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Account Book of Henry J. de Coster
Collection
Call Number: MS B8
Overview
This account book written in Flemish and French by Henry J. de Coster from 1790-1802 tracks his lumber trade financial dealings as he begins his business. "In coop boek, begonst met het jaar 1790" is written on the first free flyleaf. A number of leaves, which are notes on accounts often written on the versos of letters, etc., were removed from the book and are housed separately.
Dates:
1790 - 1802
Account Book of Isaac L. Cowen
Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: MS C291
Overview
Account book of income and expenses kept by Isaac Luce Cowen [or Cowing, or Covin], of New Bedford, Massachusetts, from 1843-1854.
Dates:
1843 - 1854
Account-book of the estate of Reverend Richard Greene
Collection
Call Number: MS B125
Overview
An account book containing legal documents that records the history of the estate, household accounts, etc., kept by estate administrator William Webb for the estate of Reverend Richard Greene of England. The account-book runs from the death of Greene of Greatham to Richard I. Greene's death and the final settlement with Maria Greene (Richard I. Greene's sister) in 1794. Although the family is genteel and has income from investments and land, the income is very small.
Dates:
April 8, 1786-September 11, 1794
Account Books of Hill Top Farm, etc.
Collection
Call Number: MS C296
Overview
The collection consists of 3 farm account books, mainly for Hill Top Farm, Midhurst, Sussex but also including accounts for property at nearby Heyshott and Cranmore and for various persons. The accounts record payments made and received for taxes, rents, wages, animals, supplies, etc. Hill Top Farm was apparently purchased by William Fisher in 1809 with the assistance of his father, Richard Fisher of Mill End, Hambledon, Buckinghamshire, who died in 1813. The first account book opens with notes...
Dates:
1823 - 1872
Account of Cherokee Indian affairs in Oklahoma during the past generation
Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P242
Overview
Account of the history of Cherokee Indian affairs in Oklahoma during the past generation, together with correspondence regarding the account. Tahlequah, Oklahoma, 1966.
Dates:
1966
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
Account of the 1860 Revolution in Colombia
Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: MS P77
Overview
First-person account--possibly fictional--of Revolution of 1860 in Colombia, South America. Account may be incomplete; includes parts 1-7.
Dates:
After 1880 (foot note pages 33: 20 años mas tarde)
Accounting, Correspondence, and Financial Records for the Bank of White Cloud, Kansas
Collection
Call Number: RH MS E124
Overview
Accounting, correspondence, and financial records.
Dates:
1881 - 1905
Accounts and memoranda concerning the United Irishman and Galway American newspaper
Collection
Call Number: MS P327
Overview
Accounts and memoranda concerning the United Irishman and Galway American newspaper, initially published in Galway and then later in Dublin, Ireland. Includes notes by C.G. [Charles Guilfoyle] Doran, who was the secretary of the governing council for the National Brotherhood of St. Patrick, the publisher of the newspaper.
Dates:
1863
Accounts of the Trustees of the Poor's Ground
Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: MS B124
Overview
Account book for a charity issuing bread and a yearly coat for each poor person (presumably of the parish). Recipients are named (in 1685 there are 8; in the 1760's there are about 40; after 1784 they are no longer named). Trustees are named: they usually sign the account yearly. The charity is not named or located; after 1725 the yearly heading is "The Accounts of the Trustees of the Poores Land Devisd by, Richard Hill Gent. Decd." The money is derived from rents from land in Cradley and in...
Dates:
1685-1805[?]
Ackenhausen Saddlery Co. invoice
Collection
Call Number: RH MS P893
Overview
This handwritten invoice receipt in postcard form is from Cha[rle]s Ackenhausen to Mess. Terhune Bros., Mound City, Mo., March 14, 1906.
Dates:
1906
ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) Lawrence records
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 858
Overview
The national American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) organization was founded in 1920 to protect individual rights guaranteed in the constitution. This collection contains files of the Lawrence (Kansas) chapter of the ACLU including correspondence, newsletters, case files and miscellaneous materials about the ACLU Lawrence branch.
