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Ronald Johnson holograph books

 Collection
Call Number: MS D214
Overview

Two holograph notebooks kept by poet Ronald Johnson containing inscriptions, including poems, artwork, and tipped-in materials by fellow writers and artists. The majority of the inscriptions date from 1963-1967, but there are also inscriptions from the 1970s and even the 1980s in the second notebook, which also includes art and inscriptions that appear to have been collected at the Aspen Institute in the summer of 1967.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1963-1967

Ronald Johnson papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 66
Overview

This collection of Ashland, Kansas native Ronald Johnson's papers reflects his literary and professional writing activities, containing poetry, galley proofs of poetry books, recipes, and proofs for cookbooks. It also contains personal letters from friends, including poet Jonathan Williams and artist Ian Hamilton Finlay.

Dates: 1954 - 1993

Rosa C. Haag Ise recollections

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P321
Overview

"Mother's recollections of her early life." Lawrence, Kansas, undated. These are the recollections of Rosa C. (Haag) Ise, from about 1858 to about 1880. They recount memories of her life in Holton, Kansas.

Dates: between 1880 and 1977

Rosina Lang letter

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P257
Overview

Letter, 1867 August 4, Leavenworth City, Kan. and note paper [n.p.]. Written in German, translation available of letter in accession file.

Dates: August 4, 1867

Ross Macy minutes, newsletters, correspondence, etc.

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 32
Overview This collection of Ross Macy materials contains minutes, newsletters, correspondence, etc., pertaining to conservation in Indiana, 1944-1956. The first portion of the collection, arranged chronologically, contains correspondence, minutes and news releases as well as reference materials pertaining to the various county, district and state committees with which Ross Macy was associated. The remaining portion of the collection is composed of newsletters, correspondence and pamphlets, also...
Dates: 1944 - 1956

Rossetti Family Correspondence

 Collection
Call Number: MS 23
Overview

Letters from and to Christina, Dante Gabriel, William Michael (and his wife Lucy Madox Brown) Rossetti and their father Gabriele Rossetti.

Dates: 1824-1913

Rotolo et alcune memorie

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: MS E272
Overview

Chronicle of history of the Friuli area, Italy compiled ca. 1511 and continued to 1543. Contents cover period 1490 to 1543, arranged chronologically. Written in northern Italian vernacular in a variety of scripts and by different hands over several decades. Records land and family transactions in villages surrounding Friuli, including: Buin, Coloreto, Amelia, Pavia, Pagna, Nels, Artegna, Pers, Feletto, Udine, Carnia, Codroipo, S. Lorenzo, and Blauso.

Dates: 1511 - 1543

Round Robin exercise manuscript led by Samuel R. Delany

 Collection
Call Number: MS P769
Overview

This collection contains a chain story led by Samuel R. Delany and written by a number of writers identified by their last names, including Delany, Tannehill, Pedersen, Catalano, Sohl, Kahn, Post, Mitchell, Ing, Harper, Perry, Vanicoff, Novitski, Conner, and McIntyre. The first page of this chain story, titled “The Round Robins”, has an inscription from Delany on the first page reading “Ok, if you say so” and Delany’s signature.

Dates: 1999

Royal Fisheries Company records

 Collection
Call Number: MS 83
Overview

The collection includes correspondence, copies of Parliamentary documents, and records related to stock in and the management of the Royal Fisheries Company, a British joint venture stock company of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, primarily concerned with fishing rights off the coasts of Scotland, Ireland, Greenland, and Newfoundland.

Dates: approximately 1677, 1691-1725

Royal revenues collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS Q12
Overview Financial documentation for King James I of England (1566-1625) and for some of the preceeding kings and queens of England, notably Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603). Collection includes copies or compendiums of historical statistics concerning the English sovereign's finances through Queen Elizabeth I; proposals for financial reform; and other documents copied and probably prepared for Sir Julius Ceasar, Under-Treasurer of the Exchequer for James I of England and James VI of Scotland after his...
Dates: approximately 1603-1613; some materials have added 18th century notations

Ruben Menendez papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Call Number: RH MS Q468
Overview

This collection consists of photocopied newspaper articles primarily from Winfield, Kansas between 1931 to 1938 relating to Ruben Menendez. Many articles are from the columns "Among Kansas Poets" and "The Observation Tower" written by Menendez, a Cuban who moved to Winfield by 1940. There are also clippings about the history of different community members and regarding events in which the Kansas Authors Club participated.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1884 - 1938

Ruby family history and photograph

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P436
Overview

The Ruby family history was written by Margaret Riddick, a descendant of the family. The Ruby family, originally from France, moved to Kansas in the 1860s and finally settled in Great Bend in 1880. The photograph in the collection is of Elnora Frye, also a descendant of the Ruby family, and a public school teacher.

