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Christine "Felix" Sturgeon papers
The collection contains a large number of letters concerning Christine Sturgeon's family life, her travels, her submitted writings/sketches, and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. It also contains a collection of written works by Christine and her second husband Argyll, including drafts, manuscripts, and published materials, both poetry and prose. Finally there are a number of keepsakes from Christine's travels.
Christmas card of "Old Windmill" in Lawrence, Kansas to Mrs. Wilcox
Christmas card with Margaret Whittemore's print drawing of "Old Windmill" in Lawrence, and yuletide greetings from Margaret Whittemore to Mrs. Wilcox and a Doctor and Mrs. Sterin.
Christmas in Early Kansas drawing
Large-format pencil drawing of an outdoor winter scene, including a farm with animals, a church and town buildings, a man dragging an evergreen tree behind him while riding a horse, and children making a snowman. "Christmas in Early Kansas" is written below the drawing, along with the initials, possibly of the creator, "SPJ."
Christopher Smyth legal document
Christopher Smyth, a gentleman of Northampton, acknowledges that he has a conveyance from Thomas Breton, an apothecary of Northhampton, and Robert Lloyd Breton, his son, for an estate at Winston and Pettaugh currently being occupied by Joseph Peck. Smyth pledges to keep the deeds for the Breton family. The document is docketed.
Chronological sketch regarding the founding of Leavenworth, Lawrence, and Galveston Railroad, 1945
Brief chronological sketch of the establishment of the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad, with an assertion that the original bridge over the Kansas River was completed in 1872. There is also a photograph of the railroad bridge across the Kansas River with the Santa Fe station in the foreground.
Chronology of public transit in Lawrence, Kansas
Photocopy of paper on Lawrence public transit, 1871-1980, including a series of maps which indicate public transportation routes
Chuck Berg press kits collection
Chuck Fischer collection
This collection consists of original artwork, paintings, and mock-ups produced by artist and designer Chuck Fischer for his pop-up books, murals, and other design work.
Church and Town Estate and the Almalgamated Poor and Almshouse Charities records
This collection contains a trustees meeting minute book, register of applicants for vacancies, and correspondence for the Church and Town Estate and the Almalgamated Poor and Almshouse Charities.
Church of the Ascension (Kansas City, Kansas) records
The Church of the Ascension records are those of a long standing Kansas City, Kansas Episcopalian church.
Church program and clippings about the First United Presbyterian Church (Oswego, Kan.)
The church program and a newspaper clipping dated, February 8, 1973, regarding the merger of the Altamont United Presbyterian Church and the Oswego United Presbyterian Church to the First United Presbyterian Church in Oswego.
Church Women United records
The Church Women United of Lawrence, Kansas, is a group of Christian women formed to strengthen ties with each other and their churches to celebrate World Day of Prayer, Map Fellowship Day and World Community Day, and contribute to action for peace and social justice. This collection includes some of their minutes, publicity scrapbooks, publications, and issues of Churchwoman.
Churches of Lawrence
A thesis on churches in Lawrence, Kansas written in 1948. Churches covered are Trinity Episcopal Church, Plymouth Congregational Church, First Methodist Church, St. John's the Evangelist Catholic Church, Trinity Lutheran Church, Evangelical United Brethren Church. Photographs and plans are included.
Citizen Diplomacy Archives of Bob Swan
From the early 1980s through the 2000s, Bob Swan organized several major United States-Soviet initiatives to improve relations between the two nations and their citizens. This collection consists of manuscript material, publications, audio-visual materials, and objects related to Swan's initiatives and to his interest in the culture and history of the countries that made up the Soviet Union.
Citizens for Environmental Action in Kansas records
This small collection of the Citizens for Environmental Action in Kansas (CEAK) is comprised of correspondence, reports, minutes of the board of directors meetings, and a 1970 copy of the organization's bylaws. According to those bylaws, the purpose of CEAK was to "promote wider understanding of the Kansas environment and to promote programs to improve and maintain the quality of life in that environment, whether urban or rural."
Citizens petitions requesting that Balie Peyton Waggener run for Kansas Senate
The collection consists of petitions of August 16, 1911 which were presented to Mr. Waggener upon his return from Rochester, Minn. where he had undergone a serious operation. Accounts relate that he was greeted by hundreds of children who lined the streets to his home. The petitions were signed by the residents of Atchison County and mounted on cloth to form a scroll.
City directory of Lawrence, Kansas Territory
An 1855 directory of property owners in Lawrence, Kansas Territory, arranged by street and lot number.
City of Eudora records
Eudora, Kansas records including cemetery records, council minutes, treasurer records, city ordinances, tax rolls, and city council minutes. Also includes Justice of the Peace Court records.
Civic Theaters Across Kansas records
Tom Rea was a theatre professor at the University of Kansas and participated in community theatre programs throughout the state. This collection contains material reflecting those activities, including conference and meeting minutes and notes, local theatre floor plans and seating arrangements, clippings, programs, issues of The Community Call Board, photographs, and correspondence about community theatre.
Civil War diary of Douglas O. Lilley
This Civil War diary of Douglas O. Lilley, a private in Company D of the Kansas 8th Regiment, contains his daily entries for the entirety of 1863, describing his military duties at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, his transfer as a prisoner to Benton Barracks in Missouri, his service in Tennessee and Georgia, and his return to Kansas and resumption of civilian life following disability discharge in December 1863. A letter enclosure is at RH MS P619.
Civil War letters
Letters by a variety of authors connected with the United States' Civil War. Topics include the daily lives of soldiers, military campaigns, request for supplies and aid, issues with desertion, court-martial decisions, soldiers reporting for duty, and officers issuing orders.
Civil War letters (1861-1865) of James Kerr Proudfit, together with Proudfit and Howard Family papers
A collection of seventy-six bound Civil War letters written from 1861 to 1865 between James Kerr Proudfit of the Twelfth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment and his family members, together with related papers and published documents by and about Proudfit, the Proudfit family, and the Howard family.
Civil War letters and Quantrill Ribbon
The collection consists of two letters on the subject of William Clarke Quantrill, though not specifically his raid on Lawrence, Kansas. The collection also includes a ribbon from a reunion in honor of the survivors of Quantrill's raid and one issue of the Lafayette Daily Journal of Indiana, dated June 6, 1856, which includes an article about Kansas.
Civil War memoir of Sergeant Perry O. C. Nixon
This memoir of Perry Oliver Cook Nixon, written in 1907, details his Civil War experiences as a Union soldier in Company C of the 10th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, including the battles of Nashville and Atlanta, as well as Sherman's March to the Sea. Nixon also documents his childhood and his post-war experiences as a Labette County, Kansas settler. Loose items associated with the memoir are located at RH MS P646.