Lawrence University Archives
Appleton (Wis.)
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf
Found in 64 Collections and/or Records:
Arthur M. Gruhl Scrapbook
Collection — Shared Box 5
Identifier: LU-MS-049
Scope and Contents
This scrapbook was made by Arthur M. Gruhl, a student at Lawrence College from 1922-1923. It contains photographs of Lawrence, as well as photographs of Appleton after it was hit by an ice storm.
Chester Allen Photographs
Collection
Identifier: LU-MS-024
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of about 90 photographic negatives on glass slides taken by Chester Allen, Lawrence University class of 1912. Photographs depict campus buildings, student life, and scenes from around Appleton and the Fox River valley and date from 1909 to 1912.
Class of 1912 senior banquet
Digital Record
Identifier: ARC2011-244
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College Avenue Median Project Records
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: LU-RG08-026
Scope and Contents
This collection contains records documenting the project to update the College Avenue median between Drew and Lawe streets in 2008-2009. The project was a collaborative undertaking between Lawrence, the City of Appleton, and private donors in the neighborhood who funded the project. Records include correspondence, contracts, invoices, meeting minutes, and other planning materials.
Diagram of first hydroelectric station
Digital Record
Identifier: ARC2011-064
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Drawing class picnic at Brighton Beach, Menasha
Digital Record
Identifier: ARC2011-204
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Lawrence University Archives
Early Appleton Photographs Collection
Collection
Identifier: LU-MS-087
Scope and Contents
This collection contains written manuscripts, typewritten notes, and a series of photographs depicting sites, houses, and other structures from early Appleton history. Some people are also shown. The photographs were printed from negatives owned by Anna L. Tenney of Appleton and compiled into three volumes by Lawrence professor of history John Brainerd MacHarg and some of his students in about 1922.
Edna Ferber Collection
Collection
Identifier: LU-MS-002
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of correspondence and biographical materials of Edna Ferber, a Pulitzer Prize winning novelist who spent her childhood and early career in Appleton, Wisconsin, and continues to have a strong influence on the city to this day. The correspondence range from 1946-1966 and consist mostly of letters between Ferber and her secretary, Yvette B. Garden. Ferber describes her travels around the world, finances, and her family. Letters exchanged between Ferber and Lawrence...
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Edna Ferber Collection
Faculty processional across College Avenue for Commencement
Digital Record
Identifier: ARC2021-053
Found in:
Lawrence University Archives