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Brinton Webb Woodward records
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.
Brittendall family papers
Clarence Brittendall (b. 1872) wrote from Okeene, Oklahoma Territory to Rilla Stone (1876-1954), Brookville, Saline County, Kansas, as he made improvements on his homestead claim from the Cherokee Strip land run in September 1893. The two exchanged letters until their marriage in November 1894. This collection consists of their correspondence as well as family history notes by Caroline Dean and Bessie Dutton. Most of the letters are accompanied by photocopied transcripts.
Brown County, Kan. Records
Various records including delinquient property taxes, railroad taxes, reports of the record clerk, and school reports.
Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research records
The records in this collection are those of the Topeka, Kansas-based Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence, and Research, established in 1988 as a tribute to the 1954 Brown v. Topeka Board of Education case and its plaintiffs and participants. These records include general information on the foundation and related subjects and events.
Bryan K. Whitehead papers
Brydie R. Alsbrook papers
The Brydie R. Alsbrook papers are those of a native Kansas City, Kansan who worked as an educator for many years and was active in the community, especially at Church of the Ascension.
Budget messages of Kansas Governor Fred Hall
These two budget messages were delivered to the Kansas Legislature by Kansas Governor Fred Hall on February 1, 1955 and January 11, 1956.
Buffalo Town Association share and photographs
Buggy Tracks by Bess Harrison
Buggy Tracks; A personal narrative of life in a small western Kansas town in the early 1900's, together with family photographs. Ft. Morgan, Colorado? 197-
Building surveys for the Lawrence Downtown Historic Building Survey
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.
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company freight received record
An itemized description of articles received as freight with notations of weight, rate, and total charges. Consignor and consignee are identified, as are the towns from which the freight was shipped.
Bushong Marionettes collection
The collection contains scrapbooks and a bound manuscript containing correspondence, marionette plays, photographs, theatre programs, and instructions for making marionettes.
Business and personal papers of Benjamin Walker and his family and business associates
The business and personal papers in the Benjamin Walker collection primarily record the business and social activities of Benjamin Walker in connection with relatives, business associates, and acquaintances, all residing in the towns of Taunton and Dighton in Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Business and Professional Women's Club of Baldwin City, Kansas records
This collection consists of the by-laws and various records of the Business and Professional Women's Club of Baldwin City, Kansas from the years 1959-1979. Club records include meeting minutes and attendance records, as well as financial records.
Business cards, Lawrence, Kansas
This collection consists of business cards, most of which are from Lawrence, Kansas, businesses in the 1880s.
Business Records of William Hinckle Smith
William Hinckle Smith (1861-1943) was a wealthy Philadelphia capitalist who directed and operated the shares of many companies across Pennsylvania, New York, North Dakota, Colorado, and Nevada. This collection contains business and personal ledgers from Smith's corporations and estate.
Butler County Farm Bureau Home Economics Extension Program member booklets
These three member booklets from the Home Economics Extension Program of Butler County, Kansas are those of program member Eva Jeanette (Mrs. George) Carr. Her program booklets, signed Jeanette Carr, are for the Haverhill and Augusta units of Butler County, and list the names of unit officers, members, project leaders, meeting dates, and topics of meeting lessons and demonstrations for the years 1933, 1937, and 1938. Cover title: Farm Bureau Program.
Butler County Historical Society records
Registrations books, land transactions, Sheriff's day book, Farm Visitor Register, Trustee's Records
C. J. Collins letter regarding a map of the Pony Express route
Letter of transmittal from C. J. Collins, General Passenger Traffic Manager for the Union Pacific Railroad, regarding the gift of a pictorial map of the Pony Express route from the early 1860s between St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California. The letter describes the map's creators, Wiliam H. Jackson in collaboration with Howard R. Driggs, and conveys background information regarding the map's production.
C. J. Moore collection
C. Y. Thomas collection
C.A. Harkness prescription file
C.A. Harkness was a druggist in Hays, Kansas. This collection contains his prescription file for years 1907-1908.
Cabinet card album containing portraits of famous persons
Album of cabinet cards with portraits of famous politicians and others, mostly men except for Queen Victoria and Mrs. Lucretia A. Garfield.
Cainie Steele collection on Kansas history
Cainie Steele (1899-1985) was a school teacher in the Baldwin, Kansas area. Steele's collection of Kansas history related newspaper clippings, including topics such as early Kansas towns, civil war, business, politics, agriculture, and pioneers, was used by her as a teaching reference.
Caleb Demuth Agnew photographs of Mervyn A. Anderson
The collection contains twenty-four glass negatives of Mervyn Anderson taken by her father, Caleb Demuth Agnew, in Creston, Iowa. All negatives have corresponding prints made by Spencer Research Library photo archivist staff after the collection was given to the Library.
