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Environmental Research and Development Foundation records
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 913
Overview
The Environmental Research and Development Foundation (ERDF) was established by the Topeka, Kansas-based Menninger Foundation in 1965 as the Environmental Research Foundation. ERDF maintained offices at different times in Topeka; Kansas City, Missouri; and Tucson, Arizona. This collection of ERDF records primarily includes research files identified by subject, as well as some administrative files. Also included are papers of Edward T. Hall, Missouri-born anthropologist who is best known for...
Dates:
ca. 1965-1980s
John and Frances Peterson collection
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1330
Overview
John Malcolm and Frances Peterson lived in the Lawrence, Kansas area from 1974-2007. They were deeply involved in local historical societies and took many trips worldwide. The collection includes Peterson family materials dating back to 1879; letters, documents, photographs and clippings; and a large amount of local historical photographs, newspaper clippings, articles and other related materials. Also included in the collection are a large number of slides and oversize maps kept from trips...
Dates:
1879 - 2006
Zion Lutheran Church records
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1133
Overview
These historical records of the Zion Lutheran Church of rural Clyde, Kansas date from 1874, when the church was formally organized at Brantford, Kansas by its community of Swedish immigrants. Records include the church's 1874 constitution and minutes of meetings through 1947. Also included is the church's earliest register of members, identifying dates of birth, baptism, confirmation, immigration, marriage, and deaths through 1965. The records are in Swedish through 1924, and are afterward...
Dates:
1874 - 1965