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Surveys of University of Kansas sorority and fraternity houses

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P736
Overview

Historic and architectural surveys of five University of Kansas fraternity and sorority houses, conducted by Lonnie Clark in February 1996 for the Lawrence Kansas Historic Resources Survey.

Dates: February 27, 1996

Susan Greenbaum papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1474
Overview

Susan D. Greenbaum received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Kansas, majoring in sociology and anthropology. She conducted extensive research into cultural groups within Kansas City, Kansas in the late 1970s and early 1980s as research for her degrees. The main focus of this collection is her research material and findings from the Slavic-American neighborhood of Strawberry Hill and the African American community in Northeast Kansas City.

Dates: 1894-1985 (bulk 1966-1983)

Swan marks, a book of illustrations of swan marks and the regulations for their employment

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: MS D43
Overview

A book of illustrations of swan marks and the regulations for their employment.

Dates: approximately 1558

Swift and Company records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 99
Overview

The collection contains a few scattered records, photographs, and memorabilia of Swift & Company of St. Joseph, Missouri, a meatpacking company of the late 19th and 20th centuries.

Dates: 1897 - 1970

Sylvester Prentiss papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P809
Overview

These papers of Dr. Sylvester B. Prentiss, an early Lawrence, Kansas settler, contain handwritten autobiographical and biographical sketches of Dr. Prentiss and his second wife, Mary (Converse) Prentiss, as well as a portrait of Dr. Prentiss. Also included are news articles featuring reminiscences of early Lawrence and of the Coal Creek Library at Vinland, Kansas by Dr. Prentiss's third wife, Annie (Soule) Prentiss, who emigrated to Lawrence in 1855.

Dates: 1928 - 1929

Tabernacle Baptist Church records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P794
Overview

The Tabernacle Baptist Church records document the activities of a Wichita, Kansas African American church founded in the 1880s.

Dates: 1975 - 1988

Table of political resolutions; rights of election (England)

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: MS G22
Overview

Contains dated resolutions by burgesses of Parliamentary boroughs on who should have the right to vote.

Dates: approximately 1710-1730

Tabor Historical Society (Tabor, Iowa) documents

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P624
Overview

Two documents of the Tabor Historical Society, Tabor, Iowa related to Tabor's historic Todd House, the home of Congregational minister John Todd, built in 1853.

Dates: September 5, 1982

Taebanggwangbul hwaŏmgyŏng. Che sasip-ogwŏn. Pyŏnsang

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: MS D23
Overview

This collection consists of chapter 45 of the Taebanggwangbul hwaŏmgyŏng [The Sutra of Garland Flower of Great Square and Broad World of Buddha], written in calligraphy and probably dated between 1300 and 1350 in late Koryŏ dynasty (918-1392). The Avatamsaka sutra is a mid-fourteenth century depection of Siksananda's Tang Dynasty era (695-699) translation of volume forty-five of the Avatamsaka sutra manuscript.

Dates: between 1300 and 1350

Tagebücher, 1875-1880, and Auszüge aus dem Tagebuch des Karl Lücke, 1880-1882

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: MS C42
Overview

Tagebücher (diary), 1875-1880, and Auszüge aus dem Tagebuch des Karl Lücke (excerpts from Karl Oskar Rassilo Lücke's diary), 1880-1882. The volume was copied by Arthur Runge [Berlin, Germany?], dating from August 1935.

Dates: 1935 [from diaries dating from 1875-1882]

Take Ten, Inc. records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1596
Overview This collection contains papers relating to various Take Ten productions, a video production company established by Linda Haskins. It includes scripts, photographs, script treatments, and contracts with Take Ten clients. Productions represented in the collection notably include those related to college and university student recruitment and productions related to public interest concerns. Some materials in this collection may relate to the Centron Corporation, another Lawrence, Kansas video...
Dates: 1976 - 2013

T.B. Reed papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1052
Overview

The Reed family were longtime farmers in Randolph County, Missouri. This collection contains materials regarding the T.B. (Thomas Black) Reed family, as well as material from Reed's extended family, which was well known in Randolph County and surrounding areas. This collection includes manuscript volumes, photo albums, newspaper clippings, photographs, letters and two atlases.

