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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…

The Preparations Department readied books for circulation.

Robert Gordon Vosper at UCLA before coming to KU. He was called the "grand acquisitor" by Chancellor Frank Murphy.