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Photographs of Kansas libraries

 Collection
Call Number: RH PH 46
Overview

A collection of photographs of public libraries and college libraries in Kansas. Also included is a photograph of The Kansas State Library Association group at Wichita, KS.

Dates: approximately 1908-1917

Photographs of Kansas towns and citizens

 Collection
Call Number: RH PH 186
Overview

Collecion consists of miscellaneous photographs of mostly unidentified people and locations in Kansas. Specific towns depicted include Hutchinson, Osage City, Emporia, Blue Mound, Pratt, Montezuma, and Dodge City.

Dates: 1882-1929; 1960-1963

Photographs of Lawrence, Kansas property demolitions

 Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Call Number: RH PH 504
Overview

The collection consists of photographs and some negatives of historic structures in Lawrence, Kansas, prior to and during their demolition and/or renovation.

Dates: 1996 - 1997

Photographs of Lawrence, Kansas structures

 Collection
Call Number: RH PH 34
Overview

Joseph Kellogg, as head of the Department of Architecture at the University of Kansas, was the project director of a C.S.E.P. program to make an architectural survey of the city of Lawrence and vicinity. One of his students, Frederick Kreipe, photographed various buildings in Lawrence in 1929 for this survey. Included in this collection are the photographs made for this project. Most are mounted on 3x5" cards.

Dates: 1929

Photographs of men and women, members of the Class of 1938, from Douglas County in the Armed Forces During WWII

 Collection — Box: 1
Call Number: RH PH 507(f)
Overview

This collection consists of photographs of individuals from Douglas County, Kansas who were members of the high school class of 1938 who served in the Armed Forces during WWII. There are also 3 loose photographs of men assumed to be part of the class of 1938.

Dates: 1945

Photographs of Oklahoma scenes

 Collection
Call Number: RH PH 150
Overview

Matted and unmatted black and white photographic prints of landscapes, people, and buildings in Oklahoma, including in Norman, OK; Blaine County, OK; and on two Native American reservations with the Creek and the Chickasaw, among other locations.

Dates: approximately 1901-1903

Photographs of Perry and Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory

 Collection
Call Number: RH PH P91
Overview

This collection contains three photographs of Guthrie and Perry, Oklahoma from 1890 to 1895, including street views and a photograph of the auction corner in Perry.

Dates: 1890 - 1895

Photographs of Rev. M. Theodore Habershon and Violet Habershon

 Collection
Call Number: RH PH P2784
Overview

Undated photographs of Rev. M. Theodore and Violet Habershon.

Dates: 20th century

Photographs of the 1951 Flood in Lawrence and Topeka

 Collection
Call Number: RH PH 113
Overview

This collection contains views of the 1951 Kansas River flood in Lawrence and Topeka, Kansas.

Dates: probably 1951

Photographs of Tornadoes and Dust Storms

 Collection
Call Number: RH PH 139
Overview

This collection contains photographs displaying scenes of dust storms and tornadoes in Kansas and the Mid-West. Among the photographs is a series of 21 views of the destruction of the town of Udall, Kansas after a tornado in 1955.

Dates: approximately 1908-1955

Phyllis A. Lawton collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1082
Overview In this collection are books inscribed in the 1920s by William Allen White to Phyllis A. Hughes (Mrs. Keith) Lawton, whose father Bowmer Q. Hughes worked for thirty years as a linotype operator for White's Emporia Gazette. Included are letters from Phyllis's father to her mother in 1918, commenting on the influenza epidemic and Mr. White's departure with his son William Lindsay White for the Paris Peace Conference. Also included are a group photograph of...
Dates: 1915 - 1951

Phyllis Johnson papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH WL MS 11
Overview Phyllis Johnson was involved in right-wing politics from 1955 into the 1970s and involved in numerous organizations. She was a registered nurse and a resident of South Pasadena, California. In 1956 she became the Senior State President of the Society of Children of the American Revolution. Her political and civic activities were motivated by her interest in "the preservation of our Constitutional Republic and Christianity." This collection of her papers contains over two decades of...
Dates: 1946 - 1977

Physionomie du Théâtre de l'Odéon

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: MS E24
Overview

An llustrated satire in French against the acting and audiences at the Odéon Theater, Paris,

Dates: approximately 1842-1845?

