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Civil War muster sheets

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS R487
Overview This collection consists of 5 muster sheets for Companies B, D, E, L, and M of the 1st Vermont Regiment Volunteer Cavalry under Colonel Edward B. Sawyer for December 31, 1862 through February 28 or March 1, 1863; and 1 sheet for Company [C?] of the 13th Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers under Colonel Alexander H. Warner for June 30-August 31, 1862. Each sheet includes columns for names and ranks of those present and absent, when/where/by whom/for how long enlisted, last paid by paymaster...
Dates: 1862 - 1863

Civil War newspapers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS R112
Overview

Pages from the New York Herald on Saturday, June 28, 1862 and the Richmond Daily Dispatch on Friday, March 11, 1864, detailing the latest developments in the Civil War.

Dates: 1862 - 1864

Civil War surgeon collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS C254
Overview

This collection consists of two volumes from Jon G. Miller, who served as a surgeon in the United States Union Army during the Civil War of the 1860s. One volume served as Miller's diary, while the other, an exercise book, was used to keep official record of effects of deceased soldiers by the hospital steward at the Marietta, Georgia hospital established by Miller. Loose items found in the volumes have been physically separated.

Dates: 1864 - 1865

Claim debt of Kansas Territory.

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH VLT MS P6
Overview

Claim debt of Kansas Territory, June 6, 1859, by Robert G. Elliott, for one hundred dollars by order of H. I. Strickler, Auditor, in accordance with an act providing for the adjustment and payment of claims, approved February 7, 1859.

Dates: February 7, 1859 - June 6, 1859

Clara Perky papers related to teaching

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P117
Overview

This collection contains Teacher's Certificates for Douglas County, Kansas, 1880-1895; Teacher's contracts, 1883-1890; letters of recommendation, 1885-1891; 2 personal letters, 1884, 1915; 7 poems; and 3 printed examinations.

Dates: 1880 - 1915

Clare Jaedicke Burtch papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 629
Overview

Clare Jaedicke Burtch was the daughter of F.W. Jaedicke, who came to Lawrence, Kansas, in 1864, and opened Jaedicke Hardware. This collection contains business ledgers, photographs, and other materials of Clare Jaedicke Burtch.

Dates: 1896 - 1955

Clarence Kivett papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1547
Overview

Contains materials related to the personal and professional life of Clarence Kivett, an architect credited with introducing modern architecture to Kansas City and responsible for many key Kansas City landmarks, including the Kansas City International Airport (MCI) and the Truman Sports Complex.

Dates: 1977 - 1995

Clarence Love papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 423
Overview

Clarence Love was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the Wyandotte County 35th District from 1966 until his retirement in 1988. The collection reflects his legislative activities during his entire 22 years of service.

Dates: 1922-1990s (bulk 1969-1989)

Clark family papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P213
Overview

This collection consists of letters that discuss family affairs, droughts and crops. J. S. Clark mentions carrying mail, "following" cotton, and Mormons. Lizzie mentions raising chickens and pigs. It also contains a marriage certificate for J. S. Clark and Mary Ann Pedigrew from Kansas in 1873.

Dates: 1873 - 1900

Claude de Guénégaud collection

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: MS D108
Overview

Documents concerning Claude de Guénégaud's defense against an accusation of having falsified and suppressed the Rolls of 1654 and 1657 in France. Bound collection of 1 manuscript and 9 pamphlets, some with manuscript annotations.

Dates: after 1663

Claude Petiet letter

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: MS P249
Overview

This collection consists of a single letter written by an amanuenses for Claude Petiet, the French Minister of War, regarding backpay for the gendarmes. Written on both sides of a single sheet, the letterhead states "Liberte Egalite" with a motif in the middle for the French Republic.

Dates: 3 Floreal V [April 22, 1797]

Clayton M. Crosier collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH PH 1
Overview

This colection includes photographic images of railroad bridges, rivers, and bridge construction scenes collected by Clayton M. Crosier and dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The collection also includes papers pertaining to the radio program "International Conversations," sponsored by the Kansas Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), of which Crosier was the executive secretary in the 1950s-1960s.

Dates: 1871-1930, 1953-1968

Clementine Martin family papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 632
Overview

Clementine (Phelps) Martin (1910-1995), was an active resident of Topeka, Kansas, serving the Topeka and broader Northeast Kansas communities for many years. Her community service and involvement included membership in the Kansas Association of Colored Womens Clubs, Ne Plus Ultra Literary Club, and many other organizations. Martin's papers consist of the records of clubs and other organizations with which she was involved and personal papers, including those of her husband and daughter.

