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Letters received by Edward Weston

 Collection
Call Number: MS D159
Overview

The collection consists of 141 letters and related items bound together in a single volume and received by Edward Weston (1703-1770, Under-Secretary of State for the Northern Province, and editor of the London Gazette) from diplomats and governmental agents on the Continent, during the Wars of the Austrian Succession. The letters mostly concern military and political matters.

Dates: August 17-December 31, 1743

Lieutenant D'Orissey letter

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: MS P675
Overview

This collection consists of a single letter, written by a Lieutenant D'Orissey of Paris, France (the signature on the letter is somewhat illegible; other possibilities for the name are D'Onure, D'Osier, D'Oiseau). The lieutenant writes to an unknown recipient who will soon work with the general comptroller. D'Orissey requests that a long standing payment continue to be made to Monsieur Delpuh de St. Denis.

Dates: March 22, 1786

Livre des gages

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: MS B60
Overview

This is the account book in which Alexandre, Comte de Warfusée (1618-1658), recorded wages paid to domestic servants during the years 1639-1645.

Dates: 1639 - 1645

Manuscript fragments removed from book bindings

 Collection
Call Number: MS 20
Overview Fragments and scraps of manuscripts, including texts, letters, sheet music, and other items. These items were removed from book bindings of books held by the Kenneth Spencer Research Library in the Special Collections. Fragments were typically removed from those bindings when the Library sent items out for conservation or rebinding in the mid-20th century. Many of the books can be found in the Summerfield collection of Renaissance and Early Modern books, which consists of volumes printed on...
Dates: approximately 12th-16th, 19th centuries

Mary Huntoon papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 209
Overview Kansas artist and art therapist Mary Huntoon (professional name) was born Mary Huntoon Atkinson, in Topeka, Kansas. This collection of papers consist primarily of her personal correspondence, correspondence as director of the Federal Art Project in Kansas, original poetry manuscripts, speech and lecture notes, photographs or reproductions of her artwork, original artwork, inventories, exhibit catalogs and programs, information on employment and research as an Art Therapist at the Winter...
Dates: 1896 - 1970

Mathieu François Pidansat de Mairobert literary manuscript

 Collection
Call Number: MS B23
Overview

"Correspondence secrète et familière de M. de Maupeou Chancelier de France avec M. de Sorhouet con[seill]er du nouveau Parlement." Correspondence of Mathieu François Pidansat de Mairobert, 1727-1779, copied into a volume.

Dates: after 1774

Maupin family papers

 Collection — Folder: 1-2
Call Number: RH MS P406
Overview

This collection consists of a genealogical history of the Maupin family compiled by Florence M. Maupin in 1981. It contains details about the Maupin family's journey from France to the United States, family stories, an index of prominent Maupin family members, and Maupin's research process and materials.

Dates: 1981

Naomi Royde-Smith papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1
Overview

This collection contains incoming and outgoing correspondence from 1926 to 1934, mostly in connection to Naomi Royde-Smith's publishing and writing career, but personal and other business correspondence is also present. The collection also contains some of Royde-Smith's short story manuscripts, household bills/receipts, royalty statements, invitations, correspondence written by/to Royde-Smith's husband Ernest Milton, and other miscellaneous papers.

Dates: 1926 - 1934

Papers of A. E. van Vogt

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Call Number: MS 322
Overview

This collection includes the correspondence between A. E. van Vogt and his publishers, a copy of the manuscript, “The Anarchist Colossus”, and signed published books under the same title.

Dates: 1953 - 1984

Papers of Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy

 Collection
Call Number: MS 24
Overview

Collection of letters received by Anglo-Irish poet Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy. The collection also contains correspondence between individuals surrounding O'Shaughnessy; some literary texts by O'Shaughnessy and others; photographs and some sketches found in letters; and other related materials. Primarily literary and artistic subjects.

Dates: 1832-1906 or later

Papers of Eugene Chauvet

 Collection
Call Number: MS E59
Overview

Trader's personal records of Eugene Chauvet (journal, historical essays, natural history, family papers, logbooks, vade-mecum, child's sketches, and other related materials). The principal part of these papers is his "Ephemerides": a semi-journal particularly devoted to natural history (especially agricultural botany), his family life, illnesses, politics, logbooks of his travels, and to the history and description of Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean.

Dates: 1783; 179?; 1826-1882

Papers of Lady Pauline Trevelyan, 1827-1866, and other family members, 1809-1879, Great Britain and Europe

 Collection
Call Number: MS C133
Overview Lady Pauline Trevelyan, wife of Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan, was the center of a coterie of Pre-Raphaelites (John Ruskin, William Bell Scott, Algernon Swinburne, John Everett Millais, etc.) who often visited Wallington Hall, the Trevelyan estate in Northumberland, England. She took an intelligent interest in art, literature, science, technology, etc., and was a good amateur artist herself. She and her husband spent much time travelling in Great Britain and Europe, particularly Italy. Most...
Dates: 1809-1879

Papers of Reverend William Poole

 Collection
Call Number: MS P729
Overview These papers were removed from a 37 volume set of Histoire ecclesiastique written by Claude Fleury (1691-1758) of Paris, France. William Poole's bookplate is pasted in volume one of the set. Among the papers is a letter from Frederick S. Warren, traveling secretary of the National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church, and addressed to Reverend William Poole. Other papers include notes on church history...
Dates: [circa 1868]

Papers of William Smith

 Collection
Call Number: MS 3
Overview

Politician's archives from an English 18th and 19th century Protestant Dissenter, or individual who does not accept and follow all the tenents of the Anglican Church. Includes a collection of letters received, speech drafts, printed announcements, etc.

