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''' | '''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> | ||
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:Kenneth Spencer Research Library<br>University of Kansas<br>1450 Poplar Lane<br>Lawrence, KS 66045<br><br> | :Kenneth Spencer Research Library<br>University of Kansas<br>1450 Poplar Lane<br>Lawrence, KS 66045<br><br> | ||
'''Telephone:'''<ref name="KSColl" /> | '''Telephone:'''<ref name="KSColl" /> 785-864-4334<br> | ||
'''Hours and closures:''' | '''Hours and closures:''' [https://lib.ku.edu/locations/spencer/hours Hours for Kenneth Spencer Research Library (and closures)]<br> | ||
'''Map and public transportation:'''<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> | :*'''''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] | :*'''''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] | :*'''''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'''. | :*'''''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> | '''Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | ||
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=== Collection Description === | === 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>William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 47. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{ | 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>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 such as marriages 1863-1912.<ref name="HBG144">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 9th ed''. (Logan, Utah: Everton Pub., 1999), 144. {{WorldCat|812163213}}; {{FHL|740321|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 1999}}.</ref> 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> | 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> | ||
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*[[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 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/ | *[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> | ||
*[[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> | *[[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, museum, history, rider registry, research, and events. 66 v. (20,000 records) of orphan train riders, photos, 9,700 name computer database. | *[[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> | '''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | ||
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*[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/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. | *[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>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 ($)]; {{WorldCat|55947869}}; {{ | *[http://www.douglascountyks.org/depts/register-of-deeds Douglas County Register of Deeds], Lawrence, land records since 1856, and military separation forms.<ref>Alice Eichholz, ed., ''Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources, 3rd ed''. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Pub., 2004), 234. [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3249 Ancestry digital copy ($)]; {{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. | ||
*[ | *[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.kcgs.us/DouglasCountyKansasGenealogicalSociety/dckgs.html Douglas County Kansas Genealogical Society], Lawrence, marriages and school indexes. | ||
*[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. | ||
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 Contact Information[edit | edit source]E-mail:[1] ksrlref@ku.edu Address:[1]
Telephone:[1] 785-864-4334 Hours and closures: Hours for Kenneth Spencer Research Library (and closures) Map and public transportation:
Internet sites and databases:
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
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