Initial Contact
Donors who are interested in making a gift of material for the collections in the Spencer Research Library, please first contact by telephone, U.S. mail, or electronic mail the Library staff member whose expertise most closely matches the subject matter of your potential gift. If you are in doubt about whom to contact, call on the Interim Head of the Spencer Research Library.
Providing a description and/or listing of the item or collection under consideration will be very helpful. Information on quantity and condition of material also is useful. For printed items, staff will need the author, title, date, publisher or printer, and place of publication.
Physical Transfer of Materials and Transfer of Ownership
If the donor and a member of
the Library's staff determine that the Spencer is the best place for the
item(s) or collection, the Library will arrange for delivery of the material
to the Spencer Research Library. Spencer staff members may pack and pick
up the material, or request that the donor pack and send it by U.S. Mail,
FedEx, or UPS. If the donor is to send the material, staff will ask that
a brief inventory of the materials also be sent, and that the Library
be notified before a shipment is made. Shipments should be made to the
following address:
Kenneth Spencer Research Library
University of Kansas
1450 Poplar Lane
Lawrence, KS 66045-7616
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