University Daily Kansan
Friday, May 4, 1979
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Poetry,comics preserved on KU shelves
Staff Reporter
By PATRICIA RICE
Hare books, priceless books and even books banned from library systems are included in the Special Collections Library of Kenneth Spencer Research Library.
They all have their special place inside the 100-foot square feet of Spencer and are surrounded by a rugged fence.
"Our youngest reader was 7-year-olds," Alexandra Mason, Spencer librarian, said.
"He wanted to read a book on Mickey Mouse that he couldn't find in the public library."
Besides the collection's volume of Mickey Mouse, Spencer's Special Collection houses medieval manuscripts of visiting scholars, books and art materials, studies and expeditions.
"Alice in Wonderland" which was banned from China because it portrayed animals with human characters. "Aurora Leigh," which was banned in Boston in 1857 because it contained "the hysterical incidences of an erotic mind," also can be found in Special Collections.
directions.
The latest addition to Spencer's Special
Collections is a collection of books on rugs, a comic strip of political satire.
"We have other collections of political entire dating back to the 16th century," Mr.
To insure that the books will be preserved, they are kept in a controlled environment. The temperature is 70 degrees all year and the humidity is set at 50 percent.
Mason said this type of atmosphere was mandatory to preserve the books, especially those on religious topics.
"Books were built to last until the process was changed in the 19th century," she said. "they figured out how to make paper out of wood pulp. The acid that is used to rot the paper is made, after the paper is made, so essentially the books start to die as soon as they are made."
The library itself is ten years old, but Mason said the Special Collections existed long before.
"Our first bequest was in 1945 by a California man named Ralph Ellis," she said.
He was a student E. Raymond Hall, a.
professor of zoology, when he attended KU.
Hall is retired and the Ellis collection of books on birds and natural science is in Spencer.
He admired Hall so much that when he was looking for a place to settle down with his books, he came to where Hall was."
On November 8, 1988 Spencer opened. the opening was a result of a $2.2 million gift to KU by Helen Foresman Spencer in memory of her husband, Kenneth Alfred Spencer.
"When we first acquired the books they were kept in the basement of Strong Hall for $20. The basement was quite large."
"Usually when someone gives you a gift, be it small as a handkerchief or as big as a library, you thank them once and let them take care of everything else. It's been ten years and we still thank Mrs. spencer for her gift," Mason said.
Mason's favorite part of the library is the summerfield Collection collection books *Knopf* series.
The library now is supported by state funds and gifts.
"Books of that time were the first printed books," Mason said. "It's interesting to know how people used them."
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