Photographs of conditions at a housing project in Lawrence, Kansas.

Sara Robinson's letters to Phebe Stone, her sister-in-law, were written while her husband Charles Robinson was in California. Her letters to Frank Blackmar mention a history written about the University of Kansas, events at the University, books about Kansas, property holdings and taxes, and farm management and expenses.

This collection includes a photoprint series of University of Kansas alumni by Lou Charno, who used a dye transfer process invented in 1869 to produce the images. The photographs were published in an exhibition guide, Gallery of Outstanding Kansans, 1986. The collection also includes 4x6 black and white prints and negatives of several demolished or disintegrating properties around Lawrence, Kansas, taken in 2002.

Collection of four books owned by Margaret Verhage or family members, related to faternal organizations and the University of Kansas.

The Papers of Mary E. Townsend are those of a native Kansan and social worker who taught at the University of Kansas, worked in the school's psychological clinic, and was director of the KU Office of Minority Affairs.

Five letterpress printed postcards addressed either to Christine or Philip Miller of Eureka, Kansas from friends in Lawrence, Kansas. The postcards show views of the University of Kansas campus in Lawrence.

This movie, 8 minutes and 20 seconds long, includes shots of Lawrence, Kansas, including Massachusetts street, an elementary school, a church, multiple neighborhoods, and the University of Kansas campus (including dorms and Jayhawk Boulevard, the main thoroughfare through the main campus).

The Nixon and Williamson families as well as the Chapman and Cooper families had ties to Edwardsville, Wyandotte County, Kansas; to Wamego, Pottawatomie County, Kansas and to the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas. This collection of the families' papers date from 1849-1961 and consists of letters, certificates, journals and photographs.

The collection of correspondence, documents, and addresses of Charles Robinson, housed in the Kansas Collection, is mainly from the period 1854 to 1861. Robinson was a resident agent for the New England Emigrant Aid Company and an advocate for the Free State, anti-slavery cause. There are items on the founding of the University of Kansas. There are also letters from Mrs. Robinson to F. W. Blackmar, the biographer of Governor Robinson.

John B. McLendon, Jr. was a record-setting African American basketball coach, who pioneered the racial integration and strategic development of the game. McLendon's papers chronicle his outstanding coaching career in amateur and professional athletics.

The papers of the Shinn Family are those of an African American family from Topeka, Kansas. Though the papers are those of the Arthur M. Shinn family, the majority concern his son Michael G. Shinn's time as a University of Kansas athlete, an engineer, and an advocate of academic and professional opportunities for African Americans.

Delbert Shankel came to the University of Kansas in 1959 as a professor of microbiology and later held a variety of administrative positions in addition to teaching duties, including serving twice as Chancellor of the university. Shankel's personal papers include correspondence, committee meeting information, speech materials, articles, and reviews.

Bartow taught in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Kansas from 1897-1905. This collection consists of his personal recollections of KU.

This collection consists of two manuscripts: "Franklin, Douglas County, Kansas" by General W.H. Sears, which Bumgardner edited, and "It's Lilac Time at KU."

Flora Boynton was the Secretary of the University of Kansas Endowment Association (KUEA) from 1943-1949 and was the unofficial housemother to the Summerfield Scholars during her tenure. After her retirement in 1949, the Scholars compiled a scrapbook of correspondence and began a scholarship fund in her name. This collection consists of the scrapbook and some loose correspondence.

Flora Richardson was a member of the first University of Kansas graduating class in 1873, and was the first female graduate. The collection contains family histories and photographs of both the Colman and Richardson families, as well as a pamphlet and program from a 1925 performance at the University by John Philip Sousa.

Cowley graduated from the University of Kansas in 1898. This collection consists of a commencement program from 1898, photographs of the graduating class, and a yearbook/memoir, The University that Kansas Built: A Farewell by the Class of '98.

The bulk of the collection is photocopies of the case files for Kansas Bureau of Investigation case number 1-14958 dealing with the shooting death of Harry Nicholas Rice, a student at the University of Kansas. The collection also includes newspaper clippings, the Rice family’s correspondence with federal agencies and with lawyers concerning the case they filed against the city of Lawrence for damages in the death of their son; Douglas County, Kansas district court case number 27,359.

Blackwelder attended the University of Kansas beginning in 1869. This collection consists of a reprint of an address she gave to the Alumni Association in 1888.

James B. Kennedy attended the University of Kansas from 1924-1930. This collection consists of photographs, biographical information, manuscripts, a 1928 commencement program, and miscellaneous materials.