| What
the Library Collects |
The support which the
University of Kansas devotes to the Spencer Library long has been supplemented
by gifts and grants. Indeed, the library building itself and many of its
furnishings were given to the University by Helen
Foresman Spencer in memory of her husband, Kenneth
Aldred Spencer.
Most of the library's holdings have been received as gifts or acquired
with funds from donors. Expanding and preserving the collections, improving
access to them and promoting new services for readers depends very much
on the availability of new gifts and income from endowments established
for the Spencer Library and its departments at the
Kansas University
Endowment Association.
The Library welcomes
gifts of library and archival material and financial support to enhance
the value of the collections for research, teaching and service to
the students and faculty of the University of Kansas and to society.
The Interim Head of the Spencer Research Library and other members of the staff
welcome inquiries from individuals or organizations interested in supporting
the Spencer Library by donating to its holdings or helping to advance
the Library's work with gifts of funds. |