislation, and policies of the Division of Sanitation. 1950-1956.

Dates: 1950 - 1956

Paramount Club Records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 561
Overview

This collection contains meeting minutes, 1944-1975, correspondence and bank statements, 1970s, miscellaneous memorabilia from the 1940s and 1970s, and a certificate of lifetime membership awarded to the club by the NAACP in 1961.

Dates: 1944 - 1975

Pardon for Gordon Lafitte

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: MS Q2:1
Overview

Pardon for Gordon Lafitte, alias Gibson, who was convicted of counterfeiting in January 1861 before the U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York, and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment. Signed, Abraham Lincoln. Countersigned, William H. Seward, Secretary of State.

Dates: November 25, 1864

Paris Review archives

 Collection
Call Number: MS 55
Overview

Collection of correspondence and manuscripts sent circa 1964-1966 to Tom Clark (1941-2018), the poetry editor of the Paris Review from 1963-1973. Includes correspondence and/or manuscripts from approximately 45 writers, including among others Denise Levertov, Ed Dorn, Larry Eigner, Louis Zukofsky, Allen Ginsberg, Joanne Kyger, Robin Blaser, Charles Olson, and Ian Hamilton Finlay.

Dates: 1949, 1960-1966 (bulk 1964-1966)

Parliamentary diary

 Collection
Call Number: MS E237
Overview

Private diary or minutes by an uknown author. Title on leaf 3: "Notes of the things moved and preffered In p[ar]lament since my cuming hether wch was on the 18 of aprill 1614 but was begun the 5 of aprill." Original, perhaps compiled notes. Largely a narrative of proceedings in the House of Commons, digesting each speech; some transcripts of speeches; a few anecdotes, such as the account of the death of the Duke of Richmond, 1624. Some royal letters, petitions, etc.

Dates: 1614 - 1625

Parsons, Kansas postcards

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH PH P2806
Overview

Five postcards of various scenes in Parsons, Labette County, Kansas. Includes a black and white letterpress print of St. Patrick's School & Church; offset color lithographic prints of an aerial view of the town, its Carnegie Library, and the senior high school and junior college; and a 1909 color letterpress print of a rural scene. The other four postcards are undated.

Dates: 1909 - approximately 1960

"Passing of the Eldridge House: The Birthplace of Kansas"

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P992
Overview The Eldridge House in Lawrence, Kansas opened in 1855 and served as a hotel and meeting place for many Free State leaders before and during the Civil War. The "Passing of the Eldridge House" collection includes newspaper clippings of The Kansas City Star's coverage of the Eldrige House history, as well as illustrations, a typed history, and a transcription of "Life at the Old Eldridge House" from Mrs. Mary Eldridge Learnard, reported on by...
Dates: February 24, 1924

Passport for the ship Marcus

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: MS Q2:9
Overview

Legal document: passport for US ship: engraved form filled in by hand. Signed by James Monroe as President and by by J.Q. Adams as Secretary of State. Counter-signed by David Gelston, Collector.

Dates: June 10, 1818

Pastor D. D. Miller papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1128
Overview

The Papers of Pastor D. D. Miller are those of a Baptist pastor who held posts at various churches in Kansas. He was also an active NAACP member.

Dates: 1973 - 1986

Pat Read papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 843
Overview Lieutenant Colonel Lathrop B. (Pat) Read Jr. (1897-1974) was a native of Lawrence, Kansas. After his retirement from the U.S. Army, Read became a nationally known dealer in Native American handicrafts - an "Indian Trader" as he was called - with shops in Lawrence, Kansas, and New Mexico. Read also traveled the United States promoting and lecturing on Native American cultures. This collection contains business records, correspondence, and clippings which reflect his activities as a dealer and...
Dates: 1936 - 1959

Patricia DuBose Duncan papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 535
Overview Papers of artist Patricia DuBose Duncan, dating mostly from 1970 to 1985, documenting her many years of advocacy for preservation of the nation's tallgrass prairies, during which she produced, exhibited, and published thousands of photographic images of the prairies to increase awareness of their endangerment and promote their protection. The collection contains large numbers of Duncan's photographic images, related to the tallgrass prairies and other projects she undertook, including more...
Dates: circa 1900-2021

Patrick family papers and correspondence

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P317
Overview

Correspondence, forms, an accounting booklet, complaints, and other documentation from Colonel Samuel L. Patrick during his time as a Sac and Fox Indian Agent and from his daughter Harriet (Patrick) Gilstrap, who served as a teacher at Native American boarding schools before her marriage to Harry Benson Gilstrap. Much of Colonel Patrick's correspondence concerns the possible misaccounting and recordkeeping under the previous agent, former Confederate Brigadier General Edward L. Thomas.

