Elizabeth Miller Watkins legacy collection, 1909-2010.

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Elizabeth Miller Watkins legacy collection, 1909-2010.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/697504483

Abstract

Material relating to Elizabeth Miller Watkins & Frank C. Miller Scholarship Halls at the University of Kansas (Lawrence) and Elizabeth Miller Watkins & her husband, J. B. Watkins. Includes a scrapbook, 1935-1939; an oral history, 2005; legal materials & court documents; newsletters & meeting minutes of the Kitchen-8 alumnae organization; information on Jabez B. Watkins, the Watkins Bank Building (Lawrence, Kan.), & Watkins Hall (University of Kansas, Lawrence); and collections donated by individuals & the alumnae organization. These donated collections include e-mail & other correspondence, reminiscences about living at the halls, financial records, photographs, and similar records. Many of the records date from the 1980s and 1990s.

Extent

3 ft. (3 boxes + 1 oversize box)

Holding Repository

Kansas State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7999229

Related Entities

There are 33 Entities related to this resource.

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...

Witty, Cayla Jo.

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Matchett, Gayle Barry.

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Frank C. Miller Scholarship Hall (University of Kansas)

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Kitchen 8 (Alumnae organization : University of Kansas).

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Martin, Dorothy Harkness.

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Committee for the Preservation of Watkins & Miller Scholarship Halls at the University of Kansas.

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Faucher, Ola Stover.

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Speerschneider, Jane Reeves.

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Watkins, Jabez Bunting, 1845-1921

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Capitalist and entrepreneur. Primarily responsible for development of Southwest Louisiana area by pioneering agricultural and industrial innovations and by attracting immigrants from other parts of the country. From the description of J.B. Watkins collection, 1887-1905. (McNeese State University). WorldCat record id: 37716208 Jabez Bunting Watkins (1845-1921), capitalist and entrepreneur, built one of the largest farm mortgage businesses in the central United St...