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SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
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Eighteenth-Century Collections History of American Education
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History of American Education

  • The Charles and E. Jennifer Monaghan Collection on the History of Reading in the United States, comprising about 1,450 titles, focuses on the teaching of reading and writing in Colonial America and the United States up to the middle of the 20th century.
  • The Shull Collection of Hymnals and Music Books consists of about 1,500 titles ranging in date from the early 17th century to the mid 20th century. The collecton is strong in 18th and 19th century German-American imprints, and hymnals of various congregations (noteably Mennonite, Brethren, Lutheran, Methodist, Methodist Episcopal, Reformed, and Presbyterian). A significant number of books, many oblong, were designed for singing school use.
  • The Children's Collection contains many educational works, including an extraordinary collection of the many editions of the New England Primer.

Special Collections Librarian - Richard W. Clement, 785/864-4334
rclement@ku.edu
Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library,
The University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045-7616 
Phone: 785/864-4334 Fax: 785/864-5803