Manuscript collection. 1789-196-.

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Manuscript collection. 1789-196-.

The Douglas County Historical Society was organized in 1933 by a group headed by Professor F.N. Raymond. This collection consist of print and non-print materials.

4.5 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6353514

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Clark, Hiram C.

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Woodward, Sarah Hadley.

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Titterington, E. S.

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Ward family.

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Lawrence, Amos Adams, 1814-1886

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Amos Adams Lawrence was a Boston merchant, textile manufacturer, and philanthropist. From the description of Amos Adams Lawrence Papers, 1857-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122387678 Businessman and philanthropist. From the description of Letter of Amos Adams Lawrence, 1858. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014885 ...

Lawrence, Kan. Free Public Library.

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Sears family.

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Ward, Anna Morgan.

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Nace, John P.

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Eberhart, T. F.

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Irwin, Anna Smith.

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Grand Army of the Republic. Dept. of Kansas, Washington Post, no. 12.

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Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865

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William Clarke Quantrill was born in Canal Dover, Ohio in 1837. He came to Kansas as a young man, and taught school for a while before he became active in the border wars, between free state and pro-slavery forces in the fight for Kansas statehood. He fought on the Confederate side during the Civil War, participating in guerrilla warfare. His most infamous act as a guerrilla chief was the sack of Lawrence in the early morning of August 21, 1863. Quantrill died two years after the raid in a milit...

White, George W.

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Ladies Aid Society. Kansas Division, J.M. Taylor Camp, no. 28.

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Brooks, Paul R.

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Lawrence Mining and Prospecting Co.

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Griffith, George Washington Ewing, 1833-1933

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Universalist Church, Lawrence, Kan.

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Sears, William Henry, 1859-1933

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Old Settlers Association, Lawrence, Kansas

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Kincaid, Alice Graton.

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Cordley, Richard, 1829-1904

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Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894

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Charles Robinson was born at Hardwick, Mass., July 21, 1818. He was educated at Hadley Academy, Amherst Academy, and Amherst College. For 8 years he studied medicine and in 1843 opened his own practice in Belchertown, Mass. He married Sarah Adams the same year, but she died in 1846. In 1849 he went to California for his health, and while there became a newspaper editor, was indicted for murder but acquitted, and was elected to the Legislature. He returned to Massachusetts in 1851, r...

Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Kan.).

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Lyons, Winnie Smith.

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Swain, E. A.

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Allen, Lymen.

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Lawrence Business College.

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Riggs, Kate L.

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Lyons, Ida G.

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Lewelling, Lorenzo Dow, 1846-1900

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Pardee, Alice Griffis.

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Douglas County Historical Society, Lawrence, Kan.

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Riggs family.

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Oliver, Hannah

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Brooks family.

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Whitcomb, Ansel H.

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Speer family.

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Tacher, Solon Otis, 1830-1895

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Douglas County Historical Society, Lawrence, Kansas.

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The Douglas County Historical Society was organized in 1933 by a group headed by Professor F.N. Raymond. The objectives for the formation of the Society were to promote historical studies, and "to collect and preserve historical material and relics of Douglas County and vicinity." Also, the Society held annual meetings, sponsored various historical projects, along with trips to various sites located in Douglas County. Over the years the Society made several attempts to construct a m...

Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866

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James Henry Lane (1814-1866) was a noted military and political leader of Kansas. He was active in his home state of Indiana, serving as a military commander in the Mexican War (1841) and later as Indiana's Lieutenant Governor from 1849-1853. Lane then entered national politics as a Democratic Congressman from Indiana, and served one term (1853-1855). The Free State Movement lured Lane to the Kansas Territory in April of 1855. He became an active leader in the Topeka Movement. In June of 1858, L...

Savage, Ema A.

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