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A map of the vicinity of Lawrence
Map was made by Hoad during 1897-98, his senior year at KU in civil engineering. It was published by the KU Country Club. For Hoad's letters describing how he made the map, see RH MS P71.
A. Metcalfe letter
On stationery with an illustration (published by A. Metcalfe) of East Retford Railway Station at the head from Retford [Nottinghamshire, England], A. Metcalfe, bookseller, writes a question to an unknown publisher or editor. Metcalfe wants to know if light and shade shown by pencil or ink is considered to be a drawing or painting.
A Miscellany of Deeds and Manorial, Estate, Probate and Family Documents
This collection of miscellaneous documents, written between the 13th to 19th centuries, mostly relate to land and property transactions and maintenance in England. The bulk of the documents are dated from the 16th through 19th centuries. The remaining documents concern legal and official matters, family papers, probate and wills, and accounts and business. The documents pertain to many of the counties in England, as well as some matters taking place in other parts of the British Isles.
A Negro settlement in Kansas; and newspaper clippings
A River Running West literary archive
This collection consists of book page proofs and research materials related to Donald Worster's book, A River Running West: The Life of John Wesley Powell, published in 2001. The book focuses on 19th century Western United States explorer and environmental conservationist John Wesley Powell, particularly on his 1869 Colorado River expedition.
"A sentimental ramble through a part of the United States. Containing an accurate register of the several conversations, sentiments and opinions of the several travellars [sic] and inhabitants by the way"
Evidently an admirer of Irish-born English novelist and clergyman Laurence Sterne, Fenton wrote this account of his travels through Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland in the early years of the 19th century. Loose items found in the volume have been physically separated and are located at MS P112.
A story about Wilfred [sic] Collins Simons ; Lawrence, Kansas Watson Library.
Scrapbook of mounted newspaper clippings compiled by the staff of Watson Library from December, 1941, through May, 1952, concerning the life of W.C. Simons, editor and founder of the Lawrence Daily Journal World. A photograph of W. C. Simons taken by Henry Moore of Kansas City, Missouri is mounted as the frontispiece.
A study of the Watkins National Bank, Lawrence, Kansas.
This study was initiated as a class term paper about the architecture and design of the Watkins National Bank building. The interior detail work as well as the larger structure are described, and numerous photographs are included, as are a bibliography of references, interviews, and correspondence used in researching the topic. There is a brief biographical sketch of Jabez B. Watkins and the background on the construction of the bank building.
"A Sunday in June," by Edith Stanforth
Edith Stanforth's reflections on her work as a public health nurse in Ulysses, Kansas, written on a Sunday in June 1938.
A thirteen year history of Osage Mission Lodge no.53
History of the Lodge from 1870 to 1883. According to later history of the lodge by T. F. Rager (RH MS P104). Warner is credited with authorship of this 1883 history.
"A Thousand Years of Erlaheim"/"Tausend Jahre Erlaheim"
This collection consists of the manuscript volume "Tausend Jahre Erlaheim" written by William Zirkel, and its English translation completed by Lisbeth Sass, with a forward by Vansel S. Johnson dated from 1960. The volumes include mounted illustrations, facsimiles, maps, photographs, and text regarding the history of Erlaheim in Ravensburg, Germany. Johnson's ancestors, the Johannes family, came to Valley Falls, Kansas in the 1860s from Erlaheim.
"A transcription and interpretation of a diary by Elizabeth Duncan"
A complete transcription and accompanying paper on a diary kept by Elizabeth Duncan. The diary covers the trip the Duncan family made overland in 1867 from Lawrence, Kansas, to San Jose, California. The collection also contains a photocopied map of the route the Duncans followed.
"A Tribute to Roy Flory on His Ninety-First Birthday"
Thomas C. Ryther read this tribute to Roy Flory at a meeting of the Lawrence High Twelve Club. Flory was Douglas County (Kansas) Treasurer or Deputy Treasurer from 1934 to 1949. Other biographical data is briefly covered in the manuscript along with Lawrence, Kansas history and Flory family information.
A true survaigh of [lands in Creswell Manor, Blimhill, and Brineton, Staffordhire] belonging to Oliver Lord Fitzwilliam Earl of Tirconnel and Mrs. Mary Fitzwilliam
This survey describes lands in Creswall [i.e. Creswell] Manor, Blimhill [i.e. Blymhill] and Brineton, Staffordshire, England, belonging to Oliver, 2nd Viscount Fitzwilliam, 1st Earl of Tirconnell [i.e. Tyrconnell] (died 1667) and Mrs. Mary Fitzwilliam. The survey was done between 1663-1667 by John Wilson.
A.A. Cooper travel narrative
Photocopy of a travel narrative describing a journey from Missouri to Oregon in 1863. "This copy was made by her daughter, Nancy Cooper Thomas, in the year 1910. The present typed copy was made in 1931." Published as: Our journey across the plains from Missouri to Oregon in 1863. The Dalles, Or. : [A.A.S. Cooper, 1901].
"A.A.B. Cavaness Poems"
A.A.B. Cavaness was a Kansan poet who lived in Baldwin City, Douglas County, Kansas. This collection consists of a single folder containing correspondence from Cavaness addressed to Edith M. Clarke (assistant librarian at the University of Kansas), two booklets of poems in honor of President William McKinley, a postmarked envelope, and "Josephine," a booklet containing one poem.
Aaron Friesen autograph album
Aaron Friesen was born in 1899 at Inman (McPherson County), Kansas to Mennonite parents. He was age six at Christmas 1905, when he received this autograph album, made in Germany, from his uncle William E. Harms of Inman. The content includes signed sentiments from his parents and uncles, dated January 1906.
Aaron Pugh diary
Aaron Pugh was a soldier in M Company of the 8th Regiment of the Iowa Cavalry. This collection contains his diary for the years of 1863-1864, with reflection upon his enlistment and subsequent training in the U.S. Army.
A.B. Iliff notebooks
Mathematics, history, and science class notebooks kept at Lane University. Lecompton, Kansas, 1873.
Abilene High School memorabilia
Violet Sleichter Hoffman graduated from Abilene High School (Abilene, Kansas) in the class of 1925. Her collection includes high school programs, autographs and candid photographs of classmates and teachers, and formal group photographs from reunions of her class.
Abilene, Kansas photograph collection
This collection contains 12 photographs depicting downtown Abilene, Kansas near the turn of the 19th to the 20th century. It includes 6 photographs depicting the City Roller Mills and the fire which destroyed it on July 4, 1901 and a potrait of J.B. Edwards, an early pioneer of the town.
Abilene, Kansas postcard collection
Photographic postcards of Abilene, Kansas, with scenes of buildings, businesses, houses, street scenes, and school groups.
Abraham family genealogy
This typescript by Burl D. Abraham lists his Abraham family line of descent from Mordecai Abraham (1796-1871) of Virginia to Butler County, Kansas residents Richard Roy Abraham (1880-1947) and Cora Belle (Metcalfe) Abraham (1893-1968).
Abraham Lincoln portrait
This collection consists of a reproduction of a rare portrait drawing of Abraham Lincoln, his first ever portrait made after he was nominated for U.S. President, in June 1860. This reproduction was published in Boston in November 1911 by Otto Wiecher, Book and Printseller.
A.C. Edwards' Irish literary correspondence
This collection includes correspondence between University of Kansas English professor A. Carroll Edwards and Irish playwright Sean O'Casey (1880-1964), theatre director Gabriel Fallon (1898-1980), and copies of correspondence between O'Casey and author Lady Augusta Gregory (1852-1932), along with a small number of news clippings and other materials.