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Adair family papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 996
Overview

This collection includes the papers of Asa and Emma Adair of Ellis, Ellis County, and Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, their children and extended families from 1848-1985. Composed primarily of correspondence, there are also photographs, legal documents, University of Kansas and Bowersock Theatre programs, and other printed material.

Dates: 1848 - 1985

Barber family (Lawrence, Kansas) letter to the Lawrence Journal-World

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P253
Overview

The Barber family is discussed, and special mention is made of one Thomas Barber, who was murdered in Lawrence. His story is recounted in a fictional work entitled, The Surveyor by Truman Nelson, a book about John Brown.

Dates: June 8, 1961

Bishop Vail house (Lawrence, Kansas) papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P825
Overview These papers, a gift of University of Kansas professors Frances and Floyd R. Horowitz, concern the history of their former Lawrence, Kansas residence at 505 Ohio Street as the home of Thomas Hubbard Vail, the first Episcopal bishop of Kansas. The papers, all of which are photocopies of original documents, include correspondence between Bishop Vail's grandson, Thomas Hubbard Vail Motter, and Grace (Mrs. Fritz) Heider, when she and her husband occupied the former Vail home in the early...
Dates: 1870; 1951-1954

Brief history of businesses in Lawrence, Kansas operating in 1883

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P199
Overview

The leading industries of Lawrence, Kansas. A review of the manufacturing, commercial, real estate, and other important interests, together with a historical sketch. A valuable guide to the industries of the historic city of Kansas. Lawrence, Commercial and Manufacturing Publishing Co., 1883.

Dates: 1883

Cathy Fullenwider's paper for History of the Book class titled, "Early printing in Lawrence, Kansas"

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P359
Overview

Photocopy of a class paper written for an History of the Book class at the University of Kansas in 1980. The paper covers printing from 1854 to approximately 1863.

Dates: 1980

Centennial reminiscences, or, My stories about Lawrence.

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P463
Overview

Seaman's reminiscence concentrates primarily on her memories of Lawrence at the turn of the 19th century. The collection includes a photocopy of the original handwritten manuscript and a complete typed transcription.

Dates: 1883 - 1969

Chronology of public transit in Lawrence, Kansas

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P364
Overview

Photocopy of paper on Lawrence public transit, 1871-1980, including a series of maps which indicate public transportation routes

Dates: 1981

Collection of George Ellis, First Lieutenant, Company I, 12th Kansas Infantry materials

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P132
Overview Biography of George Ellis written in 1953 by Howard C. Raynesford titled George Ellis, First Lieutenant, Company I, 12th Kansas Infantry. Ellis served as Lieutenant in the Kansas Infantry during the Civil War and was killed in battle. Ellis County and the town of Ellis in Kansas was named in his honor. Also included is a genealogy of the Ellis family, a photograph, and a photocopy of his military commission. Raynesford also gives a brief account of the...
Dates: 1862, 1953

Correspondence between Oscar G. Richards and William E. Connelley

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P136
Overview Richards and William Connelley corresponded about Kansas territorial history. Richards, who participated in the border wars between Kansas Territory and Missouri (1854-1861), recounted the events for Connelley, a historian. The letters, dated 1902-1909, were written approximately 50 years after the events. Connelley and Richards were specifically interested in detailing the border war involvement of Richards himself as well as James Lane, John Brown, William Quantrill, and Governor...
Dates: 1902 - 1909

Correspondence from Marcus Parrott to his Dayton, Ohio family members

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS VLT 554
Overview

The collection contains 34 letters written by Marcus Junius Parrott to his Dayton, Ohio family members. The letters date from April 7, 1851 to April 28, 1862, and are arranged chronologically. Also included in the collection are a brief handwritten statement by [Laurette?] Parrott [Irvin?] regarding the collection content, and an offprint of a published 1865 sermon by Phillips Brooks, delivered at the time of Abraham Lincoln's death.

