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When Bishop William T. Vernon became president of Western in 1896, he rescued the school from its decline by reviving financial support from the Kansas state legislature for its operations, expanding its physical plant and fostering a dramatic…

Note that North College is drawn in just to the left of center and is also in the inset at lower right.

Bird's Eye View of the City of Lawrence, Kansas

“Biolum” showcases what was once a rocky terrain now lying submerged beneath the ocean. In the background, forest trees silhouette against the cool-toned water surface. Bioluminescent jellyfish illuminate the depths. The piece focuses on the surreal…

A Gentle Soul... Before the Industrial Revolution St. Petersburg's visibly wealthy lived side by side with her hidden impoverished, often in the front and the back of the same building! This "illusion" of what the city represented, the pretense that…

This leather is from the original binding of the Kenneth Spencer Research Library's copy of Barclay His Argenis (1636). Visible is the transfer of ink from the Old English manuscript leaf once pressed up against the leather. The Old English leaf had…