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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:

Edith Raisler Scrapbook

 Collection — Shared Box 9
Identifier: LU-MS-078
Scope and Contents This scrapbook was created by Edith Raisler when she was a conservatory student at Lawrence College. Contents includes photos of the old conservatory, as well as photos of conservatory students.

Edna Ferber Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LU-MS-002
Scope and Contents The collection is comprised of correspondence and biographical materials of Edna Ferber, a Pulitzer Prize winning novelist who spent her childhood and early career in Appleton, Wisconsin, and continues to have a strong influence on the city to this day. The correspondence range from 1946-1966 and consist mostly of letters between Ferber and her secretary, Yvette B. Garden. Ferber describes her travels around the world, finances, and her family. Letters exchanged between Ferber and Lawrence...

Edna Hughes Photograph Album

 Collection — Shared Box 5
Identifier: LU-MS-099
Scope and Contents This album was created by Edna Hughes, Lawrence class of 1913. It primarily contains candid photographs of Lawrence students, as well as photographs of campus and scenery around Appleton.

Edna Wiegand Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: LU-MS-142
Scope and Contents The Edna Wiegand Collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, materials from her travels, photographs of Dr. Wiegand and her immediate family, her Doctorate of Philosophy degree from Columbia University, and her honorary Master of Arts degree from Lawrence University. Wiegand graduated from Lawrence University in 1911 and taught in the Classics department from 1923 to 1952.

Elisabeth Koffka letters and poems sent to Sidney H. Bremer

 Collection
Identifier: LU-MS-238
Scope and Contents This collection consists of letters and poems sent from Elisabeth Koffka to Sidney Bremer from 1970 to 1973 and 1976 to 1982. Many of the letters include commentary on the poems as Koffka solicited feedback from Bremer on them. Many envelopes with their associated letters and poems are also included. Two articles on Elisabeth Koffka, including one written by Sidney Bremer, are also included

Elisabeth Koffka Papers

 Collection
Identifier: LU-MS-199
Overview The Elisabeth Koffka Papers is a collection of materials from History Professor Elisabeth Koffka, which ranges from 1918 to 1994. The materials within this collection include her poetry, prose, published works, personal documents, reflections, correspondence, lecture notes, student papers and exams, and other materials from Professor Koffka's time and Smith College and Lawrence University. The collection is also home to audio tapes recounting personal history.

Elizabeth Forter Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: LU-MS-143
Scope and Contents This collection contains various academic papers written by Dr. Forter as a student; personal academic notebooks and calendars; personal correspondence; records for the Elizabeth Tusten Forter Scholarship fund; her doctoral dissertation, "A Study of the Dramatic Technique of Bernard Shaw"; her Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison; and her honorary Master of Arts degree granted by Lawrence University. Dr. Forter taught in the Lawrence University English Department...

Elizabeth Johnson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: LU-MS-243
Scope and Contents This collection contains a scrapbook created by Elizabeth Johnson as well as files containing photographs, and letters, bills, and report cards.

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."

Ellen Shuart Scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: LU-MS-206
Scope and Contents This scrapbook was created by Ellen Shuart, graduate of Lawrence College class of 1930. It contains photographs, holiday decorations and cards, letters, programs from Conservatory and theatre events, and newspaper clippings. Materials date from 1926 to 1931.