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James Milton Turner correspondence
Two letters written by James Milton Turner, offering his services for the 1884 U.S. presidential campaign of Republican James Gillespie Blaine (1830-1893).
James N. Mason papers
James N. Mason has been a notable member of the National Socialist and White Supremacist movements in the United States. This collection contains his personal papers generated from four decades of political activism.
James P. Davis papers
The papers of James P. Davis are those of a Kansas City, Kansas attorney who served in the State House of Representatives and as County Commissioner for the 2nd District of Wyandotte County.
James P. Meigs, Jr. papers
The James P. Meigs, Jr. papers are those of a long time Junction City, Kansas resident who served in the U.S. Army for 30 years. They date from 1940 to 1967 and consist of certificates and discharge papers, all of which are photocopies. The collection also includes photographs, which are located at RH MS-P P837 and RH MS-P P837(f).
James Pearson's senatorial papers
The papers of Senator James B. Pearson reflect his official duties and activities while serving Kansas in the United States Senate from 1962 to 1978.
James Postma papers
James Postma (1916-1998) was a Kansas native, attorney, and a leader in the Lawrence, Kansas, community. This collection of his papers consists of materials relating to Postma's involvement in the Lawrence, Kansas Committee for a Better Lawrence and the Kansas Bar Association, including its Awards Committee and Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts (IOLTA) Implementation and Grant Review Committees.
James Smothers papers
James Smothers became the first African American mayor of Junction City, Kansas in 1979. This collection of Smothers' papers is comprised predominately of material relating to his service on the Junction City City Commission.
James Valdez Photograph Collection
This collection of five ambrotype and daguerreotype portraits was found in a Lawrence, Kansas home in 1988. Beyond a few names nothing is known about the people in the photographs.
James W. Halfhill papers
James W. Halfhill's papers relating to the Fourth Ohio Constitutional Convention, convened in Columbus, Ohio, January, 1912.
James W. Jessee papers
This collection consists of diaries and their transcripts, military letters of appointment, correspondence, writings, and other materials kept by James W. Jessee, a farmer who lived in both Douglas and Osage Counties, Kansas and McClean County, Illinois. The most substantive part of the collection are his diaries from his time serving in the American Civil War with the 8th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
James William Denver letters
This collection consists of official letters to and from James Denver during his military service in the Mexican-American War, as well as personal letters to Denver's brother Arthur of Platte City, Missouri; his sister Elizabeth A. Johns of Wilmington, Ohio; and his wife Louise Catherine Denver of Wilmington, OH. These latter letters were written while he was serving as governor of the Kansas Territory.
James William Denver papers and diary
Business papers and correspondence of James William Denver from 1839-1912. Includes a diary dated May 20, 1850-September 5, 1850, with miscellaneous notes.
James William Gambier logbook
One logbook with logs of two voyages in the ships Sylvia and Ellborough. Both logs have been kept in the same volume, reading from opposite ends in reverse directions. Voyages were between England and off the coasts of China and Japan. One voyage took place from Hongkong to England via the Cape of Good Hope.
James William Lucas Heaviside letter
James William Lucas Heaviside (1808-1897), a clergyman and professor of mathematics located in England (London?), writes to "My dear Donaldson," enclosing his remarks on the progress of a student (not included in Spencer Research Library's collection), and requests that Donaldson have the Registrar send him a cheque that is payable in London.
James Wright Johnston family papers
James Wright Johnston, a Pennsylvania lawyer and banker, emigrated to Lawrence, Kansas in 1872, where he founded the State Bank of Lawrence, and was succeeded as bank president by his son, Robert Cromwell Johnston. These papers include biographical sketches of the father and son, correspondence and photographs of their Johnston family members of Lawrence, and family letters and career documents of J. W. Johnston's father, the Reverend Robert Johnston of Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
Jan Meyers political papers
Jan Meyers represented Kansas in the United States House of Representatives and the Kansas Legislature. This collection documents her participation in both legislatures. Meyers was city councilwoman in Overland Park from 1967-1972, served as a senator in the Kansas Legislature from 1972-1984, and was a Republican congresswoman from 1985-1997.
Jane Comstock Clarke collection
The Jane Comstock Clarke collection consists of a Clarke family photo album and loose family photographs, along with a few cards sent by Clarke and some news clippings from Honolulu, Hawaii newspapers about the poetry that Clarke published there using the pen name Jane Comstock.
Jane van Meter collection
The bulk of the Jane van Meter collection is correspondence, mostly letters from Sylvia Beach, who was owner of the Shakespeare and Company Bookstore in Paris, France and for whom van Meter was an assistant. Identification documents, notecards from van Meter's studies at the Sorbonne, personally inscribed books, and photographs of van Meter in Paris and later in life on the campus of the University of Kansas in Lawrence make up the rest of the collection.
Jane Wofford Malin collection
Jane Wofford Malin grew up in Lawrence, Kansas, had a career teaching French in Texas, and then retired to her home town of Lawrence, Kansas. This collection documents her life and her connections to Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas, and in France and abroad. The correspondence in this collection, as well as papers and photographs of Malin and each of her parents, represents two generations of Midwestern life.
Jarboe family papers
The Jarboe family papers, dating from 1865 to the 1950s, document the history of an upperclass, educated family over a period of three generations. The family lived throughout Kansas and Oklahoma and were involved in banking, the mercantile business, farming, and gold prospecting.
Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging records
Jayhawk Audubon Society records
The Jayhawk Audubon Society, founded in 1970, is a chapter of the National Audubon Society. The Society's mission is "encourage enjoyment of, to promote understanding of, and to advocate conservation of the natural world." This collection contains various records from the Jayhawk Audubon Society, such as financial statements, club calendars, charters, newspaper clippings, membership lists, program agendas and correspondence.
Jayhawker in France Newspaper
Jayhawker in France, v.1 no.2. Unofficial organ of the 137th infantry, Sampigny, France, Wednesday, February 5, 1919.