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:12,000 books, 700 periodical titles strong on Shawnee County and northeastern Kansas. Includes almost every U.S. state, and many foreign nations. Shawnee county resources: probate, naturalization, and tax records. Computers and high-speed wireless Internet access are available. Most material can be checked-out to TGS members. Staffed by experienced volunteers. Non-member visitors are encouraged to support the library with a donation.<ref name="Lib">[http://www.tgstopeka.org/cpage.php?pt=10 Topeka Genealogical Society Library] in ''Topeka Genealogical Society'' (accessed 9 February 2016).</ref><br><br> | :12,000 books, 700 periodical titles strong on Shawnee County and northeastern Kansas. Includes almost every U.S. state, and many foreign nations. Shawnee county resources: probate, naturalization, and tax records. Computers and high-speed wireless Internet access are available. Most material can be checked-out to TGS members. Staffed by experienced volunteers. Non-member visitors are encouraged to support the library with a donation.<ref name="Lib">[http://www.tgstopeka.org/cpage.php?pt=10 Topeka Genealogical Society Library] in ''Topeka Genealogical Society'' (accessed 9 February 2016).</ref><br><br> | ||
'''[[University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library]]''' | '''[[University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library]]'''<br>1450 Poplar Lane<br>Lawrence, KS 66045-2800<br>Telephone: 913-864-4334<br>Fax: 913-864-5803<br>E-mail: [mailto:ksrlref@ku.edu ksrlref@ku.edu]<br>Internet: [http://spencer.lib.ku.edu/sc/newamericanpoetry.shtml University of Kansas Libraries] | ||
: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" /> 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><br> | :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" /> 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><br> | ||