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Text: A telephone directory of Lawrence (Kan.) residents and businesses produced in November 1952 by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. The directory contains information about long distance calls, Lawrence telephone subscribers' phone numbers and…

Text: A telephone directory of Lawrence (Kan.) residents and business produced in Nov 1953 by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. The directory contains information about long distance calls, Lawrence telephone subsribers' phone numbers and…

Text: A telephone directory of Lawrence (Kan.) residents and businesses produced in November 1936 by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. The directory contains information about long distance calls, Lawrence telephone subscribers' phone numbers and…

Text: A telephone directory of Lawrence (Kan.) residents and business produced in Nov 1942 by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. The directory contains information about long distance calls, Lawrence telephone subsribers' phone numbers and…

Text: A telephone directory of Lawrence (Kan.) residents and business produced in Nov 1942 by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. The directory contains information about long distance calls, Lawrence telephone subsribers' phone numbers and…

An article giving further information of J.S. Boughton's death and funeral arrangements as well as a portrait of his life.

An obituary in the Lawrence Daily Journal for Rhoda Trask, Quantrill's Raid widow and city librarian from 1870-1885.

A short newspaper article announcing the Lawrence Library Association's purchase of J.S. Boughton's book collection and reading room furnishings.

A full-page spread in the Lawrence Journal-World regarding the space shortage in the Carnegie Library.

The text of a 1903 ordinance from Lawrence, Kansas, concerning an election to be held to vote on establishing and maintaining a free public library in the City of Lawrence.

Bylaws for the Oread Neighborhood Association in Lawrence, Kansas.

Correspondence concerning the activities of the Oread Neighborhood Association.

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.

Orvel Criqui served in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. Interviewed by Pattie Johnston on August 23, 2007, Criqui talked about his experiences during the Second World War. Criqui was born on May 28, 1924, in Melvern, Kansas. He graduated…

Oscar Stoebener served in the United States Army in the 19th Regiment, 24th Division, 2nd Battalion. He was drafted in 1942. Interviewed by Pattie Johnston on September 26, 2005, Stoebener talked about his military experiences during the Second World…

A concert poster for Pagiins, designed by Tanner Spreer, a graphic design artist, Lawrence local, and band member of Psychic Heat. This poster was printed on a risograph, an alternative to silk-screen printing that allows designers to create complex,…

The agreement between the Lawrence Public Library and Rowland & Stevenson for a subscription to a number of newspapers and magazines. The library paid $95.75 yearly for this subscription.

Segments from an interview with Pat Lechtenberg conducted by Kaye McIntyre of Kansas Public Radio for a KPR special commemorating the thirty-year anniversary of the 1983 broadcast of The Day After, a made-for-TV movie depicting the aftermath of…

A photograph showing a patron talking to two librarians in the reference desk. In the background are the stacks.

A mother with two young daughters look through the library stacks in search of books.

A photograph of a woman reading to two children in the stacks of the Lawrence Public Library.

Oral history interview with Pattie Johnston, outreach coordinator at the Lawrence Public Library, where she talks about her experience of the library, starting with the Carnegie library, which she visited often as a child. She describes the…

University of Kansas banner with a blue background, American flag graphic, small Jayhawk, and the word 'Kansas' printed at the top, with signature from the 2015 Pearsonites, residents of the Pearson Scholarship Hall at the University of Kansas. In…