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F. D. Drake certificate of honorable discharge, First Regiment Cavalry, Kansas Volunteers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P827
Overview

This honorable discharge certificate was issued to Private F. D. Drake for service from January 24 to February 18, 1856 in the First Regiment Cavalry of Kansas Volunteers, organized to defend the people of Kansas Territory "against lawless agressions." The certificate, dated February 18, 1856 at Lawrence City, Kansas, is signed by free-state loyalists and commanders G. [Gaius] Jenkins, C. [Charles] Robinson, Robert Klotz, and James [Leyate?].

Dates: February 18, 1856

Family history index of the Betty Washington chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P752
Overview The Betty Washington Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, named in honor of George Washington's only sister, was founded at Lawrence, Kansas in 1896 to foster historic preservation, the study of U.S. history, historical research, and patriotism. This Family History Index is an alphabetical name index to the chapter's membership volumes dating to 1976. It was produced as a Bicentennial project of the chapter, and was edited by chapter librarian Barbara E. Clason. The...
Dates: 1976, 2005-2006

Film by Paul Hausman

 Collection — Case: 1
Call Number: KC AV 71
Overview

Film of one of the churches located at 9th and Vermont Streets in Lawrence, Kansas. Includes shots of churchgoers leaving church and views of Vermont Street, near Massachusetts Street in downtown Lawrence.

Dates: approximately 1960s

First United Methodist Church records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 804
Overview

These records of the First United Methodist Church of Lawrence, Kansas, which date from 1877 to 1971, also include records generated under the church's earlier name, the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Lawrence. Included are records of church finances, members, marriages, funerals, baptisms, conferences, activities of the church's Loyal Ladies Class, its Epworth League of junior members, and special events in the church's history.

Dates: 1877 - 1971

Freeman Collection of Hesper, Kansas history records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 979
Overview

This collection contains various histories of the community of Hesper in Douglas County, Kansas. Included are histories of the Hesper Academy and the Hesper Friends Church, as well as biographies of Davis family members who were early Hesper settlers and witnesses to William Quantrill's August 1863 raid on the nearby town of Lawrence.

Dates: 1912 - 1977

Friends in Council records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 94
Overview

Friends in Council of Lawrence, Kansas, was founded in 1871 as a women's organization dedicated to cultural enrichment of its members. The collection includes records of members, constitution with amendments, minutes, and clippings.

Dates: 1871 - 2017

G. Graves newspaper clippings

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1198
Overview

Newspaper clippings dating from 1950 to 1980, covering local history in and around Lawrence, Kansas. The collection also includes several funeral memorials, a booklet about volunteering opportunities in Lawrence, Kansas in 1966, and a program for a religious service honoring Reverend W.S. Simms for 50 years of Christian service. Other local topics found in the collection include Haskell Institute and education in Lawrence more generally, as well as the Lawrence Jewish Community Center.

Dates: 1950 - 1980

G. W. Paddock diary transcript

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P857
Overview This transcript of the diary of Methodist Episcopal minister George W. Paddock chronicles his journey from New York State to Kansas Territory in 1857 and his traveling ministry in the territory to 1861. Transcribed from Paddock's 149-page diary in holdings of the Kansas State Historical Society, it contains his descriptions of frontier life, the settlers and Native Americans to whom he preached, the many settlements which he visited, and hostilities in the territory's free-state conflict. ...
Dates: 1857-1861, 1901

George E. Young letter

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P620
Overview

This letter from George Edwin Young, a survivor of William Quantrill's raid on Lawrence, Kansas, August 21, 1863, was written to his father two days following the massacre. A typed and annotated transcription of the letter is included.

Dates: August 23, 1863

George W. Collamore papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 33
Overview

Correspondence, documents relating to Lawrence property and Pike's Peak gold mines, steamship freight bills, papers, etc.

Dates: 1854 - 1869

Getting ready for the fair; a history of Bismark Grove and fair

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P444
Overview

The history of Bismark Grove and Fair was written by Alyssa Saul and won first place in the 1982 Kansas History Contest sponsored by the Douglas County Historical Society.

