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Typescript, with author’s corrections, of “Sailors on the Moving Land”

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: MS P338
Overview

The poem "Sailors on the Moving Land," typescript with manuscript corrections by author.

Dates: between 1900 and 1961

Typescript, "Zoning in Kansas"

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: RH MS D110
Overview

Zoning in Kansas. University of Kansas, Lawrence [192-]. Includes material on general conception of zoning, legal basis of joining and zoning procedure in Kansas. Includes bibliography of works from 1918-1928.

Dates: Between 1920 and 1929

Udall Tornado Newspaper Clippings

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS Q403
Overview

On the night of May 25, 1955, the farming community of Udall Kansas was hit by a tornado that started in northeast Texas and made its way through Oklahoma to southern Kansas, completely flattening the town and killing 77 residents, injuring many more. This collection consists of news clippings of the immediate aftermath, rebuilding efforts, and public forums concerning Udall in the tornado's wake.

Dates: May 26 - December 5, 1955

Un Voyage aérien; dans cinquante ans.

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: MS K32
Overview

This collection comprises a single manuscript volume containing a novel entitled "Un Voyage aérien; dans cinquante ans," written by Eugène Farcot, a French scientist and engineer known especially as a clockmaker but with a strong interest in aeronautics. The novel describes a fantastic voyage, set fifty years in the future in 1914, to Africa in a large, steam-powered dirigible airship. The novel has 13 chapters; each chapter is foliated separately.

Dates: 1864

Unidentified couple carte de visite

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH PH P2829
Overview

Carte de visit of a young man and woman standing by a fence in what appears to be a photographer's studio. The studio name provided on the card is "Tyson" from Wamego, Kansas.

Dates: approximately 1880-1900

Unidentified general store account book.

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: RH MS E131
Overview

Account book appears to be for a general store, although some unrelated items (and sections) are included. Sections on Leavenworth County and Easton, Kansas, are included.

Dates: 1850 - 1879

Unidentified papers, possibly attributed to E. H. Sears.

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P144
Overview

These papers may have been written by E. H. Sears, according to accession notes, but his death date appears to conflict with the manuscript dates. The papers were among some newspapers initialled E. H. Sears given by James C. Malin.

Dates: 1876 - 1879

Unification Church collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH WL MS 46
Overview

This collection contains brochures, advertisements, church memorabilia, audio and video cassettes, and instructional materials which are used and published by the church and its affiliates. The collection also includes articles concerning criticisms of the church, as well as the church's response to those criticisms.

Dates: 1963 - 1991

Unified School District 497 records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1255
Overview Unified School District (USD) 497 is located in Douglas County, Kansas and administered from Lawrence, the county seat. This collection contains records from both the central administrative offices and from individual schools in the district. Materials include administrative records, financial information, annual reports, Board of Education records, newsletters, yearbooks, Parent Teacher Association (PTA) records, bond issues, photographs, and calendars. Individual schools...
Dates: 1858 - 2022

Unitarian Fellowship of Lawrence, Kansas collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1174
Overview

Unitarianism has been an active denomination in Lawrence since the town was founded in 1855. The congregation disbanded during World War II and reestablished a charter in 1958. This collection includes meeting minutes, budgets, long-range plans, membership directories, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, books, sermons, and histories of Unitarianism in Lawrence from the territorial era to the present church.

Dates: 1827 - 2011

United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of Kansas Collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 822
Overview The collection consists of official minutes, financial records, memorabilia, and photographs related to clubs in Kansas. Kansas City (#1635), Lawrence (#2179), Leavenworth (#499, #2389), and Manhattan (#918) are the primary representatives within the collection. There are also records and information complied by Carl Graves during his authoring of the book "Building the Sunflower State with Hammer and Saw: A History of the Carpentry Trade and Carpenter's Union in Kansas, 1881-1981"...
Dates: 1900 - 1984

United Farm Workers collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH WL MS 53
Overview

This collection contains a diverse array of materials related to the activites of the United Farm Workers union in the 1960s and 1970s. Included are personal and press photographs (including a 1969 portrait of Cesar Chavez), various ephemera and memorabilia, a number of journal entries from an unnamed union member, and newspaper clippings regarding the death of a Latino grape striker killed on the picket line in 1973.

Dates: 1966 - 1979

United Spanish War Veterans, Department of Kansas Auxiliary scrapbook

 Collection — Box: 1
Call Number: RH MS Q286
Overview During the Spanish-American War, a group of women organized to assist those who were serving in the military and in 1904 the Auxiliary to the United Spanish War Veterans became a national organization. The first Auxiliary in Kansas was established in 1913. The purpose of an Auxiliary was to assist the families of the United Spanish War Veterans, help with patriotic services and duties, and to support the veterans. This scrapbook, compiled by Nadine P. Robertson, chronicles the events of the...
Dates: May 19-21, 1946

United States Bankruptcy Court transcripts

 Collection
Call Number: RH WL MS 8
Overview

These transcripts are of United States bankruptcy court testimony and subsequent examinations held at Baton Rouge, Louisiana in the case of the United States (plaintiff) vs. the Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (defendant). The transcribed testimony on behalf of the Ku Klux Klan and on behalf of entities named in association with it is by Bill Wilkinson, self-identified as Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan and as pastor of the Universal Life Church of Racial Purity.

