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Barbara Burghart-Perreault collection
The Barbara Burghart-Perreault collection is made up of Burghart-Perreault's journals, correspondence, family papers, and photographs. The collection also contains her creative work, including drawings and paintings, photography, and creative writing. The papers and manuscripts of writer and literature professor, Myron Greenman, a close friend of Burghart-Perreault's, are also included.
Citizen Diplomacy Archives of Bob Swan
From the early 1980s through the 2000s, Bob Swan organized several major United States-Soviet initiatives to improve relations between the two nations and their citizens. This collection consists of manuscript material, publications, audio-visual materials, and objects related to Swan's initiatives and to his interest in the culture and history of the countries that made up the Soviet Union.
Correspondence of Olga Novikova
Collection of correspondence written to Olga Novikova, a 19th century cosmopolitan Pan-Slavic lobbyist, from influential English and European members of her salon.
Extracts from the works of Saint John Chrysostom, in Russian, with some other works
Extracts from the homilies, sermons, and treatises of Christian saint and biblical interpreter John Chrysostom (347-407 CE) in Russian, probably written down in the 16th or 17th century.
Henry D. and Mariana Lohrenz Remple papers
This collection comprises the papers of Henry D. Remple, a clinical psychologist born in the Molotschna Mennonite colony in Ukraine, and Mariana Lohrenz Remple, a teacher and prominent Girl Scout leader. The couple were both descendents of German Mennonites and were based in Lawrence, Kansas for the majority of their adult lives. The collection also includes a small amount of material relating to their children, Lucy Jean (Remple) McAllister and Robert "Robie" Keith Remple.
Kurt Thurmaier poster collection
This collection contains various Cold War-era peace posters and artworks from various sources, countries, and organizations. Includes posters from religious organizations, such as Quaker and Mennonite groups, as well as organizations formed specifically for peace and against nuclear armament, and university and municipal groups.
Letters, literary manuscripts, and personal papers of the Porter family
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.
Meeting for Peace promotional material
Paul Vinogradoff collection
This collection contains lecture notes and other typescripts owned and used by Paul Vinogradoff, legal scholar and medievalist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Personal Papers of Heinrich Stammler
The collection contains notes on Slavic literature, various published articles in Slavic languages, multiple Slavic newspapers, as well as correspondence dating from 1969 to 1997 from various countries.
Personal papers of John "Jack" A. Weir
Jack Weir was a Professor in genetics at the University of Kansas from 1950-1983. This collection includes papers of professional research as well as personal manuscripts, correspondence, and materials of special interests.
Personal papers of John T. Alexander
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.
Personal papers of Robert E. Hemenway
Robert "Bob" Hemenway was the sixteenth Chancellor at the University of Kansas. Materials in his collection include administrative documents from his time at KU and from previous posts at the University of Kentucky, the University of Wyoming, and the University of Oklahoma; his literary biography of Zora Neale Hurston; and his dissertation on Charles Brockden Brown, amongst other materials related to Hemenway's career.
Personal papers of Stephen J. Parker
This collection consists of various letters and articles of Stephen Jan Parker during his years teaching as a Slavic Languages and Literature professor at the University of Kansas, organized chronologically. Correspondents include students and other professors and faculty members, and they cover a range of topics from teaching methods to areas of responsibility within the department. The collection also includes some Russian letters with pictures and postcards attached.
Richard Rhodes papers
Richard Rhodes, born in Kansas City, Kansas, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose many books and articles reflect his wide ranging subject interests. In these papers are manuscripts of his writings, copies of his many published works, related correspondence, some personal material and photographs, and the author's extensive research files, containing more than one hundred audio tapes of interviews that he conducted.