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https://history.lplks.org/files/original/b8f82c415bee7cc3f803a645631a8ccf.pdf
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.

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Postcard with a black and white photograph of the mining engineers on the front. Photograph depicts two rows of men sitting on a stair case. A white border is at the right, left and bottom of the postcard. At the bottom border ""K.U. Miners" - 1911."…

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Postcard with a sepia photograph of the band stand at Haskell Institute on the front. At the bottom of the photograph is a dark brown stip with "No. 6082. Band Stand, Haskell Inst., Lawrence, KS." typed in white ink. A white border is around the…

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Postcard with a colored image of an aerial view of Haskell College on the front. Image depicts the entire campus. A white border is around the entire image. On the top border "Aeroplane view of Haskell College, Lawrence, Kansas" is printed in black…

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Postcard with a small black and white photograph of Haskell Institute on the front. The photograph is on the left side and depicts the campus from a distance. At the bottom of the photograph "Haskell Institute (Indian School)" is printed in white…

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Postcard with a colored image of the Manual Training School on the front. Image is colored in by hand and shows the front and side facing the street. At the top of the left side "Manual Training School, Lawrence, Kans." is typed in red ink. On the…

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Postcard with a black and white photograph of the Kaw River bridge and dam on the front. Photograph depicts the side of the bridge and is looking across the river. At the bottom of the photograph is a black strip with "53. Dam Across the Kaw.…

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Postcard with a black and white photograph of the streetcar line being constructed on Massachusetts Street on the front. Photograph is looking north and shows a work crew digging up a section of the street. At the bottom of the photograph "7P4…

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Postcard with a black and white photograph of the stadium entrance at Haskell Institute on the front. Photograph depicts the stadium entrance in the center with greenery around it. There is a white border around the entire photograph. On the back at…

https://history.lplks.org/files/original/6f35f649e06e39cc6d631a325c8ccf23.pdf
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.

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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.

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Postcard with a colored photograph of the stadium entrance at Haskell Institute on the front. Photograph depicts the stadium entrance with trees around it. On the back at the top of the left side is information on Haskell Institute, "Established in…

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Postcard with a colored image of the girls' dormitory on Haskell College on the front. Image is focuses on the front and left side of the building. A white border is around the entire image. At the top of the border "Girls' Dormitory, Haskell…

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Postcard with a black and white photograph of the 800 block of Massachusetts Street on the front. Photograph is looking south and down the middle of the street. Merchants Bank is at the beginning on the left side. At the bottom of the photograph "891…

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Postcard with a colored image of Lawrence High School on the front. Image is of the side of the building with women walking down the front stairs and the buildings behind it. At the top left side "High School, Lawrence, Kansas." is typed in black…

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Postcard with a colored image of Haskell Institute's campus from a distance on the front. A white border is around the entire image. On the top of the border "1911" is written in blue ink. On the bottom border "651. Indian School. Lawrence, Kansas."…

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Postcard with a black and white image of the Y.M.C.A. building on the front. Photograph shows the building from the side on a street corner. Across the bottom of the photograph "689 - Y.M.C.A. Bldg. Lawrence Kans." is written in white ink. On the…

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Postcard with a colored image of the Santa Fe Depot on the front. Image shows the depot building and platform with a train car sitting on the tracks on the left side. Image is colored in by hand. At the top of the left side "Lawrence, Kansas. Santa…

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Postcard with the colored image of the entrance arch of Haskell Institute on the front. Image depicts the arch and the campus buildings in the background. At the top of the image "Entrance, Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kans." is printed in red ink.…

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Postcard with a black and white photograph of Union Pacific railroad tracks on the front. Photograph features a group of people standing on railroad tracks that is surrounded by high waters. At the bottom of the photograph is a white border with…

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Postcard with a colored image of Massachusetts Street on the front. Image is looking south down Massachusetts Street and centered in the middle of the street, Merchants National Bank is at the beginning of the left side. Image is photograph colored…

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Postcard with a sepia photograph of the Lawrence Public Library on the front. Photograph shows the building from the front at a slight angle. At the top of the photograph "Lawrence, Kans. Carnegie Public Library. At the bottom right corner of the…

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Postcard with a colored image of a scene on the Kaw on the front. Image features two small boats in the river with a bank along the right side and bends into the background. At the bottom left side of the image "On the Kaw near Lawrence" is printed…

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Postcard with a colored image of the Lawrence Public Library on the front. In the image a man in walking in front of the building. The sky has been colored in, but everything else is in black and white. At the top of the postcard "Public Library.…

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Postcard with a black and white photograph of the Y.M.C.A. building on the front. Photograph shows the building from the side on a street corner. A white border is around the entire photograph. At the bottom border "Y.M.C.A. Building Lawrence K" is…
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