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Alfred Curtiss and Clara Haskins Curtiss genealogy

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS E93
Overview

The genealogy of Alfred Curtiss and of his wife Clara Haskins Curtiss of, their descendants and some of their relatives. Ransomville, N.Y., 1924 written by their daughter, Elizabeth Curtiss. The collection also includes two images, one each of Alfred and Clara Curtiss.

Dates: 1924

Alfred M. Landon collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 3
Overview

This collection of speeches, correspondence, pamphlets, clippings, audiovisual material, and miscellaneous memorabilia was collected by historian Donald R. McCoy as a result of his research for the biography Landon of Kansas.

Dates: 1927-1963, 1966, 1980, 1983

Alfred M. Landon oral interviews

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 819
Overview

Alfred Mossman Landon, 1887-1987, a prominent Kansas Republican, served as Governor of Kansas from 1933-1937 and ran an unsuccessful campaign for the United States presidency in 1936. This collection includes audiotapes and transcripts of interviews with Governor Landon by Donald R. McCoy and Louis George Griffin from 1975-1976.

Dates: 1975 - 1976

Algis Budrys papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 112
Overview

Collection comprising typescript draft (with manuscript corrections) for Algys Budrys's science-fiction novel Who?; two printed editions of the novel; and the painting by Kelly Freas that inspired Budrys's short story "Who?", which Budrys later expanded into a novel.

Dates: approximately 1955

Alice Walker party invitation

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: MS P752
Overview

Invitation to a book party celebrating the publication of Alice Walker's collection of short stories, You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down, at the Women's Building in San Francisco, California.

Dates: May 23, 1981

Alice Walker photograph

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH PH P2851
Overview

The collection consists of an 8x10" color photograph of Pulitzer Prize winning author Alice Walker, signing a book at the Raven Bookstore in Lawrence, Kansas. The collection also includes the business card of Lawrence photographer, Shakura Jackson, and the envelope in which it was donated.

Dates: February 1, 2002

All-American Conference to Combat Communism records

 Collection
Call Number: RH WL MS 18
Overview The All-American Conference to Combat Communism was formed in 1950 to defend American liberties and to expose and curtail communism within the United States. These records of the organization were collected by Frederick S. Harris, one of the Conference leaders who was also National Commander of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States. The records consist primarily of Harris's correspondence with other leaders of the Conference, and include meeting programs and published statements of...
Dates: 1950 - 1962

All-Sew Club records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 337
Overview

A collection of the records and the minutes of various meetings of the All-Sew Club from the years 1912-1971.

Dates: 1912 - 1971

Allabelle O. Napue papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 723
Overview

The papers of Allabelle O. Napue are those of a Topeka, Kansas resident who owned and operated a beauty shop there in the mid-20th century and who was a prominent member of the Topeka African American community.

Dates: 1929 - 1986

Allen County schoolteacher photographs

 Collection — Folder: 1-3
Call Number: RH PH P11
Overview

This collection includes three group photographs of teachers in Allen County, Kansas, taken around 1900. Lists identifying the teachers in the photographs are included in the collection.

Dates: approximately 1900

Allen Dunmire diary

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: RH MS A37
Overview

Diary entries are made in ink and pencil. Each entry mentions the weather conditions and is followed by the daily activities. There are diary entries for each day of the year 1879. In addition, there are notes on expenditures and receipts during the year as well as accounts received and paid.

Dates: 1879

Allen Ginsberg-Fred Jordan collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS P742
Overview

The collection consists of ten pieces of typescript, a signed contract for publishing and correspondence between Allen Ginsberg and Fred Jordan about Ginsberg's "Howl" and "Kral Majales." It also includes an annotated photocopy transcript of "Kral Majales."

Dates: 1965 - 1967

Alliance brig financial accounts

 Collection
Call Number: MS P636
Overview

A group of accounts for the brig Alliance of New Bedford, Massachusetts, in preparation for what was perhaps her maiden whaling voyage, including receipts and line-item accounts.

Dates: May-September 1819

Alma Roller Mills records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS G42
Overview

Financial records, custom work ledger, journal.

Dates: 1881 - 1896

Alpha Delta Kappa, Tau Chapter records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 146
Overview

Alpha Delta Kappa is an honorary teacher's sorority. The collection consists of correspondence, chapter meeting reports, rosters, convention programs and other miscellaneous papers, and scrapbooks that include photographs of members, newspaper clippings, programs, and other memorabilia.

Dates: 1954 - 1982

Alphabetical list of titles in Ten cent pocket series (Haldeman-Julius)

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: RH MS A23
Overview

The manuscript pages are inserted into a printed cover and title page, with title: Catalog; List of 239 books at 10 cents each.

Dates: 20th century

Alternative Schools in Lawrence, Kansas

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1225
Overview

This collection contains official records of the Lawrence Association for Innovative Education, a Lawrence, Kansas-based nonprofit, as well as newsletters, rosters, and publicity materials from associated schools.

Dates: 1970 - 1980

Althea Vratil papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1078
Overview

Althea Vratil, of Larned, Kansas, was a University of Kansas student in the 1940s. This collection contains a scrapbook of clippings, postcards, Christmas cards, and articles about World War II published in the University Daily Kansan, the University of Kansas student newspaper, as well as correspondence.

Dates: 1940s

Alvah and Mary Shelden collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1018
Overview

The Alvah and Mary Shelden Collection contains their 1879 to 1885 journal of activities as residents of El Dorado, Kansas, as well as autobiographical and biographical accounts of their lives as early settlers and teachers in Butler County, Kansas. A typescript of their journal is included.

Dates: 1879 - 1885

Alvin Daniel Dahlene papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 274
Overview

This collection deals principally with Alvin Dahlene's participation in the game of horseshoes.

Dates: 1906 - 1978

Alvin Forrest “Fritz” Grauerholz papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1593
Overview

This collection includes Alvin Grauerholz’s correspondence, work with the American Legion, writing drafts, professional work with Septagon Incorporated, personal papers relating to the Grauerholz family, and information regarding the State of Kansas v. Alvin Grauerholz trial in the 1980s.

Dates: 1925 - 2009

Alvin Terry papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1333
Overview

The collection consists of Terry family history, photographs and correspondence. There are also papers related to Alvin Terry's education, time in the military, career and his avid interest in photography.

Dates: 1890 - 1990

Alvin Terry Photos

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1189
Overview

This collection contains framed and matted photographs taken throughout Kansas. Many of the items include titles, dates, and descriptive notes from Terry.

Dates: 1940 - 1982

Alyce Christopher-Ballard papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 485
Overview

The Alyce Christopher-Ballard papers are those of a long time Wichita, Kansas resident who was executive director of the Wichita Phyllis Wheatley Childrens Home. She was also a very active community member.

Dates: 1953 - 1989

Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1754 collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1532
Overview

This collection contains promotional material for the Local 1754 chapter of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) in Lawrence, Kansas from 2014 to 2019. It includes announcements of union and member events, recruitment material, notices and broadsides, pins, posters, postcards, signage, and business cards of union leadership.

Dates: 2014 - 2019

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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
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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
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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