Dates: 1851 - 1862

Correspondence regarding a proposed auxiliary police force in Lawrence, Kansas

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P262
Overview

Collection of correspondence and clippings related to a proposed auxiliary police force in Lawrence, Kansas, and the Lawrence Support Your Local Police Committee.

Dates: 1970 - 1971

"Diary of daily life, Lawrence, Kansas: Elizabeth Duncan in 1864"

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P753
Overview This 34-page typescript contains the text of an article by Katie H. Armitage, entitled "Elizabeth 'Bettie' Duncan: Diary of Daily Life, 1864," which was published in the Winter 1987/1988 edition (pages 275-289) of Kansas History, a journal of the Kansas State Historical Society. The manuscript describes and includes excerpts from the 1864 diary of Lawrence, Kansas pioneer Elizabeth "Bettie" Duncan. The collection also includes a...
Dates: January 1987

Dick Williams papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 6
Overview

This collection highlights the personal life of Dick Williams, a Concordia, Kansas native and a long-time resident of Lawrence, Kansas. This collection includes personal correspondence and some financial and business records and correspondence from some of Williams' business ventures.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1918-1957 ( 1928-1952)

Dine-A-Mite Inn and Borgen family collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH PH 567
Overview The Dine-A-Mite Inn and Borgen family slides are mostly personal slides belonging to Roy and Chuck Borgen, along with a few boxes of slides and some papers relating to the Dine-A-Mite Inn operated by the Borgen family from 1939-1962 in Lawrence, Kansas. The personal slides include candid family pictures, both in the home and out socializing, aerial shots of the Lawrence, Kansas area taken by Chuck Borgen, sports and vacation pictures, as well as the art slides of LaVancha Marshall Stalmok,...
Dates: 1943-2007 (bulk 1950-1991)

Douglas County Historical Society manuscript collections

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 84
Overview

The Douglas County Historical Society was organized in 1933 by a group headed by Professor F. N. Raymond of the University of Kansas. This collection consists of manuscript and printed materials from a variety of individuals, businesses, and organizations associated with the history of Douglas County, Kansas, from its territorial settlment period of the 1850s through much of the 20th century, deposited by the Douglas County Historical Society with the Spencer Research Library.

Dates: approximately 1789-1980s

Early history of North Lawrence

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: RH MS E145

Edith Marie Clarke papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 26
Overview

Edith Clarke's papers include correspondence and genealogical material about her family; correspondence with many prominent Lawrence, Kansas citizens and University of Kansas professors; papers pertaining to the University of Kansas Library and other libraries in Kansas around 1900; personal financial records, bank statements and tax receipts; and numerous photographs, greeting cards, and calling cards.

Dates: 1861 - 1950

Edward Fitch Correspondence

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P429
Overview

Edward Fitch came to Kansas in 1855 as a representative of the New England Emigrant Aid Society of Boston. This collection consist of letters of Sarah Fitch, Otis Wilmarth, Sarah's father, and also a short family history written by Sarah's daughter.

Dates: 1854-1870, 1928.

Eldridge House mortgage

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS Q58
Scope and Contents

Mortgage for the Eldridge House, drawn up August 6, 1859, between Shalor Eldridge and others and Robert Morrow for ten thousand dollars.

Dates: 1859

Elfriede Fischer Rowe papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 958
Overview

Elfriede Fischer Rowe was a well-known authority on Lawrence, Kansas history and active in many community and civic endeavors. This collection includes personal mementos from when she was a student and alumna of the University of Kansas, information regarding World War II rationing and Mrs. Rowe's work with the Hercules Power Company during the war, as well as historical information about Lawrence, Kansas and personal and family papers.

Dates: 1899 - 1984

Elizabeth Stephens collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1524
Overview

Mary Elizabeth (Durrett) Stephens was an accomplished organist and pianist. This collection contains materials documenting her musical achievements and some of her research material and personal papers, as well as some materials related to her husband, William Stephens, who had a long career with the Reuter Organ Company in Lawrence, Kansas.

