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Ricordo Quotidiano. Ospitaliere di Santo Spirito, Puglia, Italy. 1645-1650.

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: MS A61
Overview This manuscript account book was apparently kept by the steward of a monastic house belonging to the religious order of the Ospitaliere di Santo Spirito. The entries for the purchase and sale of lambs, lambskins, pigeons, timber and grain are dated 1645-1650 and establish the location as the Puglia region of Italy. A manuscript vellum leaf from a 15th-century Missal of Italian origin has been re-used to form the binding of this paper account book. The title, "Riccordo Quotidiano," has been...
Dates: 1645 - 1650

Ridenour-Baker Grocery Co. business records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1086
Overview

Ridenour-Baker Grocery Co. was founded in Lawrence, Kansas in 1858. Originally a downtown, Lawrence establishment, the firm moved to Kansas City, Missouri in 1878, then operating as Kansas City Terminal Warehouse Co. This collection contains a business greeting to customers and photographs of the Ridenour-Baker Grocery Co., Peter Ridenour, and Harlow Baker and his wife, Carrie.

Dates: approximately 1858-1910

"Right Reverend Thomas Hubbard Vail and the Right Reverend Elisha Smith Thomas"

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS Q490
Overview

This collection includes compiled photographs, newspaper articles, and other documentation regarding the first two Episcopal bishops of Kansas, Thomas Hubbard Vail and Elisha Smith Thomas.

Dates: January 6, 1890 and April 14, 1895

Riley Rogers family papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P824
Overview

Riley Rogers worked as a gardner in Lawrence, Kansas; this collection reflect the activities of he and his family.

Dates: 1942 - 1990

Rime di diversi in burla e in sul grave

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: MS C51
Overview

Italian poetry codex

Dates: approximately 1570

Ripley, Oklahoma train photographs

 Collection — Folder: 1-3
Call Number: RH PH P150
Overview

This collection contains three photographs. Two contain trains and one is an image of Ripley, Oklahoma.

Dates: between 1880-1900

River City Investors records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 650
Overview

The collection of the River City Investors, a Lawrence, Kansas-based women's organization, contains meeting minutes, correspondence, member information, and materials related to investing and learning how to invest.

Dates: 1995 - 2010

River City Reunion audiovisual recordings

 Collection
Call Number: SC AV 56
Overview

The River City Reunion was a large-scale cultural event held in Lawrence, Kansas in September 1987 that celebrated the town's contributions to the arts in the Midwest and a gathering of cross-generational counter-culture writers, musicians, and performers. This collection predominately contains audiovisual materials covering the event and a number of release forms associated with the audiovisual material.

Dates: 1987, 1993, and February 1995

River City Reunion records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 788
Overview The River City Reunion was a large-scale cultural event that celebrated Lawrence, Kansas' special contribution to the arts in the Midwest in September 1987. Organizers were Professor George Wedge of the Department of English, University of Kansas; Bill Rich of Fresh Sounds, Inc., a Lawrence-based entertainment promoter; and James Grauerholz, personal secretary to author William S. Burroughs. The collection contains material regarding the original concept planning for the event,...
Dates: 1987

Roark family papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1539
Overview

This collection contains correspondence, vital records and other genealogical data, census reports, and county and family histories pertaining to the family of Doris (Neal) Roark. The collection chiefly consists of genealogical records and research material on ancestors in the Roark family line and other family branches dating back to the late 18th century.

Dates: 1790-2013 (bulk 1993-2013)

Robbins Family Papers and Memorabilia

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1364
Overview

The collection documents Ronald Robbins' Navy career as Senior Chief Yeoman (1944-1980), his sister, Janice Robbins' life and service in the US Air Force Reserves (1964-1971), Janice's husband John Tarlton's involvement in the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, and a portion of the Robbins Family Collection. The final portion of the collection concerns Ronald and Janice's parents, George and Louise Robbins.

Dates: 1910 - 2000

Robert Atkins Tovey, Senior collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P185
Overview

This collection includes letters written by Tovey to his wife Eliza, as well as a manuscript of Tovey's life in the Kansas Territory intended to help possible emigrants to the territory.

Dates: January 23 - December 17, 1854; approximately 1856

Robert B. Riss Collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 331
Overview

The collection includes several photographs, personal and professional letters, and other writings by authors, artists, American presidents, nobility, royalty, and other notable persons from the United States, British Isles, and Continental Europe, compiled by Robert B. Riss. English translations for some of the writings in other languages are included, as well as some labels and bookseller information. Links to digital versions for most items in this collection are also included.

