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724 Alabama Street, Lawrence, Kansas photograph
Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH PH P2809
Overview
One original black and white photographic print and three later copies of a child, Alberta White, standing in front of the house located at 724 Alabama Street in Lawrence, Kansas. The house is thought to have been where Mary Patterson Langston, Langston Hughes' grandmother, lived, though the 1907 and 1911 Lawrence city directories list her address as 732 Alabama.
Dates:
approximately 1926
1951 Flood in Lawrence and Topeka
Collection
Call Number: RH PH 113
Overview
This collection contains views of the 1951 flood in Lawrence and Topeka, Kansas.
Dates:
approximately 1951
A map of the vicinity of Lawrence
Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH Map Q97
Scope and Contents
Map was made by Hoad during 1897-98, his senior year at KU in civil engineering. It was published by the KU Country Club. For Hoad's letters describing how he made the map, see RH MS P71.
Dates:
1898
Account of killing of Larkin Milton Skaggs, a Quantrill raider
Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P118
Overview
Account of eye witness J. M. Henry of Lawrence who saw the killing of Skaggs; gives circumstantial account of capture and execution of Quantrill sic] raider.
Dates:
1915
Adair family papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 996
Overview
This collection includes the papers of Asa and Emma Adair of Ellis, Ellis County, and Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, their children and extended families from 1848-1985. Composed primarily of correspondence, there are also photographs, legal documents, University of Kansas and Bowersock Theatre programs, and other printed material.
Dates:
1848 - 1985
Alpha Delta Kappa, Tau Chapter records
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 146
Overview
Alpha Delta Kappa is an honorary teacher's sorority. The collection consists of correspondence, chapter meeting reports, rosters, convention programs and other miscellaneous papers, and scrapbooks that include photographs of members, newspaper clippings, programs, and other memorabilia.
Dates:
1954 - 1982
Alvin Daniel Dahlene papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 274
Overview
This collection deals principally with Alvin Dahlene's participation in the game of horseshoes.
Dates:
1906 - 1978
An Early Stone Church: the English Lutheran Church, Lawrence, Kansas
Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P713
Overview
A history of the establishment and the architecture of the English Lutheran Church (later the Trinity Lutheran Church) of Lawrence, Kansas, written by Cathy Ambler, December 1990. Ambler's history of the church was produced as a student paper for a University of Kansas course in Architecture.
Dates:
December 1990
Barber family (Lawrence, Kansas) letter to the Lawrence Journal-World
Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P253
Overview
The Barber family is discussed, and special mention is made of one Thomas Barber, who was murdered in Lawrence. His story is recounted in a fictional work entitled, The Surveyor by Truman Nelson, a book about John Brown.
Dates:
June 8, 1961
Biography of a city: Lawrence, Kansas videotapes
Collection
Call Number: RH Video 9
Overview
Dennis Domer, professor of architecture at the University of Kansas, presented a course on the history of Lawrence, Kansas, entitled, Biography of a City: Lawrence. These 15 videotapes of the course were produced by KU's Division of Continuing Education.
Dates:
1998
Bishop Vail house (Lawrence, Kansas) papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS P825
Overview
These papers, a gift of University of Kansas professors Frances and Floyd R. Horowitz, concern the history of their former Lawrence, Kansas residence at 505 Ohio Street as the home of Thomas Hubbard Vail, the first Episcopal bishop of Kansas. The papers, all of which are photocopies of original documents, include correspondence between Bishop Vail's grandson, Thomas Hubbard Vail Motter, and Grace (Mrs. Fritz) Heider, when she and her husband occupied the former Vail home in the early 1950s....
Dates:
1870; 1951-1954
Brief history of businesses in Lawrence, Kansas operating in 1883
Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P199
Overview
The leading industries of Lawrence, Kansas. A review of the manufacturing, commercial, real estate, and other important interests, together with a historical sketch. A valuable guide to the industries of the historic city of Kansas. Lawrence, Commercial and Manufacturing Publishing Co., 1883.
Dates:
1883
Brinton Webb Woodward records
Collection
Call Number: RH MS D129
Overview
This collection consists of diaries, some of Woodward's writings, and clippings and greeting cards collected by the Woodward family, who moved to Lawrence, Kansas during the territorial era.