Pierre de L'Estoile bound manuscript fragment

 Collection
Call Number: MS C72
Overview

Fragments of poems, prose, and other items from 16th century French diarist Pierre de L'Estoile.

Dates: after 1591, probably before 1611

Pierre Villars' Memoirs of the Court of Spain

 Collection
Call Number: MS C84
Overview

Mémoires de la Cour d'Espagne depuis l'année 1678, jusqu'en l'année 1682. Leaf [1] blank, leafs [2-3] are an Introduction suggesting le marquis de Villars to be the author. Engraved portrait of Louis Hector, duc de Villars, with another version pasted on the back. Leaf [4] most of introduction, leaf [5] blank, numbered pages 1-427 text. Leaf [1-12] at the end of the volume is Tables de maitieres, leaf [13] blank. There are also two letters found laid in the volume, located at MS P196.

Dates: after 1682 (18th century?)

Pilgrim Congregational Church of North Lawrence records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS E102
Overview

This collection consists of several volumes of records from the Pilgrim Congregational Church of North Lawrence, Kansas. These volumes include treasurer's records, Sunday School reports, meeting minutes, and membership information for the church as well as for some of the groups associated with the church, including the Ladies' Society and the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor (Y.P.S.C.E.).

Dates: 1866 - 1911

Pillsbury family papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 802
Overview These family papers, which date chiefly from the early 1840s through the 1860s, emanated from the family line of the Reverend Stephen Pillsbury and his wife Lavinia (Hobart) Pillsbury of New Hampshire. Comprising the bulk of the collection is Lavinia Pillsbury's correspondence with her adult children and their correspondence with each other--several of whom were early Kansas settlers. Included are typed memoirs of their son Leonard Hobart Pillsbury, who fought in several major battles of the...
Dates: 1805 - 1924

Pillsbury-Weston family correspondence

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 233
Overview

This collection consists of photocopied family correspondence from the 19th century, including family members who lived in New York City, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Kansas before, during, and after the United States' Civil War.

Dates: 1828 - 1896

Pilot Club of Lawrence records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 706
Overview

Pilot Club of Lawrence is part of an international service organization. The collection includes scrapbooks, newsletters, records related to the club's annual fundraising antique show, as well as meeting minutes, financial documentation, and other administrative records. The records have not been rearranged since acquisition by the Spencer Library; oversize material has been stored separately.

Dates: 1958 - 2000

Pinckney Neighborhood Association records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 800
Overview

Named for General Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, a hero of the U.S. Revoluntionary War, the Pinckney Neighborhood is one of the oldest Lawrence, Kansas neighborhoods. The collection consists of the records of the Pinckney Neighborhood Association, including the Association's by-laws, newsletters, and newspaper articles mentioning the Association.

Dates: 1980 - 1985

Pinckney School scrapbooks

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS Q500
Overview

The Pinckney School scrapbooks are a selection of Parent Teacher Association scrapbooks from the late 1940s to the late 1960s and a series of scrapbooks of Pinckney students mentioned in the local newspaper, The Lawrence Journal-World, from 1990 to 2014, compiled by Janet Reeder, the Pinckney School librarian. Pinckney School has been an elementary school in Lawrence, Kansas since the late 19th century.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1947-2014 ( 1990-2014)

Pioneer life in Kansas

 Collection — folders: 1-2
Call Number: RH MS P114
Overview

This collection consists of a single, three-page typescript reminiscence by Caroline Updegraff Parker, relating the experiences of her brother William W. Updegraff and her own family in Osawatomie, Kansas from 1855 to 1869, as well as a photograph of her brother William later in his life.

