Located on the 5th floor of Hale Library, the Richard L. D. and Marjorie J. Morse Department of Special Collections acquires, preserves, and digitizes material such as books, manuscripts, and photographs.

News & Events

Generations of Success: K-State History in Special Collections
Hale Library, 5th floor gallery exhibit
January through December 2013

K-State Sesquicentennial Keepsakes
A regular feature in Talking in the Library 2006, Keepsakes are chosen with the hopes that readers will learn more about K-State's impressive history and traditions and, along the way, find the content interesting and entertaining.

Morse Family and Community Public Policy Scholarship| April 16, 2013
The Marjorie J. And Richard L. D. Morse Family and Community Public Policy Scholarship is accepting applications from K-State undergraduate students working on a project that impacts public policy and involves community service. Deadline April 16, 2013.

Featured Collection

The Saint John's Bible

The seven-volume Heritage Edition of The Saint John's Bible combines ancient calligraphic techniques with computer technology to create on calf-skin vellum the first hand-written and hand-illuminated bible commissioned in over 500 years. 

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