Dates:
1841 - 1921
Building surveys for the Lawrence Downtown Historic Building Survey
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 898
Overview
This collection consists of survey forms which contain a history and architectural decription for each of 229 historic buildings in downtown Lawrence, Kansas. The survey content was compiled in 1993 by Deon Wolfenbarger (Three Gables Preservation) for the Lawrence Downtown Historic Building Survey, a project for which she was commissioned by the City of Lawrence and the Lawrence Historic Resources Commission.
Dates:
August 16, 1993
Cathy Fullenwider's paper for History of the Book class titled, "Early printing in Lawrence, Kansas"
Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P359
Overview
Photocopy of a class paper written for an History of the Book class at the University of Kansas in 1980. The paper covers printing from 1854 to approximately 1863.
Dates:
1980
Centennial reminiscences, or, My stories about Lawrence.
Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P463
Overview
Seaman's reminiscence concentrates primarily on her memories of Lawrence at the turn of the 19th century. The collection includes a photocopy of the original handwritten manuscript and a complete typed transcription.
Dates:
1883 - 1969
Chandler Worth Stephenson papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS B55
Overview
This collection contains a complete record kept by Reverend Chandler Worth Stephenson of his daily activities and expenses for over a 50 year period, while he lived in Kansas, Michigan, and Ohio. The collection includes his diaries as well as loose papers removed from his diaries.
Dates:
1869 - 1921
Charles H. Van Wyck - Ross Brodhead papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 98
Overview
The collection consists of correspondence (business, political and personal), legal documents, and personal financial records of Charles Van Wyck from 1857 until his death in 1895. The rest of the collection is correspondence and business records of Ross Brodhead, dealing with the Van Wyck estate. There are some personal records of Ross Brodhead.
Dates:
1857 - 1905
Charles Stough papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 894
Overview
Charles D. Stough was a prominent member of the Lawrence, Kansas community. This collection consists of his papers from his time as city attorney, as well as material related to his leadership with the Kansas and Douglas County American Revolution Bicentennial Commissions and involvement with the Douglas County Historical Society, his work with Save the Tallgrass Prairie, In. (STP) and the National Parks and Conservation Association (NPCA), and materials related to the Lawrence Friends of the...
Dates:
1919 - 1988
Chronology of public transit in Lawrence, Kansas
Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P364
Overview
Photocopy of paper on Lawrence public transit, 1871-1980, including a series of maps which indicate public transportation routes
Dates:
1981
City Directory of Lawrence, 1855
Collection
Call Number: RH VLT MS E2
Overview
An 1855 directory of property owners in Lawrence, Kansas Territory, arranged by street and lot number.
Dates:
1855
Clenece Hills papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1022
Overview
This collection consists of materials related to Clenece Hills' teaching career as well as her interests and activities in the Lawrence, Kan. community. The collection also includes family and genealogical information, information from when her husband James was faculty adviser to the Haskell Indian Nations University student newspaper, and information from Mildred Seaman.
Dates:
1926 - 2015
Collection of George Ellis, First Lieutenant, Company I, 12th Kansas Infantry materials
Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P132
Overview
Biography of George Ellis written in 1953 by Howard C. Raynesford titled George Ellis, First Lieutenant, Company I, 12th Kansas Infantry. Ellis served as Lieutenant in the Kansas Infantry during the Civil War and was killed in battle. Ellis County and the town of Ellis in Kansas was named in his honor. Also included is a genealogy of the Ellis family, a photograph, and a photocopy of his military commission. Raynesford also gives a brief account of the...
Dates:
1862, 1953
Conrad G. Creitz papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS P265
Overview
Conrad Creitz was a University of Kansas student in the middle and late 1960's. The collection consists of scattered notes on SDS [Students for a Democratic Society] activities in the spring of 1966, a list of right-wing organizations in Houston, Texas, SDS membership card, May 2nd movement membership cards, and a clipping from SDS New Left Notes.
Dates:
1966
Correspondence between Oscar G. Richards and William E. Connelley
Collection
Call Number: RH MS P136
Overview
Richards and William Connelley corresponded about Kansas territorial history. Richards, who participated in the border wars between Kansas Territory and Missouri (1854-1861), recounted the events for Connelley, a historian. The letters, dated 1902-1909, were written approximately 50 years after the events. Connelley and Richards were specifically interested in detailing the border war involvement of Richards himself as well as James Lane, John Brown, William Quantrill, and Governor Charles...
