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'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br>  
'''''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 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>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>Dollarhide and Bremer, 67.</ref>  
*[[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>Dollarhide and Bremer, 67.</ref>  
*[https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library 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 records of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 1 and 109.</ref><br>  
*[https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library 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 records of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 1 and 109.</ref><br>  
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'''''Similar Collections'''''<br>  
'''''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>
*[[Fort Hays State University Forsyth Library]], Hays, western Kansas history, oral histories, genealogical and historical societies, Hutterites, Mennonites, Catholics, and Lutherans.


'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>  
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>  


*[https://www.lawrenceks.org/city_clerk Lawrence City Clerk], birth-marriage-death register, cemetery and burial records.
*[https://www.lawrenceks.org/city_clerk Lawrence City Clerk], birth-marriage-death register, cemetery and burial records.
*[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/county-clerk Douglas County Clerk], Lawrence, birth-marriage-death registers, applications and licenses, and cemetery districts.  
*[https://www.douglascountyks.org/depts/clerk-district-court Douglas County District Court Clerk], Lawrence, marriages 1863-1913; divorces before 1951; probate, civil, and criminal court cases since 1863, and naturalizations 1867-1953.<ref name="HBG144" /> <ref name="Sum" /> <ref name="rdb234" />
*[https://www.douglascountyks.org/depts/clerk-district-court Douglas County District Court Clerk], Lawrence, marriages 1863-1913; divorces before 1951; probate, civil, and criminal court cases since 1863, and naturalizations 1867-1953.
*[http://www.douglascountyks.org/depts/register-of-deeds Douglas County Register of Deeds], Lawrence, land records since 1856, and military separation forms.<ref name="HBG144" /> <ref name="Sum" /> <ref name="rdb234">Alice Eichholz, ed., ''Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources, 3rd ed''. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Pub., 2004), 234. [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3249 Ancestry digital copy ($)]; {{WorldCat|55947869}}; {{FHL|1185723|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27rb 2004}}.</ref>  
*[http://www.douglascountyks.org/depts/register-of-deeds Douglas County Register of Deeds], Lawrence, land records since 1856, and military separation forms.<ref>Alice Eichholz, ed., ''Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources, 3rd ed''. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Pub., 2004), 234. [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3249 Ancestry digital copy ($)]; {{WorldCat|55947869}}; {{FHL|1185723|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27rb 2004}}.</ref>  
*[https://www.lawrenceks.org/fire_medical/douglas-county-coroner Douglas County Coroner], Lawrence, suspicious deaths.  
*[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.ksd.uscourts.gov/ U.S. District Court District of Kansas], Topeka, recent federal civil, criminal, and bankruptcy cases.  
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*[https://lplks.org/ Lawrence Public Library] genealogical digital resources, books, microfilm, and newspapers.  
*[https://lplks.org/ 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]].  
*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><br>  
*[[Iola Public Library]], for all Kansas including family folders, special indexes, and published records for many counties of Kansas.<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>
*[[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.  
*[[Kansas Heritage Center]], Dodge City, cowboys, oral history, Fort Dodge history, {{amp}} the Old West.</ref><br>  
*[[Kansas Heritage Center]], Dodge City, cowboys, oral history, Fort Dodge history, {{amp}} the Old West.<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><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.<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 Topeka Genealogical Society Library] in ''Topeka Genealogical Society'' (accessed 4 February 2016).</ref><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 Topeka Genealogical Society Library] in ''Topeka 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><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.<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>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 Historical Society]], Topeka, clearly the best place to start researching Kansas ancestors including newspapers, county records, biographies, genealogies, land records, and railroads.<ref>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> This is a main depository of historical documents about Kansas residents.<br>  
*[[Kansas State Library]], Topeka, largest book library in Kansas with county histories, ethnic sources, guides, inventories, and family genealogies. 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>. Also, clippings, obituaries, and an online catalog.<br>  
*[[Kansas Genealogical Society]], Dodge City, has the best set of family folders and genealogical periodicals in Kansas. 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>  
*[[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.archkck.org/page.aspx?pid=575 Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas Archives] baptism, confirmations, marriages, deaths, parish records.  
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*[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>  
*[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]].  
*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> <ref>[http://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy Midwest Genealogy Center] in ''Mid-Continent Public Library'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref>  
*[[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>[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>
*[[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>Dollarhide and Bremer, 47 and 67.</ref> <ref >[http://www.kclibrary.org/kchistory/special-collections Special Collections] in ''Kansas City Public Library'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref>


