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Lawrence University

 Organization

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

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.

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.

Oversized Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: LU-RG13-005
Scope and Contents This collection consists of oversized photographs of Lawrence buildings, athletics, people, and group photographs of the student body, faculty, and administration, dating from 1854 to the present.

Residence Halls Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LU-RG08-009
Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of materials documenting the history of Lawrence University's residence halls. Ormsby Hall was the first dorm built at Lawrence in 1889, and Hiett Hall is the most current dorm and was built in 2003. Materials in the collection include articles, building plans, correspondence, photographs, and information regarding construction and renovations.

Science Hall Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: LU-RG08-023
Scope and Contents This collection consists of records documenting the planning, construction, and dedication of Science Hall (renamed the Thomas A. Steitz Hall of Science in 2010), dating from 1998 to 2002. Records include articles, architectural renderings, and photographs.

Shattuck Hall of Music Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LU-RG08-020
Scope and Contents This collection consists of materials documenting the planning and construction of Shattuck Hall of Music, as well as the coincident renovation of the Memorial Chapel. Correspondence, meeting minutes, building specifications and plans, operational manuals, architectural renderings, photographs, and dedication materials are included. Materials date from 1989 to 1994.

Stephenson Hall of Science Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LU-RG08-007
Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of materials documenting the history of Stephenson Hall of Science, the home of the Lawrence science department from when it was built in 1898 until it was razed in 1998. Correspondence, newspaper clippings, programs, contracts, and photographs are included in the collection. Materials on the 1948 renovation of the building are also included.

University Glass Slides Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LU-RG13-003
Scope and Contents This collection consists of 240 glass slides depicting primarily Lawrence University buildings, grounds, students and faculty from 1898 to about 1930. The bulk of the items are lantern slides which were used for promotional presentations about Lawrence around the Midwest in the 1920s and 1930s. A second series consists of 8 by 10 inch slides; the provenance of these is unknown.

University Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: LU-RG13-009
Scope and Contents This collection consists of photographs used for Lawrence University publicity and publications dating from about 1935 to 2013. Photographs were taken by staff in the Office of Communications (formerly the Office of Public Affairs or the Office of Publicity and Publications) or contract photographers. Materials in this collection include cellulose nitrate, cellulose acetate, and polyester film negatives; contact prints; photographic prints; transparencies; 35mm slides; and born-digital...