Dates: 1880

Glenn Kappelman's collection on community development projects

 Collection — Box: 1
Call Number: RH MS 349
Overview

Records related to Glenn Kappelman's position as a court-appointed appraiser to review community development projects in Douglas County and Lawrence, Kansas.

Dates: approximately 1969-1975

"Grandmother's Letters," by Louisa B. Simpson

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P983
Overview

Photocopy of typescript of stories about a young woman growing up in territorial and Civil War-era Kansas.

Dates: 1847 - 1864

Hannah O. Leibengood papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 902
Overview

These papers of lifelong Lawrence, Kansas resident Hannah O. Leibengood (1904-1993) include letters from her family and friends, as well as photographs and memorabilia. Also included are several journals of her grandfather, dentist Henry W. Howe (1842-1909), and many business records of her father, Loyd R. Howe (1869-1962), who operated a wallpapering, painting, and sign-making business in Lawrence for more than forty years.

Dates: 1863 - 1993

Helen N. Eacker letter Lawrence, Kan.

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P219
Overview

Letter is written on letterhead of "Progressive Headquarters, State Committee, Topeka, Kan." and lists Eacker as secretary, with her Lawrence address. Mentions illness and shopping in Topeka.

Dates: July 1, 1913

Hilda Enoch papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1142
Overview

The Hilda Enoch papers are those of long-time Lawrence, Kansas resident who was a member and officer of the Kaw Valley Chapter of the Older Women's League (or O.W.L.) and an active community participant.

Dates: 1952 - 2013

Hiram C. Clark papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P53
Overview

A diary, account book, and typed transcription of the diary kept by Hiram Clark, an early physician in Lawrence, Kansas.

Dates: 1854 - 1855

Historic Places in the vicinity of Lawrence, a talk given for Kansas Day program, at Round Table Women's Club, and to Kanwaka Women's Literary Society

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P252
Scope and Contents

Places mentioned in the talk include Hickory Point, Black Jack, Franklin, Fort Saunders, Fort Titus and Lecompton, Kansas.

Dates: January 26, 1937; January 19, 1950

Historical Geography of Lawrence Area Tour records

 Collection — Folder: 1 - 2
Call Number: RH MS P1003
Overview

These records were created for the 1998 convention of the Association of American Geographers Rocky Mountain Division, which met in Lawrence, Kansas that year. This collection contains visitors’ guides; pamphlets; tour agendas; factbooks; and maps, providing conference attendees with a detailed geographical history of the Lawrence, Kansas area.

Dates: Fall 1998

Histories and notes of Douglas County and Lawrence, Kansas

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P94
Overview

Materials related to histories Winnie D. Lowrance wrote about Lawrence and Douglas County, Kansas, as well as more specifically about Trinity Episcopal Church in Lawrence. Includes reference materials collected by Lowrance as well as notes.

Dates: 1926, 1938, 1940, 196?

History of First Church of Christ, Scientist (Lawrence, Kan.)

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P326
Overview

Typewritten history of the church from its founding in 1895.

Dates: January 13, 1978

History of Friends in Council

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: RH MS E143
Overview

A history of the Friends in Council group, read at the sixtieth anniversary (1931) at Mrs. Hill's, April 19, 1932. This women's club was founded in 1871 in Lawrence, Kansas.

Dates: April 19, 1932

Identity formation in the East Lawrence neighborhood

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P730
Overview

This photocopied 63-page research paper was written by University of Kansas graduate student Cathy Ambler for a 1991 fall semester course in American Studies. Ambler's paper explores the economic and cultural history of the East Lawrence neighborhood of Lawrence, Kansas as related to the neighborhood's development and identity. Included are fifty-three illustrations of East Lawrence streets and buildings.

Dates: December 16, 1991

Impressions of ethnicity: the German community in Lawrence, Kansas, 1869-1917

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P685
Overview

A photocopied 21-page typescript of a class paper by University of Kansas graduate student James B. O'Barr, describing the German community of Lawrence, Kansas during the years 1869-1917.

