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Alexander L. Boyle artworks
Collection
Call Number: PP 548
Overview
Alexander Boyle taught in the design department at the University of Kansas from 1953-1992. The collection includes items in various stages of creation and reproduction from Boyle's art. Boyle's focuses were birds in wildlife, traditional Aztec/Mesoamerican art, and buildings on the campus of the University of Kansas. His works depicting the Campanile and the old Fraser Hall are included.
Dates:
1965 - 1992
Arthur F. McClure papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1131
Overview
The Arthur F. McClure papers consist primarily of collected publications and photographs. The older portion of the collection (papers dating from 1872-1934 and photographs) belonged to the father, who was a printer. The newer portion of the collection (Arthur McClure II papers) belonged to the son, who taught history at Central Missouri State University and shares the same name. The Arthur McClure II papers include correspondence and historical information mainly regarding University of...
Dates:
1872 - 1991
Basketball Coach's records
Series
Call Number: RG 66/13/3
Overview
This series, from the Athletics Department record group at the University of Kansas, consists of correspondence and related materials from the basketball coach's office when Forrest C. "Phog" Allen held the position. It also contains records from Allen's position as head of the Department of Physical Education, a position he held concurrently for several years. Topics include but are not limited to basketball conferences and tournaments; coaching schools; committees with which Allen worked;...
Dates:
1933 - 1955
C. J. Moore collection
Collection
Call Number: RH MS A8
Overview
This collection consists of glass plate negatives, a few prints, and C.J. Moore's catalogs of photographs he took. Photographic subjects include buildings and town views of Oketo, Marshall County, La Cygne, Linn County, and Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas; the University of Kansas in Lawrence; family portraits and vacation snapshots in the Midwest and Northeast of the United States; and other topics. The photographs mostly date from the 1890s-1920s; the volumes include information about...
Dates:
1893-1946 (bulk 1893-1922)
Charles and Karen Tidwell Collection
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1287
Overview
The collection primarily documents Charles Tidwell's athletic achievements as a student at the University of Kansas. Materials in the collection include newspaper clippings, programs, publications, and photographs.
Dates:
1937 - 1995
Clayton M. Crosier collection
Collection
Call Number: RH PH 1
Overview
This colection includes photographic images of railroad bridges, rivers, and bridge construction scenes collected by Clayton M. Crosier and dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The collection also includes papers pertaining to the radio program "International Conversations," sponsored by the Kansas Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), of which Crosier was the executive secretary in the 1950s-1960s.
Dates:
1871-1930, 1953-1968
Delano E. Lewis papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1075
Overview
The Delano E. Lewis papers are those of a Kansas native who was President and CEO of C & P Telephone (Washington, D.C.) and later became President of National Public Radio.
Dates:
1960 - 2004
Douglas County Historical Society manuscript collections
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 84
Overview
The Douglas County Historical Society was organized in 1933 by a group headed by Professor F. N. Raymond of the University of Kansas. This collection consists of manuscript and printed materials from a variety of individuals, businesses, and organizations associated with the history of Douglas County, Kansas, from its territorial settlment period of the 1850s through much of the 20th century, deposited by the Douglas County Historical Society with the Spencer Research Library.
Dates:
approximately 1789-1980s
Dr. C. Kermit Phelps papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 687
Overview
The Papers of Dr. C. Kermit Phelps are those of a native Kansan who became a leader in the field of clinical psychology.
Dates:
1955 - 1997
Family History database project related to in-migration to Kansas
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 161
Overview
This project originated as part of the course requirements for History 8, United States History, 1865 to the Present, taught by William Juhnke, in an effort to build a database related to in-migration to Kansas. The collection has since been added to by Mark Rose.
Dates:
1974 - 1978
Greene B. Buster papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 512
Overview
The Greene B. Buster papers are those of a longtime Kansas resident and career historian. For forty years, Buster taught history and was vice principal at Kansas City, Kansas' Sumner High School.
Dates:
1902 - 1974
Harvey family papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1152
Overview
The Harvey Family Papers are those of a long time Kansas farming family headed by David and Rebecca Harvey. The papers focus on the Harvey's three sons, Sherman (a lawyer), Grant (a doctor), and Edward (a farmer), all of whom graduated from the University of Kansas.
Dates:
1913 - 1977
Helen Pieper University of Kansas memoribilia
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1213
Overview
This collection contains yearbooks, tickets and pamphlets to school activities Helen Pieper collected while attending the University of Kansas.
