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Ella Mae Jackson papers
This collection contains miscellaneous papers concerning Ella Mae Jackson's role in the African-American community's struggle for school integration in Kansas City, Kansas in the 1960s; including newspaper clippings and certificates of her sons' school achievements, and a 1973 souvenir booklet of her cousins', Arthur and Martha Williams, 50th wedding anniversary.
Ellanna McManigal Belden scrapbook
Ellanna (McManigal) Belden graduated from Horton High School (Horton, Kansas) in May 1915 and enrolled in the Kansas State Normal School (Emporia, Kansas) later that year. Her scrapbook contains photographs, programs, news clippings, and other items of memorabilia from high school and college. Included is a Camp Funston, Kansas musical comedy program from 1919, and a copy of her 1922 teacher's contract with the Horton City Schools.
Ellen Cowell school papers
Pauline Cowell was a student at the University of Kansas, 1934-1938, graduating in 1938 with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and a Minor in Psychology. This collection contains notes and assignments for Psychology and Business courses at the University of Kansas, 1934-1937.
Elliott Coues correspondence
Collection of correspondence from Elliott Coues, an American ornithologist and Army surgeon, mainly with natural historian George Newbold Lawrence.
Elliott family papers
The Elliott family papers consist of correspondence, printed materials, photographs, and memorabilia from a family that settled in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas soon after it opened for Euro-American settlement in 1854.
Elmer and Viola McColm glass plate negative collection
Twelve glass plate negatives, each measuring 5x7", depicting rural scenes, perhaps from or near Bucklin, Ford County, Kansas, including what appear to be sod-constructed buildings and farmlands. One image is an interior shot of a wood stove, wicker rocking chair, and other furniture. Occasionally a single individual or at most two men appear in the images.
Elmer C. Jackson papers
The Elmer C. Jackson papers are those of a native Kansan and prominent Kansas City, Kansas attorney. Jackson was active in numerous local and national organizations, such as the National Bar Association, the Kansas Board of Regents, and Sigma Pi Phi.
Elmer Richard Limbird photographs
Elmer Roth photograph collection
Collection contains photographs gathered by Elmer Roth of lawyers and judges from Great Bend, Kansas, including photographs of Roy J. McMullin, William Higgins, J.W. Green, Henry C. Hill, and two unidentified men.
Elmer Rusco papers
Elmer R. Rusco, a Kansas native and graduate of the University of Kansas, was an activist, author, and professor of political science, specializing in the civil rights movement, at the University of Nevada-Reno. This collection is comprised of material related to Rusco's participation in the civil rights movement as well as research regarding minority rights, conducted for the completion of his master's thesis.
Elmer Underwood papers
Photocopy of two letters, Jan. 24 and Jan. 27, 1936, from Elmer Underwood to University of Kansas Professor Robert Taft, giving information for Taft's history of American photography. Included with the second letter was a 1924 or 1925 essay written by Underwood about the history of his company, Underwood and Underwood, from 1882 to the mid 1920s and an addenda, written in 1936, bringing the history up to date.
Elston Melton papers
Elston Joseph "E.J." Melton was a journalist and author, as well as former president of the Missouri Press Association, Missouri Writers' Guild, Central Missouri Press Association, and Missouri State Board of Education. This collection consists of several drafts of his book "Quick Darkness," as well as numerous photos of and relating to steamboats.
Elvin J. Bailey Papers
The Elvin J. Bailey Papers are those of a long time Kansas resident who was mayor of Abilene, Kansas and, later, the owner of Bailey Truck Line Company.
Emanuel Haldeman-Julius letter
Emblem of the Kansas State Guard
The collection consist of one drawing titled "1st Pursuit Squadron, Kansas State Guard". The image portrays a farmer in an airplane, backed by a tornado.
Emeline A. Adens commonplace book
Contains poems contributed by or in memory of family and friends, a short essay entitled "Experience of one in holy life," and prayer meeting schedules. First entry signed by Emeline A Adens, Barre [Massachusetts?], 16 November 1837.
Emergency Service Council records
The Emergency Service Council, formed in 1971, is a consortium of Lawrence, Kansas-based social service agencies, including Penn House, ECKAN, Salvation Army, Douglas County Senior Services and Women's Transitional Care Services. The collection includes administrative records, including meeting minutes and committee reports.
Emily Isabelle Combes letters
A typed transcription of letters written by Emily Isabelle Combes in 1871 to her fiance in Ohio. Combes moved to Rice County, Kansas, with her father where they homesteaded. Her letters describe pioneer life on the prairie, relations between white settlers and Native Americans, buffalo hunts, prairie fires, and other experiences she had in Kansas.
Emma Berg photograph collection
Copies of photographs of Emma Berg's teaching experiences at the Vinland School District 49 in Douglas County, Kansas from 1928 to 1931 and in the 1950s, including photographs of the 75th anniversary celebration in Lawrence in 1929, other teachers and administrative staff at education conferences and district meetings circa 1950-1954, and the Douglas County Youth Orchestra circa 1955.
Emma E. Woods papers
The Emma E. Woods papers are those of a longtime Wichita, Kansas resident and dietitian who was an active member of various social groups, including the Booker T. Washington Literary and Art Club.
Emma F. Botsford letters
Emma Florence Botsford lived in Emporia Kansas. She was engaged to William Thayer Barry of Boston, Massachusetts, after visiting him in 1902. The letters in this collection document the daily life and struggles of an Edwardian working-class young woman in Emporia, Kansas.
Emmanuel Jones scrapbook
This collection comprises a scrapbook created by Kansas-based Welsh minister Emmanuel Jones in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The scrapbook contains documents, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to the life and work of Jones and his wife. The scrapbook was unbound and deconstructed in the 1980s for conservation purposes and has since been repaired, although it remains unbound.
Emmett Dalton letter
Dalton, the reformed outlaw, writes to Mrs. Mowry, Tulsa, Oklahoma. March 31, 1908, seeking a loan of $100 to open a tailor shop. He explains the partnership of the shop and expresses his gratitude for her recent card "after [his] course of electrical treatment."
English Poetical Miscellanies first-line index
This first-line index to Arthur Case's Bibliography of English Poetical Miscellanies, 1521-1750 was a collaborative project of Richard Charles Boys and Arthur Mizener. They had gone through the miscellanies listed by Case, writing down the first line of each poem on a slip of paper and stamping the slip with the Case item numbers, making notations of variant forms on the same line on the front or back of the slip, and sometimes noting the author.