Dates: 1892 - 1899

Patrick Kelly papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 120
Overview

Collection of drafts, fair copies, and correspondence from and (principally) to Irish poet and balladeer Patrick Kelly (1879-1940).

Dates: approximately 1924-1941

Patterson family papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 476
Overview

Roy and Clara Patterson were longtime Coffeyville, Kansas residents and the owners of Patterson Funeral Home. Roy Patterson served as Mayor of Coffeyville, Kansas during the 1970s. the collection is comprised of family papers and business records of the funeral home, and includes photographs.

Dates: 1950 - 1979

Paul A. Black photograph album

 Collection — Box: 1
Call Number: RH PH 564
Overview

Photograph album that belonged to Paul A. Black, including photographs of family and friends, as well as of his travels to various parts of Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, California, and elsewhere.

Dates: approximately 1916-1938

Paul Schaefer poster collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH WL MS R19
Overview

Collection contains various late Cold War-era posters advocating for nuclear disarmament from various sources and organizations. Collection also includes posters from religious organizations, such as Quaker and Mennonite groups; university and municipal groups; and organizations formed specifically against nuclear armament.

Dates: 1970 - 1985

Paul Vinogradoff collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS P418
Overview

This collection contains lecture notes and other typescripts owned and used by Paul Vinogradoff, legal scholar and medievalist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Dates: 1901 - 1902

Paul Wilson papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 746
Overview Paul Wilson was a Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Kansas, who, prior to his University service, participated in the Brown vs. Board of Education case on behalf of the State of Kansas. This collection contains research and notes for a journal article on U.S. Civil War soldier and lawyer John A. Halderman, court cases involving the Cherokee Nation, and research and notes for Wilson's book, A Time to Lose:...
Dates: 1940 - 1995

Payne Ratner scrapbooks

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS D234
Overview

Scrapbooks of Payne Ratner, the twenty-eighth Governor of the state of Kansas.

Dates: 1940 - 1942

Peace Mennonite Church records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1496
Overview

Records of the Peace Mennonite Church in Lawrence, Kansas, including a church history, founding documents, pastoral files, office files, records from various committees, and printed material, such as bulletins, newsletters, photographs, church discussions, and church conferences/meetings.

Dates: 1972 - 2022

Pearl Clark papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 931
Overview

Pearl Clark, a Lawrence, Kansas, resident, was active in Public Health Organizations (Douglas Co. and Lawrence), Social Service in Lawrence, and League of Women Voters. This collection of her papers reflects her participation in these organizations.

Dates: 1932 - 1970

Peggy Harrison papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1591
Overview The Peggy Harrison collection deals mainly with the Dunbar School Alumni Association, which Harrison helped to form in the early 1990s to ensure that the history of the only segregated African American public school in Salina, Kansas (1922-1956) was not forgotten. Peggy Harrison (1923-2022) was a student at Dunbar who went on to support her family financially, in addition to holding numerous volunteer positions that supported the African American community, their history, and individuals...
Dates: 1991 - 2023

Peggy Hull Deuell papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 130
Overview

Peggy Hull and Peggy Hull Deuell were the professional names used by Henrietta Eleanor Goodnough, a journalist, war correspondent, and native of Kansas. The collection contains clippings, correspondence, poems, photographs, maps, a palmistry chart, notebooks, story ideas, names and addresses, astrology notes, scrapbooks, and other related materials detailing her career, personal life, and travels around the world in the first half of the 20th century.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1795-1966 ( 1910-1966)

Penn House collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1432
Overview

Newspaper clippings, photographs, and correspondence regarding Penn House, a community assistance program located in Lawrence Kansas, predominately from the 1970s. Many items are undated.

Dates: 1970s-1981

Penn House - Grass Roots in Action

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P453
Overview

A paper written by Margaret Wedge in December 1978 concerning Penn House, an assistance program serving low-income persons in Lawrence, Kansas. The paper covers the history, source of funding, organizational make-up, programs, and activities of Penn House.

