This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Special Exhibits at Spooner Thayer Museum Draw Visitors
Returning Lawrence alumnus visits the University of Kansas during commencement to explore the Spooner Thayer museum. Special displays curated by Minnie Moodie feature etchings by F. C. Marvin, Chinese paintings, Eastwood dunes, and portraits of Chancellor Lindley and Shirley Tholen, with a varied array of textiles, glass, and regional art objects from the Thayer collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
K. U
Spooner- Thayer Museum
Minnie S. Moodie
F. C. Marvin
School of Engineering
Kaw
Santa Fe
Wilder Brothers Shirt
Michigan
Cape Cod
Rhode Island
Sketch Club
Marvin
George M. March
Margaret L. Barber
Williamsburg
MD Co
Duke University
E. H. Lindley
F. B
Davis
Bernard Frazier
Lindley
Albert Clark
Shirley Tholen
Leavenworth
Raymond Eastwood
W. A. Griffith
Houghton Sith
John R. Frazier
J. M. Kellogg
Mound Dread
Kaw River
Old North College
Eastwood Dunes
Wallace Lee
Siam
Geological Survey
Margaret Barber
L. D. Havenhill
Rosemary ‘Ketcham
Thayer
Anne Wilder
Elizabeth Holmes
Alice Peabody Sears
Christ
Thomas A. Rouse
Edwin Price
Alms and Doenke’s
Cincinnati
Germany
Elizabeth of
Lutz
Harriet Greisinger Brown