Lawrence University Archives
Box 1
Container
Contains 11 Collections and/or Records:
Articles and biographical information, 1886-1999
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the correspondence of Amos Adams Lawrence pertaining to his business interests in Wisconsin, primarily dating from 1844 to 1858. Letters in the collection primarily address Lawrence's investments and land matters, while a minority of letters pertain to the founding of Lawrence University. Articles and biographical information about Amos Adams Lawrence are also included in the collection.
Correspondence and information regarding portrait, 1905-2003
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the correspondence of Amos Adams Lawrence pertaining to his business interests in Wisconsin, primarily dating from 1844 to 1858. Letters in the collection primarily address Lawrence's investments and land matters, while a minority of letters pertain to the founding of Lawrence University. Articles and biographical information about Amos Adams Lawrence are also included in the collection.
Assorted handwritten letters, 1846-1852
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: Folder 6
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the correspondence of Amos Adams Lawrence pertaining to his business interests in Wisconsin, primarily dating from 1844 to 1858. Letters in the collection primarily address Lawrence's investments and land matters, while a minority of letters pertain to the founding of Lawrence University. Articles and biographical information about Amos Adams Lawrence are also included in the collection.
Assorted typescript letters, 1847-1848
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: Folder 7
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the correspondence of Amos Adams Lawrence pertaining to his business interests in Wisconsin, primarily dating from 1844 to 1858. Letters in the collection primarily address Lawrence's investments and land matters, while a minority of letters pertain to the founding of Lawrence University. Articles and biographical information about Amos Adams Lawrence are also included in the collection.
Article of agreement, land at Grand Chute, 1848-11-01
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: Folder 8
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the correspondence of Amos Adams Lawrence pertaining to his business interests in Wisconsin, primarily dating from 1844 to 1858. Letters in the collection primarily address Lawrence's investments and land matters, while a minority of letters pertain to the founding of Lawrence University. Articles and biographical information about Amos Adams Lawrence are also included in the collection.
Indenture, 1850-11-25
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Folder 9
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the correspondence of Amos Adams Lawrence pertaining to his business interests in Wisconsin, primarily dating from 1844 to 1858. Letters in the collection primarily address Lawrence's investments and land matters, while a minority of letters pertain to the founding of Lawrence University. Articles and biographical information about Amos Adams Lawrence are also included in the collection.
Letter to Sarah Appleton Lawrence, 1857-05-16
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: Folder 10
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the correspondence of Amos Adams Lawrence pertaining to his business interests in Wisconsin, primarily dating from 1844 to 1858. Letters in the collection primarily address Lawrence's investments and land matters, while a minority of letters pertain to the founding of Lawrence University. Articles and biographical information about Amos Adams Lawrence are also included in the collection.
Letter from George Day, Lawe gift, 1857-11-26
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: Folder 11
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the correspondence of Amos Adams Lawrence pertaining to his business interests in Wisconsin, primarily dating from 1844 to 1858. Letters in the collection primarily address Lawrence's investments and land matters, while a minority of letters pertain to the founding of Lawrence University. Articles and biographical information about Amos Adams Lawrence are also included in the collection.
Photographs and images, 1859-1964
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the correspondence of Amos Adams Lawrence pertaining to his business interests in Wisconsin, primarily dating from 1844 to 1858. Letters in the collection primarily address Lawrence's investments and land matters, while a minority of letters pertain to the founding of Lawrence University. Articles and biographical information about Amos Adams Lawrence are also included in the collection.
Letters selected by William F. Raney, typescript, 1846-1857
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4-5
Identifier: Folder 4-5
Scope and Contents
Contains an introduction written by William F. Raney circa 1959, in addition to the transcribed letters, in which he states: "After his death in 1886, [Lawrence's] heirs transferred to Lawrence University, as the college was then called, a considerable body of papers relating to his interests in Wisconsin. Most of them were concerned with his investments in land and kindred matters. Among these business papers, however, were a few letters and documents in which he revealed, all too briefly,...