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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
C. Y. Thomas collection
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 539
Overview
Christopher Yancy (C.Y.) Thomas was an industrialist who worked very closely with Kenneth and Helen Spencer. He also served one term in the Kansas State Senate from 1969-1972. This collection includes speeches, photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, programs, diaries, scrapbooks, awards, and articles relating to Thomas' time with the Spencer Chemical Company and the Kansas State Senate, as well as materials related to family history and other charities and interests throughout...
Dates:
1887-1981 (bulk 1940s-1970s)
Papers of John Finley Crowe
Collection
Call Number: MS E11
Overview
This collection consists of John Finley Crowe's financial accounts and handwritten lectures. Includes professional (founding, fundraising, and administration of Hanover Academy, Shelbyville: of Shelbyville Female Academy; and of Bible Society) accounts, intermingled with his private accounts. The lectures focus on political economy and Greek antiquity. There are miscellaneous other items included, incluing a wedding register.
Dates:
1817 - 1849
Sotheby Family Papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 4
Overview
This collection consists of family papers, correspondence, bound books, and various other material of the Sotheby family of Pocklington, Yorkshire, England
Dates:
1650 - 1900