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University Daily Kansan Thursday, Dec. 15, 1955
Kansas Collection Begun By Miss Carrie Watson
The Kansas Collection in Watson Library owes its beginning to Miss Carrie M. Watson, who for forty years was a student, teacher, and librarian at the University.
Miss Watson began the project in Spooner Library, now known as the Museum of Art. Miss Mary Maud Smelser, who for many years was Accessions Librarian, continued Miss Watson's work in building up the collection. Miss Smelser became the Curator of the Kansas Historical Collections in 1950. At that time a new wing was added to the library building which made provisions for a Kansas reading room and a locked stack to hold the Kansas Historical Collections.
The Kansas Collections of the University library consist of the book and manuscript collections, the pictorial collections, and the Lawrence Room.
The book and manuscript collections, boused in the Kansas Room stack areas, consist of some 15,000 bound volumes and a large number of manuscripts and maps.
The pictorial collection, consists mainly of the J. J. Pennell collection. This collection consists of some 30-000 glass negatives, 4,200 prints, and a large mounted display. Mr. Pennell's glass negatives and account books were presented to the University in 1951 by his son, Joseph Stanley Pennell.
The Pennell collection gives a pictorial record of life in a typical midwestern town and also in a U.S. army post, Fort Riley.
The Lawrence Room, a museum of early Lawrence history, is also an outstanding part of the Kansas collection. Visits to the Lawrence Room will be arranged upon request. Miss Laura Neiswanger, Kansas Collection Librarian, said.
Rare Collection
The book collection attempts to embrace everything written about Kansas or written by a Kansas, an undertaking which has been adhered to as far as budget and availability of materials have permitted, according to Miss Neiswanger. She said that some of the items which at the time of their acquisition were thought merely interesting have become rare items.
Moses Merrill's "The First Joway Reading Book" printed by the pioneer Kansas printer, Jothan Meeker in 1835, appears to be the earliest example of a book printed in Kansas.
Other books in the collection printed by Meeker include "The Book of John" in the Ottawa Indian tongue, and Samuel Lieberkühn's, "The History of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."
Pioneer diaries and guide books, town and local histories, reports of local industries and societies, novels and poems by Kansans are some of the types of material that have been collected over the years. This type of material is sought by the Library. Miss Newman's Collection, Collington, Q.First State Senator.
The Manuscript collection includes some of the popers of Gen. James Henry Lane, Kansas' first U. S. Senator, Gov. Charles Robinson William Clarke Quantrill, James Willis Gleed, Samuel Johnson Crawford and the complete records and papers of Jabez Bunting Watkins.
In addition this collection contains several pages of the original hand-written minutes of the first Common Council of Lawrence; these records, located in Vermont, were given to the Library in 1954 in honor of the Centennial year.
Also included in the collection is the original manuscript of Prof. Allen Crafton's book "Free State Fortress." In dedicating this book to Mary Maud Smelser, Prof. Crafton said: " . . . to Mary Maud
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There is a separate catalog maintained in the Kansas Room as a guide to these manuscripts.
Material From Generous Kansams
Material From Generous Kansans Most of the material in these collections has been acquired from generous Kansans who have been interested in developing this collection.
In addition to direct gifts of books, pictures, and family papers, gifts of money have been deposited with the University Endowment Association. All gifts in the collection are designated by a bookplate honoring the donor.
An attempt has also been made to collect University archival materials. The Library has made attempts to obtain, for preservation, the publications of the University as well as those of the faculty and student body.
"All of these Collections form part of the historical heritage of Kansas," Miss Neiswanger said, "and are available to anyone who may need them for research and study."
The Kansas Room is open for research work Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to noon and from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. It is open from 8:00 a.m. to noon on Saturdays. The reading room itself is open to students during regular library hours.
A 5-Legged Cow
HOLLAND, Mich. (U.P.) A five-legged calf was born on the Frank Veldheer farm near here. The "extra" leg separates from the right hind leg about half-way down.
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EAST LANSING, Mich. (L.P.)—A plan to provide Big Ten students with comprehensive information on their common problems and to generally coordinate Big Ten affairs has been begun through a progressive program to provide service to member schools. Headquarters have been formed at Michigan State College.
Student government presidents from each of the 10 schools met last year at Northwestern University and decided to build their organization as a supplement to the National Student Association.
Three Big Ten members, Purdue, Michigan State and Indiana, are not affiliated with the National Student Association.
It has been suggested that the organization be divided into two divisions, one for research and one for publications. The research bureau will be in charge of gathering information on such problems as discrimination, parking and driving, increasing student interest in student government, and housing. It will work through bureau members at each Big Ten school. The office of secretary-general at central headquarters will coordinate the work of field representatives.
Once the reports are analyzed and coordinated, the publications bureau takes over, editing them and sending them on to student government leaders in finished form. This bureau will also publish a monthly magazine called the Reporter of the Big Ten, drawing from material written by top student and administrative leaders.
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