Dates: approximately 1400-1949

Robert Blackwell Docking papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 167
Overview The papers of Robert B. Docking, governor of Kansas from 1967-1974, date from approximately 1955 to 1981 and reflect his official duties and activities as well as some of his campaign activities and personal endeavors. This includes correspondence with Kansas state agencies and departments, constituents, and state Democratic party officials. The collection also reflects Docking's involvement, as governor, in the legislative process and in a variety of regional and federal programs. There are...
Dates: 1955 - 1981

Robert C. Caldwell family papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 627
Overview

The Caldwell family papers are those of an African American family from Salina, Kansas. The majority of the papers concern Robert C. Caldwell, who was a Salina teacher, City Commissioner, and Salina's first African American and first school teacher elected Mayor. He also served as Representative for Salina in the Kansas State Legislature.

Dates: 1922 - 1999

Robert C. Wilson collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1556
Overview

Correspondence, newspaper clippings about and articles written by Robert C. Wilson, scripts, lists, and other materials related to Wilson's career in and passion for popular music of the 20th century. Much of the collection relates to Wilson's magazine King Harvest Review of the 1970s and his radio show and news column "New Melody Ranch" of the 1990s.

Dates: 1967 - 1999

Robert Cole collection of military papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 151
Overview

Military and naval documents, including some printed forms, collected by Robert Cole, who died approximately 1866. Most are military or naval orders, warrants, reports, etc.; most are related to the Ordnance Office, to other military supplies, or to the Barrack Office. Some items do not concern supplies, and a few are non-military, although written by military figures. Most items are written by a clerk and signed by the issuer; many are also countersigned.

Dates: 1705 - 1837

Robert Craig letter of reference

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P873
Overview

This 1898 letter of reference from Robert Craig, Superintendent of the Osage Carbon Company (Osage City, Kansas) was written for Robert Gray, an employee of the company throughout the previous six years.

Dates: July 22, 1898

Robert Cunningham letter and warranty deed

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P801
Overview

Robert H. Cunningham, a native of Indiana, moved to Anderson County, Kansas in the 1860s. These photocopied documents include an 1854 letter from Cunningham to his mother while still farming in Owen County, Indiana, and an 1865 warranty deed for purchase of Anderson County land after moving to Kansas with his wife and children.

Dates: letter: August 4, 1854; warranty deed: 1865

Robert E. Jenks architectural drawings

 Collection
Call Number: RH AD 3
Overview

Robert E. Jenks was a University of Kansas graduate and successful Kansas City area architect. This collection contains architectural designs for both private and public facilities, mostly in the Kansas City area on both the Kansas and Missouri sides, dating from 1932-1977.

Dates: 1932 - 1977

Robert Ernest Willman World War II letters

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 946
Overview

In this collection are more than five hundred World War II letters written from U.S. Army Private Robert Ernest Willman to his parents, Fred and Georgia Willman of Lawrence, Kansas. The collection also contains a scrapbook of letters received by the Willmans from other Lawrence, Kansas residents who served in World War II, including more than sixty letters from Georgia Willman's brother, U.S. Army Corporal William C. Bryant.

Dates: 1941 - 1950

Robert F. Bennett gubernatorial papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 276
Overview This collection consists of the gubernatorial records of Robert F. Bennett, who served as Governor of Kansas from 1974-1978. The duties and activities of this position generated correspondence with state agencies and departments, individual legislators, constituents, and Republican party officials. The collection details Bennett's involvement as governor in the legislative process, budgetary deliberations, and in various regional and federal programs. The collection also contains materials...
Dates: 1952 - 2014

Robert F. Bennett senatorial papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 168
Overview

Robert F. Bennett served as Kansas State senator from 1965-1973; Bennett was later elected as the state's Governor, serving in that capacity from 1974-1978. This collection of his papers includes materials relating to Bennett's service on various legislative committees, correspondence with constituents, and related materials.

Dates: 1968 - 1973

Robert Frampton letters

 Collection
Call Number: MS Q23
Overview

A collection of nine letters of Robert Frampton, Bishop of Gloucester, including one letter to the Keeper of the Great Seal. The letters concern church government, and, in the case of those to friend William Walsh, social, philosophical, and literary matters.

Dates: 1682, 1697-1702

Robert Gray letter

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: MS P133
Overview

This collection consists of a single letter written by Robert Gray while a student at Oxford University, probably directed to Hester Lynch Piozzi (also known as Mrs. Thrale, English writer and one-time friend to Samuel Johnson), sending his regrets about not being able to attend a house party due to being too busy with end-of-term festivities.

Dates: June 28, 1793

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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
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Haskell Institute 10
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 10
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Sumner High School (Kansas City, Kan.) 9
University of Kansas. Department of English 9
University of Kansas. Museum of Natural History 9
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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
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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
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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