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Newsletters from the Brook Creek Neighborhood Association in Lawrence, Kansas. This collection of newsletter was compiled by the City of Lawrence Community Development Office; the run is incomplete.

Newsletters from the Brook Creek Neighborhood Association in Lawrence, Kansas. This collection of newsletter was compiled by the City of Lawrence Community Development Office; the run is incomplete.

Newsletters from the Brook Creek Neighborhood Association in Lawrence, Kansas. This collection of newsletter was compiled by the City of Lawrence Community Development Office; the run is incomplete.

Newsletters from the Brook Creek Neighborhood Association in Lawrence, Kansas. This collection of newsletter was compiled by the City of Lawrence Community Development Office; the run is incomplete.

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.…

Howard Breitenbucher was drafted into the United States Navy in 1943. He served as a Fireman First Class on the USS Lexington until 1946. Interviewed by Helen Krische on July 14, 2006, Breitenbucher talked about his military experiences during the…

Antonette Louise Brecheisen grew up in Douglas County, Kansas, during the Second World War. Interviewed by Pattie Johnston as part of the Lawrence Remembers the World War II Years Project, Brecheisen talked about her experiences living in Kansas as a…

Postcard with an advertisement for a play at the Bowersock Opera House. On the front of the postcard is a black and white photograph of two actors in costume on set. A white border is around the entire photograph. At the bottom border "A.H. Woods…

Postcard with an advertisement for a play at the Bowersock Opera House. On the front of the postcard is a black and white photograph of two actors in costume on set. A white border is around the entire photograph. At the bottom border "A.H. Woods…

Postcard with a colored image of Bowersock Mills on the front. Image is of the two mills with the bridge in the foreground and the railroad tracks underneath. Image is a photograph colored in by hand. At the top of the left side "Home of Zephyr…

Postcard with a colored image of Bowersock Mills on the front. Image is of the two mills with the bridge in the foreground and the railroad tracks underneath. Image is a photograph colored in by hand. At the top of the left side "Home of Zephyr…

Postcard with a colored image of Bowersock Mills on the front. Image is of the two mills with the bridge in the foreground and the railroad tracks underneath. Image is a photograph colored in by hand. At the top of the left side "Home of Zephyr…

Postcard with a Zephyr Flour advertisement on the front. At the left side of the postcard is an illustration of a flour sack with wheat arms and wheat legs, the flour sack's face is winking, and the left hand is holding a loaf of bread. At the bottom…

Postcard with a black and white photograph of the Jenny Wren Gingy Mix 10 Pony Hitch on the front. Photograph is of a man sitting at the front of a horse drawn carriage, man's head is another , 10 horses are hitched to the carriage and running. At…

Eugene Bovee was drafted into the United States Army in May 1942. He served as a military intelligence lieutenant with a censorship group until 1945. Interviewed by Pattie Johnston, Bovee talked about his military experiences during World War II.…

A page from the 1866 Lawrence City Directory and Business Guide that contains an advertisement for J.S. Boughton's circulating library and reading room, located over George Leis's Drugstore on 90 Massachussetts Street.

Gilbert Borom was drafted into the United States Army in 1944. He served in the 3rd Army, 13th Engineers. Interviewed on July 12, 2006, Borom talked about his military experiences during the Second World War. Borom was born in Alabama in February…

Postcard with a black and white photograph of the Woolf Brothers Department Store on the front. Photograph depicts the inside of the store. At the bottom of the photograph "Woolf Brothers Lawrence, Kans." is printed in white ink. A white border is…

Postcard with a black and white photograph of the Woolf Brothers Department Store on the front. Photograph depicts the inside of the store. At the bottom of the photograph "Woolf Brothers Lawrence, Kans." is printed in white ink. A white border is…

Donald A. Binns joined the United States Navy in 1936 and attended boot camp in Great Lakes, Illinois. He retired after twenty years as a Chief Petty Officer. Interviewed on May 9, 2003, by Luke Thompson as part of the Lawrence Remembers: The World…

Mildred Biggar served in the Army Nurse Corps. Interviewed in 2004 by Pattie Johnston as part of the Lawrence Remembers: The World War II Years Project, Biggar talked about her experiences during the Second World War. Biggar was born and raised in…

A chart depicting several generations of the Barteldes family, covering the period from approximately 1405 to 1963. The Barteldes family owned the Kansas Seed House, a large seed company located in Lawrence (Kan.) from its founding in 1867 to 1962. A…

Siblings Israel Bermudez and Rachel (Bermudez) Lemus 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…