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Ida Mae Newsom collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P593
Overview This collection contains a variety of materials photocopied from Ida Mae Newsom, including obituaries and funeral programs; news clippings about marriages, vow renewals, and other personal announcements about family and African American community members in Independence; awards and certificates for service performed by Newsom, particularly from the Order of the Eastern Star; programs and clippings regarding the St. John's Baptist Church and Newsom's involvement with it; and programs, news...
Dates: 1930s-1980s

Ida Weith Faddis family histories

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P438
Overview

A family history/personal memoir written by Ida Faddis. The manuscript begins with the move of the Weith and Newton families to Iola, Kansas, in the 1870's and ends with Ida Faddis' retirement from public school teaching in 1954. The memoirs are mainly drawn from the reminiscences of several family members and contains some early history of Iola, Basset, Gas City, and LaHarpe, Kansas.

Dates: 1870-1970; 1870-1954

Identity formation in the East Lawrence neighborhood

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P730
Overview

This photocopied 63-page research paper was written by University of Kansas graduate student Cathy Ambler for a 1991 fall semester course in American Studies. Ambler's paper explores the economic and cultural history of the East Lawrence neighborhood of Lawrence, Kansas as related to the neighborhood's development and identity. Included are fifty-three illustrations of East Lawrence streets and buildings.

Dates: December 16, 1991

Il conclave del 1774: Dramma per musica da recitarsi nel…Carnovale dell’anno 1775…

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: MS D81
Overview

Satirical libretto for (closet?) musical drama based on election of Pope Pius VI.

Dates: 1775?

[Il pastor fido.] Imitation du Berge Fidele, pastorele Italiene pour...Charlote Helene Gaiant

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: MS C85
Overview

A 17th- or 18th-century copy of the pastoral tragicomedy, Il pastor fido, written in 1590 by the Italian poet and diplomat, Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538-1612).

Dates: 17th-18th century

Illustrated Cold War Current Event Calendars

 Collection — Box: 1
Call Number: RH MS R441
Overview Robert L. Wilderson was a civilian planner and operations officer/analyst who worked for the Department of Defense in Leavenworth, Kansas until his retirement sometime after 1989. He was a practicing Wiccan and a strong opponent of the Reagan Administration. This collection includes eight desk calendars for the years 1981-1987 and 1989, a typed letter from Wilderson and his wife to ABC Broadcast standards, and 10 pieces of pagan and Wiccan ephemera from the early 1990s, comprising primarily...
Dates: 1981 - 1991

Illustrated Letters to Grandgoy Leonard

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1358
Overview

Illustrated letters from Albert T. Reid to his grandson Leonard, whom he sometimes called Lenno. Also contains photographs, news clippings, and other related materials.

Dates: 1929 - 1946

Impressions of ethnicity: the German community in Lawrence, Kansas, 1869-1917

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P685
Overview

A photocopied 21-page typescript of a class paper by University of Kansas graduate student James B. O'Barr, describing the German community of Lawrence, Kansas during the years 1869-1917.

Dates: December 2, 1980

Independent Order of Good Templars of Jefferson County, Kansas, Lodge No. 17 records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P978
Overview

This collection consists of a minute book and loose materials from the Independent Order of Good Templars of Sarcoxie Township, Jefferson County, Kansas.

Dates: 1874, 1876

Index abecedarius: an alphabetical index to the first edition of the 'Species Plantarum' of Linnaeus

 Collection
Call Number: MS P649
Overview This manuscript and associated papers by the botanist, William Philip Hiern (1839-1925), form a record of the production of his Index abecedarius: an alphabetical index to the first edition of the 'Species Plantarum' of Linnaeus. The manuscript includes the title, introduction and text of the index, copied by an amanuensis but bearing the author's signature, corrections and other annotations. The manuscript was probably written early in 1906, because the author's pencil annotation on the...
Dates: 1906

"Indian Education at Haskell Institute, 1884-1937" by Loretta Granzer

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: RH MS D205
Overview

Typescript master thesis by Loretta Granzer for the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska in 1937. Bibliography on pages 260-270.

