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Corrected manuscript of Persian Adventure, published by Alfred A. Knopf.

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: RH MS 126
Overview

Carbon typescript with handwritten corrections, lacking chapter 17

Dates: August 2, 1953

Correspondence and membership forms.

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P270
Scope and Contents

The collection contains three pieces of correspondence from the union's national Headquarters, but there are no records to indicate that the union had members in the strip coal mining sections of Kansas. (See also entries under Associated Union of Steam Shovelmen, Chicago and International Brotherhood of Steam Shovel and Dredge Men, Chicago)

Dates: 1925 - 1926

Correspondence and memorabilia

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P23

Correspondence and miscellaneous items regarding the cannon "Old Sacramento"

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P251
Overview

Includes material about the cannon called "Old Sacramento", and a cannonball believed to be one from the cannon which was presented to the University by Claude L. Darbe in 1960. The cannon ball was found on a farm by Bert E. Darbe in 1895, the site of the old town of Franklin. There is also a brief history on the cannon's use in a pro-slavery attack on Lawrence in the spring of 1856.

Dates: 1960 - 1961

Correspondence and papers concerning the life and work of Frank Lloyd Wright

 Collection
Call Number: MS 132
Overview

This collection mainly consists of correspondence and writings about the life and work of architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), but also includes some of his speeches, articles, and architectural specifications.

Dates: 1934 - 2000

Correspondence and papers of Elisha and Elizabeth Eulalia Bass and family

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 283
Overview

The Bass/Bayley collection consists primarily of the correspondence and papers of Elisha and Elizabeth Eulalia Bass and their relatives. The Bass family were New Englanders who settled in pre-Civil War Texas near present-day Brownsville, Cameron County. They later located to California and Colorado.

Dates: 1794, 1831, bulk 1844-1922, 1962, 1975

Correspondence and writings about forestry

 Collection
Call Number: MS E234
Overview

Account of Sylvester Douglas Glenbervie’s experiments in planting the New Forest, the Forest of Dean, and other royal forests with ship-timber, 1808-1814; report on state of the forests in 1819; brief history of royal forests. Also includes letters about timber-growing, forest management, etc. by Glenbervie and others, found laid into the volume of his Account.

Dates: 1820; and 1813, 1844, 1860, 1874, 1882, 1886, 1896

Correspondence between Oscar G. Richards and William E. Connelley

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P136
Overview Richards and William Connelley corresponded about Kansas territorial history. Richards, who participated in the border wars between Kansas Territory and Missouri (1854-1861), recounted the events for Connelley, a historian. The letters, dated 1902-1909, were written approximately 50 years after the events. Connelley and Richards were specifically interested in detailing the border war involvement of Richards himself as well as James Lane, John Brown, William Quantrill, and Governor...
Dates: 1902 - 1909

Correspondence between the families of President Syngman Rhee and General Lyman Lemnitzer

 Collection
Call Number: MS 256
Overview President Syngman Rhee, Korea's first president, and United States Army General Lyman Lemnitzer came into contact when Lemnitzer served in Korea in the 1950s. Their families became friends and continued their friendship through correspondence and visits. The majority of letters in this collection are from Mrs. Francesca Rhee to Mrs. Katherine Lemnitzer to thank her for gifts and to share news about orphanages and social events. In one letter, President Rhee writes to the General in...
Dates: 1956 - 1983

Correspondence by Thomas Moore

 Collection
Call Number: MS P219
Overview

Irish poet's letters from the first half of the 19th century. Topics include personal matters, discussions with Moore's publisher James Power, etc. Moore was Lord Byron's literary executor and, famous in his time for his ballads and Irish Melodies, he wrote the lyrics for both "The Minstrel Boy" and "The Last Rose of Summer."

Dates: approximately 1813-1829 and undated

Correspondence, etc. of Sir Walter Wilson Greg

 Collection
Call Number: MS P134
Overview

Papers of Sir Walter Wilson Greg (1875-1959) who served as librarian of Trinity College Library, Cambridge, from 1907 to 1913. This small collection includes several letters from other holders of that post (2 letters received from Robert Sinker (1838-1913) in 1899 and 1 letter received in 1931 from H.M. (Herbert Mayow) Adams) and some facsimile photographs of manuscripts, etc. This material was found laid in a copy of Robert Sinker's history of Trinity College Library, published in 1891.

Dates: February 1899; undated

Correspondence from Marcus Parrott to his Dayton, Ohio family members

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS VLT 554
Overview

The collection contains 34 letters written by Marcus Junius Parrott to his Dayton, Ohio family members. The letters date from April 7, 1851 to April 28, 1862, and are arranged chronologically. Also included in the collection are a brief handwritten statement by [Laurette?] Parrott [Irvin?] regarding the collection content, and an offprint of a published 1865 sermon by Phillips Brooks, delivered at the time of Abraham Lincoln's death.

