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New Finding Aids, July-December 2022

It was a busy back half of 2022 for the manuscripts processing team at Kenneth Spencer Research Library. We hired two new full-time staff members, which has helped us a great deal in getting more collections processed and finding aids produced!

See below a listing for the finding aids newly produced between July and December 2022, with a selection of images from some of these newly processed collections.

Preliminary Report on the Geology and Oil Potential of the Snyder Lease, Linn County, Kansas, approximately 1964 (RH MS P989)

Evacuation of Wounded in Modern Wars, 1912, 1917 (RH MS D303)

Walt Mason Rhymes, 1943-1944 (RH MS D304)

Origin of Names of Army and Air Corps Posts, Camps and Stations in WWII in Kansas, approximately 1953 (RH MS P990)

A.A.B. Cavaness Poems, December 9, 1901 (RH MS P991)

Student articles on [Native American] Personalities, March 1-23, 1964 (RH MS 1559)

Passing of the Eldridge House: The Birthplace of Kansas, February 24, 1924 (RH MS P992)

Right Reverend Thomas Hubbard Vail and the Right Reverend Elisha Smith Thomas, January 6, 1890 and April 14, 1895 (RH MS Q490)

Edna Worthley Underwood collection, 1919-1947 (bulk 1924) (RH MS E213, RH MS P993)

Kansas Pre-War Army, September 1939 (RH MS P994)

Hopefield Presbyterian Mission, March 30, 1951 (RH MS P995)

Discussions by Thomas Ewing, August 11, 1871-October 31, 1887 (RH MS C94)

Four Centuries in Kansas, January 20-February 23, 1930 (RH MS E214)

Michael Shaw papers, 1978-2018 (RH MS 1560)

First Twenty Years of the M.E. Church, 1865-1978 (bulk 1865-1885) (RH MS P996)

Personal papers of John Dardess, 1919-2016 (bulk 1966-2016) (PP 635)

American Indian Movement protest photograph collection, July 6, 1976 (RH WL MS Q13)

Black-and-white photograph of a man standing with his hand over his mouth.
An Indigenous person looks on during a protest at the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington, D.C., July 1976. Police attacked and arrested American Indian Movement protestors. American Indian Movement Protest Photograph Collection. Call Number: RH WL MS Q13, Box 1, Folder 7. Click image to enlarge.

Martha “Matt” Mueller collection, 1851-2010 (RH MS P997)

Gene Burnett papers, December 4, 1919-October 3, 2013 (RH MS 1561)

Joyce Fent papers, 1928-August 28, 2002 (RH MS 1562)

Theatre Guild Picnic production records, March 1, 1949-November 8, 1972 (bulk 1950s) (RH MS 1563)

Michael A. Smith papers, 1966-December 2, 2019 (RH MS 1564, RH MS Q493, RH MS R502, RH MS R503)

Pamphlets on Cherokee Neutral Lands, 1868-1872 (RH MS 1565)

Dirk Shears-Klocke family correspondence, June 1975-March 30, 2008 (RH MS 1566, RH MS R504)

Richard “Dick” Gunn photographic collection, February 8, 1991-March 8, 1998 (RH PH 565, RH PH 565(f))

Ernest Manheim papers, 1900-2015 (MS 373, MS Qa42, SC AV 42)

Records from the University of Kansas Center for Research, 1953-2018 (RG 49)

Personal papers of Michael Swann, 1968-2020 (PP 636)

Document with black typed text plus handwritten notes and a sketch in blue ink.
Agenda from a Quindaro Town Preservation Society meeting, May 28, 1994. KU School of Architecture and Design Professor and Assistant Dean Michael Swann sketched out (the Quindaro?) town site and took notes from the meeting. Personal Papers of Michael Swann. Call Number: PP 636, Box 8, Folder 56. Click image to enlarge.

“The Tall Four,” 1861-October 1880 (RH MS D305)

Edgar and Elizabeth Begole’s Santo Tomas Internment Camp collection, November 1940-October 1996 (bulk 1942-1944) (RH MS 1567, RH MS R507)

Thomas Woodson Poor papers, 1904-July 10, 2021 (RH MS 1568)

Brown cover with handwritten text and glued-on printed letters.
Front cover of Tom Poor’s “A High Jumper’s [Sporting] Scrapbook,” in which he kept materials related to the 1925 Kansas Relays. Poor won the high jump category in the first Kansas Relays of 1923. Thomas Woodson Poor Papers. Call Number: RH MS 1568, Box 1, Volume 1. Click image to enlarge.

Kenneth Crockett’s research material on Kenneth and Helen Spencer, 2010-2014 (RH MS 1569)

Willioughby L. Rowson’s personal financial ledgers, 1917-1944; 1964-1970 (RH MS 1570)

Benjamin LeRoy “Roy” Love collection, January 26, 1982-October 31, 2020 (RH MS 1572, KC AV 125)

“Depiction of the Nine Phases” scroll, approximately 1800-1865 (MS Roll 16)

Thomas Bewick wood engravings printed by Robert Middleton, 1970-1971 (MS E285, MS P762)

Black-and-white drawing of an otter with rocks and plants in the background.
Otter print created by Robert Middleton from one of Thomas Bewick’s wood blocks at the Newberry Library, Chicago. Part of a limited edition set, this print was donated by Harry Tyler, husband of D.D. Tyler, whose papers are also housed at Spencer Research Library. Thomas Bewick Wood Engravings Printed by Robert Middleton. Call Number: MS E285. Click image to enlarge.

Robert M. Mengel bird paintings, 1952, 1954 (MS Q99)

Preliminary sketch of “Le tarsier podge,” [between 1797-1800] (MS Qa43)

Palm leaf book extracts, [18th century or before?] (MS Q98)

Charles “Buddy” Rogers papers, approximately 1904-2011 (bulk 1920s-1990s) (MS 372, MS Q97, MS Qa41, SC AV 41, MS E284, MS G57, MS K36)

Barbara Bohm’s Star Trek scripts collection, May 26, 1966-July 23, 1973 (MS 374)

Jessica Mae Watts Elliott scrapbooks, 1909, undated (MS 376)

“Dutchman” collection, 1965-1967 (MS P763)

LaSalle Extension University collection, approximately 1927-1934 (MS 375)

Personal papers of Daryle S. Busch, 1946-2015 (PP 637)

Gretchen Cassel Eick collection, 1983-2017 (bulk 1990s) (RH MS 1574, RH MS R515, KC AV 126)

Dennis Enslinger papers, 1924-1996 (bulk 1980-1996) (RH MS 1576, RH MS Q498, RH MS R516)

James Dewey family collection, 1893-2002 (bulk 1910-1960) (RH MS 1575, RH MS Q497, RH PH P2847(ff))

Dine-A-Mite Inn and Borgen family collection, 1943-2007 (bulk 1950-1991) (RH PH 567, RH PH 567(f))

Robert L. Gilbert First Issues collection, 1810, [1855?], 1900s-1983 (bulk 1920s-1970s) (Gilbert)

Hacienda Sondor collection, 1850s-1860s (MS E286)

Madre Dona Juana Maria de la Fuente inventory, 1741 (MS E287)

Personal papers of William Staples, April 7, 1980-September 7, 2019 (PP 638)

Personal papers of Norris Nahman, September 1961-November 24, 2012 (PP 639)

Personal papers of Sheryl Williams, January 5, 1980-October 12, 2017 (PP 642)

Please explore these new finding aids and discover what exciting research opportunities you might find!

Marcella Huggard
Manuscripts Processing Coordinator

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