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Lawrence University

 Organization

Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:

Landis-Peabody Health Center Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LU-RG08-014
Scope and Contents This collection consists of records documenting the planning, construction, and dedication of the Landis-Peabody Health Center, dating from 1954 to 2013. Records include articles, contracts and payments, correspondence, and photographs.

Lawrence Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LU-MS-007
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials pertaining to various members of the Lawrence family and their relationships with Lawrence University, dating from 1926 to 1998. Materials include articles, biographical information, photographs, and correspondence with Lawrence University presidents.

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.

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.

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.