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Ernest Manheim papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 373
Overview
Ernest Manheim joined the Sociology Department at the University of Kansas City, Missouri (now the University of Missouri-Kansas City) as a research scholar in 1938 before being appointed as a professor of Sociology at the same institution in 1940. In addition to his career in academia, Manheim was also a composer. This collection reflects his career as both a sociologist and composer, containing publications, manuscripts, research, compositions, and correspondence to and from Manheim, as...
Dates:
1900 - 2015
Letters, literary manuscripts, and personal papers of the Porter family
Collection
Call Number: MS 28
Overview
The Porter family papers consist of letters, literary manuscripts and personal papers of an English literary family from the mid-18th century to the mid-19th century. Two-thirds of the almost 3000 items in the collection consists of the correspondence of the siblings, Sir Robert Ker Porter (1777-1842), Jane Porter (1776-1850), Anna Maria Porter (1778-1832), and other members of the Porter family.
Dates:
1750 - 1849