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Kansas -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 28 Records:

Scrapbook of Kansas news items

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS C90
Overview

Margaret Thompson Henderson was born in Parsons, Kansas and graduated from the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1905. Her 91-page scrapbook of news clippings from the early 1900s chronicles notable people, places and events in the history of Kansas, the Lawrence community, and the University of Kansas. Included are published poems, biographies, and obituaries of famous Kansans.

Dates: approximately 1908-1924

Scrapbooks

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS D199
Overview

Scrapbooks containing mounted clippings from area newspapers. Each volume is individually indexed and dated.

Dates: 1896 - 1933

Simons family papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1503
Overview

This collection consists of diaries, correspondence, copies of speeches and talks, news clippings, genealogical information, and other related materials from the Simons family of Kansas. The bulk of the collection relates to W.C. Simons, founder of the Lawrence Journal-World newspaper of Lawrence, Kansas.

Dates: approximately 1791-1960 (bulk 1920s-1952)