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A Centennial dinner held in the Kansas Union Ballroom, April 12, 1966.
The event was part of a four-day Inter-Century Seminar on “Man and the Future” and a month-long Centennial celebration.
University Archives staff, 1972.
Left to right: Ned Kehde, John Nugent, Carol Massion.
The new addition to the Watson Library bookstacks, 1963.
Watson Library underwent a $1.6 million expansion between 1962 and 1964. As part of this project, 26,000 square feet were added to the bookstacks, providing shelving for 400,000 additional books.
The front of Watson Library, 1964.
The 5,000-square-foot east wing (on the left) was added as part of a $1.6 million expansion of Watson Library that took place between 1962 and 1964. The wing included new quarters for the relocated Department of Special Collections.
Selected pages from the "KU Progress Reporter" newsletter, May 1966.
Approximately 300 KU alumni and friends of the University comprised the membership of the Council for Progress.
Memo from Alexandra “Sandy” Sandy Mason, Head of the Department of Special Collections, to Assistant Library Director John Glinka, July 17, 1964.
In this memo, Mason argues strenuously for the need to better secure rare books and manuscripts from theft. Part of the problem? Special Collections had previously existed in “relative seclusion of the top level of the stacks,” located behind “a…
“K.U.’s Second Century: A $2 Million Send-Off,” Kansas Alumni: The University of Kansas Alumni Magazine, February 1966.
This article was one of many that announced the Spencer Foundation’s gift.
