Browse Collections (19 total)
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…
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.
Telephone Directories
This collection contains telephone directories for Lawrence (Kan.), published between 1933 and 1954.
Yearbooks
This collection contains yearbooks from public schools in Lawrence, Kansas.
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,…
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…
Kansas Veterans of World War II Oral History Project / Lawrence Remembers the World War II Years Project
In 2003, the Lawrence Public Library partnered with the Dole Institute of Politics and Haskell University to capture the histories of Douglas…
Oread Neighborhood Association
Bylaws and minutes from the Oread Neighborhood Association in Lawrence, Kansas.
Contributors: Hoch, Tony
Pinckney Neighborhood Association
Bylaws, correspondence, newsletters and minutes from the Pinckney Neighborhood Association in Lawrence, Kansas.
Contributors: Hoch, Tony
East Lawrence Neighborhood Association
Bylaws, correspondence, minutes, East Lawrence Neighborhood Revitalization Plan, and newsletters from East Lawrence, Kansas.
Contributors:
Collison, Phil
Hoch, Tony
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
North Lawrence Improvement Association
Bylaws, correspondence, minutes, and newsletters from the North Lawrence Improvement Association.
Contributors:
Boyle, Ted
Hoch, Tony
You Are Local History Community Digitization Project
The You Are Local History community digitization project aimed to collect and digitize objects that tell stories about Lawrence, in order to create a…
History of the Lawrence Public Library
Resources related to the history of the Lawrence Public Library in Lawrence, Kansas.
City of Lawrence Fair Housing Ordinance 50th Anniversary Oral History Project
On July 18, 1967, Lawrence mayor Richard Raney signed into law Ordinance 3749, which provided fair housing protections to the citizens of Lawrence and…
Watkins Museum of History - Lawrence Disaster Images
Collective images of natural disasters that have struck Douglas County and the City of Lawrence. Displaying images of a century of floods, tornadoes,…
Douglas County Genealogical Society
This collection is comprised of the publications of the Douglas County Genealogical Society, including issues of The Pioneer (the quarterly newsletter…
Fitzpatrick-Postma Postcards
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