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Anti-Horse Thief Association minute book

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P860
Overview

The Anti-Horse Thief Association was a grass-roots organization of U.S. citizens that emerged in the 1850s as a vigilance body for prevention of theft, especially horse stealing. It remained active in the early 1900s, with membership bodies in many states and counties. This minute book of the Association's Hughes County, Oklahoma unit (Subordinate Order No. 179) contains its minutes from December 1911 to May 1912, and lists names of the unit's officers and members.

Dates: 1911-1912, and 1933 news clipping

Application to the National Register of Historic Places

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1275
Overview

Photographs, maps, resources, and application for the nomination of the Black Jack Battlefield Historic Site to the National Register of Historic Places.

Dates: 2002 - 2004

Apuntes para formar un discurse sobre el mal y el bien de Espanã, escrite de orden del rey de las Sicilias, monarca presunte de las Espanás

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: MS C16
Overview

Notes to form a speech on the "evil and good" of Spain, written from Naples by Miguel Antonio de la Gándara at the order of Carlos III, king of Spain (1716-1788). Gándara (1719-1783) was a priest born in the Liendo Valley (Cantabria), Spain, who participated in the Concordat of 1753 between Spain and Pope Benedict XIV.

Dates: July 5, 1759

A.R. Meier letter

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P868
Overview

This letter from A. R. Meier, owner of the Meier Electric Company and operator of Radio Station W9CKJ at Russell, Kansas, is to Harold F. Reidl, operator of Radio Station W9VWP at Otis, Kansas. Meier writes to offer for sale a vertical antenna that he intends to replace.

Dates: March 25, 1940; enclosed photograph: December 6, 1939

[Archery: Two Treatises]

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: MS C33
Overview

This treatise consists of two texts, a secular manual that teaches and promotes the sport of archery and its use for the Muslim solider, so that he can become a superior human and athlete.

Dates: 1150 A.H. / 1737 C.E.

Architectual drawings and surveys of Curtis Besinger

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 335
Overview

School of Architecture class projects led by Curtis Besinger when he taught at the University of Kansas. Includes architectural surveys of historic sites in Douglas County, the larger state of Kansas, and some locations in Kansas City, Missouri.

Dates: before 1962 - 1971

Architectural drawings by Edmund Hutawa

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: MS G55
Overview

This collection consists of 1 set of unbound gatherings, architectural drawings on tissue/tracing paper laid on (some loose). Also includes a loose map of Templedorff area near Potsdamer Tor of Berlin. Handwritten notes (in German) throughout; most on pieces of notepaper glued to leaves.

Dates: 1828 - 1829

Architectural drawings of the William Pitt Telescope

 Collection
Call Number: PP 526
Overview

This collection contains 83 drawings of the William Pitt telescope, 1952 observatory plans, and 1970 astrology cold box.

Dates: 1927 - 1970

Architectural plans for the Alexander Majors home

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: RH MS G18
Overview

A description of the Majors home which stands at 83rd Street and State Line (8145 State Line Road in Leawood, Kansas and 8206 Wyoming Street in Kansas City, Missouri) and sketch of the business career of Alexander Majors. There are reproductions of several documents relevant to the history of the house, as well as a floor plan of the home, and photographs of Majors. Majors was a partner in the early western freighting firm of Russell, Majors and Waddell.

Dates: 1969

Architecture 648 (An Introduction to Historic Preservation) class projects

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1158
Overview

This collection consists of class projects aimed at historic preservation in architecture at the University of Kansas; the projects pertain to the residences, farmsteads, churches and public buildings in the Lawrence/Douglas County, Kansas area and include building plans, photos, and interviews with past inhabitants.

Dates: 1990 - 1991

Arden Booth State Senate papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1404
Overview

Material relating predominately to Arden Booth's time in the Kansas State Senate, with the addition of a small amount of personal materials and some information regarding the radio station KLWN, mostly in the form of letters.

Dates: 1964 to 1990 (bulk 1971 to 1976)

Argentine River Improvement & Traffic Company stock certificate

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P952
Overview

Stock certificate for one $100 share of the Argentine River Improvement & Traffic Company of Argentine, Kansas, given to George G. Barker.

Dates: August 1, 1887

Arithmetic exercise book

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: MS C161
Overview

Arithmetic exercise book.

Dates: 1792

Arithmetic Manuscript of J. Price

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: MS C293
Overview

J. Price's manuscript [circa 1805] includes mathematical and financial equations. The untitled manuscript contains sketches on the front and back cover. It was likely created in the United Kingdom.

