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[[Kansas Genealogy|Kansas]] | ''[[United States Genealogy|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Kansas Genealogy|Kansas]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Douglas County, Kansas Genealogy|Douglas]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Kansas Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[{{PAGENAME}}]]'' <br> | ||
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=== Contact Information === | |||
= | '''E-mail:'''<ref name="KSColl">[https://spencer.lib.ku.edu/collections/kansas-collection Kansas Collection] in ''Kenneth Spencer Research Library'' (accessed 15 February 2016).</ref> [mailto:ksrlref@ku.edu ksrlref@ku.edu] <br> | ||
'''Address:'''<ref name="KSColl" /> | |||
:Kenneth Spencer Research Library<br>University of Kansas<br>1450 Poplar Lane<br>Lawrence, KS 66045<br><br> | |||
'''Telephone:'''<ref name="KSColl" /> 785-864-4334<br> | |||
'''Hours and closures:''' [https://lib.ku.edu/locations/spencer/hours Hours for Kenneth Spencer Research Library (and closures)]<br> | |||
'''Map and public transportation:'''<br> | |||
== | :*'''''Directions: ''''' Pedestrians can reach the library by passing through the rotunda of Strong Hall on Jayhawk Boulevard and crossing the terrace which connects Strong Hall with Spencer or by entering the ground floor door of Spencer from the covered parking area off Poplar Lane.<ref name="VL">[https://spencer.lib.ku.edu/using-the-library/visiting-library Visiting the Library] in ''Kenneth Spencer Research Library'' (accessed 15 February 2016).</ref> | ||
:*'''''Google map: ''''' [https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Kenneth+Spencer+Research+Library/@38.9577945,-95.2629742,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x87bf6f36020b996b:0x90749511635ab941 Kenneth Spencer Research Library] | |||
:*'''''Parking: ''''' [http://parking.ku.edu/visitor-parking Visitor Parking] | |||
:*'''''Public transportation: ''''' [http://www.lawrencetransit.org/ LawrenceTransit] bus routes 10, 11, 29, 30, 36, 38, 41, 42, and 43 stop on Jayhawk Blvd near Strong Hall and entrance to the '''Kenneth Spencer Research Library'''. | |||
< | '''Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | ||
*[https://spencer.lib.ku.edu/collections/kansas-collection Kansas Collection] photos, material about the Kansas territorial period 1854-1861, the African American experience, Douglas County records, and life in Kansas and on the Great Plains. | |||
*[https://spencer.lib.ku.edu/collections/special-collections Special Collections] voyages-travels-geography-atlases-maps, Irish collections, Latin America-Portugal-Spain, ancient and medieval manuscripts, history of science, history of literature and the book. | |||
*[https://spencer.lib.ku.edu/collections/kansas-collection/genealogy Genealogy Resources] KSLR Genealogy Pathfinder, and genealogy PowerPoint presentation. | |||
*[http://www.territorialkansasonline.org/~imlskto/cgi-bin/index.php Territorial Kansas Online] 1854-1861. | |||
*[http://catalog.lib.ku.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First KU Library Catalog] online. {{WC}}Search by keyword, author, title, journal title, subject, or series title. Also available in [[WorldCat Online Catalog|WorldCat]]. | |||
[[ | === Collection Description === | ||
The Kansas Collection includes primary source materials that document the history of Kansas and the region. There are manuscripts, photographs, maps, histories, newspapers, periodicals, film and videotapes that document the "Kansas Experience" including pioneers, railroads, and American Indians.<ref name="DB47">William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 47. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> It is also a depository for publications of the state of Kansas and for Douglas County records. Most of their holdings cover the territorial period 1854-1861.<br> | |||
The Kenneth Spencer Research Library is home to some of the rarest and most precious volumes and materials in the world. The collections here encompass recorded human knowledge ranging from cuneiform tablets written four millennia ago, to the imagined far-future landscapes of science fiction authors being published today.<ref>[http://spencer.lib.ku.edu/ Kenneth Spencer Research Library (Home)] in ''Kenneth Spencer Research Library'' (accessed 15 February 2016).</ref> | |||