Dates: 1918 - 2021

Clenece Hills papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1022
Overview

This collection consists of materials related to Clenece Hills' teaching career, as well as her interests and activities in the Lawrence, Kansas community. The collection also includes family and genealogical information, information from when her husband James was faculty adviser to the Haskell Indian Nations University student newspaper, and information from Mildred Seaman.

Dates: 1926 - 2019

Clif Stratton Papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH WL MS 45
Overview

This collection consists of a paper meant for presentation at the Saturday Night Literary Club of Topeka. The title of the paper is "The More it Changes, the More it is the Same" or "How New is the New?"

Dates: October 8, 1955

Clifford and Mary Margaret Shumaker papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 917
Overview

The Clifford and Mary Margaret Shumaker Papers include their educational diplomas and pedigree charts, as well as papers and photographs from the lives of Mary Margaret Shumaker's Bouse, Nichols, Little, and Clark family ancestors, many of whom resided in or near the Kansas communities of Centralia, Denison, Holton, and Almena.

Dates: 1860 - 1978

Clifford T. Davis letters

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 661
Overview

Clifford T. Davis, a lifetime resident of Lawrence, Kansas, served in Europe during World War II as a medic. During his service, he maintained a steady correspondence with his wife, Josephine M. (Votaw) Davis (1921-1988), whom he had married on July 4, 1941. The collection includes his letters to her and their baby, Nanci Jo, who was born while Clifford was abroad. Josephine Davis was from Hesper, Kansas and was an elementary school teacher.

Dates: 1942 - 1946

Clifton Crain Otto Collection of The Western Insurance Companies (Fort Scott, Kan.) audio recordings

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1167
Overview This collection of audio recordings of The Western Insurance Companies of Fort Scott, Kansas was produced by Clifton Crain Otto, former President and Chairman of the Board of The Western Insurance Companies. The recordings include two production meetings of The Western Insurance Companies, a special meeting where Clifton Crain Otto became Vice Chairman of the Board and Thomas M. Mayhew became President, and a Rotary Club meeting where Clifton Crain Otto spoke about the history of The Western...
Dates: 1962 - 1977

Clifton Crain Otto collection of the Western Insurance Companies records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1146
Overview

This collection of the records of the Western Insurance Companies of Fort Scott, Kansas was compiled by Clifton Crain Otto, former President and Chairman of the Board of said companies. The records include annual reports, company histories, correspondence, event programs, newspaper and journal articles, photographs, and items of memorabilia bearing The Western's name and logo including a large road atlas.

Dates: 1921 - 1998

Clinton, Kansas cyclone photographs

 Collection
Call Number: RH PH 35
Overview

Snapshots of KU professor Charles Bunker and colleagues and Bunker's photographs of damage from a cyclone that struck Clinton, Kansas in 1910. The bulk of the collection consists of images related to the Clinton, Kansas tornado.

Dates: 1910-1940 (bulk 1910)

Clipping books

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS E105

Clipping scrapbooks compiled by Sara Robinson

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS E67
Overview

This collection consists of news clippings collected by Sara Robinson, Charles Robinson's wife, and compiled into scrapbooks. The clippings treat the lives of Charles Robinson, John Brown, James H. Lane, and numerous others prominent in Kansas history. There is biographical information about Lawrence residents, local and regional history.

Dates: 1857 - 1894

Clippings about Carry Nation

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: RH MS D233
Overview

A collection of newspaper clippings collected by Watson Library staff from 1901 to 1961 about Carry Nation's career as prohibitionist and member of the W.C.T.U. Included is an article about Mrs. Mary Belle Chappell of Ottawa and great-niece of Carry Nation.

Dates: 1901 - 1961

Clippings and scrapbook on Kansas history in the 1920s and 1930s

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: RH MS C61
Overview

Scrapbook of mounted newspaper clippings on Kansas history. The articles appeared in the late 1920's and early 1930's. Also included are drawings taken from Andreas' History of Kansas.

Dates: between 1920 and 1939

Clippings collected upon the death of columnist and political commentator Raymond Clapper

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: RH MS D223
Overview

The collection is a scrapbook of newspaper clippings compiled by the Watson Library staff from various publications in 1944 immediately after the report of Raymond Clapper's death.

Dates: 1944

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University of Kansas 76
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White, William Allen, 1868-1944 21
United States. Army 20
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 13
Republican Party (Kan.) 13
Armitage, Katie 12
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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
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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
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997 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
Guttridge, G. H. (George Herbert), 1898- 4
Hoad, William C. (William Christian), 1874- 4
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 4
Irvin, S. M. (Samuel Mcleary), 1812- 4
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