Dates: December 2, 1980

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Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865 14
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Brown, John, 1800-1859 4
Ambler, Cathy 3
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Friends in Council (Lawrence, Kan.) 3
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Lawrence (Kan.). City Commission 3
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Learnard, Mary S., 1842-1932 3
Trinity Episcopal Church (Lawrence, Kan.) 3
Carney, Thomas, 1824-1888 2
Council of Social Agencies (Lawrence, Kan.) 2
Davis, Emma Stubbs, 1885-1942 2
Davis, Samuel Hunt, 1848-1938 2
Douglas County Historical Society (Douglas County, Kan.) 2
Eldridge, Shalor Winchell, 1816-1899 2
Elliott, Robert Gaston 2
Enslinger, Dennis 2
Grover, Joel, 1825-1879 2
Hastie family. 2
Hasty family. 2
Hesper Academy (Hesper, Kan.) 2
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce (Lawrence, Kan.) 2
Lawrence League for the Practice of Democracy (Lawrence, Kan.) 2
Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission 2
Leavenworth, Lawrence, and Galveston Railroad Company 2
Miller, Shelley 2
Morrow, Robert, 1825-1912 2
New England Emigrant Aid Company 2
Oak Hill Cemetery (Lawrence, Kan.) 2
Plymouth Congregational Church (Lawrence, Kan.) 2
Rice, Harry Nicholas 2
Rowe, Elfriede Fischer 2
Scott, W. W. (William W.) 2
University of Kansas Country Club 2
Watson, Mildred Davis 2
Abbott, James Burnett, 1818-1897 1
Acme Manganese Mining Company (Kansas City, Kan.) 1
Adair family 1
Adair, Asa Rogers 1
Adair, Emma May Keyser, 1865-1952 1
Adair, Hugh Rogers, 1889-1971 1
Agnew family 1
Alford family 1
Allison, Isadora Augusta Johnson 1
Alpha Delta Kappa. Tau chapter (Lawrence, Kan.) 1
Alpha Phi 1
Altenbernd, Kerry 1
Anderson, Margaret L., 1895-1976 1
Anderson, Samuel Brooks, 1825-1907 1
Anderson, William T., 1840-1864 1
Andrews, John Albion 1
Archibald family 1
Archibald, John Christie, 1812-1860 1
Armitage, Katie 1
Asbury, Robert Fossett 1
Asher, Kathleen 1
Association of American Geographers. Great Plains-Rocky Mountain Division 1
Baldridge family 1
Banks, E. V., 1836?-1873 1
Barber family. 1
Barber, Thomas W., 1814-1855 1
Barnhart family. 1
Benjamin, David, 1963- 1
Bernard family. 1
Berry, G. W. (George W.) 1
Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center 1
Bismark Fair (Lawrence, Kan.) 1
Black Kettle, -1868 (Cheyenne chief) 1
Borg family 1
Borgen, Charles, 1937-2021 1
Boss of the Bay Mining Company 1
Bowersock, Justin DeWitt, 1842-1922 1
Branson, Jacob 1
Brodhead, Ross 1
Brooks, Paul R., Mrs. 1
Bullene family 1
Bullene, Lathrop, 1826-1915 1
Bumgardner, Edward, 1865- 1
Business and Professional Women's Club (Lawrence, Kan.) 1
Carney family 1
Carpenter, Louis, 1829-1863 1
Chapman family 1
Clark family 1
Clark, Hiram C., 1817-1855 1
Clarke, Edith Marie, 1870-1957 1
Clarke, Florence 1
Clarke, Martha (Resident of Kansas) 1
Clason, Barbara E., 1916-1990 1
Coal Creek Library (Vinland, Kan.) 1
Collamore, George W., 1818-1863 1
Congress of Racial Equality 1
Cooper family 1
Cooper, John Wesley, 1842- 1
Coordinating Committee for the Black Community (Lawrence, Kan.) 1
Courtney, Marjorie M. Shryock 1
Crawford, Elizabeth Ticknor 1
Crawford, S. J. (Samuel Johnson), 1835-1913 1
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