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Lawrence University

 Organization

Found in 67 Collections and/or Records:

Lawrence Newspaper Clippings

 Collection
Identifier: LU-RG00-003
Scope and Contents This collection consists of news items about people and events at Lawrence University clipped from local newspapers, 1926 to 2003. This includes 19 volumes of scrapbooks and one box of loose clippings. Most clippings come from the Appleton Post-Crescent.

Lawrence University People Files

 Collection
Identifier: LU-RG00-001
Scope and Contents The collection is composed of files on Lawrence University people, including administration, faculty, staff, students, and visitors to the university. Materials in the collection include biographical information, correspondence, personnel sheets, newspaper and magazine articles, and photographs.

Lawrence University Subject Files

 Collection
Identifier: LU-RG00-002
Scope and Contents The collection is composed of subject files on Lawrence University, including events, organizations, and other areas of the university. Information on Appleton, its history, and its relationship with Lawrence are also included. Materials in the collection include correspondence, dance cards, newspaper and magazine articles, reports, and photographs.

Library Buildings Collection

 Collection — Container: Shared Box 17
Identifier: LU-RG08-013
Scope and Contents This collection consists of materials documenting the planning, construction, and renovation of library buildings at Lawrence University. These buildings include the Carnegie Library (1906-1962), the Samuel Appleton-Carnegie Library (1962-1974), and the Seeley G. Mudd Library (1974-present). Correspondence, newspaper clippings, planning documents, contracts, dedication programs, and photographs are included in the collection.

Main Hall Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LU-RG08-001
Scope and Contents This collection is composed of materials documenting the history of Main Hall, Lawrence University's main college building that was built in 1853. Correspondence, newspaper clippings, programs, and photographs are included in the collection.

May Day Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LU-RG00-007
Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of records documenting the celebration of May Day, a spring tradition at Lawrence from 1906 to 1966 and revived for one year in 2007. May Day celebrations typically involved the crowning of one of the senior women as May Queen and dancing around a May Pole. Parades, folk dancing, and other events were also incorporated in some years. Photographs, programs, and articles make up the bulk of the collection.

Memorial Chapel Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LU-RG08-005
Scope and Contents This collection is composed of materials documenting the history of the Memorial Chapel, the main auditorium and concert hall for Lawrence University, built in 1918. The collection includes correspondence, building plans, articles about the chapel, and photographs. Materials on the organs are also included.

Merton M. Sealts, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: LU-MS-173
Scope and Contents The collection includes materials documenting the tenure of Merton M. Sealts as an English professor at Lawrence University, 1948 to 1965. Contents include correspondence, newspaper clippings, faculty meeting minutes, photographs, as well as articles written by Sealts.

Milwaukee-Downer College People Files

 Collection
Identifier: MDC-RG-001
Scope and Contents The collection is composed of files that document people associated with Milwaukee-Downer College or either of its predecessors, Milwaukee Female College and Downer College (Wisconsin Female College). Files include information on administration, faculty, staff, students, and visitors to the college. Materials in the collection include primarily biographical information, correspondence, newspaper and magazine articles, and photographs, dating from roughly 1850 to the consolidation of the college...

Music-Drama Center Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LU-RG08-006
Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of materials documenting the history of the Music-Drama Center, the home of the Conservatory of Music and Theatre department that was built in 1959. The collection includes correspondence, building plans, articles about the building, and photographs. Materials on Harper Hall, Cloak and Stansbury Theatres, and Waterman Library are also included.