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Minutes from the 2000 meetings of the East Lawrence Neighborhood Association, in Lawrence, Kansas.

Minutes from the 2001 meetings of the East Lawrence Neighborhood Association, in Lawrence, Kansas.

Minutes from the 2002 meetings of the East Lawrence Neighborhood Association, in Lawrence, Kansas.

Newsletters sent to residents of the East Lawrence Neighborhood in the City of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas.

Newsletters sent to residents of the East Lawrence Neighborhood in the City of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas.

Newsletters sent to residents of the East Lawrence Neighborhood in the City of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas.

Newsletters sent to residents of the East Lawrence Neighborhood in the City of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas.

Newsletters sent to residents of the East Lawrence Neighborhood in the City of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas.

The East Lawrence Improvement Association's application for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, and the 1993 agreement between the City of Lawrence and the East Lawrence Neighborhood Association laying out the responsibilities associated…

Revitalization plan for the East Lawrence neighborhood in Lawrence, Kansas. The plan was officially adopted by the Lawrence City Commission in November 2000.

The annual report for 1918. The report mentions the resignation of Nellie Griswold Beatty, later Palmer, as head librarian, an influenza outbreak that lowered library circulation, and the continuing effect of WWI

The annual report for 1919. The report mentions the new arrival of Lillian J. Constant from the University of Kansas library.

Handwritten copy of a letter from Peter Emery on behalf of the Lawrence Public Library Board of Directors to Mrs. L.H. Perkins thanking her for the generosity of her husband in bequeathing $1000 to the library for the purpose of buying new books. …

A photograph of a plaque affixed to the outside of Carnegie library building commemorating the 100 year anniversary of Langston Hughes's birth. The plaque reads, "Many Lawrence residents, including perhaps Langston Hughes, spent pleasant hours…

A photograph of a plaque affixed to the outside of the Carnegie library building commemorating the time from 1904 to 1972 the Lawrence City Library was housed there.

Postcard with a black and white photograph of Lawrence Memorial Hospital on the front. Photograph shows the building's front and lawn. At the bottom of the photograph "Lawrence Memorial Hospital" is written in white ink; in the lower right corner is…

Postcard with a black and white photograph of Lawrence Memorial Hospital on the front. Photograph shows the building's front and lawn. At the bottom of the photograph "Lawrence Memorial Hospital" is written in white ink. On the right side "©1948…

Postcard with a black and white photograph of Liberty Memorial High School on the front. Photograph depicts the front of the school from across the street. At the bottom of the left side "Liberty Memorial High School. Lawrence, Kans." is printed in…

Postcard with a colored image of the band stand at Haskell Institute on the front. At the bottom of the postcard "Haskell Park, Lawrence, Kansas." is typed in light yellow. On the back along the left side "Published by S.H. Kress & Co. Made in…

Postcard with a colored image of Louisiana Street on the front. Image is looking north down Louisiana Street from Seventh Street and focuses on the houses on the left side. Image is a photograph colored in by hand. At the bottom of the photograph…

Postcard with a colored image of the girls' dormitory at Haskell College on the front. Image focuses on the front and right side of the building along with the small concrete pond in the drive leading up to the building. A white border is around the…

Postcard with a black and white photograph of a house after the 1911 tornado on the front. Photograph depicts the side of the house that is missing part of its wall, debris is everywhere on the ground. On the back is a note to Frank Berner in Olathe…

Don Fambrough joined in the United States Army (Air Corps) in 1942. During his service, he played football for the Second Air Force. Interviewed by Pattie Johnston on February 19, 2007, Fambrough talked about his experiences during the Second World…

Constitution and bylaws for residents and property owners within that area of the City of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, bounded on the east by the City Limits; on the north by the Kaw River; on the west by the Santa Fe Spur Line; and on the south…

In this interview, Pattie Johnston talked with Mr. Findlay (first name unknown), as part of the Lawrence Remembers: The World War II Years Project. Findlay was born in Illinois in 1932. He was nine years old when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.…