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KU Libraries holdings featured in political discourse

LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas Libraries collection has been referenced in a recent New Republic article about U.S. presidential candidate Ron Paul.

The documents cited by James Kirchick in his article, titled “Angry White Man: The bigoted past of Ron Paul,” are part of the Wilcox Collection of Contemporary Political Movements and are available for use at the Spencer Research Library along with thousands of other American political documents from the 20th century. Portions have been made available for download at www.lib.ku.edu/paul.

The Wilcox Collection includes nearly 10,000 books, pamphlets and periodicals and more than 100,000 fliers, brochures, mailings, clippings, bumper stickers and other pieces of ephemera. It was established in 1965 when the university purchased student Laird Wilcox’s collection documenting contemporary political activity.

The collection is national in its scope and includes holdings from the 1940s to the present day. It is among the largest and most heavily consulted collections of its kind in North America, attracting scholars from many countries.

The Spencer Research Library, KU’s archival, manuscript, rare book and regional history library, is located at 1450 Poplar Drive, in the center of the Lawrence campus.

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