Dates: 1851 - 1862

Correspondence, magazine articles and reviews, and biographical material on Constantine Samuel Rafinesque

 Collection
Call Number: MS 13
Overview

Collection of correspondence, notes, magazine articles and reviews, and biographical information on Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, 1783-1840.

Dates: 1817-1839; 1917-1943

Correspondence of Arthur Symons

 Collection
Call Number: MS P416
Overview

Artificial collection of letters, etc. written by Arthur Symons, a British poet born in Wales who joined the literary community surrounding the Rhymers' Club in the late 19th century. The items in this collectiton mostly were found tipped in volumes from the P.S. O'Hegarty collection of Irish literature.

Dates: 1889?-1923?

Correspondence of Francis Pierce Fitzwilliam

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 12
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of correspondence, legal forms and receipts arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1894 - 1911

Correspondence of George M. Beal and Helen R. Beal with other Taliesin Fellows

 Collection — Box: 1
Call Number: MS 133
Overview

The collection consists mainly of letters to George M. Beal and Helen R. Beal from other Taliesin Fellows, 1934-1966.

Dates: 1934 - 1966

Correspondence of George Townshend and his circle

 Collection
Call Number: MS 41
Overview

Correspondence of George Townshend, 1st Marquis of Townshend, and others in his circle. Most letters written from Great Britain and Ireland (particularly London and Norfolk), some from India or continental Europe.

Dates: 1711 - 1849

Correspondence of H. L. Mencken

 Collection
Call Number: MS 165
Overview 308 letters written by the editor and social critic Henry Louis Mencken to 42 recipients: journalists, contributors, men-of-letters, and friends. Subjects include politics, language, publishing, manners of people of the United States, and literary circles. Includes a few related letters by others and 65 photocopies of approximately 140 letters from Mencken to Harry Barnes and Harry Kemp. Texts in the collection include 7 brief draft articles by Mencken; there are also 6 articles and related...
Dates: 1909 - 1972

Correspondence of Henry Sagan

 Collection — Box: 1
Call Number: MS 34
Overview

Primarily concerns his Rilke collection. Also copies of Rilke material (1898-1924), 1 Rilke letter (1901), etc.

Dates: 1928 - 1957

Correspondence of Isidor Landau

 Collection
Call Number: MS 2
Overview

Correspondence of Isidor Landau discussing theatre, as well as literature and social life. Includes 316 letters; 16 Manuscripts; 35 photographs; and 49 printed ephemeral items (posters, theatre-programs, etc.)

Dates: 1864-1937 (bulk 1880s-1930s)

Correspondence of Jennie and Will Johnson

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P909
Overview

Jennie Johnson and husband Will Johnson resided in Beaumont, Kansas in the late 19th century with their son, Henry. They managed a farm, and Will traveled frequently. This collection includes correspondence among Jennie; Will; and their friends, family, and neighbors sent between 1885 and 1888. The letters are organized bu author and then by date.

Dates: 1885 - 1888

Correspondence of John Dos Passos

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: MS P485
Overview

This collection consists of a single piece of correspondence, a signed typed letter to John Moore of Montana State University (Missoula, Montana), giving him permission to reprint "Camera Eye 14" in a book of readings. The letter includes a discussion of financial arrangements (Author's Guild terms or flat fee). Dos Passos was at 571 Commercial Street in Provincetown, Massachusetts when writing the letter.

Dates: July 30, 1946

Correspondence of John Everett Millais

 Collection
Call Number: MS P592
Overview

Three letters from John Everett Millais, an English painter and illustrator and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

Dates: approximately 1865-1891

Correspondence of John Methuen and Sir William Simpson

 Collection
Call Number: MS E82
Overview

Letters bound in 2 volumes: political, personal, diplomatic (including copies of reports, orders, newsletters, etc.) Also loose letters, documents, notes, etc.

Dates: 1626-1823 (bulk 1703-1707)

Correspondence of Lady Mary Holland

 Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1-20
Call Number: MS 203A
Overview

This is a collection of 20 letters, dated 1771-1777, from Lady Mary Holland (ca 1746-1778), wife of Stephen Fox, to Françoise Payne (lLater Lady Lavington), wife of the governor of the Leeward Islands. They consist of social and domestic news from one politician's wife to another.

Dates: 1772 - 1777

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 13
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Wood, Frank 7
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Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission 6
Otto, David Arthur, 1934- 6
Pennell, Joseph Judd, 1866-1922 6
Sturgeon, Theodore 6
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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
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Johnson, Ronald, 1935-1998 5
Kansas Association of Colored Women and Girls’ Clubs 5
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Kansas. Legislature 5
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Miller, Timothy, 1944- 5
Mrs. Hudson's Fine Books & Paper 5
New England Emigrant Aid Company 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
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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