Special Collections contains a wide range of rare books and manuscripts. Its primary charge is the collection and preservation of original sources for use by students and scholars of the humanities, the history of science, and the history of the book. Special Collections presently holds about 250,000 volumes printed since the mid-fifteenth century and about 500,000 manuscripts dating from Antiquity to the present.<ref>[http://spencer.lib.ku.edu/collections/special-collections Special Collections] in ''Kenneth Spencer Research Library'' (accessed 15 February 2016).</ref> | |||
=== Tip === | |||
The library is open to everyone who registers and shows photo identification.<ref name="VL" /> | |||
=== Alternate Repositories === | |||
If you cannot visit or find a source at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar source may be available at one of the following. | |||
'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br> | |||
*[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]], Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service {{amp}} pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, bounty land, homesteads, ethnic sources, prisons, fed employees.<ref name="DB2">Dollarhide and Bremer, 2.</ref><br> | |||
*[[National Archives at Kansas City]] federal censuses 1790–1930; military service indexes, pension indexes, passenger lists, naturalizations, photos, vital records, land, and Indian records.<ref name="DB67">Dollarhide and Bremer, 67.</ref> | |||
*[[Family History Library]], Salt Lake City, 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 2.5 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, censuses, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and Mormon records.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 1 and 109.</ref><br> | |||
*[[American Historical Society of Germans from Russia]], Lincoln NE, AHSGR ancestor lists, cemeteries, homesteads, an AHSGR German hometowns list, passenger lists, obituaries, surname charts, and Russian village files.<ref>[http://www.ahsgr.org/?page=Library Research Library] in ''American Historical Society of Germans from Russia'' (accessed 3 February 2016).</ref> | |||
*[[National Orphan Train Complex]], Concordia, [http://www.orphantraindepot.com/ museum], history, rider registry, research, and events. 66 v. (20,000 records) of orphan train riders, photos, 9,700 name computer database.<ref>Amanda Wahlmeier, Orphan Train Research Center curator, orphantraindepot@gmail.com, 28 September 2012, e-mail to David Dilts, DiltsGD@familysearch.org.</ref> | |||
'''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | |||
*[[Fort Hays State University Forsyth Library]], Hays, western Kansas history, oral histories, genealogical and historical societies, Hutterites, Mennonites, Catholics, and Lutherans.<ref name="DB47" /> | |||
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | |||
*[https://www.lawrenceks.org/city_clerk Lawrence City Clerk], birth-marriage-death register, cemetery and burial records.<ref name="Sum">[http://www.lawrence.lib.ks.us/wp-content/uploads/lpl-files/SummaryofLocalRecordsLocations.pdf Summary of Local Records Locations] in ''Lawrence Public Library'' (accessed 15 February 2016).</ref> | |||
*[https://www.douglascountyks.org/depts/county-clerk Douglas County Clerk], Lawrence, birth-marriage-death registers, applications and licenses, and cemetery districts.<ref name="Sum" /> | |||
*[https://www.douglascountyks.org/depts/clerk-district-court Douglas County District Court Clerk], Lawrence, marriages before 1913, divorces before 1951, probate records, civil and criminal court cases, and naturalizations.<ref name="Sum" /> | |||
*[http://www.douglascountyks.org/depts/register-of-deeds Douglas County Register of Deeds], Lawrence, land records, and military separation forms.<ref name="Sum" /> | |||
*[https://www.lawrenceks.org/fire_medical/douglas-county-coroner Douglas County Coroner], Lawrence, suspicious deaths. | |||
*[http://www.ksd.uscourts.gov/ U.S. District Court District of Kansas], Topeka, recent federal civil, criminal, and bankruptcy cases. | |||
*[http://www.watkinsmuseum.org/ Douglas County Historical Society], Lawrence, shares stories of the people and events that have shaped county communities. | |||
*[http://www.kcgs.us/DouglasCountyKansasGenealogicalSociety/dckgs.html Douglas County Kansas Genealogical Society], Lawrence, marriages and school indexes. | |||
*[http://www.lawrence.lib.ks.us/research-resources/genealogy-and-local-history/ Lawrence Public Library] genealogical digital resources, books, microfilm, and newspapers. | |||
*Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:''''' [[Franklin County, Kansas Genealogy|Franklin]], [[Jefferson County, Kansas Genealogy|Jefferson]], [[Johnson County, Kansas Genealogy|Johnson]], [[Leavenworth County, Kansas Genealogy|Leavenworth]], [[Miami County, Kansas Genealogy|Miami]], [[Osage County, Kansas Genealogy|Osage]], and [[Shawnee County, Kansas Genealogy|Shawnee]]. | |||
