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SPECIAL COLLECTIONS


Ancient and Medieval Manuscripts Literary Collections, 19th-20th Century 
Renaissance and Early Modern Imprints History of Science
Eighteenth-Century Collections History of American Education
The Irish Collections Additional Collections
Reader Services Special Collections

Renaissance and Early Modern Imprints

  • The Summerfield Collection of books printed on the continent of Europe from Gutenberg (1455) through 1700 (over 7,000 titles in history, literature, law, science, theology, and the arts)
  • The Clubb Collection of books containing text printed in Anglo-Saxon type, Great Britain, 1566 through the early 19th century (not only a typographic collection but a rich source for research in the growth of English history as a serious field of study)
  • the Robert T. Aitchison Vergil collection
  • The Cervantes collection, based on the collection of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell
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