Lawrence University Archives
Founding of Lawrence University
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
Metal engraving piece, Lawrence crest and "The Founders Club" box
Digital Record
Identifier: LU-OBJ-201
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Lawrence University Archives
Original Letters and Miscellany of Lawrence College, 1849-1934, table of contents
Digital Record
Identifier: ARC2015-108
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Lawrence University Archives
Original Letters and Miscellany of Lawrence College Collection
Collection
Identifier: LU-MS-008
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two volumes of assorted original correspondence and legal documents pertaining to the founding and early years of Lawrence University. Materials date from 1845 to 1934. The date that the volumes were assembled is unknown.
Original Letters of Amos Adams Lawrence and Miscellany of Lawrence College, 1845-1883, table of contents
Digital Record
Identifier: ARC2015-107
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Lawrence University Archives
Reeder Smith and Eliza Kimball Smith Papers
Collection
Identifier: LU-MS-102
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of papers belonging and pertaining to Reeder Smith, an agent employed by Amos A. Lawrence in the founding of Lawrence University, and his wife, Eliza Kimball Smith. Papers date primarily from 1846 to 1895 and include correspondence, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, photographs, and records of donations to Lawrence University. Subjects documented include lawsuits related to land owned by Smith in Appleton and Smith's efforts to raise funds for a new preparatory/female...
Samuel Appleton drawing
Digital Record
Identifier: ARC2015-004
Found in:
Lawrence University Archives
The Appleton Crescent supplement
Digital Record
Identifier: ARC2016-184
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Lawrence University Archives
Transcription of Reeder Smith letter to Amos A. Lawrence
Digital Record
Identifier: ARC2017-010
Found in:
Lawrence University Archives