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LU-MS. Manuscripts

 Record Group
Identifier: LU-MS
Materials classified as Manuscripts consist of donations from faculty and alumni.

Found in 217 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas and Margaret Dietrich Papers

 Collection
Identifier: LU-MS-219
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials documenting the careers of artists Thomas Dietrich and Margaret Rape Dietrich, dating from 1945 to 2001. Materials include biographical information, correspondence, exhibition programs, photographs, and art prints.

Thomas Roberts Scrapbook

 Collection — Shared Box 24
Identifier: LU-MS-076
Scope and Contents Thomas Roberts' scrapbook contains correspondence, class schedules, class syallabi, invitations, napkins, receipts, photographs, posters from on campus events, programs from athletic events, and his pledge card from the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. All the collected materials relate to his first year at Lawrence College, 1951-1952. Many notes in the scrapbook refer to a woman named "Arlene," most likely Arlene Keller who graduated with Roberts in 1955. The two later married.

Tony Vaughan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: LU-MS-100
Scope and Contents This collection consists of a selection of literary works by Tony Vaughan, Lawrence University class of 1970. Works include novels, poetry, and other writings, and date from 1967 to 2008. Materials related to Vaughan's life and work assembled for the Reunion in 2012 are also included.

Walter F. Peterson Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: LU-MS-186
Scope and Contents The Walter F. Peterson Collection contains publications written by Dr. Peterson, personal correspondence, materials that pertain to Milwaukee-Downer College history, newspaper articles, and photographs. Dr. Peterson taught history and worked as a librarian at Milwaukee-Downer College and Lawrence University. He died in 2007.

Warren Beck Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LU-MS-187
Overview This collection contains materials related to Warren Beck, English Professor at Lawrence University from 1926-1968. The materials include correspondence, newspaper clippings, published works, and photographs, dating from 1928-2000.

Wayne Vincent Papers

 Collection
Identifier: LU-MS-097
Scope and Contents This collection consists of papers and memorabilia collected by Wayne Vincent, Lawrence University class of 1931, during his years as a student. Materials primarily include newspaper clippings, varsity athletic letters, and programs from athletic, Conservatory, and other college events.

William Boardman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: LU-MS-225
Scope and Contents This collection contains digital files created by William Boardman, professor of philosophy at Lawrence University from 1965 to 2002. Files date from 1990 to 2002 and include syllabi, exams, assignments, and other materials produced for courses that Boardman taught in philosophy and Freshman Studies.

William Chaney Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: LU-MS-118
Scope and Contents This collection documents the research, teaching, and service of William Chaney, professor of history at Lawrence University from 1952 until his death in 2013. Box 1 contains articles and biographical information, recordings and transcripts of an oral history with Chaney, speeches, published papers, book reviews, book drafts, programs, and photographs. Boxes 2-4 contain primarily course materials, including lecture notes and syllabi; texts of speeches given at campus events; research...

William Crow and Norma Crow Fifer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: LU-MS-056
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials created by William Crow, professor of politics at Lawrence from 1920 to 1935, and his daughter Norma Crow Fifer, a 1945 Lawrence graduate and professor of English at Lawrence from 1949 to 1953. Publications and writings by William Crow and photographs, student records, and a scrapbook created by Norma Crow Fifer are included. Materials date from 1928 to 1995.

William F. Raney Papers

 Collection
Identifier: LU-MS-197
Scope and Contents This collection contains papers documenting the research and teaching activities of William F. Raney, professor of history at Lawrence University from 1920 to 1955. The bulk of the collection consists of papers related to Raney's research and writing of a history of Lawrence University from 1955 until his death in 1962, including note cards, primary source materials, and drafts. Some materials related to his research and writing of Wisconsin: A Story of Progress...