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[edit this] Text: The records of Funk Mortuary, covering the period between April 5, 1918 and May 21, 1919. Funk Mortuary was founded in 1909 by T.D. Funk and George Shaffer. In 1911, Funk assumed full ownership; he operated the mortuary until its…

Jacket, skirt, microphone, flower, and neckerchief for the Shiny Dreamers Love Live! OP2 (Mirai no Bokura wa Shitteru yo) performance. The Shiny Dreamers are a Lawrence and Kansas City dance group that perform Love Live! dances in full costume. This…

Postcard with a black and white photograph of the Y.M.C.A. building on the front. Photograph shows the building on a corner. At the bottom is a black strip with "No. 6067 Y.M.C.A. Lawrence, Kansas" is typed in white ink. A white border is around 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…

A short article in the Atchinson Daily Champion announcing the retirement of long-time librarian Rhoda J. Trask and new appointment of Mary Simpson.

Postcard with an advertisement for the Castle Tea Room on the front. The advertisement is brown text with a general invitation to visit the Castle Tea Room. A list of what the Castle Tea Room and the Pat Read Handicraft Shop is also printed on the…

An obituary in The Daily Gazette of Helen Griswold Banks, Quantrill's Raid widow and city librarian from 1867-1870.

An article reporting Lawrence Public Library efforts to send books overseas for American soldiers recovering in French hospitals.

A short newspaper item announcing the new circulating library opened by J.S. Boughton in 1865.

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

An advertisement in the Daily Kansas Tribune announcing a lecture by Ralph Waldo Emerson hosted by the Lawrence Library Association. The subject of the lecture is reported to be "The Man of the World," and the price of admission is 50 cents.

A short piece in the Daily Kansas Tribune describing the book collection and Reading Room of the Lawrence Library Assocation.

An advertisement in the Daily Kansas Tribune announcing a lecture by Professor Oscanyan, The Celebrated Turk. The subject of the lecture is reported to be "Domestic Life in Turkey," and the price of admission is 50 cents.

An article telling of the additions that have been made to the reading room of the Lawrence Library Association, such as the loan of a valuable collection of speciments and curiosities for the cabinet of natural history.

The register contains the name, title, department, residence, KU phone, and residential phone of the officers, faculty, employees, and students of the University of Kansas.

The register contains the name, title, department, residence, KU phone, and residential phone of the officers, faculty, employees, and students of the University of Kansas.

The register contains the name, title, department, residence, KU phone, and residential phone of the officers, faculty, employees, and students of the University of Kansas.

The register contains the name, title, department, residence, KU phone, and residential phone of the officers, faculty, employees, and students of the University of Kansas.

The register contains the name, title, department, residence, KU phone, and residential phone of the officers, faculty, employees, and students of the University of Kansas.

A short notice in the Kansas Herald of Freedom that books have been sent to Lawrence for the collection of the Kansas Atheneum.

An article in the Kansas Herald of Freedom mentioning the Kansas Atheneum, the early literary society and library in Lawrence. The article makes reference to the Atheneum having "fallen into abeyance" with the recent turmoil in Lawrence and calls…

A full-page spread in the Lawrence Outlook regarding the proposed site for the new library building. It features several pictures of the area before the library was built.

A short article announcing receipt of the official offer from Andrew Carnegie of $25,000 toward the construction of a new library building

A short article in The Salina Evening Journal announcing the marriage of long-time head librarian Nellie Griswold Beatty to Sydney Palmer, of Hutchinson, Kan. The article includes a short bio on Nellie Griswold Beatty, including her involvement with…