Raymond family collection

Creator: Raymond, Elizabeth Raymond, 1918-

Date: 1872-[ca. 1999]

Level of Description: Coll./Record Group

Material Type: Manuscripts

Call Number: Manuscript Collection 797

Unit ID: 44863

Biographical sketch: Elizabeth Raymond: Teacher, librarian. Of Oxford, Ohio; Lawrence, Kan.
Frederic Newton Raymond: English professor; of Lawrence, Kan.

Abstract: The collection mostly consists of genealogical information for the Raymond family from research begun by Frederic Raymond ca. 1914 and continued by his daughter Elizabeth. The collection includes notebooks, genealogical correspondence, clippings, family group sheets and time lines, photographs, and other such records. There is additional information for the Bassett, Bennett, Conwell, Gleason, Henry, Jayne, Jepherson, Miller, Murray, Raymond, Read/Reed, Robinson, Sayre, Spearbeck, Wheeler, and Woodward families. Also in the collection are microfilmed and typed transcript copies of Joseph Murray Raymond's diary and letters from the 1860s while he was with Company I, 101st Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and letters and other papers from Frederic Newton Raymond while he traveled around Kansas.

Space Required/Quantity: 3.00 cubic feet

Title (Main title): Raymond family collection

Titles (Other):

Raymond, Frederick Newton
Raymond, F. N.
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Elizabeth R. Raymond genealogy collection

Biography

Biog. Sketch (Full): Frederic Newton Raymond was born 27 January 1873 in Lawrence, Kansas, the son of Joseph Murray and Hila Bennitt Raymond. He received his B.A. from the University of Kansas (KU) (Lawrence) in 1896 and his M.A. from Columbia University (New York) in 1897. In 1925 he attended the University of Paris (France). In 1901 Raymond joined the faculty of the English Department at KU and remained in Lawrence until his death in 1961. In addition to memberships in several professional organizations, Professor Raymond was a member of the Kansas State Historical Society and was an organizer of the Douglas County Historical Society.

Elizabeth Raymond was born in Lawrence, Kansas, on 23 March 1918, the daughter of Frederic Newton and Ida Gleason Raymond. She received her A.B. and A.M. degrees from the University of Kansas (Lawrence) and an M.A. from Radcliffe College (Cambridge, Mass.). She was married to Dr. Robert S. Raymond, who taught at Ohio University (Oxford), Wichita State University (Kans.), and Washburn University (Topeka, Kan.). Mrs. Raymond has been a teacher and librarian. The Raymonds returned to Lawrence after Dr. Raymond's retirement.

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000-00-00-00	F. N. Raymond's letters to family, 1918, while serving as assistant engineer for KS Board of Health
041-02-07-01	Frederick Newton Raymond's 1925 diary entries on loose sheets of paper (traveling in Manhattan, Tecumseh, & other Kansas locations)
065-14-02-02	Blue Ridge dam photographic postcard
110-04-01-01 to 110-04-01-03	Genealogical materials; typed transcripts of Joseph Murray Raymond's diaries & letters

Raymond family collection

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