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Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave letters to Frederick Hendriks

 Collection
Call Number: MS P710
Overview

In these three letters that span several decades, Sir Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave (1827-1919), a banker, economist and author of Great Yarmouth, England, writes to Frederick Hendriks (1827-1909), a statistician and author, about the publication of papers in various journals such as The Economist and the British Quarterly.

Dates: 1870?-1905

Robert Klotz letters

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P78

Robert L. Gilbert First Issues collection

 Collection
Call Number: Gilbert
Overview

This collection consists mostly of first issues of magazines and other periodicals published primarily in the United States, mostly during the 20th century.

Dates: 1810, [1855?], 1900s-2007 (bulk 1920s-1970s)

Robert L. Gilbert papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P238
Overview

Robert L. Gilbert immigrated to the United States from England in 1855 and arrived in Lawrence, Kansas later that year. This collection contains diaries, personal books, letters and official documents, and an autobiography, and photographs.

Dates: 1849-1973, predominantly 1849-1913

Robert M. Mengel bird paintings

 Collection
Call Number: MS Q99
Overview

This collection consists of two watercolor paintings of birds, signed and dated 1952 and 1954 by Robert M. Mengel (1921-1990). The 1952 painting has a label identifying it as a ”Black-and-white warbler at nest," and the other watercolor is of an owl.

Dates: 1952, 1954

Robert Mercer Armstrong papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P264
Overview

Biographical accounts of Robert Mercer Armstrong including diaries, memorandums, and account books.

Dates: 1856 - 1925

Robert Morrow Papers

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Call Number: RH MS P434
Dates: 1859-approximately 1930

Robert Nowell Whitaker collection

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Call Number: MS P353
Overview

This collection consists of a petition addressed to the Gentleman Governors of the Free Grammar School of Clithero, Lancashire by the school's Master, Thomas Wilson, 1747-1813, and Usher, T. Heaton, requesting an augmentation of their salaries. Additionally there is a manuscript receipt acknowledging payment of fees and bond and admitting Thomas Starkie to the Honourable Society [of Lincoln's Inn] in London, signed and sealed by [T.?] Penn, steward of Lincoln's Inn.

Dates: June 24, 1789; January 6, 1804

Robert O. Wright Photographs

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Call Number: RH PH 16
Overview

This collection contains photographs depicting various scenes of early Kansas settlements, rural life, and domestic work, used by Robert O. Wright, an assistant professor in the Art Department at the University of Kansas, for his film "Kansas Folk Art and Individuals" in 1978.

Dates: approximately 1850 - 1915

Robert S. Lemon photographs

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Call Number: RH PH P2837
Overview

This collection consists of black and white photographic prints of various sizes of Robert Lemon, Sr., his wife Lois, their friends Kenneth and Helen Spencer, and other individuals in various candid shots. Images are mostly from Canadian fishing expeditions in the 1920s and 1930s or from Pittsburg, Kansas in the 1930s and 1940s.

Dates: 1920s-approximately 1944

Robert S. Wild Papers

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Call Number: RH MS 1335
Overview Robert S. Wild was a major in World War II who was stationed in Washington, D.C., the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and Japan. This collection primarily consists of correspondence between Wild and his wife and son. Wild's letters to his family provide information on soldiers' lives overseas. He particularly emphasizes the importance of his family's letters, the difficulty of obtaining certain supplies, and issues with the mail system. The collection also includes military correspondence,...
Dates: 1924 - 1954

Robert Shortridge papers

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Call Number: RH MS 1534
Overview

This collection contains miscellaneous academic and professional papers created by Robert Shortridge related to his work with the Ohio State University, Monsanto Chemical Company, Commercial Solvents Corporation, the University of Missouri's Technical Information Center, and the Midwest Research Institute from 1938 to 1983. This collection also includes correspondence associated with Shortridge's private consulting work as a technical information consultant from 1983 to 2005.

Dates: 1937 - 2005

Robert Southey collection

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Call Number: MS P295
Overview

This collection consists of 2 letters by English Romantic poet Robert Southey (1774-1843), collected from various sources by Spencer Research Library staff.

