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W.P.A. Projects in Nebraska Photographs

 Collection
Call Number: RH PH 158
Overview

This collection contains photographs of W.P.A. construction projects in Nebraska.

Dates: approximately 1933 - 1935

Writings and correspondence of Kenneth Reddin

 Collection
Call Number: MS 14
Overview

Kenneth Reddin was an Irish novelist and district justice in the first half of the 20th century, sometimes writing under the pseudonym of Kenneth Sarr. This collection contains versions of two of his works, "Sable and Silver" and "Another Shore," personal correspondence with well-known figures of the Irish literary revival and political figures, and printed materials created by Irish poets and writers.

Dates: 1914 - 1958

W.S. Coverston letters

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1356
Overview

The collection consists of letters and other correspondence, as well as poetry and other items, to and from W.S. Coverston and various friends and relatives, dating from 1868-1924. Topics in the letters include family, women, work, and health, among other interests. Main correspondents include W.S.'s brother J.H. [John] and his friend E.C. Montague.

Dates: 1868 - 1924

W.W. Scott letters

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P231
Overview

Letters to Scott concerning Quantrill's Raid, including one from Charles F. Taylor who was one of Quantrill's men, and concerning William C. Quantrill's family genealogy.

Dates: 1879 - 1898

Wyandot Nation correspondence, documents, and clippings

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 69
Scope and Contents

The collection includes letters of Wyandot chiefs and principals of the Wyandot Nation. Also, there is correspondence about the Methodist Church Mission effort among the Wyandots involving the division of the Methodist Church North and South. The documents in the collection include several Wyandot land allotments to the tribe in Kansas territory. An item by item inventory is included in each folder.

Dates: 1823 - 1889

Wyandotte County, Kansas District Court collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 25
Overview The materials in this collection relate to approximately 150 civil suits heard before the Wyandotte County District Court. Much of the material relates to the Wyandotte tribe as litigants, among whom are Abelard Couthrie and William Walker, as well as other Walker family members. Other litigants include firms such as Great Western Telegraph Company and Missouri Valley Lumber Company. In many instances the documents include all relevant papers indicating all actions taken and final...
Dates: 1858-1889

Wyandotte County Land Title Abstract

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P911
Overview

The collection is an abstract of documents and transactions regarding an area of land in the Argentine District of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Administered by the Chadborn Abstract Company, Inc., of Kansas City, Kansas, the collection's documents span the years 1859-1931.

Dates: 1859 - 1931

XII Colloques ou dialogues escrits pour l’usage, et l’exercice en la langue francoyse, du M[onsieu]r George Frederic Comte de Solms

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Call Number: MS B27
Overview

This collection is a single volume of dialogues to teach a German prince French and manners. It includes 12 dialogues in French, each with a French-German appendix (consisting of a Nomenclature [vocabulary], a Phraseologia, a list of proverbs, verses, etc.). Most dialogues reflect a young nobleman's daily life.

Dates: 1634 or 1635

Yapp School Photo album

 Collection
Call Number: RH PH P2795
Overview

This collection consists of a photo album of a Kansas one-room school house in the Yapp School District 148, possibly in or near Odessa, Jewell County, Kansas. The teacher was Floy F. Wiley. The school year was 1921-1922. The photo album includes both photos and descriptions.

Dates: 1921 - 1922

Year Round Club papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 239
Overview

Secretary and Treasurer's report of the Year Round Club.

Dates: 1908 - 1974

Yeats family correspondence

 Collection
Call Number: MS 25
Overview

The Yeats family was a prominent Irish literary family in the 19th and 20th centuries. This collection includes some of their correspondence, business and personal, along with illustrations created by Jack Butler Yeats and poems written by William Butler Yeats. Also included are materials which belonged to Joseph Maunsell Hone, who wrote a biography of W.B. Yeats.

Dates: 1895 - 1957

York family collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1438
Overview

The Yorks were a family of farmers who settled in Kansas shortly after it became a state. This collection focuses on Oscar York, his siblings, and his children. It includes photographs, letters, legal documents, and records from their family history.

Dates: approximately 1875-2010

York, Nebraska Photograph Collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH PH 128
Overview

This collection contains photographs of activies from York, Nebraska, with several from the York Business College and St. Ursula's Convent.

Dates: approximately 1910 - 1919

Young Adult Projects records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 932
Overview

This collection contains various information regarding drug education including drug identifications and various records from Young Adult Projects, Kansas City, Missouri.

Dates: 1969 - 1970

Young Communist League of the United States collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH WL MS 63
Overview

This collection contains correspondence, ephemera, essays, posters and documents relating to and from the Young Communist League of the United States. Some of the material regards Earl Browder, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the U.S. in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Dates: 1933 - 1967

Young Women's Christian Association, Yates Branch records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 439
Overview

The YWCA, Yates Branch records are those of a Kansas City, Kansas Young Women's Christian Association affiliate organized in 1913 and dissolved in 1982 after it was absorbed by the Kansas City, Kansas Central Branch YWCA.

Dates: 1917 - 1982

Yusuf and Zoleikha = یوسف و زلیخا

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: MS A9
Overview This illuminated manuscript is the poetic retelling of the Qur’anic story of Prophet Yusuf and the Zoleikha by the Persian 15th-century poet Abd ar-Rahmān Jāmi. The original story focuses on the life of Prophet Yusuf from his birthplace of Canaan to Egypt where he served the a high-level servant of the Pharaoh, Potiphar, and his wife. Potiphar's wife falls deeply in love with him, and Yusuf's faith is put to the test. Jami’s retelling is a romanticization of the original Qur’anic story; this...
Dates: Poem originally written 888 A.H. / 1483 CE; this manuscript copy inscribed 17th century CE

Zanoni B. Freeman letters

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 647
Overview

Freeman was a Sergeant in the United States Army during World War I. He wrote these letters to Bernice Henderson while serving at Camp Funston, Kansas, and, later, in France. They date from March 24, 1918 to April 6, 1919.

Dates: March 24, 1918 - April 6, 1919

Zatella R. Turner papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 645
Overview

The papers of Zatella R. Turner are those of an African American, native Kansan who was a scholar of and educator in Shakespearian literature.

Dates: 1915 - 1987

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

Zona Wheeler collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 874
Overview

A native Kansan, Zona Wheeler was a student of Birgir Sandzén at Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas. Wheeler came to be a commercial artist, specializing in printmaking and lithography. This collection of her work includes primarily paintings and lithography prints, a well as photographs of Wheeler as a child and of her extended family and network.

Dates: 1913-1975

Zula Bennington Greene papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 708
Overview Zula Bennington Greene, also known as Peggy of the Flint Hills, was an author and poet who became well-known in Kansas and beyond for the "Peggy of the Flint Hills" columns she wrote for the Topeka Daily Capital and The Topeka Capital-Journal. The collection contains scrapbooks of her compiled columns, 1928-1988; column response letters and writing samples; letters from friends & family; condolence letters after...
Dates: 1938 - 2000

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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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