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Text: A telephone directory of Lawrence (Kan.) residents and businesses produced in January 1946 by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. The directory contains information about long distance calls, Lawrence telephone subscribers' phone numbers and…

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…

Jesse Pacheco enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1943. He served in the Fourth Raider Battalion and Fourth Marine Regiment during the Second World War. Pacheco also served in the Korean and Vietnam wars. He retired as a Sergeant Major in…

Segments from an interview with Jim Fisher 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 nuclear…

Jimmie L. Gill served as a first lieutenant in the Army Air Corps (Air Transport Command) from 1942 to 1946. Interviewed by Pattie Johnston on May 10, 2006, Gill talked about his experiences during the Second World War. Gill was born on March 3,…

Joseph "Joe" Baringer served in the Army (101st Airborne Division) from 1941 to 1945. Interviewed by Pattie Johnston on October 1, 2007, Baringer talks about his experiences during the Second World War. Baringer was born on February 21, 1918, in New…

John W. “Buck” Newsom served as a Captain in the United States Navy from 1941 to 1964. Interviewed by Kristen Miller in 2002 as part of the Kansas Veterans History Project, Newsom talked about his experiences during the Second World War. Newsom was…

John “Jack” Proctor was drafted into the United States Army (Eighth Air Force). He was originally trained as a gunner and engineer on the B-17, but then trained and worked as a gunner on the B-29. He was discharged in October 1945. Interviewed by…

John Chavez and Helen (Chavez) Martinez were 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…

John Clifford served in the United States Army from 1941 to 1946. Interviewed by Pattie Johnston on August 28, 2007, Clifford talked about his experiences during and after the Second World War. Clifford was born in Springfield, Illinois, on October…

An award the library received for the bond issue campaign to get funding for a new library.

John Glinka served in the United States Army (106th Signal Corps Service) from 1942 to 1945. Interviewed by Pattie Johnston as part of the Lawrence Remembers the World War II Years Project, Glinka talked about his experiences during the Second World…

John Weatherwax served in the United States Army (Company A, 33rd Infantry Division, 136 Infantry Regiment) from 1941 to 1946. Interviewed by Pattie Johnston on November 13, 2006, Weatherwax talked about his military experiences during the Second…

A list of all the journalists in Kansas in the 1870s. The list includes J.S. Boughton, who was involved with newspapers both as a printer, an agent, and a traveling correspondent.

A portrait of James Stanley Emery (1826-1899), who played a part in founding the Kansas Atheneum. The photograph shows him aged 60 to 70 in a dark suit and spiffy bowtie.

Segment from an interview with Judy Wright conducted by Kaye McIntyre for a Kansas Public Radio special commemorating the thirty-year anniversary of the 1983 broadcast of The Day After, a made-for-TV movie depicting the aftermath of nuclear war,…

Cloth and paint banner with "Kansas Coalition for a Gun-Free Campus" printed next to a pistol with a barrel in the shape of a pencil. This banner was displayed at the 2016 Wescoe protest at the University of Kansas.

Brochure with a picture of a soldier in camoflauge running, facing front, armed with a rifle on the front page, between the words 'Kansas Patriots for the 2nd Amendment.' The inner folds discuss the Kansas Gun Law (75-7c01) and concealed carry on…

Katherine Stannard worked at Douglas Aircraft in California for one summer during the Second World War. Interviewed by Pattie Johnston as part of the Lawrence Remembers: The World War II Years Project, Stannard talked about the war effort at home and…

Kenneth Pine was in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946. He served as a replacement in Italy and was assigned to the 276th Infantry Company I in France. He also served as a military policeman. Interviewed by Pattie Johnston on June 30, 2006, Pine talked…

Kenneth Rehmer served in the United States Army (607th Graves Registration; 3rd Platoon, 78th Division) during World War II. Interviewed by Pattie Johnston on August 23, 2003, as part of the Lawrence Remembers: The World War II Years Project, Rehmer…

Kenneth L. Sperry served in the United States Army (86th Infantry Division) from 1943 to 1946. Interviewed by Brian Grubbs on October 6, 2006, Sperry talked about his experiences during the Second World War. Sperry was born in Kansas in 1923. He…

A photograph of children sitting in front of a [book computer??]. One little girl reads the book while another girl listens with headphones.

A photograph of a young girl reading Green Eggs and Ham on a [book computer].

An event poster for the KVKL afterparty, designed by Tanner Spreer, a graphic design artist, Lawrence local, and band member of Psychic Heat. This poster was printed on a risograph, an alternative to silk-screen printing that allows designers to…