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University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library
Kenneth Spencer Research Library

Contact Information[edit | edit source]

E-mail:[1]  ksrlref@ku.edu

Address:[1]

Kenneth Spencer Research Library
University of Kansas
1450 Poplar Lane
Lawrence, KS 66045

Telephone:[1]  785-864-4334

Hours and closures:  Hours for Kenneth Spencer Research Library (and closures)

Map and public transportation:

  • 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.[2]
  • Google map:  Kenneth Spencer Research Library
  • Parking:  Visitor Parking
  • Public transportation:  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:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Genealogy Resources KSLR Genealogy Pathfinder, and genealogy PowerPoint presentation.
  • Territorial Kansas Online 1854-1861.
  • KU Library Catalog online.
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    Search by keyword, author, title, journal title, subject, or series title. Also available in WorldCat.

Collection Description[edit | edit source]

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.[3] It is also a depository for publications of the state of Kansas and for Douglas County records such as marriages 1863-1912.[4] Most of their holdings cover the territorial period 1854-1861.

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.[5]

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.[6]

Tip[edit | edit source]

The library is open to everyone who registers and shows photo identification.[2]

Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]

If you cannot visit or find a source at the University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library, a similar source may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections

  • National Archives I, Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service & pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, bounty land, homesteads, ethnic sources, prisons, fed employees.[7]
  • National Archives at Kansas City federal censuses 1790–1930; military service indexes, pension indexes, passenger lists, naturalizations, photos, vital records, land, and Indian records.[8]
  • 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 records of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[9]
  • 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.[10]
  • National Orphan Train Complex, Concordia, museum, history, rider registry, research, and events. 66 v. (20,000 records) of orphan train riders, photos, 9,700 name computer database.[11]

Similar Collections

Neighboring Collections

Sources[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kansas Collection in Kenneth Spencer Research Library (accessed 15 February 2016).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Visiting the Library in Kenneth Spencer Research Library (accessed 15 February 2016).
  3. ↑ William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 47. WorldCat 39493985; FHL Book 973 J54d.
  4. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 9th ed. (Logan, Utah: Everton Pub., 1999), 144. WorldCat 812163213; FHL Book 973 D27e 1999.
  5. ↑ Kenneth Spencer Research Library (Home) in Kenneth Spencer Research Library (accessed 15 February 2016).
  6. ↑ Special Collections in Kenneth Spencer Research Library (accessed 15 February 2016).
  7. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 2.
  8. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 67.
  9. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 1 and 109.
  10. ↑ Research Library in American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (accessed 3 February 2016).
  11. ↑ Amanda Wahlmeier, Orphan Train Research Center curator, orphantraindepot@gmail.com, 28 September 2012, e-mail to David Dilts, DiltsGD@familysearch.org.
  12. ↑ Alice Eichholz, ed., Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources, 3rd ed. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Pub., 2004), 234. Ancestry digital copy ($); WorldCat 55947869; FHL Book 973 D27rb 2004.
  13. ↑ Topeka Genealogical Society Library in Topeka Genealogical Society (accessed 4 February 2016).
  14. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 47.
  15. ↑ Births, Deaths, and Marriages in Shawnee County (accessed 8 February 2016).
  16. ↑ KDHE Office of Vital Statistics in Kansas Department of Health and Environment (accessed 4 February 2016).
  17. ↑ Midwest Genealogy Center in Mid-Continent Public Library (accessed 7 March 2014).
  18. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 47 and 67.
  19. ↑ Special Collections in Kansas City Public Library (accessed 7 March 2014).
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