Dates: 1805?

Arleen Purcell biographical material

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P757
Overview

Arleen Purcell was an instrumental and vocal instructor in Kansas communities including Fulton, Pittsburgh, and Fort Scott. She co-authored the musical play Footprints on the Frontier. This collection of her papers includes a biography and programs for a production of Footprints on the Frontier.

Dates: 1985

Armitage Foundation records

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 685
Overview

The Armitage Gone! Dance modern dance company was founded by Lawrence, Kansas, native Karole Armitage in 1979. The Armitage Foundation was established in 1985 to oversee the work of Armitage and the dance company. This collection contains budget reports, correspondence, reviews, and other materials related to both the foundation and company.

Dates: 1982 - 1993

Arnold Springer Ledger

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: RH MS G55
Overview

Business records and account of Arnold & Springer, a general store in White Cloud, Kansas.

Dates: 1883

Arthur and Ethel Parks papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 421
Overview

The Arthur and Ethel Parks papers are those of a longtime Kansas couple. A businessman, Arthur Parks served for a time as director of the Office of Economic Opportunity for Kansas.

Dates: 1934 - 1981

Arthur F. McClure papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1131
Overview The Arthur F. McClure papers consist primarily of collected publications and photographs. The older portion of the collection (papers dating from 1872-1934 and photographs) belonged to the father, who was a printer. The newer portion of the collection (Arthur McClure II papers) belonged to the son, who taught history at Central Missouri State University and shares the same name. The Arthur McClure II papers include correspondence and historical information mainly regarding University of...
Dates: 1872 - 1991

Arthur Jellison photograph collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH PH 559
Overview

This collection consists of negatives and some prints and correspondence from the photographic studio of Arthur Asa Jellison, who worked and lived in Wilson, Ellsworth County, Kansas in the first half of the 20th century. Individuals photographed in the collection came from Wilson, Dorrance, Ellsworth, Redwing, Corning, Bennington, Claflin, Kanopolis, Dubuque, Holyrood, and Sylvan Grove, Kansas.

Dates: 1927 - 1964

Arthur Moore collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 143
Overview

This collection consists of the correspondence and business records of Arthur Moore (1666?-1730) and his immediate family in England in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

Dates: 1503-1857 not inclusive (bulk 1680s-1730s)

"Arthur" theatrical production records

 Collection
Call Number: MS 102
Overview A collection of records related to a proposed (but never staged) 1919 production of "Arthur: a tragedy," a play written by poet, playwright, and art historian Laurence Binyon "for and with" Martin Harvey (actor and theater manager later known as Sir John Martin-Harvey) . The collection includes correspondence and notes by or addressed to Martin Harvey, as well as sketches, some signed by artist and designer Robert Anning Bell, relating primarily to the design of the proposed production,...
Dates: 1919, 1933 (bulk 1919)

Arthur Weaver Robinson collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1533
Overview Arthur Weaver Robinson was a prominent alumnus of the University of Kansas and worked as a specialist in internal medicine in Kansas City from 1952 to 1992. Robinson served in multiple positions of leadership at the St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri and taught medical students and St. Luke's resident staff as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical School. This collection contains Robinson family histories and genealogies; photographs and...
Dates: 1921 - 2015

Articles and Drawings about Architecture from Kansas City Newspapers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 655
Overview This is a collection of newspaper clippings from Kansas City newspapers, such as the Kansas City Star, Kansas City Journal, Kansas City Post, and the Kansas City Journal-Post from 1913-1924. The articles relate to prominent Kansas City landmarks such as the Liberty Memorial and Union Station in downtown Kansas City, as well as residences and commercial buildings. The collection also includes articles and pages from national publications such as American Contractor and Western...
Dates: 1913 - 1924

Artifacts from the 1984 Discovery Space Shuttle Mission

 Collection
Call Number: Pryce MS J2
Overview

Material carried on the maiden flight of the space shuttle orbiter Discovery (STS 41D, August 30 – September 5, 1984) and publicity material associated with the mission.

Dates: August 30 – September 5, 1984

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 13
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Reid, Albert Turner, 1873-1955 10
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Sumner High School (Kansas City, Kan.) 9
University of Kansas. Department of English 9
University of Kansas. Museum of Natural History 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
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Lawrence, Amos Adams, 1814-1886 7
Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894 7
Wood, Frank 7
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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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