Dates: 1810 - 1950

T.D. Heed letter to his sister, Susanna Mercy Heed

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P783
Overview This photocopy is of a July 1, 1867 letter from merchant Thomas Dougherty Heed, written from Fort Harker, Kansas, a military post along the Santa Fe Trail in Ellsworth County. Heed, a native of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, addresses his 3-page letter to his sister, Susanna Mercy Heed of Bucks County, describing the traffic on the Santa Fe Trail, negative interactions with Native Americans, buffalo herds, and the local gambling and violence. Also included in the collection is a photocopy of an...
Dates: July 1, 1867

Ted Reynolds papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 962
Overview

Ted Reynolds founded the Indian Mission Conference at the Methodist Church in 1952 at Little Axe, Oklahoma; the Mission was later named the Maude Reynolds Memorial Mission, sometimes referred to as the Chapel Hill Mission. This collection of Reynolds' papers includes scrapbooks and albums containing both personal and family records, as well as those of the Mission.

Dates: 1864 - 1986

Teeter family collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS D220
Overview

This collection consists of two volumes regarding the Teeter family, including biographies of Teeter family members and a partial list of speeches and essays written by Verl A. Teeter, who compliled the information to present to the Kenneth Spencer Research Library.

Dates: 1982

Tennola Literary Club records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 55
Overview

The Tennola Literary Club was organized by a group of women in Lawrence, Kansas dedicated to the mutual improvement of its members in literature, domestic science, and current events. The collection mostly consists of yearbooks and meeting minutes. The yearbooks provide membership information in addition to brief details about meetings to be held that year.

Dates: 1902 - 2022

Terry Asla collection on puppetry

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 841
Overview

The Terry Asla collection contains a broad spectrum of material on puppets and puppetry, including information on famous puppet troupes, promotional material on local productions, and the art of puppetry and show production, as well as some examples of his actual puppets. The collection also includes some material regarding ventriloquists, including Edgar Bergen.

Dates: 1930 - 1974

Terry Lee papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 391
Overview

Terry Lee was a font designer for the Hallmark Corporation in Kansas City, Missouri and an award-winning science fiction artist in the 1970s and 1980s. This collection contains the volumes that published his artwork—either as interior art or as cover art—and the original art pieces themselves.

Dates: 1978 - 2024

Thankful Sophia Mayo journal

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS E191
Overview

This journal of Thankful Sophia Mayo describes her 1855 emigration from Massachusetts to Kansas Territory with her husband, Elisha Frank Mayo, and their experiences in 1855 and 1856 as homesteaders south of Lawrence in Douglas County.

Dates: 1855 - 1909

Thatcher Family papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1250
Overview

The Thatcher Family Papers are those of a Kansas City, Kansas family who, beginning in 1912, owned and operated the Thatcher Funeral Home.

Dates: 1926 - 2006

The 926 Indiana house, Lawrence, Kan.

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS-P P336
Overview

Paper by Michael Owen Jones written for an American art history course at the University of Kansas, giving the history of the property and house at 926 Indiana Street in Lawrence, Kan. Includes a photograph of the house shelved at RH MS-P P336.

Dates: 1867 - 1988

The 1971-1972 welfare crisis and the Emergency Service Council

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P260
Overview

This typescript paper relates citizen reaction to the reduction in welfare grants and the formation of the Emergency Service Council in Lawrence, Kansas during the early 1970s. It includes information regarding subsequent efforts of that organization to meet physical needs of welfare recipients, to bring the crisis to the attention of the public, and to influence legislation and funding on a more comprehensive basis. Includes appendix.

Dates: 1972

The Agora Records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 15
Overview

Correspondence, subscriptions, and business records, 1895-1897 of The Agora, a monthly periodical published in Abilene, Kansas, originating in 1890.

Dates: 1895-1897

The Amazon River : a student essay

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P649
Overview

This handwritten student essay on "The Amazon River," by Hugo Orlopp, was found in an April 20, 1888 edition of the Midland College (Atchison, Kansas) Messachorean . The Orlopp family resided in Atchison, Kansas in the 1880s, where Hugo's father, Oscar Orlopp, was a teacher.

Dates: between 1870 and 1888

The Arc of Douglas County records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 815
Overview The Arc of Douglas County, Kansas was organized in May 1956 under the name Douglas County Association for Retarded Children (DCARC). Known since 1999 as the Arc of Douglas County, the organization provides advocacy and referral services for people with developmental disabilities and their families. This collection includes administrative records, correspondence, and collected material regarding the Kansas Association for Retarded Citizens, the Topeka Association for Retarded Citizens, the...
Dates: 1956 - 1989

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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
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Douglas County (Kan.) -- Genealogy 8
Elections -- United States 8
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Europe -- Description and travel 8
Franklin County (Kan.) -- History 8
Lawrence (Kan) -- Description and travel 8
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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
Fantasy fiction 7
Irish literature 7
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Kansas -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950 7
Lawrence (Kan.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 7
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Teachers -- Kansas 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
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Farmers -- Correspondence 6
Genealogy 6
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