LU-MS. Manuscripts
Record Group
Identifier: LU-MS
Materials classified as Manuscripts consist of donations from faculty and alumni.
Found in 210 Collections and/or Records:
Ruby Voeks Toft Papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: LU-MS-179
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of papers collected and created by Ruby Voeks Toft dating from 1933 to 2008. It includes correspondence received, dance cards, materials pertaining to Bjorklunden, photographs, and assorted memorabilia. Toft graduated from Lawrence in 1937.
Found in:
Lawrence University Archives
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Ruby Voeks Toft Papers
Rufus Bagg Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: LU-MS-180
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the tenure of Rufus Bragg as professor of geology at Lawrence University, 1911 to 1934. Materials include newspaper articles, publications, and an edited version of Bagg's manuscript, Pliocene and Plistocene Foraminifera from Southern California.
Found in:
Lawrence University Archives
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Rufus Bagg Collection
Ruth Birmingham Albert Scrapbook
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: LU-MS-030
Scope and Contents
Ruth Birmingham Albert's scrapbook contains advertisements, bulletins from local Wisconsin towns, correspondence during her time at Lawrence College, dance cards, her freshman year arm band, menus, name cards, photographs, programs from musical and theatrical performances, ticket stubs, tuition papers from her time at Lawrence College, and ephemera such as dried flowers, ribbons from dinner parties and other events at Lawrence, napkins, pencils, and spoons. Additional correspondence, ephemera,...
Ruth Marion Nelson Papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: LU-MS-211
Scope and Contents
This collection contains papers created and collected by Ruth Marion Nelson dating from her years as a student at the Lawrence Conservatory of Music from 1917 to 1919. Materials include photographs, notes for courses in early childhood education, programs, receipts, and ephemera.
Samuel Newell Griffith Scrapbook
Collection — Shared Box 6
Identifier: LU-MS-068
Scope and Contents
Samuel Newell Griffith's scrapbook contains menus from events at Lawrence University, posters from events at Lawrence Univerity, and programs from Lawrence, the University of Chicago, Chicago Theological Seminary, Garrett Biblical Institute, Northwestern University, and Weslayan Seminary. The beginning of his scrapbook also contains pages from Liberetto of the Flower Queen or the Coronation of the Rose, words by Miss Frances Jane Crosby and the music composed by...
Severn Rinkob Photograph Album
Collection — Shared Box 7
Identifier: LU-MS-212
Scope and Contents
This album was created by Severn Rinkob, Lawrence University class of 1924. It contains photographs of Lawrence students, campus buildings, and scenes from the Fox River.
Sherwin Howard Papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: LU-MS-181
Scope and Contents
The collection contains materials documenting the tenure of Sherwin Howard as the assistant to the president of Lawrence University, 1971 to 1980, as well as materials used for his dissertation. Annual reports to President Smith, student surveys and personal calendars, as well as thesis materials are included.
Found in:
Lawrence University Archives
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Sherwin Howard Papers
Shirley Lamkins Scrapbook
Collection — Shared Box 24
Identifier: LU-MS-043
Scope and Contents
This scrapbook was created by Shirley Lamkins while she was a student at Lawrence College. It includes sorority handbook pages, newspaper clippings, theater and concert programs.
Sonia Kovitz Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: LU-MS-182
Scope and Contents
This collection contains publications by Sonia Kovitz, professor of Slavic Languages and Literature at Lawrence University from 1971 to 1978. Kovitz was the first recipient of the Young Teacher Award in 1975.
Found in:
Lawrence University Archives
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Sonia Kovitz Collection
Sophia Emeline Walker Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: LU-MS-183
Scope and Contents
Sophia Emeline Walker attended Lawrence in 1858 but did not graduate. She became an editor and journalist in Wisconsin, Utah, California, and New York, writing under the name "Lisle Lester." Materials in this collection are primarily copies of articles she wrote, including a microfilm reel, and materials used in the research of her life by Ruth S. Worthing and Fay Kaynor.