Browse Collections (19 total)

The Day After

The Day After, a made-for-TV movie depicting the aftermath of nuclear war, was set and filmed primarily in Lawrence, Kansas, and was broadcast for the…

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Mortuary Books

https://history.lplks.org/files/original/e311d9ccb5e39748c614c3171c6732f3.pdf

This collection includes the mortuary records of funeral homes Schubert Mortuary and Funk Mortuary in Lawrence (Kan.). The records span 1912 to 1924.

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Telephone Directories

https://history.lplks.org/files/original/5ce1a8a5ac98f2737f1a185510557c8b.pdf

This collection contains telephone directories for Lawrence (Kan.), published between 1933 and 1954.

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Yearbooks

https://history.lplks.org/files/original/16000fe7d94a0cef72227a590edcccb4.pdf

This collection contains yearbooks from public schools in Lawrence, Kansas.

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Obituary Indexes

The Lawrence Public Library began collecting a web archive of obituaries published by newspapers and funeral homes in and near Douglas County, Kansas,…

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La Yarda Oral History Project

https://history.lplks.org/files/original/b47027a8a963ed832999fb2fd218fad3.pdf

La Yarda was a neighborhood of worker housing provided by the Santa Fe Railroad for Mexican-American railroad workers in Lawrence, Kansas; located…

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Kansas Veterans of World War II Oral History Project / Lawrence Remembers the World War II Years Project

In 2003, the Lawrence Public Library partnered with the Dole Institute of Politics and Haskell University to capture the histories of Douglas County’s…

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Oread Neighborhood Association

https://history.lplks.org/files/original/3fdd3d06fe84519094d5d39a100347e3.pdf

Bylaws and minutes from the Oread Neighborhood Association in Lawrence, Kansas.

Contributors: Hoch, Tony

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Pinckney Neighborhood Association

https://history.lplks.org/files/original/39e1379609783c0f16d96c6c3b1ecbc2.pdf

Bylaws, correspondence, newsletters and minutes from the Pinckney Neighborhood Association in Lawrence, Kansas.

Contributors: Hoch, Tony

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East Lawrence Neighborhood Association

https://history.lplks.org/files/original/2e57d02d9da27d8bab4c28ad31f4ac8d.pdf

Bylaws, correspondence, minutes, East Lawrence Neighborhood Revitalization Plan, and newsletters from East Lawrence, Kansas.

Contributors: Collison, Phil
Hoch, Tony

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Brook Creek Neighborhood Association

https://history.lplks.org/files/original/ca43e2c6a264af1a4a647422a6fdf0d5.pdf

Bylaws, minutes, newsletters, correspondence, and survey for what is now known as the Brook Creek Neighborhood Association, plus the Far East…

Contributors: Hoch, Tony

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North Lawrence Improvement Association

https://history.lplks.org/files/original/8edbd0f51097bcda63f825f1b5b96502.pdf

Bylaws, correspondence, minutes, and newsletters from the North Lawrence Improvement Association.

Contributors: Boyle, Ted
Hoch, Tony

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You Are Local History Community Digitization Project

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The You Are Local History community digitization project aimed to collect and digitize objects that tell stories about Lawrence, in order to create a…

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History of the Lawrence Public Library

https://history.lplks.org/files/original/cc7a5bce9e10b18fbcd85a25725e2520.pdf

Resources related to the history of the Lawrence Public Library in Lawrence, Kansas.

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City of Lawrence Fair Housing Ordinance 50th Anniversary Oral History Project

https://history.lplks.org/files/original/1fdc03ba9bc24acc3d5b86e83542db77.pdf

On July 18, 1967, Lawrence mayor Richard Raney signed into law Ordinance 3749, which provided fair housing protections to the citizens of Lawrence and…

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Watkins Museum of History - Lawrence Disaster Images

https://history.lplks.org/files/original/aec32f8526388714a910fa3b2d4d5f0b.jpg

Collective images of natural disasters that have struck Douglas County and the City of Lawrence. Displaying images of a century of floods, tornadoes,…

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Douglas County Genealogical Society

https://history.lplks.org/files/original/dbc7eac08e1da044e0c67750fe6dbe5d.pdf

This collection is comprised of the publications of the Douglas County Genealogical Society, including issues of The Pioneer (the quarterly newsletter…

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Fitzpatrick-Postma Postcards

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This collection is comprised of postcards collected by Lawrence, Kansas, residents Charline Fitzpatrick and her daughter Sally Postma. The collection…

Contributors: Postma, Sally, Carttar, Rosalea, Carttar, Peter

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