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The Alice Ann Callahan Russell collection contains mainly personal and teaching - related items from her lilfe. She was a prominent individual at Baker University in Baldwin City Kansas where she taught music and arts. A significant part of the collection is sheet music or course materials.

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This collection contains a photograph and service record for Rev. Oscar Ethan Allison, who served in the Indiana and Kansas Conferences of the M.E. Church from 1906 until the mid-1950s. In addition to his pastorates at many churches, he also served on the Board of Trustees at Baker University.

Abstract Collection of Arthur Bridwell (about 1874-1966), photographer, biologist, archaeologist, socialist, and curator who resided in Baldwin, Kansas. The collection provides a wealth of information about Bridwell's personal life through his journals and correspondence and contains a significant amount of research notes. Also included are newspaper clippings from local newspapers about Bridwell's contributions to Baker University. A scrapbook containing photos taken by Bridwell not only demonstrate...

Scope and Contents The Bailey Family collection consists largely of materials curated by Fred and Ethel Bailey from their missionary trip to Mexico from 1907-1911. Documents found in the collection include sermons written by Fred and Charles, church documents pertaining to the Methodist and Catholic churches, correspondences from before, during, and after their stay in Mexico, and various personal papers. Books found within the collection are primarily about the Methodist church, but also include nonfiction...

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The Baker World began publication in the fall of 1968. It was a magazine for the university's alumni.

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The single folder in this collection contains one piece of paper. It is a tranfer from the Kansas to the South Kansas Conference. There are also sound recordings associated with this collection, but their content is unknown.

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This collection consists of six photographs. Only two are identified. One is labeled with his name, and the other with his wife Jennie's name.

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The Hague Family correspondence consists of three letters written by various family members to William C. Hague, a soldier in the Union army during the Civil War. William's father James, his mother Sarah, and his sister Libbie each wrote one of the letters. They discuss their daily lives as residents of Baldwin City, Kansas, and the college being founded there in them.

Abstract Letters, papers and other materials about the history of Baker University - the first University in Kansas - written or collected by Homer Kingsley Ebright. Some information is also about the local Methodist Church. Historical information is from 1854 through 1976. Many pieces of religious and academic ephemera collected such as commencement brochures, Greek chapter papers, and newspaper clippings about local or world events. Collection includes a manuscript of Baker history written by Mr....