Adair family papers 1848-1985

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Adair family papers 1848-1985

http://hdl.handle.net/10407/3139931766

This collection includes the papers of Asa and Emma Adair of Ellis, Ellis County, and Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, their children and extended families from 1848-1985. Composed primarily of correspondence, there are also photographs, legal documents, University of Kansas and Bowersock Theatre programs, and other printed material.

5.5 linear ft (16 boxes), 2 oversize boxes

University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 6353803

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University of Kansas.

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The University of Kansas (KU) in Lawrence, Douglas County was established in 1864 under constitutional provision. KU is a major comprehensive research and teaching university that serves as a center for learning, scholarship, and creative endeavor. The university is committed to offering the highest quality undergraduate, professional, and graduate programs and offers a broad array of advanced graduate study programs. It fulfills its mission through faculty, academic, and research programs of in...

Kiser family

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Adair, Asa Rogers.

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Dyer, Ruth Adair.

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Adair, Emma May Keyser, 1865-1952.

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Keyser family

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Adair family

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Adair, Hugh Rogers, 1889-1971

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Whitney, Betty Adair

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Asa Rogers Adair (1845 or 1846-1923 or 1932), son of James Adair II of Ireland and Jane Anna Swart of Virginia, was raised in Giles County, Virginia, and served in the Confederate army the last year of the war. In the 1870s, he went into the cattle business in Texas and drove cattle to Utah, Dakota, Wyoming and Colorado. In 1879, he began mining in the Custer and Chaffee Counties of Colorado and owned several lodes. Emma May Keyser Adair (1865-1952) grew up in Pennsylvan...

Kaiser family

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