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A photograph of the Griswold residence, where Dr. J.F. Griswold, Josiah Trask, Mr. Thorpe, and Harlow W. Baker were killed during Quantrill's Raid in 1863. The house survived the burning of the town. Allegedly, some men were sent to set fire to the…

A photograph of children sitting in front of a [book computer??]. One little girl reads the book while another girl listens with headphones.

A photograph of a young girl reading Green Eggs and Ham on a [book computer].

A photograph of a display by the front desk of the library of a reproduced triceratops skull. On the right of the picture, a young girl reaches out to touch it.

A photograph of J.S. Boughton's printing office, established in 1879 and passed on to his youngest son Sydney Boughton in 1905. The image shows two young men working among the machinery. The one on the left, perhaps Paul Boughton, is binding a…

A portrait of James Stanley Emery (1826-1899), who played a part in founding the Kansas Atheneum. The photograph shows him aged 60 to 70 in a dark suit and spiffy bowtie.

A portrait of Joseph S. Boughton, who founded the first library in Lawrence. The photograph shows him at approximately 50 to 65 years of age, wearing a dark, pinstriped suit and a medal of the Grand Army of the Republic, of which he was a member as…

A photograph of Peter Emery, who played a large part in securing a Carnegie grant for the construction of a new library building. The photograph shows him aged 55 to 70 wearing a fur hat and a light gray suit with a dark gray waistcoat and tie.

A photograph of a program at the children's department. There is a line of children holding puppets in front of a puppet theater, and a group of children seated in chairs facing them.

The photograph shows a young woman reading to children in the basement children's department of the Carnegie Library.

A photograph of a young boy searching through the card catalog at the children's department in the basement of the Carnegie Library.

A photograph of two women standing in front of the Lawrence Public Library Bookmobile.

A photograph of an architectural model of the Lawrence Public Library. The model shows the proposed library, a large one-story rectangular building with a flat roof. Its design features are typical of the New Formalism popular in the 1970s. The…

A photograph of a woman reading to two children in the stacks of the Lawrence Public Library.

A photograph of the checkout desk of the New Library. A computer sits on the desk announcing due dates for books and in the background are the stacks.

A mother with two young daughters look through the library stacks in search of books.

A photograph of the media room of the Lawrence Public Library. Visible are several shelves holding CDs, DVDs, and VHS tapes organized by genre.

A photograph of the home of George A. Banks, where Helen M. Griswold moved with her Daughter Nellie Griswold after her marriage to George Banks. It was later residence to Nellie Griswold Beatty and her son Jerome Griswold Beatty.

A typewritten bio on Nellie Griswold Beatty, head librarian of the Lawrence Public Library. The bio summarizes her early life as well as her work in the library, and was evidently written before she retired in 1918.

Pictures from the Lawrence Public Library's bazaar display.

A poem, written possibly by head librarian Lillian Constant, dedicated to Eleanor Henley, president of the Lawrence Library Board. It tells of the many ways the library needs Mrs. Henley and eagerly awaits her return to it.

A typewritten draft with handwritten corrections of a history of the library and description of contemporary library policies, probably composed by head librarian Lillian J. Constant.

The annual report for 1947. The report mentions the retirement of Lillian J. Constant after 28 years as head librarian. Also a robbery and improvements made to the library.

A list of all the journalists in Kansas in the 1870s. The list includes J.S. Boughton, who was involved with newspapers both as a printer, an agent, and a traveling correspondent.

A photograph of Massachusetts Street taken the summer of 1876. The photograph shows a gravel road and a row of horse-drawn carts parked in front of various storefronts, one marked "Coal"