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Promotional poster for the Crackwhore zine. Poster includes cursive 'Crackwhore' above a framed photograph of a nude man, surrounded by the handwritten words 'the Mentors, 'nudity!!,' 'drugs!,' '*whoroscopes,' 'eye candy,' and 'a serialized…

Cocktail cards included in the Crackwhore Quarterly Issue #4, with cocktail recipes from local bartenders around Lawrence, along with a cocktail recipe from Xoe Wreckroach, the creator of Crackwhore.

Handwritten copy of a letter from Peter Emery on behalf of the Lawrence Public Library Board of Directors to Mrs. L.H. Perkins thanking her for the generosity of her husband in bequeathing $1000 to the library for the purpose of buying new books. …

The constitution of the literary society, Kansas Atheneum.

This index is a consolidation of separate indexes of the 1875 census of townships and wards in Douglas County, Kansas. This index includes some corrections to a 1985 publication by the Douglas County Genealogical Society, and was made by using that…

Volume 1 contains the tombstone censuses for Oak Hill and Maple Grove cemeteries in Lawrence, Kansas, as well as historical information about Douglas County undertakers, a description of Quantrill's Raid and list of victims, a selection of…

Clyde Bysom enlisted in the United States Army (Air Force) in 1944. He served as a B29 tail gunner in the 393rd Squadron. Interviewed by Pattie Johnston on October 27, 2006, Bysom talked about his experiences during the Second World War. Bysom was…

Claudine “Scottie” Lingelbach served in the United States Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service) as a courier for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. She enlisted in 1944 and attained the rank of Ensign. Interviewed on June 18, 2007,…

Clara (Ramirez) Bucia and her brother Thomas Ramirez were interviewed by Helen Krische in 2006 as part of an oral history project to document the La Yarda and Mexican-American communities in Lawrence, Kansas. La Yarda was a neighborhood of worker…

Opinion piece on the costs and benefits of accepting the conditions of the Carnegie grant for a new library building, namely that the city set aside an amount equaling 10% of the grant for the funding of the library. The article reports on the…

A photograph of the circulation desk at the Carnegie building on the last day of service. Pictured are two librarians; on the far wall is a sign that reads, "Model of New Library Building on the Balcony."

A photograph of the circulation desk at the Carnegie building on the last day of service. Pictured is a librarian standing at the desk and the stacks in the background.

Postcard with a Christmas greeting from Dick Stevens on the front. At the top of the postcard is a black and white photograph of two young children sitting in a chair. At the bottom of the postcard is a black rectangle with "Christmas Greetings from…

A librarian holds story time in the expanded children's room of the new libary. In the background the stacks are visible, decorated in a Halloween theme

The photograph shows a young woman reading to children in the basement children's department of the Carnegie Library.

A photograph of a program at the children's department. There is a line of children holding puppets in front of a puppet theater, and a group of children seated in chairs facing them.

A photograph of children reading in the basement children's department of the Carnegie library.

The photograph shows a group of children gathered by the librarian's desk in the basement children's department of the Carnegie Library. In the background are the stacks, with newly released books displayed all along the top of the shelves, some of…

A photograph of children gathered in the Children's Department in the basement of the Carnegie Library.

This photograph shows two children, a boy and a girl, sitting on the floor among the stacks of the children's department. They are both holding stereoscopes and appear to be in the act of browsing through stereoscopic images.

A photograph of a young boy searching through the card catalog at the children's department in the basement of the Carnegie Library.

Memo for the lawsuit related to Charlie's Bar at the corner of Pennsylvania and 9th Street in the City of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas.

Cecil Stecher enlisted in the United States Navy (Air Corps) in 1943. He served as a gunner on a torpedo bomber. Interviewed on June 12, 2007, by Deborah Pye, Stecher talked about his experiences during the Second World War. Stecher was born on June…

A catalogue of all the books in the library's collection in 1892, 84 pages

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…