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Found in 230 Collections and/or Records:
Douglas Knight Presidential Papers
Collection
Identifier: LU-RG03-008
Scope and Contents
This collection is composed of the papers of Douglas Knight, President of Lawrence College from 1954 to 1963. The bulk of the collection is correspondence sent and received dating from his tenure as President. Subjects discussed include donations to the college, building projects, and controversy over the National Defense Student Loan Program affadavit. The collection also includes newspaper clippings, speeches, publications, and photographs, as well as materials related to Knight's subsequent...
Early Presidents Collection
Collection
Identifier: LU-RG03-002
Scope and Contents
This collection is composed of records documenting the first seven presidents of Lawrence University: William Sampson (1849-1853), Edward Cooke (1853-1859), Russell Mason (1859-1865), George Steele (1865-1879), Elias Huntley (1879-1883), Bradford Raymond (1883-1889), and Charles Gallagher (1889-1893). Materials consist primarily of articles, correspondence, and photographs.
East Asian Languages and Cultures Program Records
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: LU-RG04-022
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of records documenting the East Asian Languages and Cultures Program dating from 1986 to 2005. Records include correspondence, fliers, photographs, articles, and reports. Also included are records documenting grants from the Freeman Foundation and the National Security Education Program ("Building Bridges through Practical Chinese.")
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
Edna Wiegand Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: LU-MS-142
Scope and Contents
The Edna Wiegand Collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, materials from her travels, photographs of Dr. Wiegand and her immediate family, her Doctorate of Philosophy degree from Columbia University, and her honorary Master of Arts degree from Lawrence University. Wiegand graduated from Lawrence University in 1911 and taught in the Classics department from 1923 to 1952.
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Edna Wiegand Papers
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.
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Elisabeth Koffka Papers
Elizabeth Forter Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: LU-MS-143
Scope and Contents
This collection contains various academic papers written by Dr. Forter as a student; personal academic notebooks and calendars; personal correspondence; records for the Elizabeth Tusten Forter Scholarship fund; her doctoral dissertation, "A Study of the Dramatic Technique of Bernard Shaw"; her Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison; and her honorary Master of Arts degree granted by Lawrence University. Dr. Forter taught in the Lawrence University English Department...
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Elizabeth Forter Papers
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.
Elizabeth Wilson Collection
Collection
Identifier: LU-MS-123
Scope and Contents
The collection contains materials pertaining to and created by Elizabeth Wilson, Lawrence University graduate of 1890, dating from 1876 to 1988. The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, articles about Wilson, and a number of her speeches and writings. Writings include "The Road Ahead," "The Lawrence That I Knew," and "Songs, 1943-1944."
Ellen C. Sabin Papers
Collection
Identifier: MDC-MS-001
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a selection of papers from Ellen C. Sabin, president of Downer College from 1890 to 1895 and Milwaukee-Downer College from 1895 to 1921. Materials primarily include articles about Sabin, photographs, and correspondence to and from friends and acquaintances.
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Ellen C. Sabin Papers