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Gaetano Giarre calligraphy manual: Alfabeto di lettere iniziali adorno di animali
This collection consists of a single calligraphy-manual, containing an alphabet of ornamented initials, each beginning an Italian verse, and instructions for writing, cutting a pen, etc. Elaborate birds, beasts, plants, mythological creatures. From Giarre's Alfabeto, 1797, and his Invento, 1801.
Gamba Family Photographs
This collection contains photographs of the Gamba family in many activities and of the Gamba Brothers Market in Osage City, Kansas.
Garnett, Kansas photograph
Photograph taken by David Benjamin of Garnett, Anderson County, Kansas in 1990.
Garnett, Kansas stereographs
Stereographic views of Garnett, Kansas. The photographs were taken by Andrew I. Cook, a photographer originally from Pitcher, New York, who opened a gallery in Garnett in December 1879, then moved to Cincinnatus, New York in about 1884.
Gary Mark Smith collection
This collection contains manuscript material, photographs, negatives, and slides of, about, or containing the work of Lawrence, Kansas-based photographer Gary Mark Smith, as well as other related materials regarding his career and family.
Gas. Ferquet letter
Gas. Ferquet writes during the Crimean War to an unknown recipient ("Madame") about his appreciation of the camaraderie of the war and the appointment of Ernest Louis Octave Courtot de Cissey (1810-1882) to General of the Brigade.
Gasparo Tentivo’s Portolano of the Ionian and Aegean Seas and the Archipelago
Portolano or book of manuscript sea charts, sailing directions, and descriptions of anchorages covering primarily the Greek islands and coasts; also the Sea of Marmora, Turkish coast, Rhodes, Crete, Cyprus; and part of the Yugoslavian, Albanian, Syrian and Egyptian coasts; and Brindisi.
Gene Burnett papers
The Gene Burnett collection comprises materials relating to his personal life, his interest in flying and airplanes, the operations of Burnett Instrument Company, and his philanthropic work in and around Lawrence, Kansas. The collection covers nearly all of Burnett's personal life.
Généalogie de la maison de Turgot
Created in 1775 by Denis François Gastelier de la Tour, this apparently unpublished genealogy traces the Turgot family, prominent in 18th-century France, back to the 15th century. The full title reads: "Généalogie de la maison de Turgot faite en Juin 1775, par le S[ieu]r Gastelier de la Tour auteur de l’Armorial des Etats de Languedoc et de plusieurs autres ouvrages."
General orders regarding Nez Perce prisoners at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,
Orders issued by Captain J. J. Coppinger detailing the personnel and duties of a guard for Nez Perce prisoners-of-war encamped near the fort. The order is signed by P. T. Brodrick, 1st Lt. and Adjutant 23rd Infantry, Post Adjutant and by 1st Lt. W. P. Manning, 23rd Infantry.
General records from the University of Kansas
This record group includes records that are general to the University of Kansas as a whole. These records span most of KU’s history and cover a wide range of topics. In particular, RG 0 contains building and campus records, scholarship records, records from the University of Kansas Medical Center, and visitor records.
General records from the University of Kansas - Architectural Drawings
Architectural drawings for various buildings that have existed on the Lawrence, Edwards, and other campuses of the University of Kansas.
Geneva Hall photograph album
This album, compiled by Geneva Hall, includes photographs and some clippings depicting African American life on 15th and Quincy in Topeka, Kansas during the early part of the twentieth century.
Geography [By] William Dunbar
George A. Crawford Letter
Letter from George A. Crawford, Fort Scott, Kansas, to James W. Denver, Governor of Kansas Territory, April 22, 1858 concerning a raid by Jim Denton's gang of Jayhawkers on pro-slave and national free-state Democrats in Fort Scott, Kansas.
George Allen photograph collection
Collection of photographic images of Kansas and other states from the late 19th century and early 20th century of towns, scenery, and events.
George and Evelyn Harper papers
The papers of George and Evelyn Harper are those of a native Kansan couple. George Harper served as Atchison, Kansas' first African American mayor and Evelyn Harper became a leader in education.
George Bernard Shaw collection
Collection of correspondence and other items written by the Irish playwright and critic George Bernard Shaw to other individuals.
George C. Angle papers
George C. Angle, a Republican politician from Barnesville, Kansas, was active as precinct organizer and minor political functionary in the Kansas Republican party. This collection contains correspondence, lists of voters, clippings, minutes of local political conventions, and similar materials related to his political organizing, as well as personal materials, including letters from Fred Clendening, who was a sergeant under Frederick Funston during the Spanish-American War.
George Catlin papers
George Churchill legal document
This collection consists of a single legal document in the form of a letter: appointment as ship's master. Order by Churchill, as Admiral of the Blue Squadron of the English Navy, directed to Mr John Mullett (who is fit to serve as Master of any of HM ships of the third rate) to repair to HMS Sommersett and take charge of her as Master (under a Captain), "for which this shall be your Warrant." "By the Honoble Geo: Churchill...Whereas I am inform'd of your ability..."
George Cruse autograph album
This collection includes the autograph album of George Cruse, who lived in Mulvane, Kansas. It includes entries from grade school classmates, friends, and family dated from January through March 1901. According to census records, George was born in Rockford Township, Sedgwick County, Kansas in 1890 to parents F.M. and Dora Cruse. He had one younger sister, Hazel, born in 1892.
George Dobree letter
At the beginning of this letter written to an unidentified recipient, Reverend George Dobree (born 1831), Curate of Cockfield in Suffolk, England, says he is enclosing a contribution to assist with chapel debts. He also notes that there are many temptations in life and that he looks forward to heaven. By the end of the letter, Dobree has changed his mind and states that Alfred Hilder, grocer and draper, will send the order for the contribution.
George Docking papers
George Docking served as Governor of Kansas from 1957-1961. This collection of papers contains photographs, newspaper clippings compiled during Docking's first term as governor, memorabilia, scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, and correspondence between various people and organizations, including 1956 campaign correspondence.
George E. Young letter
This letter from George Edwin Young, a survivor of William Quantrill's raid on Lawrence, Kansas, August 21, 1863, was written to his father two days following the massacre. A typed and annotated transcription of the letter is included.