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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