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Beverly Boyd research on Philippine Duchesne
B.F. Williams & Son General Merchandise records
B.F. Williams and Son General Merchandise operated in Woodston, Kansas throughout the 1920s-1940s. This collection includes an expense/income ledger and customer account book, as well as a folder of loose material.
Bibliography of cartography by Philip Lee Phillips
"Bibliography of cartography or A descriptive list of books and magazine articles relating to maps, map-makers and views," by Philip Lee Phillips, F.R.G.S., Chief, Division of Maps, Library of Congress. The volumes appear to be a 1920 version of Phillips' typescript, heavily annotated in various hands with additional information and editing marks. They include references to "Supplement" and have at least one manuscript addition with the date 1928.
Bill Mayer correspondence
Correspondence from Bill Mayer while in Army Air Force training as a bomber crewman. Includes one "V mail" sent from England in April of 1945; all other letters are from bases located in the United States.
Bill "Whitey" Sanders editorial cartoon sketches
Bill "Whitey" Sanders was an editorical cartoonist for the Kansas City Star newspaper from 1963-1967 before beginning a 24-year career with the Milwaukee Journal. This collection consists of 14 charcoal sketches done by Sanders during a visit to the University of Kansas School of Journalism.
Billy Q. McCray papers
The Billy Q. McCray papers are those of a long time Kansas resident who served in both the Kansas House of Representatives and the Kansas Senate before becoming director of the Kansas Department of Economic Development Office of Minority Business. This collection of McCray's papers includes correspondence from constituents, documents generated by the Education and the Ways and Means Committees, legislation introduced by McCray, and papers of the Kansas Legislature's Minority Caucus.
Biographical account of Samuel N. Simpson
Biographical account of Samuel N. Simpson, an early resident of territorial Kansas, by an unknown author. The sketch includes genealogical information about Simpson's ancestors as well as information about Simpson's personal and business life throughout the 19th century. The bulk of the account is allegedly a history of the Border Wars between Kansas and Missouri written by Simpson himself.
Biographical accounts of George Byng, 1st viscount Torrington (1663-1733), and his son, Admiral John Byng (1704-1757)
Printed book: The trial of the Honourable Admiral John Byng at a court martial...London, R. Manby [and others], 1757.
Biographical notes on Ovid
The unknown writer notes the biographical information about Ovid's life he has been able to gather from Ovid's writings. This is an unsewn gathering of 4 bifolia (originally 5). The page numbering 3-18 indicates that the outer bifolium is lacking.
Biographical sketch of William E. Stafford
A one-page biographical sketch of poet William E. Stafford (1914-1993), a native of Hutchinson, Kansas and a graduate of the University of Kansas.
Biography of a city: Lawrence, Kansas videotapes
Dennis Domer, professor of architecture at the University of Kansas, presented a course on the history of Lawrence, Kansas, entitled, Biography of a City: Lawrence. These 15 videotapes of the course were produced by KU's Division of Continuing Education.
Biography of George Nuzum
An article with biographical information of White Cloud, Doniphan County, Kansas-based businessman and author George Nuzum, written by Josephine Kelley Blocker. The collection also includes a photograph of "The Superior's Clerks" and three sets of microfilm reels holding copies of Nuzum's History of the Iowa Indians.
Biography of Mr. & Mrs. Walter Raleigh Smith
Photocopy of a biography of Mr. & Mrs. Walter Raleigh Smith and a description of their life in El Dorado, Kan. from 1915 to mid-century. Also included is autobiographical material about their son, Harold C. Smith.
Bishop Collection photographs and postcards
Bishop Collection of miscellaneous photographic postcards. Some show views of Kansas towns like Natoma and Burdick, others are addressed to May Eikelberger, 1912-1916. Most are of unidentified persons and places. Also includes Roster of Officers of Auxiliary Remount Depot No. 323, Camp Funston, Kansas, 1918.
Bishop Robert Mize papers
Bishop Vail house (Lawrence, Kansas) papers
Black student movement at Lawrence High School
Photocopy of an honors history thesis, Black student movement at Lawrence High School (Lawrence, Kansas), written by Martin J. Modrcin at the University of Kansas in 1980.
Black Values and Public Policy Project records
The Black Values and Public Policy Project records are those of a Kansas Committee for the Humanities funded University of Kansas project.
#BlackatKU Twitter archive
Blair Family papers
The Blair family collection contains the papers of Amanda Meeker Blair and her daughter, Kate Blair Evans.
Blood-Hasselman family papers
Ida (Blood) Hasselman was the daughter of Colonel James Blood (1819-1891), a prominent early settler of Lawrence, Kansas. This collection contains photographs and manuscripts regarding the Blood family.
Blue Rapids Supply Company brochures
Two brochures from the Blue Rapids Supply Company of Blue Rapids, Marshall County, Kansas. The brochures are for medical-grade plasters and pumice that could be used by dentists, hospitals, laboratories, orthopedists, and schools. Brochures include prices for different kinds of plaster and for the pumice, as well as shipping/freight prices. The September 1941 brochure includes a drawing of a Jayhawk bird as part of the logo on the front page.
Blueprints received by James H. Stewart
This collection includes a blueprint of a cabin fireplace with detailed instructions on how to construct the fireplace and flue to efficiently direct smoke away. These items were included in an envelope directed to James H. Stewart, one of the founding members of the Wichita Bibliophiles, a small group of book collectors formed in 1932 in Wichita, Kansas. No other correspondence was found with the instructions to indicate from whom the blueprints were received.
Bolton Company letters
Letters from an English merchant and his company, William Bolton and Company (sometimes also Bolton, Darell and Morgan or Bolton, Morgan, & Co.) to his London associates (the merchants Robert, William, or Gyles Heysham). Regards imports and exports between Great Britain; Madeira, an island off the coast of Africa; and Portugal.
Book of Record of Board of Trustees of Friends' Church, at Lawrence, Kansas
Record book of Oread Society of Friends in Lawrence, Kansas from 1907-1915. Includes a letter of confirmation about a contract to buy the Friends's property.