Dates:
1928 - 1932
J. W. Miller papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 960
Overview
J.W. (John W.) Miller (1872-1945) owned a hardware store at 627 Massachusetts Street in Lawrence, Kansas during the 1920s to the 1940s. He also lived with his family on Louisiana Street, and owned several apartment buildings there. Aside from his entrepreneurial activities he also participated in the Benevolent Order of Elks Lodge #595, serving as the treasurer during 1930. His daughter Wilma R. Miller (1902-1988) was a 1924 graduate of the University of Kansas. She maintained the farm...
Dates:
1914 - 1988
James Bibb papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1027
Overview
James W. Bibb served as the Budget Director for the state of Kansas, and later as the Business and Fiscal Affairs officer at the University of Kansas. This collection includes articles and publications regarding budgetmaking at state and university levels, some authored by Bibb; personal correspondence; and documents regarding university programming, lecture notes, speeches, scrapbooks, and photographs.
Dates:
1950 - 1987
John D. Montgomery papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 961
Overview
These papers of Kansas journalist and political leader John D. Montgomery consist of clippings, correspondence, and photographs from his student years at the University of Kansas, where he was business manager of the University's student newspaper and captain of the boxing team. Included are photographs of Montgomery's boxing coach, Tommy Dixon, and a photograph of the "Ku Ku Klan," a 1920s pep club, of which Montgomery was not a member.
Dates:
1922 - 1925
John Lee papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1428
Overview
This collection contains drawings and designs done by John Lee during his time as a practicing architect, materials that relate to his time teaching at the University of Kansas, and his involvement in building restoration around downtown Lawrence, Kansas, particularly his involvment in the restoration of the Union Pacific Depot. This collection also includes materials from his bicycling hobby and influence in a cycling club on KU's campus.
Dates:
1989 - 1996
John Thomas Johnson papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 164
Overview
John Thomas Johnson worked as a freelance reporter, primarily for the Topeka Capital-Journal, and as a stringer for Time magazine, the Wichita Eagle-Beacon, the Kansas City Star-Times, and United Press International.
This collection includes notes compiled while he was reporting in Lawrence, Kansas, 1970, and outlines, notes, etc., for a proposed book to be jointly authored with James P. Girard. A later addition to the collection contains materials related to his work for Time-Life in El...
Dates:
1970 - 1994
Kansas Board of Regents records
Collection
Call Number: RG 1
Overview
This collection is comprised of the records of the Kansas Board of Regents, appointed by the Governor of Kansas, which oversees the state's seven public universities, nineteen community colleges, and six technical colleges.
Dates:
1865 - 2010
Kansas Public Housing photographs
Collection
Call Number: RH PH 27
Overview
Photographs of conditions at a housing project in Lawrence, Kansas.
Dates:
1969
Letters from Sara Robinson
Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P141
Overview
Sara Robinson's letters to Phebe Stone, her sister-in-law, were written while her husband Charles Robinson was in California. Her letters to Frank Blackmar mention a history written about the University of Kansas, events at the University, books about Kansas, property holdings and taxes, and farm management and expenses.
Dates:
1850 - 1909
Lou Charno photographs
Collection
Call Number: RH PH 45
Overview
This collection includes a photoprint series of University of Kansas alumni by Lou Charno, who used a dye transfer process invented in 1869 to produce the images. The photographs were published in an exhibition guide, Gallery of Outstanding Kansans, 1986. The collection also includes 4x6 black and white prints and negatives of several demolished or disintegrating properties around Lawrence, Kansas, taken in 2002.
Dates:
1986, 2002
Margaret Verhage collection
Collection
Call Number: RH MS P967
Overview
Collection of four books owned by Margaret Verhage or family members, related to faternal organizations and the University of Kansas.
Dates:
1892 - 1951
Martha Peterson papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 953
Overview
Jamestown, Kansas native Martha Peterson (1916-2006) served as Dean of Women at the University of Kansas and the University of Wisconsin, President of Barnard College, New York, and President of Beloit College, Wisconsin. Peterson, the first woman to serve on the board of ExxonMobil, also served on many other corporate boards. This collection of her papers reflects these activities, as well as her personal and family history. The collection includes professional and personal correspondence,...
Dates:
1830-2007 (bulk 1916-2006)
Mary E. Townsend papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS P597
Overview
The Papers of Mary E. Townsend are those of a native Kansan and social worker who taught at the University of Kansas, worked in the school's psychological clinic, and was director of the KU Office of Minority Affairs.
Dates:
1918 - 1940s
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