John Nugent (left), Robert Vosper (center), Chancellor Frank Murphy (right)
Robert Vosper, Frank Murphy, John Nugent, KU, Ralph Ellis Collection, libraries, Raymond Hall
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 the Ellis collection to KU.
University Archives, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries
Robert Vosper looking at a "History of Rockets" exhibit
Robert Vosper, KU, libraries, Watson Library
Robert Vosper, Watson Library, KU, libraries
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 at the 1982 re-dedication of the University of Kansas Watson Library
Tour of the University of Pavia Library in Italy
Milan Conference on University Libraries, Robert Vosper, University of Pavia, libraries
Robert Vosper (left) with Romo Lanna (KU 1957/58), USIS library staff in Turin (center), and Dr. Silvano Gevevini (right), Director of the University of Pavia Library, touring the library during the Milan Conference on University Libraries, May 7/8, 1960.
Robert Gordon Vosper at UCLA before coming to KU. He was called the "grand acquisitor" by Chancellor Frank Murphy.
The Preparations Department readied books for circulation.
Robert Vosper (second from left) with others, looking at an "India Independence Day" exhibit
John Glinka checking in the Wallace & Iris Pratt gift
Pratt collection, KU, libraries, Robert Vosper
Front hall of the Thomas Jefferson Fitzpatrick house
Fitzpatrick Collection, Robert Vosper, botany, KU, libraries, Nebraska (Lincoln)
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 assistants literally mined the house and transported three five-ton truck loads of books on the history of science, especially American botany.