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Lawrence University Archives

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Colman Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LU-MS-023
Scope and Contents This collection consists of materials related to several members of the Colman family who attended or were otherwise connected with Lawrence University since its founding, including Henry Root Colman, Henry Colman, and Lucinda Darling Colman. The bulk of the collection consists of Lucinda Darling Colman's handwritten "Memory Pictures," written between 1923 and 1930. Colman recalls her childhood, attending Lawrence in the 1850s, and her travels on the west and east coasts from 1906 through 1914....

Elizabeth Wilson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LU-MS-123
Scope and Contents The collection contains materials pertaining to and created by Elizabeth Wilson, Lawrence University graduate of 1890, dating from 1876 to 1988.  The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, articles about Wilson, and a number of her speeches and writings. Writings include "The Road Ahead," "The Lawrence That I Knew," and "Songs, 1943-1944."

Ethel M. and James G. Barber Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: LU-MS-145
Scope and Contents This collection contains family papers of Ethel M. and James G. Barber as well as materials documenting Ethel's contributions to Lawrence as a trustee and donor. Materials include family documents such as marriage licenses and genealogies, correspondence, and photographs. Records date from 1880 to 2000.

University Archives Oral Histories

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: LU-RG13-002
Scope and Contents This collection consists of oral history interviews conducted or collected by the Lawrence University Archives from 2006 to the present. Narrators are primarily retired faculty and staff and alumni of Lawrence or Milwaukee-Downer College. Audio recordings and transcripts of interviews are included.