Dates: 1983

United Way of Douglas County records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 738
Overview United Way of Douglas County, a member of the United Way network, is a non-profit organization dedicated to the betterment of the Douglas County, Kansas, community through volunteerism and community programs. The collection is comprised of financial records, which are primarily fundraising campaign records that include photographs and other materials regarding fundraising events, such as Rock Chalk Revue, as well as general administrative records and project files. The collection includes a...
Dates: 1972 - 1993

University of Kansas Archives: a guide

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: RH MS D186
Overview

A guide to the University Archives at the University of Kansas compiled by Patricia Michaelis.

Dates: 1975

University of Kansas Campus Transportation Committee records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 646
Overview

This collection contains the minutes, reports, and proposals associated with the Lawrence Public Transit Advisory Committee from 1992 to 2002

Dates: 1992 - 2002

University of Kansas Computation Center records

 Record Group
Call Number: RG 30
Overview

The records of the Computation Center at the University of Kansas, which has been the computer services provider for the University of Kansas since 1956, are comprised of artifical records, news releases, correspondence, administration files, and budget records.

Dates: 1957

University of Kansas Continuing Education records

 Record Group
Call Number: RG 31
Overview

The Division of Continuing Education offers traditional classroom, online, credit, and non-credit courses and training for conventional, non-traditional, and developing professional students. Opportunities include the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center, the Kansas Fire and Rescue Training Institute, as well as courses designed for aerospace engineers, lawyers, nurses, educators, managers, and firefighters.

Dates: 1891

University of Kansas Dean of Men records

 Record Group
Call Number: RG 52
Overview The records of the Dean of Men are comprised of documents chronicling the day-to-day running of the Office of the Dean of Men from 1921 to 1979. The majority of these records take the form of correspondence between staff members at the Office of the Dean of Men as well as correspondence with students. Other records in this record group include news releases, financial records, conference notes, and meeting minutes. RG 52 also includes Disciplinary Board and Committee records, which are...
Dates: 1921 - 1979

University of Kansas Dean of Women records

 Record Group
Call Number: RG 53
Overview The records of the Dean of Women are comprised of documents chronicling the day-to-day running of the Office of the Dean of Women from 1915 to 1979. The majority of these records take the form of correspondence between staff members at the Office of the Dean of Women as well as correspondence with students. Other records in this record group include news releases, financial records, newletters, committee minutes, study results, and employment records. RG 53 also includes student discipline...
Dates: 1915 - 1979

University of Kansas Department of Geology Seismographic Station records

 Series
Call Number: RG 17/29/7
Overview

This collection is comprised of the seismographic records from the Seismographic Station - Lawrence, Kansas.

Dates: 1950 - 1978

University of Kansas Executive Vice Chancellor records

 Record Group
Call Number: RG 5
Overview

This collection is comprised of the records of the Executive Vice Chancellor at the University of Kansas, which also serves as the Provost, and is the second in authority after the Chancellor of the University.

Dates: 1974

University of Kansas Facilities Planning and Management records

 Record Group
Call Number: RG 47
Overview

The Department of Facilities Operations and Planning, formerly "Campus Services," manages and maintains the physical structures, buildings, utilities, and grounds, for the University of Kansas, in Lawrence and on its satellite campuses, including the Medical Center in Kansas City. This collection of records is comprised of artificial records, news releases, correspondence, case files, inventories and reports, and energy studies.

Dates: 1949

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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
Clubs -- Kansas -- Lawrence 8
Douglas County (Kan.) -- Genealogy 8
Elections -- United States 8
English poetry -- Irish authors 8
Europe -- Description and travel 8
Franklin County (Kan.) -- History 8
Lawrence (Kan) -- Description and travel 8
Lawrence (Kan.) -- Genealogy 8
Lawrence (Kan.) -- Photographs 8
Lawrence (Kan.) -- Pictorial works 8
Railroads -- Kansas 8
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
Kansas -- History -- 19th century 7
Kansas -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950 7
Lawrence (Kan.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 7
Music -- Instruction and study 7
Natural history illustration 7
Stock certificates 7
Students -- Social life and customs 7
Teachers -- Kansas 7
United States -- History -- 1933-1945 7
West (U.S.) -- Description and travel 7
Women poets 7
World War, 1939-1945 7
Wyandotte County (Kan.) -- History 7
Authors, English -- 20th century 6
Authors, Irish -- 20th century -- Correspondence 6
Community development -- Kansas -- Lawrence 6
Education -- Kansas 6
Emporia (Kan.) -- History 6
English literature -- Irish authors 6
Entomology -- Research 6
Farmers -- Correspondence 6
Genealogy 6
Geology -- Research 6
Historic preservation -- Kansas -- Lawrence 6
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