Lawrence University Archives
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Convocation Planning Records
Collection
Identifier: LU-RG03-018
Scope and Contents
This collection contains records documenting Convocation planning at Lawrence University dating from 1985 to 2017. Records were created by the Committee on Public Occasions, the Public Events Manager, and/or the Director of Public Affairs. Materials include primarily correspondence, programs, contracts, public relations material, and itineraries of speakers' visits to campus.
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Dean of Men, Dean of Women, and Dean of Students Records
Collection
Identifier: LU-RG06-007
Scope and Contents
This collection includes records created by the Dean of Men, Dean of Women, and Dean of Students at Lawrence University. Records date from 1926 to 2005 and include correspondence, memoranda, and reports pertaining to the administration of student affairs. Minutes of the Deans' staff meetings from 1966 to 1976 are also included.
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Department of Theatre Arts Records
Collection
Identifier: LU-RG04-032
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of records documenting the operations and activities of the Department of Theatre Arts at Lawrence. The bulk of the collection consists of production files containing newspaper clippings, programs, and photographs of theatrical productions. Administrative records, directors' books, posters, related student organization files, and materials documenting the predecessors to the Department of Theatre at Lawrence (oratory and debate, and the School of Expression) are also...
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Emily Frances Brown Papers
Collection
Identifier: MDC-MS-003
Scope and Contents
The bulk of this collection is comprised of the scripts and programs from the plays that Emily Frances Brown produced and directed as an English professor at Milwaukee Downer College from 1900 to 1945. The collection also contains newspaper articles describing her role in bringing the now famous Christmas song “Twelve Days of Christmas” from England to the United States, as well as photographs and teaching materials.
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Homecoming and Fall Festival Collection
Collection
Identifier: LU-RG00-005
Scope and Contents
The collection contains materials documenting Homecoming, an annual fall tradition held at Lawrence from the early 1900s through 2001, as well as Fall Festival, which replaced Homecoming beginning in 2002. Materials include photographs, programs, dance cards, articles, and correspondence.
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James Ming Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: LU-MS-158
Scope and Contents
This collection contains annual reports, concert programs, correspondence, newpaper clippings, materials documenting Ming's teaching and education experiences in Europe, information about his retirement, and photographs. Ming taught piano and composition at Lawrence University from 1944 to 1971.
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James S. Evans Papers
Collection
Identifier: LU-MS-226
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of papers collected and created by James S. Evans, professor of chemistry and computer science at Lawrence University from 1966 to 2011. The bulk of the collection documents computer software created at Lawrence, including Conversationally Oriented Statistical Analysis Package (COSAP) and other programs for internal operations. Materials date from 1973 to 1996 and include printed source code, user guides, and correspondence.
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Jean Kraft Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: LU-MS-134
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of Jean Kraft, who attended Lawrence University as a freshman and sophomore with the class of 1948. Materials primarily document her career as an opera singer with the New York Metropolitan Opera and the Santa Fe Opera Company, including: a list of all performances with the Met, programs from concerts 1946-1980s, a scrapbook of photographs, and two audio CDs.
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Lawrence College Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: LU-RG00-016
Scope and Contents
The four scrapbooks in this collection contain programs from Lawrence University commencements, exhibitions, literary society events, recitals, concerts, theatre productions, and other celebrations and activities, dating from 1847 to 1947. Some newspaper clippings and ephemera are also included.
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Lawrence International Records
Collection
Identifier: LU-RG06-026
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of records of the student organization Lawrence International at Lawrence University dating from 1976 to 2019. Records include event fliers and planning documents, meeting minutes, correspondence, and photographs. Programs, articles, and other materials documenting the annual International Dinner/Cabaret are also included.
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