Lawrence (Kan.) -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Records:
Mary Chesley Killam letter
Collection
Call Number: RH MS P855
Overview
This 7-page transcript of an undated letter from Mary Chesley Killam is a descriptive memoir of her pioneer years in Lawrence, Kansas from 1855 to 1863. Writing to a newspaper near her native village of Barnstead, New Hampshire, she recalls the appearance of Lawrence when she and her husband first arrived, incidents involving abolitionist John Brown as a frequent guest of their hotel, and pro-slavery attacks on free-state Lawrence, including William Quantrill's Lawrence massacre of August...
Dates:
between 1880 and 1889
Oscar Eugene Learnard family papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 36
Overview
This collection consists of copied and original correspondence, clippings, photographs, and other related materials regarding the life of Oscar Eugene Learnard, his family, and the early history of Lawrence, Kansas.
Dates:
1850 - 1943