Dates: 1797, 1834

Robert W. Hess collection

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Call Number: RH AD 10
Overview

This collection contains the drawings and plans of designs by Robert W. Hess during his time as a practicing architect, focusing on his work in Kansas, Washington, California, and a few other geographical areas. The collection also includes some material from his student work, as well as an autobiographical account of his career.

Dates: 1945 - 2013

Roberts family papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 954
Overview

This collection includes manuscripts containing critical analyses of the Bible and Christian religous tradition, written ca. 1900 by the grandfather of Ray Roberts; also included are family photographs from the 1920-1950s.

Dates: 1900 - 1956

Robinson-Clapp family archives

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Call Number: RH MS 578
Overview The Robinson-Clapp Family archive contains the papers of Betty Clapp Robinson, whose husband Kip Robinson was a surgeon in Kansas City, Missouri; and the papers of her daughter Judy Robinson, a writer who settled in San Francisco, California. Both women collected family history and carried on a family interest in flower gardens. Some of the papers relate to the Robinson family endeavors in the military and medical fields from the 1890s-1940s. The collection includes correspondence,...
Dates: 1483 - 2025

Robinson-Cofield Commission Company letter

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P1002
Overview

The Robinson-Cofield Commission Company was a Missouri-based livestock commission company working with the Kansas City-based stockyards. This letter, written by [Hothchild?] of the Commission Company to W.E. Faris of the Bauer Bank of Mancos, Colorado, discusses the specifics of a cattle loan.

Dates: May 9, 1911

Rockefeller-Traver family tintype

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH PH P2808
Overview

A single photographic tintype of four women, two seated and two standing. The back of the tintype states Ella (Rockefeller) Traver is seated in the lower right with her sisters and that Francis [sic] is standing at the upper right. The note on the back also indicates the tintype dates from 1875.

Dates: 1875

Roger Imhof vaudeville collection

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Call Number: MS 121
Overview

The papers of Roger Imhof, a comedian in vaudeville and burlesque, encompass Imhof's professional theater career through scripts, song lyrics, scrapbooks, periodicals, and personal materials such as photographs and correspondence.

Dates: 1836 - 1952

Rogers family papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P770
Overview This is a collection of manuscript letters, circa 1883-1923, mostly addressed to members of the Rogers family of Slater, Saline County, Missouri. The principal correspondents are Sallie Rogers and her siblings, Mollie (married to F. Ward Switzer, a dentist in Slater), Mattie, Ida, Bettis, and Arthur, together with their various suitors, spouses, and assorted kinsfolk. Most of the writers lived in small Missouri towns, although there are some letters from Kansas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma...
Dates: 1883 - 1923

Rolling Prairie Grange, No. 1628 photographs

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH PH P2948
Overview

The Rolling Prairie Grange No. 1628 collection contains two photographs of Rolling Prairie Grange No. 1628 members from the 1910s and an article dating from 2020 explaining the history of the organization. This chapter of the Grange was located in Onaga, Kansas.

Dates: approximately 1916 - 1919; 2020

Ronald Clinton Naugle correspondence

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P187
Overview

Correspondence concerning the influence of ultra-conservatism on congressional legislation, 1962.

Dates: 1962

Ronald D. Russell papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1210
Overview

The Ronald D. Russell collection was assembled from 1952-2003 by Ronald D. Russell with the intent of donating the collection to the University of Kansas. The correspondence and date books in the collection pertain to Russell family affairs, day to day events, and topics on local, national and world events.

Dates: 1952 - 2003

Ronald Johnson collection (Literary estate papers)

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Call Number: MS 336
Overview This collection consists of the papers of Ronald Johnson, as held by his literary estate. It contains drafts and worksheets for various poetry and prose works by Ronald Johnson including ARK, The Shrubberies, Company Fare, and others. The collection also includes correspondence between Johnson and his acquaintances, including notably Guy Davenport, Charles Simic, Dirk Stratton, Jonathan Williams, and Peter O'Leary (Johnson's friend and literary executor),...
Dates: 1950 - 2007

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 13
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Eigner , Larry, 1927-1996 5
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Mrs. Hudson's Fine Books & Paper 5
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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
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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
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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