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Three piece wall quilt hanging with a firefly print background and daffodil print borders. Each quilt contains quilt blocks with signatures from mystery novelists who gave a talk at the Raven Bookstore and/or stayed at the residence of Mary Lou…

Photograph of the Raven Bookstore storefront before the midnight release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Bookstores were allowed to begin selling a newly-released Harry Potter book no earlier than midnight, so these devoted Harry Potter…

Photograph of Bernadette Traiger hanging up a parrot for a Raven Bookstore window display.

Photograph of an embroidered pillow made by Mary Lou Wright for Sara Paretsky. Mary Lou Wright has made several of these crossword pillows over the years, always with the help of Bernadette Traiger, who finishes the back and edges of the pillow with…

Photograph of regular Raven patrons, Lee Harris (left) and Beth Schultz (right). Schultz is well known for bringing in book titles written on small scraps of paper to the Raven, after having converted to the store from Borders when she experienced…

Photograph of Michael Seiwert (facing back) and a small stuffed raven on a bookshelf at Raven Bookstore on opening day.

Letter from Mary Lou Wright to Barbara Kingsolver, requesting that she visit Lawrence and hold a reading at the Raven Bookstore, given the proximity to Kansas City and Kingsolver's popularity in Lawrence.

Letter from Mary Lou Wright to Sara Paretsky, wherein Wright gives an overview of the latest Sisters in Crime meeting with Carolyn Hart, Joan Hess, and Jean Hager, including new members and discussions of the future goals of Sisters in Crime as an…

Informational pamphlet for prospective authors providing details about holding a book signing at the Raven Bookstore. Includes information about promotional strategies, including newsletter and newspaper features, interviews, and radio show visits.…

Close-up photograph of one of the main quilt squares on the First Regular Baptist Church Circle Quilt. Included are the names of church members who donated 10 cents per name to have their names included on a section of the quilt. Embroidered names…

Photograph of several of the circles embroidered on the First Regular Baptist Church fundraiser quilt. The red marks on the bottom of the quilt are Kool-Aid stains. As Mary Lou Wright remembers, the Sewing Circle allowed First Regular to use the…

Photograph of Alice Fowler holding the church circle quilt of First Regular Baptist Church. Alice Fowler is the granddaughter of one of the Sewing Circle members, Ethel Moore, who thought of and planned the First Regular Baptist Church quilt…

Photograph of Pattie Kehde (left) and Mary Lou Wright (right) on opening day at the Raven, placing the first two books on the shelves.

Commencement pamphlet for the Lawrence High School class of 1902. Includes names of graduating students and the program schedule.

Commencement pamphlet for the Liberty Memorial High School class of 1933. Includes names of graduating students and a program schedule.

Schedule for the Liberty Memorial High School Girl Reserves meetings for spring of 1930, including socials, banquets, and committees.

Pamphlet for the Liberty Memorial High School Open House of 1929, including a schedule of classes to visit during school hours and a building guide.

Pamphlet of examination questions for reading, arithmetic, grammar, spelling, geography, United States history, physology and hygiene, civics, and music for the eighth-grade year.

Spoon engraved with '1876,' the founding year of the club, '1901,' and 'The No Name Club.' Spoon has an elaborate design on the handle. The No Name Club was a women's group founded by Annie Julia Soyle Prentiss as a study and literary club. This…

Spoon engraved with '1876', the founding year of the club, '1926,' the 50th anniversary date, and 'The No Name Club.' The No Name Club was a women's group founded by Annie Julia Soyle Prentiss as a study and literary club. This spoon was given to…

Yellow t-shirt with the words 'Past or Present Members Allen Press Bong Squad' printed on the front in blue. An illustration of a mail truck and children holding letters and brooms surrounds the words. Ian Schneck says he received this shirt as a…

White t-shirt with a Jayhawk cartoon holding a smaller Jayhawk wrapped in a white cloth printed on the front. Underneath the cartoon are the words 'Jaystork Cares.' Ian doesn't know the story behind this t-shirt, but found it during a garage sale and…

Large red flag with a while circle in the middle, with a blue outline of the state of Kansas overlaid with a red rifle and Bible and framed with the words 'Lawrence Centennial' on the top and bottom of the circle. The red rifle and Bible are…

White Sonic Youth 'Dirty Japan' t-shirt with yellow-haired space cadets on the front of the shirt, wearing blue and red jumpsuits and holding guns, standing in front of a swirling red mass. On the back of the t-shirt are the words ' Sonic Youth'…

Two billiard balls, one red and one yellow, from Swede's Pool Hall in the House Building, which opened in 1911.