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Lawrence University

 Organization

Found in 67 Collections and/or Records:

Gender Studies Program Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: LU-RG04-010
Scope and Contents This collection consists of records documenting the establishment and activities of the Gender Studies program dating from 1988 to 2010. Records include steering committee memoranda, syllabi, grant materials, articles, focus group information, committee records, and other program records.

Great Midwest Trivia Contest Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LU-RG00-008
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials pertaining to the Great Midwest Trivia Contest, an annual contest held at Lawrence University and broadcast over the campus radio station, WLFM, since 1966. The bulk of the collection consists of photographs, newspaper articles, and other publicity concerning the contests from 1966 to the present, as well as the original copies of all questions asked from 1991 to the present. Team lists, posters, tee-shirts, scripts, and audio recordings of selected broadcasts...

Hamar Union and Memorial Union Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LU-RG08-003
Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of materials documenting the history of Hamar Union and Memorial Union, Lawrence University's first and second student unions. Hamar Union was used as a student union beginning in 1926 until Memorial Union became the student union when it was completed in 1951. Correspondence, newspaper clippings, programs, and photographs are included in the collection.

Homecoming and Fall Festival Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LU-RG00-005
Scope and Contents The collection contains materials documenting Homecoming, an annual fall tradition held at Lawrence from the early 1900s through 2001, as well as Fall Festival, which replaced Homecoming beginning in 2002. Materials include photographs, programs, dance cards, articles, and correspondence.

Information Technology Services Records

 Collection
Identifier: LU-RG05-005
Scope and Contents This collection consists of records from the office of Information Technology Services (known as Computer Services prior to 2005.) Records date from 1964 to 2007 and include documentation on the beginnings of computing at Lawrence; the operation of various computers and campus computer centers over time; and technological support services provided to faculty, staff, and students.

Institute of Paper Chemistry Records

 Collection
Identifier: LU-RG10-001
Scope and Contents This collection contains records pertaining to the administration and operations of the Institute of Paper Chemistry, a graduate school affiliated with Lawrence University from 1929 to 1989. Records date from 1929 to 2003. Records include Board of Trustees meeting minutes and supplemental materials as well as subject files on various aspects of the Institute's campus, curriculum, alumni, students, faculty, and administration.

Kurgan and Appleton Sister City Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: LU-RG00-018
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials documenting the sister city relationship between Appleton and Kurgan in Kurgan Oblast, Russia. This relationship was formally established in 1990, though other materials in the collection document a previous sister city relationship between Appleton and Pyatigorsk, Russia. Materials include memoranda, newspaper articles, and other publications dating from 1983 to 2010.

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 College and Milwaukee-Downer College Consolidation Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: LU-RG01-015
Scope and Contents The collection contains records documenting the 1964 consolidation of Milwaukee-Downer College with Lawrence College to form Lawrence University. Official and legal documents, correspondence between the two institutions regarding the logistics of transferring people and materials, financial records, and publications describing the consolidation, including newspaper articles, are included. The bulk of the records date from 1963 to 1965, but materials discussing the future of Milwaukee-Downer...

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.