Kenneth Spencer Research Library Archival Collections

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The Barbara Burghart-Perreault collection is made up of Burghart-Perreault's journals, correspondence, family papers, and photographs. The collection also contains her creative work, including drawings and paintings, photography, and creative writing. The papers and manuscripts of writer and literature professor, Myron Greenman, a close friend of Burghart-Perreault's, are also included.

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Colonel Clinton McClure was senior army instructor for the Missouri National Guard. In 1944 he was sent to China to assist the Chinese Nationalist Armies. These scrapbooks document his experiences in China.

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This collection of Elizabeth A. Schultz's personal papers includes two series established by Schultz herself: Personal Documents and Albums. Her personal documents relate largely to professional projects and teaching at KU, as well as to post-retirement publications and philanthropic activities. The Albums series includes photograph albums and scrapbooks from Schultz's childhood through post-retirement travels around the world.

Overview This collection contains records created and compiled by John W. Dardess, a professor of history at the University of Kansas (KU) from 1966 to 2002. Dardess taught Chinese and Inner Asian History and served as the Director of the Center for East Asian Studies from 1995 to 1997. The majority of this collection includes academic files used in reference with his scholarly writing and work as a professor, as well as manuscript notes on his research. Collection also includes annotated copies of...

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Marilyn Stokstad joined the Art History faculty at the University of Kansas in 1958 and led the department in several roles before earning emerita status as the Judith Harris Murphy Distinguished Professor of Art History. This collection of her papers includes notes, chapters, and proofs for the textbook Art History, family history and photographs, personal and professional correspondence, and reports and notes related to the University of Kansas.

Overview This collection of organizational records from the Sigma Alpha Iota alumnae chapter of Lawrence, Kansas contains several books of minutes, treasurers records, information about the organization's history, obituaries for past members, awards given by and to other organizations, a collection of yearbooks and Pan Pipes magazines, as well as flyers and programs from performances. Additionally there are several scrapbooks documenting the organization's everyday...

Overview William F. Wu is an award-nominated science fiction writer and scholar in the depiction of Asian Americans in American fiction and popular culture. This collection spans from his early education through his writing career and includes personal and professional correspondence with close associates and figures in the science fiction and fantasy community. The collection also includes papers associated with his academic work in studying the representation of Asian Americans (and particularly...