Box 14
Container
Contains 13 Results:
Calling cards and other personal items
File — Box: 14, Folder: 1
Identifier: MC 779 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Laura McMaken (sometimes called "Lola"), born 24 August 1869 in Plattsburg, Nebraska, was from a pioneer family. Her father, Andrew Campbell McMaken, was an early Nebraska settler, and her uncle, Henry McMaken, participated in the first survey of the Territory. Henry's tales of early Nebraska were later gathered in William Lighton's book, Uncle Mac's Nebrasky. Following her marriage in 1890, Laura McMaken Lighton gave birth to four...
Dates:
1828-1987
Scrapbook, Christmas present from Laura McMaken's mother, 1878
File — Box: 14, Folder: 2
Identifier: MC 779 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Laura McMaken (sometimes called "Lola"), born 24 August 1869 in Plattsburg, Nebraska, was from a pioneer family. Her father, Andrew Campbell McMaken, was an early Nebraska settler, and her uncle, Henry McMaken, participated in the first survey of the Territory. Henry's tales of early Nebraska were later gathered in William Lighton's book, Uncle Mac's Nebrasky. Following her marriage in 1890, Laura McMaken Lighton gave birth to four...
Dates:
1878
Clippings and pictures originally laid into scrapbook in Folder 2
File — Box: 14, Folder: 3
Identifier: MC 779 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Laura McMaken (sometimes called "Lola"), born 24 August 1869 in Plattsburg, Nebraska, was from a pioneer family. Her father, Andrew Campbell McMaken, was an early Nebraska settler, and her uncle, Henry McMaken, participated in the first survey of the Territory. Henry's tales of early Nebraska were later gathered in William Lighton's book, Uncle Mac's Nebrasky. Following her marriage in 1890, Laura McMaken Lighton gave birth to four...
Dates:
1828-1987
Items pertaining to Laura McMaken's marriage (photograph of church in Series 8, Photographs)
File — Box: 14, Folder: 4
Identifier: MC 779 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Laura McMaken (sometimes called "Lola"), born 24 August 1869 in Plattsburg, Nebraska, was from a pioneer family. Her father, Andrew Campbell McMaken, was an early Nebraska settler, and her uncle, Henry McMaken, participated in the first survey of the Territory. Henry's tales of early Nebraska were later gathered in William Lighton's book, Uncle Mac's Nebrasky. Following her marriage in 1890, Laura McMaken Lighton gave birth to four...
Dates:
1828-1987
Notes Laura McMaken Lighton wrote on each anniversary, including events of the past year for each, 1891- 1894
File — Box: 14, Folder: 5
Identifier: MC 779 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Laura McMaken (sometimes called "Lola"), born 24 August 1869 in Plattsburg, Nebraska, was from a pioneer family. Her father, Andrew Campbell McMaken, was an early Nebraska settler, and her uncle, Henry McMaken, participated in the first survey of the Territory. Henry's tales of early Nebraska were later gathered in William Lighton's book, Uncle Mac's Nebrasky. Following her marriage in 1890, Laura McMaken Lighton gave birth to four...
Dates:
1891- 1894
Items pertaining to family and birthdays
File — Box: 14, Folder: 6
Identifier: MC 779 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Laura McMaken (sometimes called "Lola"), born 24 August 1869 in Plattsburg, Nebraska, was from a pioneer family. Her father, Andrew Campbell McMaken, was an early Nebraska settler, and her uncle, Henry McMaken, participated in the first survey of the Territory. Henry's tales of early Nebraska were later gathered in William Lighton's book, Uncle Mac's Nebrasky. Following her marriage in 1890, Laura McMaken Lighton gave birth to four...
Dates:
1828-1987
Diaries, 1899-1902 and 1902; envelope containing locks of children's hair; clippings pertaining to burial of William Andrew Lighton (1892) and to Fayetteville women's activities during flu epidemic (1918; Laura Lighton was a volunteer nurse)
File — Box: 14, Folder: 7
Identifier: MC 779 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Laura McMaken (sometimes called "Lola"), born 24 August 1869 in Plattsburg, Nebraska, was from a pioneer family. Her father, Andrew Campbell McMaken, was an early Nebraska settler, and her uncle, Henry McMaken, participated in the first survey of the Territory. Henry's tales of early Nebraska were later gathered in William Lighton's book, Uncle Mac's Nebrasky. Following her marriage in 1890, Laura McMaken Lighton gave birth to four...
