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This photograph shows a class from Lane University in Lecompton, Kansas. The man in the top row, center, is John W. Burkett. The woman sitting on the far right is Bertha Blinn. This school was founded in 1865 by Reverend Solomon Weaver, the first president of the university, and was named after U.S. Senator James H. Lane. In 1902 Lane University was united with Campbell University to form Campbell College.
The parents of former president Dwight D. Eisenhower met at Lane as students. Today the building is a museum known as Lane University & Territorial Capital Museum. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Date: 1902
Item Number: 228987
Call Number: FK2.D4 Le.76 LU *3
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 228987
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1900s - 1902
Education - Higher education - Institutions - Lane University
Education - Higher education - Students
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Lecompton
Places - Counties - Douglas
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917
Type of Material - Photographs
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