Kenneth Spencer Research Library Archival Collections

Overview This collection consists of correspondence, letters, photographs, articles, books, and other materials pertaining to Saint Philippine Duchesne, from research conducted by Dr. Beverly Boyd, a former English Department faculty member at the University of Kansas who has written extensively about the saint. The collection includes information relating to Duchesne's life and accomplishments as well as her canonization in 1988. There is also documentation regarding the interest about and insight...

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Taniguchi Gessō (1774-1865), a Japanese artist during the Edo period, was born in Mie prefecture, Japan. He studied painting under Tanke Gessen (丹家月僊). He depicted landscapes, portraits, and flowers and birds (Kachō-ga) in his paintings. This scroll, the Depiction of the Nine Phases, which has a Buddhist theme, shows the nine stages of decomposition of the human body after death.

Overview The International City/County Management Association (ICMA) was founded in 1914 as the International City Managers Association. ICMA is the professional and educational organization for chief appointed managers, administrators, and assistants in cities, towns, counties, and regional entities worldwide. This collection contains their administrative records dating back to the organization's founding, but is comprised predominately of materials from the 1970s-1990s. The collection also includes...

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This collection contains various Cold War-era peace posters and artworks from various sources, countries, and organizations. Includes posters from religious organizations, such as Quaker and Mennonite groups, as well as organizations formed specifically for peace and against nuclear armament, and university and municipal groups.

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This collection contains records created and compiled by Andrew Tsubaki, a professor of Theatre and Film as well as East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Kansas from 1968-2000. Collection includes certificates, dissertation drafts and note cards, literary and play manuscripts, performance posters and bulletins, teaching materials, and publications and translations by Tsubaki. Collection also includes performance and travel scrapbooks, photographs, and slides.

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This collection contains material relating to David Darwin's research as a civil engineer in the field of concrete strength and rebar corrosion. It also includes material from his consulting work and his time as an editor for the American Society of Civil Engineers' (ASCE) Journal of Structural Engineering.

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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.

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Logan, Kansas native Kate I. Hansen (1879-1969) served as the Dean of the Miyagi College Music Department, Miyagi College, Sendai, Japan. Hansen received Bachelor of Arts (1905) and Bachelor of Music (1913) degrees from the University of Kansas. This collection of her papers reflects these activities, as well as her personal and family history, and includes professional and personal correspondence, personal records, newspaper clippings, and photographs.

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Richard Rhodes, born in Kansas City, Kansas, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose many books and articles reflect his wide ranging subject interests. In these papers are manuscripts of his writings, copies of his many published works, related correspondence, some personal material and photographs, and the author's extensive research files, containing more than one hundred audio tapes of interviews that he conducted.