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Architecture and Urban Planning

Restricted to KU students, faculty and staff
University of Kansas
Images of architecture, cityscapes, parks, gardens and historical sites from around the world (a subset of the Art and Cultural Heritage Collection) .   More...
Approximately 45,000 images

Art & Cultural Heritage

Restricted to KU students, faculty and staff
University of Kansas
Art history, historical, and cultural images from collections at the University of Kansas.   More...
Approximately 120,000 images

Dole Archive

Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas
Photographs spanning the career and personal life of Senator Robert J. Dole from childhood to post-retirement.   More...
Approximately 250 images

Florence Nightingale Letters

Clendening History of Medicine Library, University of Kansas Medical Center.
Florence Nightingale letters held by the Clendening History of Medicine Library, University of Kansas Medical Center (a subset of the Art and Cultural Heritage Collection).   More...
Approximately 306 images

From the Ground Up

University of Kansas and participating Lawrence artists
An on-going collaboration between artists living in Lawrence, and scientists and teachers from the the University of Kansas and the Kansas Geological Survey.   More...
Approximately 705 images

Invertebrate Paleontology

Division of Invertebrate Paleontology, Museum of Natural History and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas
Fossils from the collections of the KU Museum of Natural History and Biodiversity Research Center, Division of Invertebrate Paleontology   More...
Approximately 65 images

Kansas City Hopewell Collection

University of Kansas Anthropological Research and Cultural Collections
Artifacts recovered from investigations of 23 Kansas City Hopewell Archaeological sites (a subset of the Art and Cultural Heritage Collection)   More...
Approximately 1,736 images

Kansas Collection Photographs

University of Kansas, Spencer Research Library
Historical photographs from the Kansas Collection, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, Univ. of Kansas (a subset of the Art and Cultural Heritage Collection). This online set contains only a small sample from a collection of over a million photographs.   More...
Approximately 559 images

Kansas Wildflowers

Kansas Biological Survey and the University of Kansas
The Kansas Biological Survey Kansas Wildflowers database includes images of common wildflowers of Kansas.   More...
Approximately 196 images

KU Photo Library

University of Kansas, Office of University Relations
Recent images of KU people, places, and events.   More...
Approximately 1,000 images

Maps and Cartography

University of Kansas Libraries
Maps from the University of Kansas Libraries Map Collection, primarily USGS topo maps of the central plains region.   More...
Approximately 113 images

Mediterranean Travel and Trade, 1300-1800

University of Kansas, Spencer Research Library
Taking Special Collections outside the Library by Digital Repackaging: Primary Sources from the Spencer Research Library for the Study of Mediterranean Cartography, Navigation, Travel and Trade 1300-1800.   More...
Approximately 220 images

National Palace Museum Collection, Taipei

Restricted to KU students, faculty and staff
Cartography Associates
Selected objects from the permanent collection spanning seven millennia of Chinese history   More...
Approximately 5,000 images

Serial Set Maps (U.S. Congressional Serial Set)

Restricted to KU students, faculty and staff
Readex Archive of American
Maps published within the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980.   More...
Approximately 50,000 images

Spencer Museum of Art

University of Kansas
Works of art in KU's Spencer Museum of Art (a subset of the Art and Cultural Heritage Collection).   More...
Approximately 17,700 images