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Lawrence centennial celebration
Lawrence centennial celebration, September 23-28, 1954.
Lawrence, Kansas 75th Anniversary Collection
Lawrence Kansas Common Council minutes
This collection contains eight pages of the 1854 minutes of the Lawrence Common Council meetings regarding discussion of city boundaries, laws and rights of residents, and a list of jurors, documenting the founding of the town of Lawrence, Kansas.
Lawrence League for the Practice of Democracy records
The Lawrence League for the Practice of Democracy (LLPD) was organized in 1945 with an aim to advance better interracial relations in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas. This collection contains the correspondence of the LLPD, minutes of the Executive Board and general meetings of the organization, scrap books, clippings, surveys and other activities reflecting the efforts of the organization from 1945 to 1965.
Lawrence Paper Manufacturing Company records
This collection includes some limited testing, payroll, inventory, and correspondence records from the Lawrence Paper Manufacturing Company of Lawrence, Kansas, originally owned by Justin DeWitt Bowersock and later managed by the Hill family.
Lawrence Sesquicentennial Commission records
Letter from F. L. Pilla to his brother
F.L. Pilla was a minister in Eudora, Kansas at the time of Confederate ally William C. Quantrill's attack on Lawrence, Kansas in mid-August 1863. Pilla writes to his brother recounting this news and indicating that there was some fear that Eudora might have been one of Quantrill's targets.
Letter to Captain Grover from Captain Sircoxy
Letters and notes about border raids in Lawrence
This collection consists of letters and notes from Samuel F. Tappan sent to William E. Connelley regarding Tappan's involvement with and recollection of the territorial border wars in Kansas. The letters were written a half-century after the fact.
Lewis Timothy Litchfield papers
This collection includes Lewis Timothy Litchfield's diary, 1854-1855, containing an account of his trip and settlement in Lawrence, Kansas, as part of the second Emigrant Aid party, and a certificate presented to Litchfield from his English study at Cambridge High School in Massachusetts.
Log cabin: home of pioneer Americans.
Log cabin: home of pioneer Americans. Lawrence, Kansas, 1941. Story by Bumgardner as published in the Lawrence Journal World.
Maggie Herrington journal
Maggie Herrington's journal of her experiences during the year 1867 as part of a school assignment and two pieces of correspondence between the Watkins Community Museum of Lawrence, Kansas, and Lida Mattman, Maggie Herrington's granddaughter, dated 1979.
Manuscript, "A Night of Terror"
A night of terror. The recounting of events told by the widow of Duncan Allison, concerning Quantrill's Raid.
Mary Chesley Killam letter
Mary S. Learnard collection
Materials relating to the exhibit on 19th century houses in Lawrence, Kansas
Maude Gooch Phillips poems
Handwritten and typed manuscripts of poems written by Maude Gooch Phillips, mostly focused on the early history of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas.
Memoir of early days in Kansas
Eldridge was active in the efforts to make Kansas Territory a free state. Formerly a Democrat, Eldridge joined the Kansas delegation at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. Memoir of early days in Kansas, miscellaneous stock certificates, and account sheets, 1859-1898.
Memorandum of Agreements
Memorandum of agreements made with certain parties by the Lawrence Bridge Company, 1864-1866.
Minutes; membership roster
The G.A.R. in Kansas was organized shortly after the Civil War. This collection consists of thirteen manuscript volumes. Twelve of these volumes are minutes of the organizations meetings. The thirteenth volume is a membership roster.
Nellie McGurdy scrapbook of newspaper clippings
This volume contains newspaper clippings and obituaries of well-known persons, most likely complied by Nellie McGurdy.
Nixon and Williamson family papers
The Nixon and Williamson families as well as the Chapman and Cooper families had ties to Edwardsville, Wyandotte County, Kansas; to Wamego, Pottawatomie County, Kansas and to the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas. This collection of the families' papers date from 1849-1961 and consists of letters, certificates, journals and photographs.
Old West Lawrence and the law of historic preservation
This paper was submitted to the Historic Preservation Seminar, Fall, 1973. It details a history of Old West Lawrence (bordered on the north by 6th Street, on the east by Tennessee, on the south by 9th Street and on the west by Illinois), the Old West Lawrence Association, and preservation of the area under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966.
Oscar Eugene Learnard family papers
This collection consists of copied and original correspondence, clippings, photographs, and other related materials regarding the life of Oscar Eugene Learnard, his family, and the early history of Lawrence, Kansas.
Papers of Carol Buhler Francis
Carol Buhler Francis was a longtime resident of Lawrence, Kansas, and an active member of the community. This collection includes materials related to projects in which she was involved professionally through her advertising, journalism, and other writing; and personally through her community involvement.