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- Lawrence (Kan.) -- History 68
- Kansas -- History -- 1854-1861 48
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- Douglas County (Kan.) -- History 28
- Kansas -- History 26
- Kansas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 26
- Lawrence (Kan.) 24
- Diaries 22
- Lawrence Massacre, Lawrence, Kan., 1863 22
- American poetry -- 20th century 21
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 21
- Kansas -- Emigration and immigration 20
- Kansas -- Politics and government 18
- African Americans -- Kansas 16
- African American families -- Kansas 14
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Kansas 14
- Kansas -- Politics and government -- 1854-1861 14
- Lawrence (Kan.) -- History -- 19th century 14
- Science fiction 14
- Architecture -- Designs and plans 13
- Kansas -- Description and travel 13
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American 13
- African Americans -- Kansas -- Politics and government 12
- African Americans -- Kansas -- Topeka 12
- English literature -- 19th century 12
- Lawrence (Kan.) -- Social life and customs 12
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- Kansas -- Genealogy 11
- Kansas -- Politics and government -- 1951- 11
- Leavenworth (Kan.) -- History 11
- World War, 1914-1918 11
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- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories 8
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- Zoology -- Research 8
- African Americans -- Kansas -- Lawrence 7
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- Family archives -- Kansas 7
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- United States -- History -- 1933-1945 7
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- English literature -- Irish authors 6
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- Farmers -- Correspondence 6
- Irish literature 6
- Kansas -- Pictorial works 6
- Lawrence (Kan.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 6
- Leavenworth County (Kan.) -- History 6
- Legislators -- United States -- Correspondence 6
- Ornithology 6
- Slavery -- United States -- Extension to the territories 6
- Topeka (Kan.) -- History 6
- Topeka (Kan.) -- Pictorial works 6
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 6
- White Cloud (Kan.) 6
- African American educators -- Kansas 5 ∧ less
- Names
- University of Kansas 59
- Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865 21
- White, William Allen, 1868-1944 21
- United States. Army 19
- Brown, John, 1800-1859 15
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 13
- Republican Party (Kan.) 13
- Armitage, Katie 12
- Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866 12
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 12
- University of Kansas. Libraries 11
- Haskell Institute 10
- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 10
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 10
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 9
- Sumner High School (Kansas City, Kan.) 9
- University of Kansas. School of Engineering 9
- Wilcox, Laird M. 9
- Ingalls, John James, 1833-1900 8
- O'Hegarty, P. S. (Patrick Sarsfield), 1879-1955 8
- Reid, Albert Turner, 1873-1955 8
- University of Kansas. Museum of Natural History 8
- Connelley , William Elsey, 1855-1930 7
- Lawrence, Amos Adams, 1814-1886 7
- Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894 7
- University of Kansas. William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information 7
- Wood, Frank 7
- African Methodist Episcopal Church 6
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 6
- Douglass Hospital (Kansas City, Kan.) 6
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 6
- Inge, William 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 English 6
- University of Kansas. Libraries. University Archives 6
- White, William Lindsay, 1900-1973 6
- Besinger, Curtis 5
- Between the Covers Rare Books 5
- Bowersock, Justin DeWitt, 1842-1922 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
- Haskell Indian Junior College 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. Supreme Court 5
- Katzman, David M. 5
- League of Women Voters of Kansas 5
- Meyen, Edward L. 5
- Miller, Timothy, 1944- 5
- New England Emigrant Aid Company 5
- Populist Party (Kan.) 5
- Robinson, Sara T. L. (Sara Tappan Lawrence), 1827-1911 5
- University of Kansas. Department of History 5
- University of Kansas. School of Architecture and Urban Design 5
- University of Kansas. School of Fine Arts 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
- Boyd, Beverly, 1925- 4
- Calvary Baptist Church (Wichita, Kan.) 4
- Capper, Arthur, 1865-1951 4
- Carney, Thomas, 1824-1888 4
- Clark family 4
- Clarke, Sidney, 1831-1909 4
- Coan, Clark 4
- Democratic Party (Kan.) 4
- Domer, Dennis, 1944- 4
- Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970 4
- Duchesne, Philippine, Saint, 1769-1852. 4
- Ellis, Ralph Nicholson, 1908-1945 4
- Friends in Council (Lawrence, Kan.) 4
- Funston, Frederick, 1865-1917 4
- Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 4
- Guttridge, G. H. (George Herbert), 1898- 4
- Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art 4
- Hoad, William C. (William Christian), 1874- 4
- Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 4
- Horowitz, Frances Degen 4
- Irvin, S. M. (Samuel Mcleary), 1812- 4
- Kansas Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers 4
- Kansas University Endowment Association 4
- Kansas. Adjutant General's Office 4
- Kansas. Board of Regents 4
- Kansas. Legislature. House of Representatives 4
- Kansas. Militia 4
- Lane University (Lecompton Kan.) 4
- Lawrence (Kan.). City Commission 4
- Layton, Elizabeth, 1909-1993 4 ∧ less
- Language
- English 3624
- French 94
- German 72
- Spanish; Castilian 60
- Latin 56
- Italian 46
- Russian 14
- Portuguese 9
- Dutch; Flemish 8
- Japanese 7
- Greek, Modern (1453-) 6
- Arabic 5
- Chinese 5
- Polish 5
- Danish 4
- Korean 4
- Hebrew 3
- Scots 3
- Swedish 3
- Afrikaans 2
- French, Old (842-ca.1400) 2
- Irish 2
- Hindi 2
- Welsh 2
- Akkadian 1
- Algonquian languages 1
- English, Old (ca.450-1100) 1
- Bosnian 1
- Bulgarian 1
- Czech 1
- Egyptian (Ancient) 1
- French, Middle (ca.1400-1600) 1
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 1
- Kuanyama; Kwanyama 1
- Lithuanian 1
- Maori 1
- Malay 1
- Multiple languages 1
- Norwegian 1
- Persian 1
- Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan 1
- Slavic languages 1
- Serbian 1
- Sumerian 1
- Tahitian 1
- Telugu 1
- Tswana 1
- Turkish 1
- Ukrainian 1
- Xhosa 1 ∧ less