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KU students protesting for civil rights in the hallway outside of Chancellor Wescoe’s office, March 8, 1965.

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Franklin Murphy (left) with President Harry S. Truman, 1950s.

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During his KU visit in April 1960, Truman examined Kansas Collection materials at Watson Library.

Guests on the library terrace during the dedication ceremony, November 8, 1968.

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The University Daily Kansan student newspaper reported on November 11 that "about 270 persons braved 35 degree weather” for the event.

Spencer Research Library under construction, 1967-1968.

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The future site of Spencer Research Library, 1952.

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After World War II, KU constructed temporary Quonset huts and wooden barracks in the area north of Strong Hall to accommodate the flood of new students.

The front of Kenneth and Helen’s Mission Hills home, spring 1959.

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Robert Talmadge, December 1953.

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Kenneth and Helen with their dog Topper in the garden of their home at 2900 Verona Road in Mission Hills, Kansas, spring 1959.

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Helen Spencer in the memorial lounge, 1968/1969.

Helen Spencer posing in the North Gallery, 1968/1969.

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