Dates: [between 1875-1910]

Pioneer stories. Abilene

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P45
Scope and Contents

Describes frontier life in Kansas 1866-1869 while Gorden worked as a telegraph operator for the Kansas Pacific Railroad.

Dates: undated

Pippin family letters

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 915
Overview

This collection contains letters addressed to members of the Pippin family who resided in Wilson County, Kansas in the 1940s and 1970s. The bulk of the collection consists of letters written to Neodesha, Kansas residents Lafe and Dorothy Pippin from their son and neighbors who were serving in the Army during World War II.

Dates: 1943 - 1975

Places I saw and various incidents

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: MS A43
Overview

Diary kept by seminarian studying at the Irish College in Rome. Not strictly chronological.

Dates: Between 1842 and 1846

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Lawrence (Kan.) -- History 67
Kansas -- History -- 1854-1861 52
Women -- Kansas -- Lawrence -- Societies and clubs 32
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 29
Douglas County (Kan.) -- History 28
Kansas -- History 28
Kansas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 26
Diaries 24
Lawrence (Kan.) 24
American poetry -- 20th century 23
Kansas -- Emigration and immigration 21
Lawrence Massacre, Lawrence, Kan., 1863 21
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 21
Kansas -- Politics and government 18
Science fiction 17
African Americans -- Kansas 15
Architecture -- Designs and plans 14
Frontier and pioneer life -- Kansas 14
Kansas -- Photographs 14
Kansas -- Politics and government -- 1854-1861 14
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American 14
African American families -- Kansas 13
Kansas -- Description and travel 13
Lawrence (Kan.) -- History -- 19th century 13
African Americans -- Kansas -- Politics and government 12
African Americans -- Kansas -- Topeka 12
American poetry -- Kansas 12
English literature -- 19th century 12
Kansas -- Genealogy 12
Kansas -- Politics and government -- 1951- 12
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
African American women -- Kansas -- Societies and clubs 10
City planning -- Kansas -- Lawrence 10
Lawrence (Kan.) -- History -- 20th century 10
Overland journeys to the Pacific 10
Science fiction, American 10
African American legislators -- Kansas 9
African Americans -- Kansas -- Kansas City 9
Authors, American -- 20th century 9
Fort Leavenworth (Kan.) 9
Fort Riley (Kan.) -- History 9
Lawrence (Kan.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 9
Lawrence (Kan.) -- Church history 9
Lawrence (Kan.) -- Maps 9
African American clergy -- Kansas 8
Authors, English -- 19th century -- Correspondence 8
Business records -- Kansas -- White Cloud 8
Clubs -- Kansas -- Lawrence 8
Douglas County (Kan.) -- Genealogy 8
Elections -- United States 8
English poetry -- Irish authors 8
Europe -- Description and travel 8
Franklin County (Kan.) -- History 8
Lawrence (Kan) -- Description and travel 8
Lawrence (Kan.) -- Genealogy 8
Lawrence (Kan.) -- Photographs 8
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Railroads -- Kansas 8
Science fiction -- Authorship 8
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories 8
Women -- Societies and clubs 8
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American 8
Zoology -- Research 8
African Americans -- Kansas -- Lawrence 7
Authors, English -- 19th century 7
Conservatism -- United States 7
Elections -- Kansas 7
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Irish literature 7
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Lawrence (Kan.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 7
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World War, 1939-1945 7
Wyandotte County (Kan.) -- History 7
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Authors, Irish -- 20th century -- Correspondence 6
Community development -- Kansas -- Lawrence 6
Education -- Kansas 6
Emporia (Kan.) -- History 6
English literature -- Irish authors 6
Entomology -- Research 6
Farmers -- Correspondence 6
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Geology -- Research 6
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Indians of North America -- Kansas 6
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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