Dates: Other: December 1978

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Kansas -- History 28
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Diaries 24
Lawrence (Kan.) 24
American poetry -- 20th century 23
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Lawrence Massacre, Lawrence, Kan., 1863 21
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 21
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American 14
African American families -- Kansas 13
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African Americans -- Kansas -- Topeka 12
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English literature -- 19th century 12
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Lawrence (Kan.) -- Social life and customs 12
Family archives -- Kansas 11
Historic buildings -- Kansas -- Lawrence 11
Leavenworth (Kan.) -- History 11
World War, 1914-1918 11
African American Baptists -- Kansas 10
African American families -- Kansas -- Topeka 10
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University of Kansas 78
Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865 21
White, William Allen, 1868-1944 21
United States. Army 20
Brown, John, 1800-1859 14
Between the Covers Rare Books 13
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 13
Republican Party (Kan.) 13
Armitage, Katie 12
Lane, James Henry (James Henry), 1814-1866 12
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 12
University of Kansas. Libraries 12
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 11
Haskell Institute 10
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 10
Reid, Albert Turner, 1873-1955 10
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 9
Sumner High School (Kansas City, Kan.) 9
University of Kansas. Department of English 9
University of Kansas. Museum of Natural History 9
University of Kansas. School of Engineering 9
Wilcox, Laird M. 9
Connelley, William Elsey, 1855-1930 8
Ingalls, John James, 1833-1900 8
O'Hegarty, P. S. (Patrick Sarsfield), 1879-1955 8
Ellis, Ralph N. (Ralph Nicholson), 1908-1945 7
Inge, William 7
Lawrence, Amos Adams, 1814-1886 7
Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894 7
Wood, Frank 7
African Methodist Episcopal Church 6
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 6
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997 6
Douglass Hospital (Kansas City, Kan.) 6
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 6
Kansas. Supreme Court 6
Kenneth Spencer Research Library 6
Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987 6
Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission 6
Otto, David Arthur, 1934- 6
Pennell, Joseph Judd, 1866-1922 6
Sturgeon, Theodore 6
Trinity Episcopal Church (Lawrence, Kan.) 6
University of Kansas. Department of History 6
University of Kansas. Libraries. University Archives 6
University of Kansas. School of Architecture and Urban Design 6
University of Kansas. School of Fine Arts 6
University of Kansas. School of Law 6
White, William Lindsay, 1900-1973 6
Bowersock, Justin DeWitt, 1842-1922 5
Clark family 5
Docking, Robert Blackwell, 1925-1983 5
Douglas County Historical Society (Douglas County, Kan.) 5
Eigner , Larry, 1927-1996 5
Freemasons. Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Kansas 5
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 5
Haskell Indian Junior College 5
Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art 5
Johnson, Ronald, 1935-1998 5
Kansas Association of Colored Women and Girls’ Clubs 5
Kansas Committee for the Humanities 5
Kansas. Legislature 5
Kansas. Militia 5
Katzman, David M. 5
Lawrence (Kan.). City Commission 5
League of Women Voters of Kansas 5
Miller, Timothy, 1944- 5
Mrs. Hudson's Fine Books & Paper 5
New England Emigrant Aid Company 5
Populist Party (Kan.) 5
Robinson, Sara T. L. (Sara Tappan Lawrence), 1827-1911 5
Spencer, Kenneth Aldred, 1902-1960 5
Topeka School District (Topeka, Kan.) 5
United States. Congress. House 5
University of Kansas. Department of Music 5
University of Kansas. William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information 5
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity 4
Apfelbaum, Charles 4
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company 4
Bailey, E. H. S. (Edgar Henry Summerfield), 1848-1933 4
Beal, George Malcolm, 1897- 4
Benjamin, David, 1963- 4
Besinger, Curtis 4
Calvary Baptist Church (Wichita, Kan.) 4
Capper, Arthur, 1865-1951 4
Carney, Thomas, 1824-1888 4
Clarke, Sidney, 1831-1909 4
Coan, Clark 4
Democratic Party (Kan.) 4
Domer, Dennis, 1944- 4
Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970 4
Eldridge House (Lawrence, Kan.) 4
Enslinger, Dennis 4
Friends in Council (Lawrence, Kan.) 4
Funston, Frederick, 1865-1917 4
Gould, John, 1804-1881 4
Grauerholz, James 4
Guttridge, G. H. (George Herbert), 1898- 4
Hoad, William C. (William Christian), 1874- 4
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 4