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Rev. George Horne diary

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: RH VLT MS B3
Overview

Diary of a journey from Knoxville, Tennessee to San Francisco via the Isthmus of Panama in 1850. There is also an account of life in Sacramento and Nevada City, California.

Dates: 1850

Reverend Billy J. Johnson papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1104
Overview

The Reverend Billy J. Johnson papers are those of a longtime Kansan who served as pastor at several churches in the state, serving last at Topeka's Calvary Baptist Church.

Dates: 1949 - 1990

Reverend E.B. Hicks papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 467
Overview

The Reverend E.B. Hicks Papers are those of a native Kansan who served as pastor in several Kansas towns and was also active in a number of local, regional, and national Baptist Conventions, societies, and mission organizations.

Dates: 1932 - 1987

Reverend Frank Brown family papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 474
Overview

The Papers of the Reverend Frank Brown Family are those of a Topeka, Kansas family. Frank Brown was a Baptist minister and his wife, Fannie, was a cosmetologist.

Dates: 1933 - 1987

Reverend Joseph Mason collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH PH 66
Overview

This collection contains photographs of events that Reverend Joseph Mason attended or participated in, family pictures, and church events, as well as certificates, newspaper clippings, and other materials related to Mason's personal and professional life as a minister in the Baptist Church.

Dates: 1927 - 1988

Reverend Lewis Allen Alderson letters

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P953
Overview

Two letters written by Reverend L.A. Alderson from Atchison, Kansas to his niece Jane Remley in Iowa City, Iowa. The letters, written in March and April 1875, recount Alderson's and his wife's health, as well as discussing the religion of various family members, including his niece's husband.

Dates: March, April 1875

Reverend M. J. Young papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 682
Overview

The Reverend M. J. Young papers are those of a long time Kansas City, Kansas resident who served as pastor of the Young Memorial Church of God in Christ in that city.

Dates: 1910 - 1983

Reverend Richard Taylor papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 827
Overview

Native Kansan Rev. Richard Taylor, a United Methodist minister, activist, author, and advocate for historic preservation, served as president of Kansans for Life at Its Best during the 1970s and 1980s. This collection of Taylor's papers consists of materials related to these interests, largely in the form of clippings and publications.

Dates: 1965 - 1999

Reverend Robert Shelton papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 188
Overview The Robert Shelton Collection consists of a series of documents mainly pertaining to such issues as fair housing and racial discrimination in Kansas. Several civil rights organizations were involved in this movement and they represent a basis for the organization of this collection. They are the Council on Human Relations, the Race Relations Committee, Students for a Democratic Society, Kansas Advisory Council on Civil Rights, Kansas Commission on Civil Rights, The Methodist Church, and the...
Dates: 1961 - 1973

Reverend Thomas Knapper family papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 688
Overview

The Reverend Thomas Knapper family papers are those of a long time Kansas City, Kansas family. Thomas Knapper was a police patrolman, Baptist minister, and businessman. His wife, Tillie, was a teacher, as was his daughter Barbara.

Dates: 1920 - 1983

Revolutionary Writings of Diane Di Prima

 Collection
Call Number: MS D201
Overview

Bound notebook of Manuscript draft verse and other notes. Apparently kept up erratically circa 1968, probably while Diane Di Prima lived in San Francisco. Some loose accompanying material. Volume begins at either end. This description starts with the "Rev notes #4" end; each "page" in the description is a section within the volume.

Dates: approximately 1968; 1969, 1994

Rexford Scott Sorenson negatives collection

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Call Number: RH PH 537
Overview

Rexford Scott Sorenson took photographs throughout his life, and this collection of his photographic negatives begins in 1957. The Sorensons spent many holidays with friends and family, whom serve as the subjects of many of Rexford's photographs. Other frequent subjects include cats, landscapes, trees, construction, and buildings. The majority of the photographs were taken either in Kansas, New Mexico, or Oregon.

Dates: 1957 - 2009

R.H. Constant diaries

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Call Number: RH MS B16
Overview

Two diaries with accounts of farmers, agricultural activities, and a climb up Pike's Peak.

Dates: 1876 - 1877

R.H. Gandiven and R. Hugoboom photographs

 Collection
Call Number: RH PH 547(f)
Overview

This collection of 24 large mounted photographs by Kansas photographers R.H. Gandiven and R. Hugoboom were taken between 1883-1884. The photographs depict pioneer families and their homesteads in the following Kansas counties: Clay, Jewell, McPherson, Mitchell, Ottawa, and Saline. Subjects include early pioneer houses and farmsteads, family groups, landscapes, and individual portraits. All but three of the photographs have identifying captions on the reverse side.

