Phyllis A. Lawton collection 1915-1951

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Phyllis A. Lawton collection 1915-1951

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In this collection are books inscribed in the 1920s by William Allen White to Phyllis A. Hughes (Mrs. Keith) Lawton, whose father Bowmer Q. Hughes worked for thirty years as a linotype operator for White's . Included are letters from Phyllis's father to her mother in 1918, commenting on the influenza epidemic and Mr. White's departure with his son William Lindsay White for the Paris Peace Conference. Also included are a group photograph of William Allen White with his employees and letters to Phyllis and R. Keith Lawton from William Lindsay White in 1950 and 1951. Emporia Gazette Gazette

.25 linear ft (1 box), 1 folder

eng,

University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 6353649

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Hughes, Bowmer Q., 1890-1973.

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Lawton, Phyllis A.

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Phyllis Ann (Mrs. R. Keith) Lawton was born in Emporia, Kansas to Bowmer Q. and Ruth Ann Spangler Hughes. Her father worked for thirty years as a linotype operator for William Allen White's Emporia Gazette. As a reviewer for Reader's Digest, White received several books each year, which he kept and gave as Christmas presents to children of his employees at the Gazette 's annual Christmas ball. Phyllis received inscribed books from White on these occasions. While in high school, she ...

Hughes, Ruth Ann, 1892-1992.

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Emporia Gazette (Emporia, Kan.: 1899)

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White, William Allen, 1868-1944

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American journalist known as the "Sage of Emporia"; owner and editor of the "Emporia Gazette." From the description of Papers of William Allen White, 1890-1940 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647837106 Journalist. From the description of Letters, 1889-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122644557 Pulitzer Prize-winning Emporia, Kansas, newspaper editor and author. From the description of William Allen White letter...

White, William Lindsay, 1900-1973

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American journalist. From the description of Report on the Krauts : typescript, ca. 1945-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86130592 Author. From the description of They were expendable : literary manuscript, 1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79899453 Biographical/Historical Note American journalist. From the guide to the William Lindsay White typescript : Report on the Krauts, 1945-1...