The Thomas Fox Averill Kansas Studies Collection is an eclectic, inclusive set of materials dedicated to the study of Kansas literature through the state’s folklore, history, geography, flora, fauna, social fabric and culture. The holdings include novels, plays, collections of poetry and fiction, histories, biographies, memoirs, letters, scholarly articles, collected folklore, manuscripts and ephemera gathered over 40+ years.
Come view the collection in its home in glass-fronted bookcases on the lower level of the University Library!
If you would like to donate books, manuscripts and other materials to the collection, please contact University Archivist Martha Imparato.
President: Gary Schmidt
Carol Barry
Cindy Barry
Merrill Befort
Amy Billinger
Betty M. Casper
Dorothy Hanger
Ted Heim
Lisa Heitz
Rosemary Menninger
Larry Peters
Robert W. Richmond
Gary Schmidt
Jim Sloan
Tonya Witmer
Tom Averill
Alan Bearman, ex-officio
Next to its faculty, Washburn University's most important asset is its library because a great university will always have an engaged library at its heart.
Thus, the reason that we so often hear: Without great libraries that are the repository of knowledge, scholarship and wisdom, there are no great universities
Your support of the Friends of the Library makes Washburn University a great university!
The University Librarians offer an extensive and growing number of innovative educational opportunities that support The Washburn Community of Learning.
Nevertheless, our talented and dedicated professional staff cannot fulfill their many roles without your assistance.
Please make a gift to The Friends of the Library today because it will make an immediate impact upon the initiatives that the Library is working upon to improve student success at Washburn.
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I'll see you in the Stacks.
Best Wishes,
Alan
