Agreement addressed to the Lawrence University Board of Trustees about Academy square land, undated

File — Box: 1, Folder: 3

Identifier: Folder 3

Staff Only

This collection consists of papers belonging and pertaining to Reeder Smith, an agent employed by Amos A. Lawrence in the founding of Lawrence University, and his wife, Eliza Kimball Smith. Papers date primarily from 1846 to 1895 and include correspondence, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, photographs, and records of donations to Lawrence University. Subjects documented include lawsuits related to land owned by Smith in Appleton and Smith's efforts to raise funds for a new preparatory/female department building in 1858-1859.