Lawrence University Archives
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Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 230 Collections and/or Records:
Lawrence University Subject Files
Collection
Identifier: LU-RG00-002
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of subject files on Lawrence University, including events, organizations, and other areas of the university. Information on Appleton, its history, and its relationship with Lawrence are also included. Materials in the collection include correspondence, dance cards, newspaper and magazine articles, reports, and photographs.
Letter from Ellen Terry to Sir Alfred and Lady Turner
File — Box LIB-MS 1
Identifier: LIB-MS-009
Scope and Contents
One letter and evelope dated October 20, 1910 in which Terry writes to Sir Alfred and Lady Turner (Juliette Elizabeth Marie (Whiting) thanking them for a small ivory gift as she travels to America on the R.M.S. Oceanic for a lecture tour.
Letters received by Professor Hiram A. Jones
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: LU-MS-025
Scope and Contents
This bound volume contains almost one hundred letters written to Hiram A. Jones by his former students to celebrate his fortieth year of teaching at Lawrence University in 1894. Jones was a professor of Latin from 1854 until his death in 1898.
Lewis M. Alexander Papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: LU-MS-166
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials documenting Lewis M. Alexander's service on the Lawrence University Board of Trustees, 1894 to 1931. The bulk of the collection contains correspondence with President Wriston regarding the building of the Alexander Gymnasium. Other materials document the building of Peabody Hall (the Conservatory of Music) and the Schneller-Whiting Gate. The collection also includes newspaper clippings regarding Alexander's death and the October 1934 issue of ...
Library Buildings Collection
Collection — Shared Box 17: Series 1; Series 4; Series 3; Series 2; Series 8; Series 1; Series 3
Identifier: LU-RG08-013
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of materials documenting the planning, construction, and renovation of library buildings at Lawrence University. These buildings include the Carnegie Library (1906-1962), the Samuel Appleton-Carnegie Library (1962-1974), and the Seeley G. Mudd Library (1974-present). Correspondence, newspaper clippings, planning documents, contracts, dedication programs, and photographs are included in the collection.
Library Records
Collection
Identifier: LU-RG04-043
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of records documenting library collections, staff, and operations, dating from 1859 to 2017. Records include annual reports and correspondence of the University Librarian, records of gifts to the library, collection records and statistics, and other administrative files.
Found in:
Lawrence University Archives
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Library Records
Literary Societies Records
Collection
Identifier: LU-RG06-017
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of records of literary societies at Lawrence University, including the Amphictyon, Athena, Lawrean, Philalathean, Philal-Athena, and Phoenix societies. Records date from 1851 to 1925 and include meeting minutes, correspondence, programs, photographs, scrapbooks, and song books.
Long-Range Planning Task Force Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: LU-RG01-018
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of records of the Long-Range Planning Task Force established by President Thomas Smith in 1976. Records include correspondence, minutes, and reports of the overall task force as well as sub-task forces on size constraints, finance, curriculum alternatives, extra-curricular structures, and inter-institutional relations.
Main Hall Collection
Collection
Identifier: LU-RG08-001
Scope and Contents
This collection is composed of materials documenting the history of Main Hall, Lawrence University's main college building that was built in 1853. Correspondence, newspaper clippings, programs, and photographs are included in the collection.
Found in:
Lawrence University Archives
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Main Hall Collection
Mandell Morton Bober Papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: LU-MS-167
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the tenure of Mandell Morton Bober, professor of economics at Lawrence University from 1927 to 1961. Materials include Bober's correspondence with former students, Lawrence faculty, and Lawrence administrative staff; newspaper clippings; publications; and photographs. The collection also contains a pocket edition of the Communist Manifesto published in the late 1880s/ early 1890s.