The Security Benefit Association Receipt Postcard
subject: Insurance Companies -- Kansas -- Lawrence
description: Postcard with a receipt from The Security Benefit Association on the front. Receipt is for Ethel Craig's August 1932 payment of $1.85 signed by financier Olive Freer at 604 Kentucky. Craig's address is in Seneca, Missouri. Postmarked August 18, 1932 on the back. On the front is information on when the postcard was acquired, 10/21/2000.
creator: Freer, Olive
source: Fitzpatrick-Postma Collection
publisher: The Security Benefit Association
date: 8/18/1932
contributor: Fitzpatrick, Charline
contributor: Postma, Sally
contributor: Carttar, Rosalea
contributor: Carttar, Peter
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format: Still Image
language: English
type: Postcard
coverage: The Security Benefit Association
coverage: 604 Kentucky (Lawrence, Kan.)
coverage: 8/18/1932
coverage: 10/21/2000

The Security Benefit Association Receipt Postcard
subject: Insurance Companies -- Kansas -- Lawrence
description: Postcard with a receipt from The Security Benefit Association on the front. Receipt is for Ethel Craig's September 1932 payment of $1.85 signed by financier Olive Freer at 604 Kentucky. Craig's address is in Seneca, Missouri. Postmarked September 22, 1932 on the back.
creator: Freer, Olive
source: Fitzpatrick-Postma Collection
publisher: The Security Benefit Association
date: 9/22/1932
contributor: Fitzpatrick, Charline
contributor: Postma, Sally
contributor: Carttar, Rosalea
contributor: Carttar, Peter
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format: Still Image
language: English
type: Postcard
coverage: The Security Benefit Association
coverage: 605 Kentucky (Lawrence, Kan.)
coverage: 9/22/1932
coverage: Acquisition date unknown

Third Annual Report of the Lawrence Free Public Library for the Year Ending December 31, 1907
subject: Libraries -- Kansas -- Douglas County.
description: Annual report of Lawrence Public Free Library for the year 1907 naming members of the board and staff. The document contains financial statements and accessions for the year. Treasurer, librarian, and circulation reports are included.
creator: Lawrence Free Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
source: Annual Report of the Lawrence Free Public Library 1905-1915
publisher: The Gazette Co. (Lawrence, Kan.)
date: 1908-01-15
contributor: Beatty, Nellie G.
contributor: Hall, Clarence S.
contributor: Griggs, J. R.
contributor: Bumgardner, Edward
contributor: Bromelsick, W.
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format: PDF
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: 1907
coverage: Lawrence (Kan.)

Tiburcio Reyes, Sr., La Yarda Interview
subject: La Yarda (Lawrence, Kan.)
subject: Mexican Americans -- Housing -- Kansas -- Lawrence
subject: Mexican Americans -- History -- Kansas -- Lawrence
subject: Mexican Americans -- Social conditions -- Kansas -- Lawrence
description: Tiburcio Reyes, Sr. was interviewed by Helen Krische in 2006 as part of an oral history project to document the La Yarda and Mexican-American communities in Lawrence, Kansas. La Yarda was a neighborhood of worker housing provided by the Santa Fe Railroad for Mexican-American railroad workers; located near the Kansas (Kaw) River, the neighborhood was largely destroyed by a major flood in 1951. Tiburcio grew up in East and North Lawrence; his father was one of a number of Mexican-American railroad workers who settled in Lawrence before 1950. Tiburcio describes his family's migration from Mexico to Lawrence, and their work to establish the Tropicana and El Matador restaurants in North Lawrence; at the time of the interview, Tiburcio owned and operated the El Matador Cafe with his daughter and grandchildren. He discussed his military service during the Vietnam War, and his thoughts about immigration. Tiburcio also discusses experiences of discrimination and segregation faced by the Mexican-American community in Lawrence.
creator: Reyes, Tiburcio, Sr.
source: La Yarda Oral History Project
publisher: Watkins Community Museum (Lawrence, Kan.)
date: 2006
contributor: Krische, Helen
contributor: Raymond, Emily
contributor: Peralez, Silvia
rights: Published with the permission of Tiburcio Reyes, Jr., on behalf of Tiburcio Reyes, Sr. This work is the intellectual property of the Watkins Museum of History, Lawrence, Kansas. The public may freely copy, modify, and share this Item for noncommercial purposes if they include the original source information. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
relation: To access the video and audio recordings of this interview, go to https://archive.org/details/15-treyes-sr-2006.
relation: The Watkins Museum of History also holds items related to this collection.
relation: Additional research on the La Yarda community is held at the Spencer Research Library at the University of Kansas.
format: MP4 (video recording)
format: MP3 (audio recording)
format: PDF (transcription)
type: Oral History
identifier: 15-TReyesSr-2006.mp4 (video)
identifier: 15-TReyesSr-2006.mp3 (audio)
identifier: 15-TReyesSr-2006.pdf (transcription)
coverage: Lawrence (Kan.)
coverage: 1920s - 1970s

