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Correspondence between the presidents and coordinators of the Pinckney Neighborhood Association and the City of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas.

Bylaws for the Pinckney Neighborhood Association in Lawrence, Kansas.

Meeting minutes for the Oread Neighborhood Association in Lawrence, Kansas. This collection of meeting minutes was compiled by the City of Lawrence Community Development Office; the run is incomplete.

Bylaws for the Oread Neighborhood Association in Lawrence, Kansas.

Newsletters produced by the North Lawrence Improvement Association in Lawrence, Kansas.

Meeting minutes for the North Lawrence Improvement Association in Lawrence, Kansas.

Correspondence between North Lawrence Improvement Association president and Development and Planning office in Lawrence, Kansas.

Letter to Margene Swarts from Delores Todd regarding 1995 amendments in the bylaws of the North Lawrence Improvement Association of Lawrence, Kansas. Copy of 1971 bylaws.

Survey, coding protocol, and demographic information for an undated survey of the Brook Creek neighborhood in Lawrence, Kansas.

Minutes from the meetings of the Brook Creek Neighborhood Association in Lawrence, Kansas. The Brook Creek Neighborhood Association was formerly known as the Brook Creek Neighborhood Improvement Association, and prior to that known as the Far East…

Correspondence from the Brook Creek Neighborhood Association representative, coordinator and the Housing and Neighborhood Develepment Department and the Community Development Block Grant program of the City of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas.…

Final plan for the Far East Lawrence neighborhood, published November 1981 and adopted by the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission on May 20, 1981. Approved by the Lawrence City Commission on June 16, 1981. The Far East Lawrence neighborhood…

Constitution and bylaws for residents and property owners within that area of the City of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, bounded on the east by the City Limits; on the north by the Kaw River; on the west by the Santa Fe Spur Line; and on the south…

Constitution and bylaws for residents and property owners within the boundary of that area of the City of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, bounded on the east by the City Limits; on the north by the Kaw River; on the west by the Santa Fe Spur Line;…

Neon sign for Francis Sporting Goods, a sports gear and equipment store that used to be on Massachusetts Street in the House Building. The sign now hangs in April Dwyer's office as a memento of the family business.

A USS Vammen hat worn by a neighbor of Anne Tangeman's. This neighbor always sat on the front porch with his wife and watched the Barker neighborhood Memorial Day parade, which included almost the entire neighborhood: kids with streamers and…

The home of Dr. S.B. Prentiss and his wife, Annie J. Soule, in Lawrence, Kansas. Mrs. Prentiss is in the picture with three of her four stepchildren (from left: Ella Prentiss Niell, Louisa Prentiss Simpson, Mrs. Prentiss, and Frank Prentiss). Rebecca…

Photograph of Richard and Theda Higgins standing in front of their fish market, Higgins Fish Market. Richard was a Riverking who caught fish on the Kaw, while Theda was responsible for cleaning, cutting, packaging, and selling the fish at the market.…

Photograph of Richard Higgins, the grandfather of Barbara Higgins-Dover, weaving a fishing net, which he used to catch fish in the Kaw River. Barbara remembers her grandfather weaving fishing nets in the living room when she was growing up.

Newspaper clipping of Richard Higgins holding a Burbot, a rare fish to catch in the Kansas river. Richard Higgins was a Riverking and the grandfather of Barbara Higgins-Dover, who remembers fishing on the Kaw River with him as a young girl.

Newspaper clipping of Henry "Catfish" Oakes holding a large catfish. Oakes was a great uncle to Barbara Higgins-Dover. She remembers that he used to play the harmonica and sing, making up songs for her.

Charles (right) and Phil Saunders (left) were commercial fishermen on the Kaw River. In this photo, they are holding a line of recently caught fish.

A grapple hook would be thrown out to retrieve submerged fishing nets. This grapple hook was likely made in Lawrence by a Riverking, a fisherman who made a living fishing during the Kaw River fishing industry boom.

Net knitting needles were used with a spacer block to create hoop nets, along with other kinds of nets like dip nets and wide nets. This knitting needle has been passed down through the Higgins family to Barbara Higgins-Dover, the director of the…

Double-throated hoop nets were submerged in the river to catch large quantities of fish. This net has been passed down through the Higgins family to Barbara Higgins-Dover, the director of the Riverkings Museum. Barbara remembers her grandfather…