Dates: 1883 - 1884

Rhoda Louise Meredith's "Book of Stunts and Frolics"

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: RH MS BK8
Overview Scrapbook with a cover title of "My Book of Stunts and Frolics," kept by Kansas native Rhoda Louise Meredith. The volume includes sections for "Stunts and Frolics," "Social events," "Athletics," "Snapshots," and "Miscellaneous," among other sections; not all sections are filled out. Glued into the scrapbook are newspaper clippings and photographs, in addition to inscriptions written by Meredith and by her friends and family. Many of the photographs show Meredith's friends and family and...
Dates: circa 1929-1937, 1977

Rich Crank AIDS Collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1276
Overview

This collection contains information related to the HIV/AIDS health crisis and several exhibitions collected and created by Rich Crank for the University of Kansas Libraries and Lawrence, Kansas community. It includes newspaper articles, magazines, newsletters, governmental resources, brochures, audiovisual materials, and exhibition materials.

Dates: 1986 - 2009

Richard B. Sheridan papers

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Call Number: RH MS 1468
Overview

The Richard B. Sheridan collection contains correspondence, academic writings (both of Dr. Sheridan and other authors), newspaper clippings, magazines, photographs, and University of Kansas course-related materials during his time as a professor at KU. A majority of the collection is centered around Dr. Sheridan's written works and research interests.

Dates: 1906 - 2008

Richard Blake letters

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P32
Overview

Richard Blake was a sutler, or civilian provisioner, at Fort Wallace, Kansas, during the 1860s. He wrote several letters to relatives about life on the army post. Included with the letters were seven photographs made by a visitor to Fort Wallace, Dr. William A. Bell, who was the photographer for the Kansas Pacific Railway Expedition.

Dates: 1867 - 1868

Richard "Dick" Gunn photographic collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH PH 565
Overview The collection consists mostly of color slides and prints, media guides, and related materials from NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) men’s basketball games and Big 8 or Big 12 tournaments. Most of the slides are undated. There are also slides from Tom Watson's 1995 Children’s Mercy Hospital Golf Classic, a pin from that event, and a Kansas City Star Sports section with an article about the event. The photographic material was taken by Richard...
Dates: February 8, 1991- March 8, 1998

Richard Keith Smith papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1141
Overview Richard Keith Smith (1925-2003) served in the U.S. Army (Company A., 169th Infantry). Smith enlisted in 1944 and completed basic training at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and Camp Joseph T. Robinson in Little Rock, Arkansas. This collection consists of letters Smith wrote primarily to his parents in Wichita, Kansas, from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Fort Ord, California; Camp Robinson, Arkansas; the Solomon Islands; and Occupied Japan, as well as printed ephemera. Smith was honorably discharged...
Dates: 1944 - 1946

Richard Kershenbaum papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 719
Overview

This collection contains development plans and materials regarding historical preservation of buildings in the Lawrence, Kansas area.

Dates: 1972 - 1994

Richard Landkamer project collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH WL MS 15
Overview

Richard Landkamer was interested in investigating the Kennedy Assassination. Landkamer shared his papers on the subject, which include correspondence, collected research articles, and legal documents, with Wilcox Collection founder Laird Wilcox. All collection materials are photocopies of originals.

Dates: 1985 - 1994

Richard Olmstead matchbook collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS D301
Overview

A collection of matchbooks collected by Richard Olmstead, who had been born in Lawrence, Kansas. The matchbooks are from businesses in Lawrence, Wichita, Topeka, and other Kansas cities and towns, as well as Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas.

Dates: 1920s-[not after 1947]

Richard Rhodes papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1134
Overview

Richard Rhodes, born in Kansas City, Kansas, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose many books and articles reflect his wide ranging subject interests. In these papers are manuscripts of his writings, copies of his many published works, related correspondence, some personal material and photographs, and the author's extensive research files, containing more than one hundred audio tapes of interviews that he conducted.

Dates: 1938 - 2021

Richard Sankey letter

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: MS P713
Overview

Richard Sankey writes to an unidentified recipient and expresses his gladness that the recipient will arrive soon. He also mentions that his wife is at Highgate and that Mr. Hill has recently paid him a visit in London.

Dates: July 14, 1724

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 13
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Lane, James Henry (James Henry), 1814-1866 12
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University of Kansas. Libraries 12
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Sumner High School (Kansas City, Kan.) 9
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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
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Wood, Frank 7
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Kansas. Supreme Court 6
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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
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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