Title Page of the Catalogue of the City Library of Lawrence, Kansas, 1892
subject: Libraries -- Kansas -- Douglas County
subject: Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
description: The title page of the Catalogue of the City Library of Lawrence, Kansas, a catalogue of all the books in the library's collection at that date.
creator: Lawrence City Library (Lawrence, Kan)
source: Lawrence Public Library Historical Records
source: Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
publisher: Journal Book Publishing House (Lawrence, Kan.)
date: 1892
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format: TIFF
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Douglas County (Kan.)
coverage: 1892

Tornado Scenes: Lawrence Kansas
subject: Lawrence Disasters: Tornadoes
description: 1976.1173 Shows overturned house, wreckage, and fallen trees. Identified- "1911 (April)- Tornado, Lawrence, KS Photo by R.H. Beamer
creator: Watkins Museum of History/Douglas County Historical Society
source: Douglas County Historical Society
date: 1911
rights: Douglas County Historical Society
format: Copy of Original Photograph 3.75" x 4.75"

Tornado Scenes: Lawrence Kansas
subject: Lawrence Disasters: Tornadoes
description: 1976.1174 Shows damage to several Massachussettes Street Storefronts. Debris hanging over powerr lines that cross street. Building at left: "615 H. Thompson Photographer" "Mesenheimer" over front door. At right, Junius Underwood's Store- seeds, hides, furs. Identified as "1911 (April)- Tornado, Lawrence, KS. Photo by R.H. Beamer
creator: Watkins Museum of History/Douglas County Historical Society
source: Douglas County Historical Society
date: 1911
rights: Douglas County Historical Society
format: Copy of Original Photograph 3.75" x 4.75"

Tornado Scenes: Lawrence Kansas
subject: Lawrence Disasters: Tornadoes
description: 1976.1230 Woman surveying damage to two buildings, one overturned. Debris all over the ground. Identified as "1911 (April)- Tornado, Lawrence, KS" Photo by R.H. Beamer
creator: Watkins Museum of History/Douglas County Historical Society
source: Douglas County Historical Society
date: 1911
rights: Douglas County Historical Society
format: Copy of Original Photograph 3.75" x 4.75"

Tornado Scenes: Lawrence Kansas
subject: Lawrence Disasters: Tornadoes
description: 1976.1264 Black and white. Shows wreckage of frame building(s)(s), right, and other buildings still standing, left and background. Identified as "1911 - (April) - Tornado, Lawrence, KS."
creator: Watkins Museum of History/Douglas County Historical Society
source: Douglas County Historical Society
date: 1911
rights: Douglas County Historical Society
format: Copy of Original Photograph 4" x 5"

Tornado Scenes: Lawrence Kansas
subject: Lawrence Disasters: Tornadoes
description: 1976.1292 Shows overturned house surrounded by debris. Identified "1911 - (April) - Tornado, Lawrence, KS."
creator: Watkins Museum of History/Douglas County Historical Society
source: Douglas County Historical Society
date: 1911
rights: Douglas County Historical Society
format: Copy of Original Photograph 4" x 5"

Tornado Scenes: Lawrence Kansas
subject: Lawrence Disasters: Tornadoes
description: 1976.1294 Photos shows two heavily damaged commercial buildings. Advertisements for Coca Cola and Henry George Cigars painted on building to left. Debris scattered in street. Identified as "1911 - (April) - tornado, Lawrence, KS."
creator: Watkins Museum of History/Douglas County Historical Society
source: Douglas County Historical Society
date: 1911
rights: Douglas County Historical Society
format: Copy of Original Photograph 4" x 5"

Tornado Scenes: Lawrence Kansas
subject: Lawrence Disasters: Tornadoes
description: 1986.127.003B Damage to a Lawrence home from the tornado on April 11, 1911.
creator: Watkins Museum of History/Douglas County Historical Society
source: Donated by: Julie & Charles Stough
date: April 11, 1911
rights: Douglas County Historical Society
format: Original Photograph 3" x 5"

Tornado Scenes: Lawrence Kansas
subject: Lawrence Disasters: Tornadoes
description: 1986.127.003C A photo of a newly constructed home that was moved from it foundation by the storm. Three unidentified men sit on the foundation of the home.
creator: Watkins Museum of History/Douglas County Historical Society
source: Donated by: Julie & Charles Stough
date: April 11, 1911
rights: Douglas County Historical Society
format: Original Photograph 3" x 5"

Tornado Scenes: Lawrence Kansas
subject: Lawrence Disasters: Tornadoes
description: 1999.037.030a Postcard photographs of Locations in Lawrence which were damaged by the 1911 tornado. Downtown from about 7th and Massachusetts locking toward the Shirt Factory, Kaw river in the background.
creator: Watkins Museum of History/Douglas County Historical Society
source: Donated by: Olive W. Jackson
date: 1911
rights: Douglas County Historical Society
format: Original Photograph 3.5" x 5.5"

