"Who Killed Our Son? An Account of the Circumstances and Subsequent Investigation of the Death of Harry Nicholas Rice" by Esther Christianson Rice is her account of the circumstances and subsequent investigation of the death of her son, University of Kansas student Harry Nicholas Rice, who was a victim of gunfire near the Lawrence campus on July 20, 1970.

The bulk of the collection is photocopies of the case files for Kansas Bureau of Investigation case number 1-14958 dealing with the shooting death of Harry Nicholas Rice, a student at the University of Kansas. The collection also includes newspaper clippings, the Rice family’s correspondence with federal agencies and with lawyers concerning the case they filed against the city of Lawrence for damages in the death of their son; Douglas County, Kansas district court case number 27,359.