Chancellor's residence from 1894 to 1939 at 1345 Louisiana.
These glass bottles and tubes came from Professor Bailey’s laboratory in Bailey Hall. One has a partial label that reads “Sample of Helium(?) Natural Gass. Analyzed(?) in Kansas. From Iola, Kansas. Bailey and Cady” Cady is professor Hamilton P. Cady who is credited with the discovery of Helium Gas in Kansas.
Dyche Alaskan expedition glass lantern slide
He delivered lectures for 6 months across Kansas describing his Arctic adventures upon his return from Alaska. He went to Alaska in June 1896 through October to hunt white Dall sheep to bring back as specimens for the Natural History Museum on campus. The Dashing Kansan describes this trip, including his meeting with and picture of Princess Tom. The lectures were illustrated by “magic lantern slides”, the glass plate slides he had taken on his Arctic adventures. He hand-tinted the black and white images to produce a colorful effect.
Early in September 1877, twenty year old Lewis Lyndsay Dyche drove a covered wagon with a friend to Lawrence to enroll as a student at the new university. They set up camp near the site where Spencer Art Museum now stands and lived there until the weather turned cold. With Professor Snow as his mentor, he soon excelled at collecting specimens and progressed rapidly in his studies. In March of 1889, just 12 years after he arrived in Lawrence, Dyche was appointed to the position of Professor of Anatomy and Physiology. The description of Bill Sharp and Peggy Sullivan's book The Dashing Kansan, portrays Dyche as a "driving force in the establishment of the Museum of Natural History at the University of Kansas, a witness to the Peary-Cook race to the North Pole, and creator of the wildlife panorama at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair,"..who..."charmed Chautauqua audiences with talks about his exploits."
Beloved teacher and renowned scientist, Francis H. Snow rose from the ranks of the faculty and was chosen as the fifth chancellor. During his tenure from 1890 to 1901, the University reorganized, the endowment was association was created, the first doctoral degree was awarded, and the first intercollegiate football game was held.
Professor Dyche teaching an anatomy class.
Congratulatory letter from Dice McLaren to Chancellor Snow.
"When this week's papers informed me that you now were Chancellor of Kansas University, I had a feeling of regret that so good a teacher and so earnest an investigator had been asked to become a manager as well. But when I rememberd that Jordon of Indiana, Chamberlin of Wisconsin, Remsen of John Hopkins, and Bessey of Negraska were just as good teachers and investigators as ever, I knew that Snow of Kansas was another honor for Science. I congratulate you and thank you for having so enobled Natural History."
The diary mainly consists of drafts of a petition dated November 1864 to be sent to Lt. General Harder "in behalf of the federal officers confined in this military prison, hereby respectfully submit in protest against the treatment which we have received at this place."