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Robert Vosper is seated, smoking a pipe, his wife (Loraine) is seated on the arm of his chair, looking at what he is reading. His son (Stephen) stands next to them, while his three daughters (Ingrid, Kathryn, Elinor) are seated in front of him, one…

Thomas Jefferson Fitzpatrick, professor of botany at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, left his wife a thirteen-room house and small bungalow filled to the rafters with books upon his death. When Robert Vosper heard of the sale, he and several…

Thomas Jefferson Fitzpatrick, professor of botany at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, left his wife a thirteen-room house and small bungalow filled to the rafters with books upon his death. When Robert Vosper heard of the sale, he and several…

Robert Vosper at the 1982 re-dedication of the University of Kansas Watson Library

Robert Vosper is browsing through the stacks of Watson Library, one of the libraries which grew tremendously under his nine years of stewardship. Perhaps he is viewing a book from the Ralph Ellis Collection?

Robert Vosper, with Chancellor Frank Murphy and John Nugent, examine rare books and lithograph stones from the Ralph Ellis collection on mammals and birds. Dr. E. Raymond Hall, director of the Museum of Natural History, was instrumental in bringing…

Robert Vosper walked 1 1/2 miles to work four times daily.