Front hall of the Thomas Jefferson Fitzpatrick house University of Kansas Libraries Fitzpatrick Collection Botany Nebraska (Lincoln) Vosper, Robert Gordon Thomas Jefferson Fitzpatrick, professor of botany at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, left his wife a thirteen-room house and small bungalow filled to the rafters with books upon his death. When Robert Vosper heard of the sale, he and several assistants literally mined the house and transported three five-ton truck loads of books on the history of science, especially American botany. 1953 StillImage electronic image/tiff https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-uaphotos/33850 ku-uaphotos:33850 University Archives 1950s The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.