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William H. Taft liber amicorum

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: MS J8:3
Overview

A liber amicorum presented to William H. Taft as ex-governor of the Philippines. The volume cover reads "Exc’mo viro … Guillelmo H. Taft: Rector, doctores … universitatis Manil. hoc obsequium … offerunt, 1905."

Dates: August 30, 1905

William Harrington, III papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P846
Overview

The William Harrington III papers are those of a long time Kansas resident and former Buffalo Soldier who served in the U.S. Army for 30 years.

Dates: 1986 and 1994

William Holman Hunt collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 208
Overview

Miscellaneous collection of letters, photographs, and other items concerning British painter William Holman Hunt, mostly compiled by University of Kansas English professor William Doremus Paden.

Dates: 1856 - 1910

William Inge collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 165
Overview

This collection of William Inge's papers contains manuscripts for many of his plays, some correspondence and photographs of his sculpture work, and a number of articles written and/or published between 1950 and 1976.

Dates: 1950 - 1976

William Inge photograph

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH PH P714
Overview

This collection contains a photograph of a sculpture of William Inge holding his Academy Award ("Oscar").

Dates: 1974

William Isaac Marshall writings

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS D72
Overview

Collection of writings about the history of the United States western territories, particularly the United States' acquisition of the Oregon Territory, by William Isaac Marshall.

Dates: 1899 - 1905

William K. Marshall papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 659
Overview

The papers of William K. Marshall are those of a native Kansan who became the first African American to represent the 58th District in the Kansas State House of Representatives.

Dates: 1974 - 1976

William L. Scheirman papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P1001
Overview The William L. Scheirman collection contains materials relating to Lawrence, Kansas German families from Russia, including photocopies and original photographic prints. There is a letter to William R. Scheirman from Gladys Blackman, whose grandparents John Adam and Cath. Elizabeth Shireman or Schuermann immigrated from Russia; photographs of Scheuermann and Shireman relatives; a photograph of Turner Hall in Lawrence; a photo of a Scheuermann family home; and a photograph of a Scheuermann...
Dates: approximately 1880s - 1930s; 1991

William L. White : Scrapbook of mounted newspaper clippings

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: RH MS E146
Overview

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings collected by staff of Watson Library regarding William Lindsay White (1900-1973) an author and journalist born in Emporia, Kansas.

Dates: 1947

William Lawrence letter

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P87
Overview

Letter addressed to "my dear Appleton", dated Milton, Massachusetts, October 15, 1940. The letter discusses the founding of Lawrence, and the naming of the town.

Dates: October 15, 1940

William Lindsay White collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 608
Overview

The William Lindsay White Collection contains career correspondence and manuscripts of author and journalist William Lindsay White and his father, Pulitzer Prize-winning editor and author William Allen White. Included also are papers of William Lindsay White's mother Sallie Lindsay White and of his grandparents, Dr. Allen White and Mary Ann Hatten White.

Dates: 1815 - 1983

William Long photographs

 Collection
Call Number: RH PH 26
Overview

William Long photographed scenes of Hoxie, Kansas and the surrounding area of Sheridan County and northwestern Kansas. Included in the collection are many images of farms and farming activities, as well as businesses and schools in Hoxie. Prints are copies made from original negatives.

Dates: approximately 1908-1928

William Lyon Phelps letters to Minnie Hite Moody

 Collection
Call Number: MS P487
Overview

Letters: critic encouraging young author.

Dates: 1936 - 1939

William MacLeod Raine letters

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P129
Overview

The letters are addressed to Miss Spellman and Mr. Lichtig and discuss several of his works.

Dates: 1934 - 1938

William Makepeace Thackeray collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS P317
Overview

Small collection of literary texts and letters by the English novelist William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) and gathered together by Spencer Research Library staff.

Dates: 1838, 1860

William Maria Boedefeld architectural renderings

 Collection
Call Number: RH AD 15
Overview

This collection contains two renderings created by architect W.M. Boedefeld, one of a bank and another of a building on Washburn University's campus in Topeka, Kansas.

Dates: 1940s

William McNown Collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS S46
Overview

This collection consist of a series of blueprints, maps, and plans, largely of buildings or flood control in the Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas area from work W.C. McNown completed as engineer.

Dates: 1896 - 1974

William P. Albrecht collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 18
Overview This collecton consists of several collections formed by Professor William P. Albrecht of the University of Kansas' English Department to give his students practice in reading documents from the early modern and modern periods. This includes items at MS 18, which consist primarily of English and Scottish legal documents (manorial documents, notarial instruments, charters, court rolls, indentures, etc.), including documents by/pertaining to English monarchs dating from 1375, 1501-1689....
Dates: 1375; 1501-1689; 1801-1962

William P. Harrison letters and a letter from Henry Bigge

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P61
Scope and Contents

Five of the letters-, dated 1861-62, are from Harrison to his sisters, one of whom was Anna Louisa Harrison, later Mrs. M. M. Green. The sixth letter, dated 1890, is from Henry Bigge to Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Green, his wife's parents. Envelope addressed to Mrs. M. M. Green used as container for Harrison's letters is included.

Dates: 1861-1862, 1890

William Porter Ames papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 13
Overview

This collection contains a chronological record of William P. Ames' career (including church bulletins, documents and correspondence), drafts of sermons, prayers and speeches, poems (primarily unpublished), a vacation scrapbook and diary, and a historical sketch of Native American education at Haskell Institute (later Haskell Indian Nations University) of Lawrence, Kansas.