Dates: 1785 - 1835

Papers on the East Indies, etc.

 Collection
Call Number: MS E14
Overview

Bound volume containing 28 formerly independent items written by French-Swiss surgeon Laurent Garcin, written while he worked for the Dutch East India Company. Items include his logbooks, journals, essays, notes, letters, etc., focusing on such topics as natural history; voyages; politics; etc.

Dates: approximately 1720-1728, 1732, after 1740, after 1753

Personal papers of Charles D. Michener

 Collection
Call Number: PP 450
Overview

Charles D. Michener served as Professor of Entomology at the University of Kansas from 1948 until 1989, when he achieved Emeritus status. This collection consists primarily of correspondence reflecting Michener's research interests, as well as his activities in related professional organizations.

Dates: 1935 - 2006

Personal papers of E.H.S. Bailey

 Collection
Call Number: PP 158
Overview E.H.S Bailey, the University of Kansas' first, and for many years, only, chemistry professor, served K.U. from 1883-1933. His personal papers primarily include record books documenting his own academic study and research, as well as the administrative duties of chemistry professorship and the Kansas State Board of Health, 1870s-1905. A 1923 scrapbook commemorates his 40 years of service to the University. The collection also includes family papers dating from throughout the 19th century,...
Dates: 1647, 1793-1973

Personal papers of F. Allan Hanson

 Collection
Call Number: PP 597
Overview

Allan Hanson taught in the Anthropology Department at the University of Kansas for fifty years, 1966-2016. He started with a focus on Polynesia and later expanded his research into the relationships between modern Western culture and the self. This collection consists of maps, photographs, field journal notes, and other materials related to his dissertation research on the island of Rapa, and subsequent work on Tahiti and with the Maori of New Zealand.

Dates: 1961 - 1983

Personal papers of Jan Chiapusso

 Collection
Call Number: PP 24
Overview

Jan Chiapusso taught piano in the School of Fine Arts at the University of Kansas from 1934-1960. His collection of personal papers includes primarily personal letters and business correspondence, manuscript pages for his book on 18th century composer Johann Sebastian Bach, photographs, research, publicity materials, sheet music, and clippings from magazines and newspapers.

Dates: 1932 - 1961

Personal papers of John T. Alexander

 Collection
Call Number: PP 46
Overview

John T. Alexander taught Russian/Soviet history in the History Department at the University of Kansas. This collection contains several manuscripts in various draft stages as well as class notes, class syllabi, bibliographic materials, his curriculum vitae, publication materials and articles, and other related materials from his academic career.

Dates: 1966 - 2005

Personal papers of Laura Topham

 Collection — Box: 1
Call Number: PP 264
Overview

Laura Topham graduated from the University of Kansas in 1919. This collection consists of correspondence from her brothers between 1924-1955, letters in French, general correspondence, and postcards.

Dates: 1920 - 1968

Personal papers of Louis La Coss

 Collection
Call Number: PP 76
Overview

This collection consists of a scrapbook of correspondence and associated newspaper clippings with Charles Clayton in Taipei, Taiwan, 1961 to 1962; uncorrected proofs of Baruch: The Public Years; and a scrapbook of the TWA World Press Tour of 1950.

Dates: 1950 - 1962

Personal Papers of Marguerite Baumgartel

 Collection
Call Number: PP 483
Overview

Marguerite Myers Kerfoot Baumgartel earned degrees from the University of Kansas and served as a professor of Visual Art Education there until her retirement in 1981. With her husband, Howard J. Baumgartel, she lived in India on six different occasions, and while there did research on sculpture of animals, especially elephants and makaras.

Dates: 1943 - 2003

Personal papers of Morton Green

 Collection
Call Number: PP 591
Overview

Manuscripts, research data and reference material, photographs, and correspondence of Morton Green, who was a staff member of the Vertebrae Paleontology Department at the Natural History Museum, located on the University of Kansas campus.

Dates: 1939 - 2003

Personal papers of Oswald P. Backus III

 Collection
Call Number: PP 25
Overview Professor Backus joined the University of Kansas in 1950 where he served for twenty-two years. Professor Backus made substantial contributions to the Department of History, including many years of assistance in graduate advising, and was a leading organizer of the program of Slavic and Soviet Area Studies at the University of Kansas. His vigorous activity in expanding scholarly resources for the program extended to the arrangement for book exchanges with institutions in the Soviet Union. ...
Dates: 1942 - 1972

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