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The Kansas State Historical Society and the Spencer Research Library at the University of Kansas have extensive collections of biographical material, but there is no statewide biographical index. You may also search the biographical sections of statewide, regional, and county histories of [[Portal:Kansas|Kansas]]. Some representative biographical encyclopedias are: | The Kansas State Historical Society and the Spencer Research Library at the University of Kansas have extensive collections of biographical material, but there is no statewide biographical index. | ||
Several biographical collections are available online through the Kansas State Historical Society. Their online collections include: | |||
*The [http://www.kshs.org/research/collections/documents/personalpapers/findingaids/monroe_search.htm Lilla Day Monroe Collection] of Pioneer Stories | |||
*[http://www.kshs.org/people/african_americans.htm Notable Kansans of African Descent] | |||
*[http://www.kshs.org/people/index.htm Notable Kansas People] | |||
*[http://www.kshs.org/people/women.htm Notable Kansas Women] | |||
*A [http://www.kshs.org/portraits/index.htm Kansas Portrait] | |||
You may also search the biographical sections of statewide, regional, and county histories of [[Portal:Kansas|Kansas]]. Some representative biographical encyclopedias are: | |||
*''The United States Biographical Dictionary: Kansas''. Chicago, Illinois and Kansas City, Missouri: S. Lewis & Co., 1879. ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=102604&disp=The+United+States+biographical+dictionar%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Family History Library book 978.1 D3u; film 874388].) | *''The United States Biographical Dictionary: Kansas''. Chicago, Illinois and Kansas City, Missouri: S. Lewis & Co., 1879. ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=102604&disp=The+United+States+biographical+dictionar%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Family History Library book 978.1 D3u; film 874388].) | ||
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== Web Sites == | == Web Sites == | ||
http://www.kshs.org/ | [http://www.kshs.org/ Kansas State Historical Society] | ||
http://spencer.lib.ku.edu/ | http://spencer.lib.ku.edu/ | ||
[[Category:Kansas]] | [[Category:Kansas]] | ||