Dates: 1942 - 2002

Elliott family papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 338
Overview

The Elliott family papers consist of correspondence, printed materials, photographs, and memorabilia from a family that settled in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas soon after it opened for Euro-American settlement in 1854.

Dates: 1838 - 1976

Episodes in Kansas history

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P27
Overview

Episodes in Kansas history; three incidents included in The Gun and the Gospel. Lawrence? ca. 1896?

Dates: approximately 1896?

Esther Christianson Rice papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P617
Overview

"Who Killed Our Son? An Account of the Circumstances and Subsequent Investigation of the Death of Harry Nicholas Rice" by Esther Christianson Rice is her account of the circumstances and subsequent investigation of the death of her son, University of Kansas student Harry Nicholas Rice, who was a victim of gunfire near the Lawrence campus on July 20, 1970.

Dates: Other: 2003

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

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Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865 9
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Brown, John, 1800-1859 4
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Ambler, Cathy 2
Eldridge, Shalor Winchell, 1816-1899 2
Elliott, Robert Gaston 2
Friends in Council (Lawrence, Kan.) 2
Grover, Joel, 1825-1879 2
Haskell Institute 2
Leavenworth, Lawrence, and Galveston Railroad Company 2
Morrow, Robert, 1825-1912 2
Rice, Harry Nicholas 2
Rowe, Elfriede Fischer 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
Archibald family 1
Archibald, John Christie, 1812-1860 1
Armitage, Katie 1
Baldridge family 1
Barber family. 1
Barber, Thomas W., 1814-1855 1
Berry, G. W. (George W.) 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
Bumgardner, Edward, 1865- 1
Carney, Thomas, 1824-1888 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
Coal Creek Library (Vinland, Kan.) 1
Congress of Racial Equality 1
Cooper family 1
Cooper, John Wesley, 1842- 1
Crawford, Elizabeth Ticknor 1
Delaware Tribe of Indians 1
Delmonte Consolidated Mining Company (Leadville, Colo.) (Leadville, Colo.) 1
Dine-A-Mite Inn 1
Douglas County (Kan.). Board of County Commissioners. 1
Douglas County Historical Society (Douglas County, Kan.) 1
Dowdell, Rick D. 1
Drake, F. D. 1
Duncan, Elizabeth, 1837-1879 1
Dyer, Ruth Adair, 1895-1986 1
Earl, Elizabeth S. C. 1
Earl, Jennie L. 1
Earle family 1
Edwards, Charles L. (Charles Livingston), 1828-1916 1
Eldridge Hotel (Lawrence, Kan.) 1
Eldridge House (Lawrence, Kan.) 1
Eldridge family. 1
Elliott family 1
Elliott, Maude, 1898- 1
Elliott, Samuel Steele, 1870-1957 1
Ellis, George, 1832-1864 1
Embry, Dennis D., 1948- 1
February Sisters (University of Kansas) 1
Finley, James Agnew 1
Fisher, Charlie (Fugitive slave) 1
Fisher, H. D. (Hugh Dunn), 1824-1905 1
Fitch, Edward, 1832-1863 1
Fitch, Sarah Wilmarth 1
Francis, Carol Buhler 1
Fullenwider, Cathy 1
Girard, James Preston, 1944- 1
Girl Scouts of the United States of America 1
Gower, James H. 1
Gower, James O., 1832-1866 1
Gower, Robert H., 1844- 1
Grand Army of the Republic. Department of Kansas 1
Grand Army of the Republic. Lawrence Circle No. 75 (Lawrence, Kan.) 1
Grand Army of the Republic. Washington Post No. 12 (Lawrence, Kan.) 1
Graves, G. 1
Haight Family. 1
Haight, J. Haviland, 1828- 1
Heider, Grace M. (Grace Moore) 1
Henderson, Margaret Thompson, 1880-1954 1
Henry, Margaret Virginia, 1853-1933 1
Hercules Powder Company 1
Hill, Irving, 1875-1965 1
Hindman, Thomas Carmichael, 1828-1868 1
Horowitz, Floyd R. 1
Horowitz, Frances Degen 1
Howe family. 1
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