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Alice Nash White and Kirby B. White Papers

 Collection
Identifier: LU-MS-119
Scope and Contents This collection includes personal papers of Alice Nash White, Lawrence University class of 1901, and her husband Kirby B. White, ex-class of 1897 and trustee from 1927 until his death in 1933. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence between Henry Wriston and Mr. White dating from his years on the Board, with particular emphasis on the college's response to financial difficulties during the Great Depression. Also included is a photocopy of Mr. White's diary dating from 1917 to 1932.

Curtis Tarr Papers

 Collection
Identifier: LU-MS-098
Scope and Contents This collection consists of the personal papers of Curtis Tarr, the twelfth president of Lawrence University. The papers are comprehensive, including a daily journal that Tarr maintained from 1964 to 1989 and correspondence sent and received from 1941 to 1997. Drawings in pen by Tarr as well as other writings 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 Richardson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MDC-MS-063
Scope and Contents This collection consists of the papers of Elizabeth Richardson, Milwaukee-Downer College graduate of 1940, dating from 1918 to 2019. The collection documents her childhood, years in college and afterward in Milwaukee, service in England and France with the American Red Cross, and memorialization following her death in 1945. Materials include primarily correspondence, journals, photographs, scrapbooks, sketch books, and artifacts.

Florence Ross Johnston Papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: LU-MS-058
Scope and Contents This collection contains a scrapbook and a transcribed diary documenting the life of Florence Ross from 1904 to 1916. Ross lived in Appleton, attended Lawrence College as a freshman, sophomore, and junior from 1910 to 1913, and transferred to UW-Madison for her senior year. The scrapbook dates from 1904 to 1916 and contains photographs, newspaper clippings, tickets from college events, dance cards, letters, and commencement programs. The transcribed diary contains short entries describing...

Margaret Bingham Winslow Russell Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: LU-MS-168
Scope and Contents This collection contains photocopies of Margaret Winslow's diaries from 1889 to 1911 and of a photograph album, circa 1899-1908. Margaret graduated from Lawrence University in 1901.