Dates: 1905 - 1964

William R. Tillmon, Sr. collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1377
Overview The William R. Tillmon, Sr. papers are those of a lifelong Kansas City, Missouri resident. Mr. Tillmon was a teacher, school administrator, activist, youth baseball organizer, and an active member of the Presbyterian Church. The collection includes documents related to Mr. Tillmon's mentoring and civic leadership activities, awards and citations earned by Mr. Tillmon over his lifetime of service to the community, and materials collected by Mr. Tillmon that relate to the African American...
Dates: 1922 - 1993

William S. Burroughs collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 63
Overview

William Burroughs (1914-1997) was a prominent writer and countercultural figure associated with the "Beats." This collection includes correspondence, copies of the My Own Mag magazine and materials related to its production, and other related materials.

Dates: 1957 - 1967

William Savage Johnson papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 115
Overview

The collection includes a few manuscripts by University of Kansas English faculty member and author William Savage Johnson, letters received from and sent to notable writers by Johnson, and a small number of materials from Johnson's wife, Claudia Pendleton Johnson.

Dates: 1898-1942, 1966, 1970

William Stanley Beaumont Braithwaite correspondence

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P229
Overview

Correspondence received from various Kansas authors in response to Braithwaite's request for poems to be anthologized, or in some instances authors offering poetry for publication. Some of the poets were members of The Kansas Authors Club.

Dates: 1914-1927

William T. Davidson Civil War diary

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1015
Overview

The papers in this collection are of William T. Davidson. They include Davidson's 1864 diary and several items found laid in, including newspaper clippings and a railway ticket stub. Davidson has no known Kansas connection.

Dates: 1864

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English 3812
French 105
German 81
Spanish; Castilian 71
Latin 61
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University of Kansas 77
Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865 21
White, William Allen, 1868-1944 21
United States. Army 20
Brown, John, 1800-1859 14
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Between the Covers Rare Books 13
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 13
Republican Party (Kan.) 13
Armitage, Katie 12
Lane, James Henry (James Henry), 1814-1866 12
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 12
University of Kansas. Libraries 12
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 11
Haskell Institute 10
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 10
Reid, Albert Turner, 1873-1955 10
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 9
Sumner High School (Kansas City, Kan.) 9
University of Kansas. Department of English 9
University of Kansas. Museum of Natural History 9
University of Kansas. School of Engineering 9
Wilcox, Laird M. 9
Connelley, William Elsey, 1855-1930 8
Ingalls, John James, 1833-1900 8
O'Hegarty, P. S. (Patrick Sarsfield), 1879-1955 8
Ellis, Ralph N. (Ralph Nicholson), 1908-1945 7
Inge, William 7
Lawrence, Amos Adams, 1814-1886 7
Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894 7
Wood, Frank 7
African Methodist Episcopal Church 6
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 6
Douglass Hospital (Kansas City, Kan.) 6
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 6
Kansas. Supreme Court 6
Kenneth Spencer Research Library 6
Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987 6
Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission 6
Otto, David Arthur, 1934- 6
Pennell, Joseph Judd, 1866-1922 6
Sturgeon, Theodore 6
Trinity Episcopal Church (Lawrence, Kan.) 6
University of Kansas. Department of History 6
University of Kansas. Libraries. University Archives 6
University of Kansas. School of Architecture and Urban Design 6
University of Kansas. School of Fine Arts 6
University of Kansas. School of Law 6
White, William Lindsay, 1900-1973 6
Bowersock, Justin DeWitt, 1842-1922 5
Clark family 5
Docking, Robert Blackwell, 1925-1983 5
Douglas County Historical Society (Douglas County, Kan.) 5
Eigner , Larry, 1927-1996 5
Freemasons. Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Kansas 5
Haskell Indian Junior College 5
Johnson, Ronald, 1935-1998 5
Kansas Association of Colored Women and Girls’ Clubs 5
Kansas Committee for the Humanities 5
Kansas. Legislature 5
Kansas. Militia 5
Katzman, David M. 5
Lawrence (Kan.). City Commission 5
League of Women Voters of Kansas 5
Miller, Timothy, 1944- 5
Mrs. Hudson's Fine Books & Paper 5
New England Emigrant Aid Company 5
Populist Party (Kan.) 5
Robinson, Sara T. L. (Sara Tappan Lawrence), 1827-1911 5
Spencer, Kenneth Aldred, 1902-1960 5
Topeka School District (Topeka, Kan.) 5
United States. Congress. House 5
University of Kansas. Department of Music 5
University of Kansas. William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information 5
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity 4
Apfelbaum, Charles 4
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company 4
Bailey, E. H. S. (Edgar Henry Summerfield), 1848-1933 4
Beal, George Malcolm, 1897- 4
Benjamin, David, 1963- 4
Besinger, Curtis 4
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997 4
Calvary Baptist Church (Wichita, Kan.) 4
Capper, Arthur, 1865-1951 4
Carney, Thomas, 1824-1888 4
Clarke, Sidney, 1831-1909 4
Coan, Clark 4
Democratic Party (Kan.) 4
Domer, Dennis, 1944- 4
Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970 4
Eldridge House (Lawrence, Kan.) 4
Enslinger, Dennis 4
Friends in Council (Lawrence, Kan.) 4
Funston, Frederick, 1865-1917 4
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 4
Gould, John, 1804-1881 4
Guttridge, G. H. (George Herbert), 1898- 4
Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art 4
Hoad, William C. (William Christian), 1874- 4
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 4
Irvin, S. M. (Samuel Mcleary), 1812- 4
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