*[[Iola Public Library]], for all Kansas including family folders, special indexes, and published records for many counties of Kansas.<ref name="DB47" /><br> | |||
*[[Johnson County Library]], Overland Park, both a Kansas and a genealogy collection, mostly books, and periodicals with family folders. Also covers Missouri, Tennessee, and Kentucky.<ref name="DB47" /> | |||
*[[Kansas Heritage Center]], Dodge City, cowboys, oral history, Fort Dodge history, {{amp}} the Old West.<ref name="DB47" /><br> | |||
*[[Riley County Genealogical Society Library]], Manhattan, pre-Civil War records are excellent for Kansas. Early settlers are documented by obituaries, family folders, and some good indexes.<ref name="DB47" /><br> | |||
*[[Topeka Genealogical Society Library]], 12,000 books, 700 periodicals strong on Shawnee County and northeast Kansas. Also includes almost every U.S. state, and many foreign nations.<ref>[http://tgstopeka.org/cpage.php?pt=10 Riley County Genealogical Society Library] in ''Riley County Genealogical Society'' (accessed 4 February 2016).</ref><br> | |||
*[[Wichita Public Library Genealogy Center]], has many genealogies with an emphasis mostly on books, periodicals, and special publications for southeast KS, and corners of MO, AR, and OK.<ref name="DB47" /><br> | |||
*[[Kansas Historical Society]], Topeka, clearly the best place to start researching Kansas ancestors including newspapers, county records, biographies, genealogies, land records, and railroads.<ref name="DB47">Dollarhide and Bremer, 47.</ref> Statewide births and deaths prior to 1894; City of Topeka births and deaths 1885-1912.<ref name="bmd">[https://www.snco.us/clerk/document/vital_statistics_information.pdf Births, Deaths, and Marriages] in ''Shawnee County'' (accessed 8 February 2016).</ref><br> | |||
*[[Kansas State Library]], Topeka, largest book library in Kansas with county histories, ethnic sources, guides, inventories, and family genealogies.<ref name="DB47" /> This is a main depository of historical documents about Kansas residents.<br> | |||
*[[Kansas Genealogical Society]], Dodge City, has the best set of family folders and genealogical periodicals in Kansas.<ref name="DB47" />. Also, clippings, obituaries, and an online catalog.<br> | |||
*[[Kansas Department of Health and Environment]], Topeka, since 1911 births, stillbirths, deaths; since 1913 marriages; and since 1951 divorce records issued for a fee only to immediate family members or representatives.<ref>[http://www.kdheks.gov/vital/index.html KDHE Office of Vital Statistics] in ''Kansas Department of Health and Environment'' (accessed 4 February 2016).</ref><br> | |||
*[http://www.archkck.org/page.aspx?pid=575 Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas Archives] baptism, confirmations, marriages, deaths, parish records. | |||
*[http://www.greatplainsumc.org/archivesandhistory Kansas United Methodist Archives], Baker University, Baldwin City, church records, newspapers, manuscripts, memoirs, obituaries, archives, reports. | |||
*[https://www.bethelks.edu/community/affiliate-organizations/mennonite-library-and-archives/ Mennonite Library and Archives], Bethel College, Newton, Mennonite-related books, periodicals, and genealogical materials.<br> | |||
*Repositories in '''''surrounding states:''''' [[Colorado Archives and Libraries|Colorado]], [[Missouri Archives and Libraries|Missouri]], [[Nebraska Archives and Libraries|Nebraska]], and [[Oklahoma Archives and Libraries|Oklahoma]]. | |||
*[[Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center]], Independence MO, one of America's best genealogical centers: censuses and indexes, 80,000 family histories, 100,000 local histories, 565,000 microfilms, 7,000 maps, and newspapers. Surrounding states are well represented.<ref name="DB67" /> <ref>[http://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy Midwest Genealogy Center] in ''Mid-Continent Public Library'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref> | |||
*[[Kansas City Public Library Missouri Valley Special Collections]], The '''Missouri Valley Room''' has a great genealogy collection for Missouri and Kansas with biographies, periodicals, genealogies, diaries, photos, scrapbooks, and newspapers of the Kansas City area.<ref name="DB4767">Dollarhide and Bremer, 47 and 67.</ref> <ref name="SC">[http://www.kclibrary.org/kchistory/special-collections Special Collections] in ''Kansas City Public Library'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref> | |||
=== Sources === | |||
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