Dates:
1963 - 1974
Adah Clarke's Max Reinhardt Workshop material
Collection
Call Number: MS 10
Overview
Collection of memorabilia collected by Adah Clarke (later Adah C. Hagan?) while a student in the Max Reinhardt Workshop at Los Angeles, California, circa 1939. Largely mimeographed and otherwise copied, the collection also includes some manuscripts, sketches, photos, etc. Includes class notes, annotated scripts, prop lists, and other related materials. Many individual items incomplete. Almost all items include typed explanations by Adah Clarke.
Dates:
approximately 1939 [compiled in 1950s?]
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
Adna G. Clarke letters
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1520
Overview
This collection contains letters written by Captain Adna G. Clarke of Company H of the 20th Kansas Volunteers to his wife and other family members while serving in the Spanish-American War in the Philippines. Also in the collection are some ephemera from Clarke's time in the war and some news articles by and about Clarke from later in his life after he moved to Hawaii.
Dates:
1898-1953 (bulk 1898-1899)
Adversaria. The Common-Place-Book, by Robert Courthope Sims
Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: MS B40
Overview
Commonplace book, or a volume created to compile knowledge, kept by Robert Courthope Sims of Essex, England.
Dates:
approximately 1755-1769 or later
African American history clippings
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1183
Overview
The African American history clippings collection covers a range of topics related to African American history, with some of the material relating specifically to Kansas and the Kansas City area.
Dates:
1960 - 1996
African American photograph album
Collection — Box: 1
Call Number: RH PH 531
Overview
This collection consists of photographic prints and tintypes of African Americans, taken in eastern Kansas in the latter half of the 19th century. The posed and informal portraits had been compiled into an album that has been disbound due to severe deterioration. Images include individuals and groups of babies, children, and adults; most of the photographs were taken in studios and are posed in exterior or interior settings.
Dates:
[between 1880-1900]
African American World War II oral history collection
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1439
Overview
This collection consists of audio recordings and transcripts of oral history interviews of African American World War II veterans located in Kansas, from a project conducted by staff and students at the Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas with sponsorship from the Sandra Gautt KU Endowment. Also in the collection are some photographs and photocopies of photographic prints, original military-related documents and copies of documents, reference material, and other materials...
Dates:
1940s, 2010-2013
Afrikan Culture Society records
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 881
Overview
The Afrikan Culture Society records are those of a Leavenworth Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas based group attempting to raise awareness of African American history and cultural, social, and political problems.
Dates:
1987 - 1988
Afro-American Clubwomen Project records
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 705
Overview
The Afro-American Clubwomen's Project was a grant-funded collecting project, developed by the University of Kansas Women's Studies program, which sought to document the history of African American Women's clubs in Kansas.
Dates:
1900s-1986
Agnes Dawson collection
Collection
Call Number: MS 295
Overview
Agnes (Balloch) Dawson was married to William Dawson III, who served as United States Minister to Ecuador, Colombia, and Uruguay, as well as U.S. Ambassador to Panama between 1931-1941. This collection includes extensive letters written by Agnes to family members describing daily diplomatic life and public social events. Included in her correspondence are photographs and newspaper clippings. A genealogy of her paternal lineage is also included from 1861-1905.
Dates:
1861 - 1941
Agnes Hudson papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS P799
Overview
The Agnes Hudson papers are those of a long time Salina, Kansas resident who was an active participant in that city's social activities.
Dates:
1934 - 1945
Agnes T. Frog political campaign materials
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 472
Overview
Agnes T. Frog, "A True Amphibian", was a 1986 write-in candidate for Douglas County Commissioner, representing the interests of voters who protested the County Commission's decision to issue $4 million in general obligation bonds the previous year. The funds which were slated to help pay for the proposed southern Lawrence bypass, the proposal of which generated concern regarding environmental impacts to the area, specifically the Baker Wetlands. The collection consists of photocopies of...
Dates:
1986
Agreement between Robert Morrow and Jonathan Oldham and William T. Faxon
Collection
Call Number: RH MS P874
Overview
This agreement, signed by Robert Morrow, Jonathan Oldham, and William T. Faxon of the city of Lawrence in Kansas Territory, specifies their respective contractual obligations in a business arrangement for buying, cutting, curing, and packing pork. The agreement names Morrow for purchase of the pork, with Oldham and Faxon supplying the necessary buildings and labor.
Dates:
November 27, 1860
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