Browse Collections (19 total)

You Are Local History Community Digitization Project

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The You Are Local History community digitization project aimed to collect and digitize objects that tell stories about Lawrence, in order to create a…

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Yearbooks

This collection contains yearbooks from public schools in Lawrence, Kansas.

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Watkins Museum of History - Lawrence Disaster Images

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Collective images of natural disasters that have struck Douglas County and the City of Lawrence. Displaying images of a century of floods, tornadoes,…

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The Day After

The Day After, a made-for-TV movie depicting the aftermath of nuclear war, was set and filmed primarily in Lawrence, Kansas, and was broadcast for the…

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Telephone Directories

This collection contains telephone directories for Lawrence (Kan.), published between 1933 and 1954.

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Pinckney Neighborhood Association

Bylaws, correspondence, newsletters and minutes from the Pinckney Neighborhood Association in Lawrence, Kansas.

Contributors: Hoch, Tony

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Oread Neighborhood Association

Bylaws and minutes from the Oread Neighborhood Association in Lawrence, Kansas.

Contributors: Hoch, Tony

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Obituary Indexes

The Lawrence Public Library began collecting a web archive of obituaries published by newspapers and funeral homes in and near Douglas County, Kansas,…

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North Lawrence Improvement Association

Bylaws, correspondence, minutes, and newsletters from the North Lawrence Improvement Association.

Contributors: Boyle, Ted
Hoch, Tony

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Mortuary Books

This collection includes the mortuary records of funeral homes Schubert Mortuary and Funk Mortuary in Lawrence (Kan.). The records span 1912 to 1924.

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La Yarda Oral History Project

La Yarda was a neighborhood of worker housing provided by the Santa Fe Railroad for Mexican-American railroad workers in Lawrence, Kansas; located…

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History of the Lawrence Public Library

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Resources related to the history of the Lawrence Public Library in Lawrence, Kansas.

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Fitzpatrick-Postma Postcards

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This collection is comprised of postcards collected by Lawrence, Kansas, residents Charline Fitzpatrick and her daughter Sally Postma. The collection…

Contributors: Postma, Sally, Carttar, Rosalea, Carttar, Peter

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East Lawrence Neighborhood Association

Bylaws, correspondence, minutes, East Lawrence Neighborhood Revitalization Plan, and newsletters from East Lawrence, Kansas.

Contributors: Collison, Phil
Hoch, Tony

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Douglas County Genealogical Society

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This collection is comprised of the publications of the Douglas County Genealogical Society, including issues of The Pioneer (the quarterly newsletter…

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City of Lawrence Fair Housing Ordinance 50th Anniversary Oral History Project

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On July 18, 1967, Lawrence mayor Richard Raney signed into law Ordinance 3749, which provided fair housing protections to the citizens of Lawrence and…

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Brook Creek Neighborhood Association

Bylaws, minutes, newsletters, correspondence, and survey for what is now known as the Brook Creek Neighborhood Association, plus the Far East…

Contributors: Hoch, Tony

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