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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Dec. 13, 1957
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Visit Bloody Lawrence Of Old Days
MY, THAT'S INTERESTING—Jim Sledd, Lawrence senior, looks over some of the items in the Lawrence Room of Watson Library. (Daily Kansan photo)
You can still revisit Lawrence in its bloody, younger days in Watson Library.
Tucked away in a corner of the library's top floor is the Lawrence Room, a real treasure chest of pictures, mementoes and relics of the oldtime city.
The pictures, covering most of the room's wall space, tell the story of the settling of Lawrence, Quantrill's raid on Aug. 21, 1863, and other events which make up Lawrence's history.
The pictures are arranged in historical order, beginning with a large gold-framed picture of Amos A. Lawrence, for whom the town was named. Mr. Lawrence was treasurer of the Emigrant Aid Society which sponsored the first settlers who founded Lawrence. Mr. Lawrence made a $10,000 gift toward the founding of a college on Mount Oread which became the first endowment for KU.
His picture is surrounded by others of Mount Oread at Wosher, Mass. for which our hill was named, the first house in Lawrence and John Brown, Kansas slavery abolitionist.
A John Brown pike, which was a long wood shaft with a pointed steel
head, leans against the wall near the pictures of the abolitionist.
There are marble busts of three persons who contributed to the early history of the city. They were Mr. Lawrence, Charles Robinson, first governor of Kansas, and James H. Lane, first U.S. senator from Kansas. There is an entire display case of things which belonged to Dr. Robinson.
The room also contains a desk and
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chair of Francis H. Snow, chancellor of the University 1890-1901. A call bell, used to warn guests of the Free State Hotel when Sheriff Samuel J. Jones, who led the so-called posse which sacked Lawrence and burned the hotel May 21, 1856, is in one of the display cases.
Two of the most popular items in the room according to Miss Laura Neiswanger, Kansas collection librarian who is in charge of the room, are "Old Sacramento," an old cannon said to have fired the first shot for and against slavery, and a Sharps rifle.
The collection was started in 1927 when the executor of Dr. Robinson's estate presented several of his valuable relics to the library. The collection is still being added to.
The first survey map of "Lawrence City, Kanazas" shows the city as it was laid out in 1855. It is similar to the way the town is laid out today except originally the east-west streets were named for revolutionary heroes.
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