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Pictured here in the 1903 Jayhawker yearbook is Lela B. Ford and Inez E. Wood. They are among the earliest African Americans to have their photos in a KU yearbook.

The KWIR BOOK was the annual of the class of '96--"The earth we'll move, The stars we'll fix--Rock Chalk, Jay Hawk! Class of Ninety-Six!" The contents are printed on the title page "A Kwir Book, with a dedication, introduction, preface, and appendix,…

Women were actively involved in sports including tennis, basketball, and swimming and learned to fence under the tutelage of James Naismith.

Carrie Watson, also a survivor of Quantrill's raid, graduated from KU with an A.B. in 1877. In 1878 she was hired as an Assitant Librarian in Spooner Library, where she corralled unruly students such as William Allen White. She was promoted to…

Blanche K. Bruce is recognized as the first African American to graduate from the University of Kansas. In 1885 he earned his A.B. and was a candidate for an A.M. in 1891 from KU. Bruce was appointed principle of Sumner School in Leavenworth in 1885,…

Two short-lived traditions at the University were festivities centered on May Day. According to Robert Taft in his book The Years on Mount Oread, the Maypole scrap between freshman and sophomores first occurred May 1, 1891. This riotous and often…

Also included courses of instruction, a list of textbooks and the requirements for admission.

Professor Snow, far right, is shown in this photograph with his students in July 1889 on one of his many collecting expeditions in Estes Park, Colorado. In that class were William Allen White (far left) and Frederick Funston (framed in doorway).…