Dates: 1937

"Indian Romance" by E.D. Saunders

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P204
Overview

This collection consists of E.D. Saunders' account of the tale of Frenchman Michael Barada's courtship of Tae-Gle-Ha, or Laughing Buffalo, a Native American member of the Omaha Tribe. The account, told by Will Barada, explains why the Nebraska Legislature passed a bill to make the Barada family members of the Omaha tribe.

Dates: October 11, 1937

Indianola, Kansas town records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1202
Overview

The collection dates from 1863 to 1901 and includes six Internal Revenue licenses and an article titled, "Story of a Town That Was" from the Topeka State Journal, referring to Indianola, Shawnee County, Kansas.

Dates: 1863 - 1901

Ingleside Club records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS CK25
Overview The Ingleside Club was founded in October 1894 in Lawrence, Kansas, with a membership of nine women. Originally known as the Eureka Club, the name changed to the Ingleside Club by 1896. The members of the club were "dedicated to the enrichment of their minds" through the study of literature and attendance at lectures, plays or musical recitals. They also contributed their time, efforts, and donations to charitable endeavors. These records include the club's yearbook programs, historical...
Dates: 1899 - 1988

Insurance Policy for the ship A.R. Tucker

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: MS P739
Overview

The insurance policy for the ship A.R. Tucker was issued in 1868 by the Union Mutual Marine Insurance Company of New Bedford, Massachusetts. The policy covered losses during the ship's voyages for the next four years, to expire in 1872.

Dates: 1868

Interest notice from H. B. Denman

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P93
Overview

Addressed to A. Repnir by H. B. Denman, mayor of Leavenworth, Kansas, to pay interest due to Auley McAuley. McAuley's signed receipt is on the same sheet.

Dates: 1859

International Brotherhood of Steam Shovel and Dredge Men account book

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P269
Overview

Account book and honorary withdrawal card receipt book, for district 6. The items include membership information about steam shovel operators and workers in the strip coal mining industry in Kansas.

Dates: 1917 - 1927

International City/County Management Association (ICMA) records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 950
Overview The International City/County Management Association (ICMA) was founded in 1914 as the International City Managers Association. ICMA is the professional and educational organization for chief appointed managers, administrators, and assistants in cities, towns, counties, and regional entities worldwide. This collection contains their administrative records dating back to the organization's founding, but is comprised predominately of materials from the 1970s-1990s. The collection also includes...
Dates: 1900 - 2011

Interview with Mr. Smrha, Chief Engineer of the Water Resources Division, State Board of Agriculture.

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P289
Overview

Describes water resources development in Kansas.

Dates: February 3, 1953

Interview with William E. Connelley

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: RH MS E71
Overview

Elias Snyder, son of Ely Snyder, interview with William E. Connelley on the Marais des Cygnes Massacre, May 19th, 1858; William C. Quantrill; John Brown on the Snyder Claim; James Montgomery; Marshall Cleveland, and the last of the Jayhawkers. Lawrence, Kan., 1942.

Dates: 1942

Interviews by William E. Connelley and letter

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P131
Overview

The accounts in this collection relate to Reuben Randlett's experiences in the 1856 sacking of Lawrence, Kansas; his activities as a spy among the raiders; the Battle of Black Jack; the dissolution of the Free State legislature in Topeka on July 4, 1856; and Randlett's captivity by William C. Quantrill in 1862. The collection also includes a photograph of Randlett.

Dates: 1906 - 1916

Inventory of Pratt maps

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS S1
Dates: Other: 1929-1963

Investigation of lynchings in Kansas and Missouri from 1889-1942

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P276
Overview

A list of blacks lynched in Missouri and Kansas from 1889-1942, with location of the incident, compiled in 1973.

Dates: 1973

Inviolata; Alto voice and organ

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: MS R5:2
Overview

Inviolata. Song for alto voice and organ.

Dates: undated [19th century]

Invitation to attend the opening of the first section of forty miles of the Union Pacific Railroad's road west of the Missouri River

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P165
Overview

Note in accession file states that the opening was scheduled for August 18, 1864, but was not held because road wasn't acceptable.

Dates: 1864

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Lawrence (Kan.) -- History 67
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Kansas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 26
Diaries 24
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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