Collections
The Kenneth Spencer Research Library is home to books, manuscripts, photographs and materials in many subject areas, including the Kansas Collection, Special Collections and the University Archives.
Among the collections available in the KU Digital Collections and the KU Luna image collections are many from Spencer Research Library.
- Central American Broadsides
- Digital Scriptorium
- Jesuatti Book of Remedies
- John Gould Ornithological Collection
- Kansas Collection Photographs
- Kansas Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
- Leon K. Hughes Photography Collection
- Pennell Photography Collection
- Phog Allen Papers
- Rossetti Family Collection
- Territorial Kansas Online
- University Archives Photographs
Records for the majority of Spencer Research Library’s holdings can be found in the University’s online catalog. Key word searches in the online catalog can be limited to just the materials in Spencer Research Library:
- From the KU Library Catalog, click on the “Set Other Search Limits” button in the bottom right corner of the Simple Search tab
- In the Location: box, scroll down to Spencer Research Library (Kansas Coll. and Spencer Coll.) and click the text to highlight it
- Click on the Set Limits button located at the top or bottom of the Search Limits box
- From the Simple Search screen, choose either “Keyword “or “AND, OR, NOT (Keyword Boolean)” in the Search By: drop down menu. [Note that search limits only work when doing a Keyword or an AND, OR, NOT (Keyword Boolean) search]
- Type in your search term or phrase then click on the Search button. Your search results will be limited to materials held in the Spencer Research Library.
