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Thursday, October 26, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
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Spencer houses unique literature
By Liz Hueben Kansan staff writer
The department of special collections at the Kenneth Spencer Research Library is indeed a special place.
Ann Hyde, manuscripts librarian in special collections, said many KU students didn't realize what they have access to behind Strong Hall.
She said the department's holdings comprised about 170,000 printed books and 250,000 manuscripts in different languages.
The "print" section of the department includes the Summerfield Collection of medieval and renaissance
Besides the department of special collections, the research library also houses the University Archives and the Kansas Collection, which are historical materials from Kansas and the midwest.
"The department of special collections has rare books and manuscripts — material that is difficult and very expensive to replace or that is irreplaceable." Hyde said.
European materials, the Bond Collection of 18th Century British periodicals and many books of British law, among other works.
The department exhibits samples of its holdings, including the current displays of French Revolution pamphlets and Victorian color printing.
"We collect for today's historians
also for people in the next five
centuries."
She said that the department's science fiction collection was one of the liveliest there and that it came with help keep current history undated.
Because of the diversity and rarity of the department's holdings, the boundaries of research seem to be unlimited.
Alexandra Mason, Spencer librarian, said, "The research potential of the department of special collections is limited only by the imagination and originality of the researcher."
She said some of the department's holdings were published by researchers from time to time.
Mason said letters from W.B.
Yeats and Alfred Lord Tennyson, which are being held by the special collections department, were being published in collected editions of the correspondence of those literary giants.
Oliver Phillips, professor of classics, said he had occasionally used the collections for research.
"The library also has a spectacular array of Latin manuscripts," he said.
"There are early printed editions of books that sometimes contain unusual, detailed annotations. There are some books that were only printed in the first few centuries of printing and were never reprinted.
Mason said the library had significant collections in the history of the department.
Because of the fragile nature of the holdings, the public cannot go into the stacks and the temperature and humidity have to be kept constant.
The research library was built with money donated by Helen F'. Spencer as a memorial to her husband. The wedding was dedicated in November, 1968.
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