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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.

A photograph of a young boy searching through the card catalog at 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 children gathered in the Children's Department in the basement 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 reading 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.

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

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

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 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.

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."

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

The constitution of the literary society, Kansas Atheneum.

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. …

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.

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…

Curtis William Dalton served as a Corporal in the Army Signal Corps in the Pacific during the Second World War. Interviewed by Pattie Johnston on August 29, 2006, Dalton talked about his experience working as a teletype maintenance technician in…

David McKee was a flight instructor in the Army Primary Flight program during the Second World War. He was also a member of the Air Corps Reserve. Interviewed by Pattie Johnston on September 10, 2003, as part of the Lawrence Remembers: The World War…

Dayle Durkin enlisted in the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) of the United States Navy in 1943. She worked in Communications as a code room watch officer in Norfolk, Virginia, until 1945. Interviewed by Helen Krische on June…