Revitalization plan for the East Lawrence neighborhood in Lawrence, Kansas. The plan was officially adopted by the Lawrence City Commission in November 2000.
Information related to the proposed Eastern Parkway that proposed to connect East Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas to the K-10 highway. Memos dated 1994.
A portrait of Edward Bumgardner, longtime member of the Lawrence Public Library Board of Directors and major donor and patron of the Lawrence Public Library. The photograph shows him at about 25 to 35 years of age, wearing a dark suit and polka dot…
Annual report of Lawrence Public Free Library for the year 1912 naming members of the board and staff. The document contains financial and book statements for the year. Treasurer and librarian reports are included.
Pamphlet of examination questions for reading, arithmetic, grammar, spelling, geography, United States history, physology and hygiene, civics, and music for the eighth-grade year.
Postcard with an advertisement for the Eldridge Hotel on the front. On the front are three colored photographs of the inside of the hotel. On the left is the coffee, in the middle is the Governor Robinson Suite, and on the right is the Crystal…
Postcard with a colored photograph of the Eldridge Hotel lobby on the front. Photograph is focused on the blue chairs in the middle, the front desk can be seen in the background of the right side. On the back at the top of the left side is…
Eleanor “Polly” Payton served as a Corporeal in the United States Marine Corps Women’s Reserve from 1945 to 1946. Interviewed by Karen Bentley on May 26, 2003, as part of the Lawrence Remembers: The World War II Years Project, Payton talked about her…
Segments from an interview with Eleanor Patton conducted by Kaye McIntyre of Kansas Public Radio for a KPR special commemorating the thirty-year anniversary of the 1983 broadcast of The Day After, a made-for-TV movie depicting the aftermath of…
Elizabeth “Betty” Holmer worked at Sunflower Ordnance Works during the Second World War. Interviewed by Pattie Johnston on July 19, 2003, as part of the Lawrence Remembers: The World War II Years Project, Holmer talked about life in Lawrence, Kansas…