Dates:
1828-1987
Personal and household accounts, (see also Volumes 24-25 and oversize box 31), 1898-1940
File — Box: 14, Folder: 8
Identifier: MC 779 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Laura McMaken (sometimes called "Lola"), born 24 August 1869 in Plattsburg, Nebraska, was from a pioneer family. Her father, Andrew Campbell McMaken, was an early Nebraska settler, and her uncle, Henry McMaken, participated in the first survey of the Territory. Henry's tales of early Nebraska were later gathered in William Lighton's book, Uncle Mac's Nebrasky. Following her marriage in 1890, Laura McMaken Lighton gave birth to four...
Dates:
1898-1940
Papers pertaining to Laura Lighton's real estate dealings, 1920-1929
File — Box: 14, Folder: 9
Identifier: MC 779 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Laura McMaken (sometimes called "Lola"), born 24 August 1869 in Plattsburg, Nebraska, was from a pioneer family. Her father, Andrew Campbell McMaken, was an early Nebraska settler, and her uncle, Henry McMaken, participated in the first survey of the Territory. Henry's tales of early Nebraska were later gathered in William Lighton's book, Uncle Mac's Nebrasky. Following her marriage in 1890, Laura McMaken Lighton gave birth to four...
Dates:
1920-1929
Notebook of Green Tree Inn expenses (see Volume 26 for Green Tree guest book), chattel mortage for Green Tree Apartments furnishings; sheet music inscribed by composer, a former resident of Green Tree Apartments
File — Box: 14, Folder: 10
Identifier: MC 779 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Laura McMaken (sometimes called "Lola"), born 24 August 1869 in Plattsburg, Nebraska, was from a pioneer family. Her father, Andrew Campbell McMaken, was an early Nebraska settler, and her uncle, Henry McMaken, participated in the first survey of the Territory. Henry's tales of early Nebraska were later gathered in William Lighton's book, Uncle Mac's Nebrasky. Following her marriage in 1890, Laura McMaken Lighton gave birth to four...
Dates:
1828-1987
Items pertaining to Laura Lighton's travels, 1934-1937
File — Box: 14, Folder: 11
Identifier: MC 779 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Laura McMaken (sometimes called "Lola"), born 24 August 1869 in Plattsburg, Nebraska, was from a pioneer family. Her father, Andrew Campbell McMaken, was an early Nebraska settler, and her uncle, Henry McMaken, participated in the first survey of the Territory. Henry's tales of early Nebraska were later gathered in William Lighton's book, Uncle Mac's Nebrasky. Following her marriage in 1890, Laura McMaken Lighton gave birth to four...
Dates:
1934-1937
Items pertaining to Arkansas Avenue beautification, 1931- 1937, 1976
File — Box: 14, Folder: 12
Identifier: MC 779 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Laura McMaken (sometimes called "Lola"), born 24 August 1869 in Plattsburg, Nebraska, was from a pioneer family. Her father, Andrew Campbell McMaken, was an early Nebraska settler, and her uncle, Henry McMaken, participated in the first survey of the Territory. Henry's tales of early Nebraska were later gathered in William Lighton's book, Uncle Mac's Nebrasky. Following her marriage in 1890, Laura McMaken Lighton gave birth to four...
Dates:
1931- 1937, 1976
Items pertaining to Laura Lighton's last birthday (24 August 1948) and death (8 September 1948)
File — Box: 14, Folder: 13
Identifier: MC 779 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Laura McMaken (sometimes called "Lola"), born 24 August 1869 in Plattsburg, Nebraska, was from a pioneer family. Her father, Andrew Campbell McMaken, was an early Nebraska settler, and her uncle, Henry McMaken, participated in the first survey of the Territory. Henry's tales of early Nebraska were later gathered in William Lighton's book, Uncle Mac's Nebrasky. Following her marriage in 1890, Laura McMaken Lighton gave birth to four...
Dates:
1828-1987