Dates:
1902 - 1909
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- Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865 14
- University of Kansas 13
- Brown, John, 1800-1859 5
- Ambler, Cathy 3
- Connelley , William Elsey, 1855-1930 3
- Friends in Council (Lawrence, Kan.) 3
- Haskell Institute 3
- Hoad, William C. (William Christian), 1874- 3
- Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Office 3
- Learnard, Mary S., 1842-1932 3
- Trinity Episcopal Church (Lawrence, Kan.) 3
- Carney, Thomas, 1824-1888 2
- Council of Social Agencies (Lawrence, Kan.) 2
- Davis, Emma Stubbs, 1885-1942 2
- Davis, Samuel Hunt, 1848-1938 2
- Delaware Tribe of Indians 2
- Douglas County Historical Society (Douglas County, Kan.) 2
- Eldridge, Shalor Winchell, 1816-1899 2
- Elliott, Robert Gaston 2
- Enslinger, Dennis 2
- First United Methodist Church (Lawrence, Kan.) 2
- Grover, Joel, 1825-1879 2
- Hastie family. 2
- Hasty family. 2
- Hesper Academy (Hesper, Kan.) 2
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- Lawrence (Kan.). City Commission 2
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- Lawrence League for the Practice of Democracy (Lawrence, Kan.) 2
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- Leavenworth, Lawrence, and Galveston Railroad Company 2
- Miller, Shelley 2
- Morrow, Robert, 1825-1912 2
- New England Emigrant Aid Company 2
- Oak Hill Cemetery (Lawrence, Kan.) 2
- Plymouth Congregational Church (Lawrence, Kan.) 2
- Rice, Harry Nicholas, 1951-1970 2
- Rowe, Elfriede Fischer 2
- Scott, W. W. (William W.) 2
- University of Kansas Country Club 2
- Watson, Mildred Davis 2
- Abbott, James Burnett, 1818-1897 1
- Acme Manganese Mining Company (Kansas City, Kan.) 1
- Adair family 1
- Adair, Asa Rogers 1
- Adair, Emma May Keyser, 1865-1952 1
- Adair, Hugh Rogers, 1889-1971 1
- Agnew family 1
- Alford family 1
- Allison, Isadora Augusta Johnson 1
- Alpha Delta Kappa. Tau chapter (Lawrence, Kan.) 1
- Alpha Phi 1
- Altenbernd, Kerry 1
- Anderson, Arthur J., 1863-1942 1
- Anderson, Margaret L., 1895-1976 1
- Anderson, Samuel Brooks, 1825-1907 1
- Anderson, William T., 1840-1864 1
- Andrews, John Albion 1
- Archibald family 1
- Archibald, John Christie, 1812-1860 1
- Armitage, Katie 1
- Asbury, Robert Fossett 1
- Asher, Kathleen 1
- Baldridge family 1
- Banks, E. V., 1836?-1873 1
- Barber family. 1
- Barber, Thomas W., 1814-1855 1
- Barnhart family. 1
- Benjamin, David, 1963- 1
- Bernard family. 1
- Berry, G. W. (George W.) 1
- Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center 1
- Bismark Fair (Lawrence, Kan.) 1
- Black Kettle, -1868 (Cheyenne chief) 1
- Boss of the Bay Mining Company 1
- Bowersock, Justin DeWitt, 1842-1922 1
- Branson, Jacob 1
- Brodhead, Ross 1
- Brooks, Paul R., Mrs. 1
- Bullene, Lathrop, 1826-1915 1
- Bumgardner, Edward, 1865- 1
- Business and Professional Women's Club (Lawrence, Kan.) 1
- Carney family 1
- Carpenter, Louis, 1829-1863 1
- Chapman family 1
- Choctaw Nation 1
- Clark family 1
- Clark, Hiram C. 1
- Clarke, Edith Marie, 1870-1957 1
- Clarke, Florence 1
- Clarke, Martha (Resident of Kansas) 1
- Clason, Barbara E., 1916-1990 1
- Coal Creek Library (Vinland, Kan.) 1
- Collamore, George W., 1818-1863 1
- Cooper family 1
- Cooper, John Wesley, 1842- 1
- Coordinating Committee for the Black Community (Lawrence, Kan.) 1
- Courtney, Marjorie M. Shryock 1
- Crawford, Elizabeth Ticknor 1
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