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The
Kansas Collection
is the regional history division of the University of Kansas
Libraries.The Collection provides researchers with primary source
materials that document the history of Kansas, the region, and
the people who have lived here. In order to support teaching
and research at the University, and elsewhere, staff of the
Collection acquire, preserve, and make available such resources
as manuscripts, historical photographs, maps, architectural
drawings and blueprints, books, newspapers and other serial
publications (e.g., periodicals), film and videotapes that document
the "Kansas Experience." The Kansas Collection is
also a depository for publications of the state of Kansas and
for Douglas County records.
Kansas became
a territory in 1854, and a state in 1861. The bulk of the Collection's
holdings cover the period from statehood to the present. Materials
beyond Kansas include documentation from the contiguous states
and the Great Plains generally. Regional representation of agricultural,
political and social movements, economic development, and overland
trail migration expand both the time frame and types of materials
available.
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