Dates: Other: after 1880

Ruby Rosenberg papers regarding William Allen White

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 772
Overview

Mrs. Ruby Holland Rosenberg met William Allen White in 1928. At that meeting she was hired to write book reviews and a column, "Peeps at Emporia Gardens," for the Emporia Gazette. This collection contains correspondence with White, photographs of William and Sallie White, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1920 - 1980

Russell Cartwright family papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1523
Overview

The Russell Cartwright family papers are those of a native Kansas family; both Russell and Elizabeth Cartwright worked in the public schools, he as a teacher and principal and she as a substitute teacher.

Dates: 1942 - 1989

Russell Mosser collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1429
Overview Russell Mosser was a prominent citizen of Lawerence, Kansas, having helped establish the Centron Corporation to create educational films for various agencies and businesses. This collection contains documents relating to the construction of his house in 1953 and the renovation of the house in the 1980s, along with materials from his work at Boeing Airplane Company and his support for the right to work political movement. The collection also includes scrapbooks and photographs from his...
Dates: 1902-1917, 1943-1992

Russell Peter Twist papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 54
Overview

The collection of Twist papers contains both business and personal correspondence, as well as some memorandum books and volumes from his Army service. Most of the personal correspondence deals with the period of time he was in the army during the Civil War. The business papers contains miscellaneous bills, tax receipts, insurance policies and account books.

Dates: 1854 - 1909

Russell R. Funk family papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1025
Overview Russell R. Funk, a native of Nemaha County, Kansas, moved to Lemoore, California in the early part of the 1900s, where he practiced dentistry and played professional baseball. Funk's letters to his parents in Nemaha County's town of Kelly, which include letters to them from his wife, describe events in Funk's family life, dental practice and baseball career. The papers contain several communications from Funk's sister Edna and many 1934 Christmas cards received by his sisters Grace and...
Dates: 1912 - 1935

Russell Randolph Hays papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 564
Overview

The papers of Russell Randolph Hays, a graduate of the University of Kansas, reflect his wide-ranging careers as a writer, inventor, ceramicist, oilman, farmer, environmentalist, and one-time professional wrestler. Included are his writings as a published author of pulp westerns and science fiction, his many research papers and patents as an inventor of helicopter rotors and hydraulic devices, and his photographs of native plants that he propagated on his Douglas County, Kansas farm.

Dates: 1889-1990 (bulk 1922-1989)

Russia Company collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 104
Overview

Petititons, memorials, abstracts, and other documentation regarding the British Russia, or Muscovy, Company and its interaction with the English Parliament. Folder titles in this finding aid come from each document's docketing.

Dates: 1696 - 1698

Ruth Adair Dyer papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 745
Overview

Ruth Adair Dyer received her Law degree from the University of Kansas in 1921. She was a life member of the KU Alumni Association and a member of the Gold Medal Club. She was also a 50-year member of Delta Delta Delta social sorority and a member of Phi Alpha Delta law fraternity. This collection contains photographs, newspaper clippings, sheet music, scrapbooks, journals, legal documents and correspondence.

Dates: 1865-1957

Ruth Bayard papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P792
Overview

The Ruth Bayard papers are those of a native Kansan, with ties longtime ties to the Manhattan, Kansas community.

Dates: 1978 - 1984

Ruth Bloom collection of Larry Eigner materials

 Collection
Call Number: MS 349
Overview

This collection originated in the library of Ruth Bloom, a cousin of poet Larry Eigner. The materials relate to the life and work of Eigner, including some correspondence, newspaper clippings, draft poetry, and published poetry and prose.

Dates: 1953 - 1996

Ruth F. Anthony papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH WL MS 19
Overview

These papers of native Kansan Ruth F. Anthony contain her correspondence with various Christian right wing political organizations which she supported over the years. Included are membership cards, certificates of appreciation, contribution receipts, and several organizational newsletters. In the correspondence are letters from and about Robert Bolivar DePugh, founder of the anti-Communist organization known as the Minutemen.

Dates: 1962 - 1994

Ruth Garver Gagliardo papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 275
Overview

The Ruth Garver Gagliardo papers, dating from 1914-1978, contain correspondence, newspaper clippings, printed materials, and photographs, which mainly document her professional career as a journalist and reviewer of and authority on children's books.

Dates: 1914 - 1980

Ruth Gwendolyn Gregg portrait

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH PH P600
Overview

This portrait is of Ruth Gwendolyn Gregg, an African American and a Kansan. The photograph was made by Stanback Studios.

Dates: approximately 1940s

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Bowersock, Justin DeWitt, 1842-1922 5
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Mrs. Hudson's Fine Books & Paper 5
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Eldridge House (Lawrence, Kan.) 4
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Friends in Council (Lawrence, Kan.) 4
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Gould, John, 1804-1881 4
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Hoad, William C. (William Christian), 1874- 4
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 4