Tornado Scenes: Lawrence Kansas
subject: Lawrence Disasters: Tornadoes
description: 1977.062.021B Photo of "Part of 600 Block, Mass St., Lawrence, Kans." 1911 Tornado Damage
creator: Watkins Museum of History/Douglas County Historical Society
source: Donated by: Blanche Simons Malloney
date: 1911
rights: Douglas County Historical Society
format: Original Photograph 3.5" x 5.5"

Tornado Scenes: Lawrence Kansas
subject: Lawrence Disasters: Tornadoes
description: 1978.023.002 Postcarrd. Black and white photograph of a damaged ftwo-story brick building. The house is damaged with damaged trees and tree limbs in the foreground. Legend at the bottom "Simmons Old Res. After Tornado, Lawrence, Ks. 4/12/1911."
creator: Watkins Museum of History/Douglas County Historical Society
source: Donated by: Dorothy Fritzel
date: April 12, 1911
rights: Douglas County Historical Society
format: Original Photograph 3.5" x 3.5"

Tornado Scenes: Lawrence Kansas
subject: Lawrence Disasters: Tornadoes
description: 1978.023.003 Photograph of the remains of a house completely demolished by a tornado. Several men and boys standing on and in the ruins according to the legend on the back this is the remains of the Archie Brown house after the tornado of 1904.
creator: Watkins Museum of History/Douglas County Historical Society
source: Donated by: Dorothy Fritzel
date: 1904
rights: Douglas County Historical Society
format: Original Photograph 5" x 7"

Tornado Scenes: Lawrence Kansas
subject: Lawrence Disasters: Tornadoes
description: 1981.033.039 Remains of church in 1917 tornado in Clinton.
creator: Watkins Museum of History/Douglas County Historical Society
source: Donated by: Walter B. Varnum
date: 1917
rights: Douglas County Historical Society
format: Copy of Original Photograph Negative # 440.10

Tornado Scenes: Lawrence Kansas
subject: Lawrence Disasters: Tornadoes
description: 1981.033.040 Wreck at the store at Clinton from 1917 tornado.
creator: Watkins Museum of History/Douglas County Historical Society
source: Donated by: Walter B. Varnum
date: 1917
rights: Douglas County Historical Society
format: Copy of Original Photograph Negative # 439.5

Tornado Scenes: Lawrence Kansas
subject: Lawrence Disasters: Tornadoes
description: 1981.033.042 View of FAU Hall in Clinton - 1917 tornado damage.
creator: Watkins Museum of History/Douglas County Historical Society
source: Donated by: Walter B. Varnum
date: 1917
rights: Douglas County Historical Society
format: Copy of Original Photograph Negative # 440.9

Tornado Scenes: Lawrence Kansas
subject: Lawrence Disasters: Tornadoes
description: 1982.201.006 A view of the Lawrence Paper Mill after the tornado of April 12, 1911. Several men are standing around and looking at the debris of the upper floor and roof of the mill which had been destroyed.
creator: Watkins Museum of History/Douglas County Historical Society
source: Douglas County Historical Society
date: 1911
rights: Douglas County Historical Society
format: Copy of Original Photograph 6.25"x 9.75"

Tornado Scenes: Lawrence Kansas
subject: Lawrence Disasters: Tornadoes
description: 1982.210.005A A view of the countryside to the west and north of Grover's barn showing a funnel cloud, (tornado) not touching the ground. Two adults and two children watch in the foreground.
creator: Watkins Museum of History/Douglas County Historical Society
source: Donated by: Malcolm Frazier
date: 1979
rights: Douglas County Historical Society
format: Original Photograph 5" x 7"

Tornado Scenes: Lawrence Kansas
subject: Lawrence Disasters: Tornadoes
description: Rural view of a funnel cloud in the distance as two men and two children stand near a limestone shed and watch. One of the children points to it while looking at the photographer. A large leafless tree dominates the right side of the photo while rolling hills and more trees can be seen on the left.
creator: Watkins Museum of History/Douglas County Historical Society
source: Donated by: Malcolm Frazier
date: 1979
rights: Douglas County Historical Society
format: Original Photograph 5" x 7"

Tornado Scenes: Lawrence Kansas
subject: Lawrence Disasters: Tornadoes
description: 1983.049.001 600 block of Massachusetts Street in Lawrence after tornado.
creator: Watkins Museum of History/Douglas County Historical Society
source: Douglas County Historical Society
date: 1911
rights: Douglas County Historical Society
format: Copy of Original Photograph Negative #325.19

Tornado Scenes: Lawrence Kansas
subject: Lawrence Disasters: Tornadoes
description: 1983.222.114A photograph shows several heavily damaged buildings being reconstructed. Piles of bricks and other construction material can be seen on the sidewalk. On the extreme right, three or four workmen are doing something, possibly laying brick. A store window in an undamaged building at left states, "F.W. Sneegas, Second Hand." Inscribed on the back of the photo it states, "cyclone, 4/12/11" which seems to identify the scene as reconstruction after the 1911 tornado.
creator: Watkins Museum of History/Douglas County Historical Society
source: Donated by: Arlene Schaake
date: April, 12, 1911
rights: Douglas County Historical Society
format: Original Photograph 3.25" x x 3.25"