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On the Hill

A Photographic History of the University of Kansas

Third Edition, Revised

Compiled by Virginia Adams, Katie Armitage, Donna Butler, Carol Shankel, and Barbara Watkins

Foreword by Raymond Nichols

Introductory essays by Roy Gridley and Karl Gridley

New edition available September 2007
264 pages, 442 photographs, 8-1⁄2 x 11
Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1527-8, $34.95

Book Cover ImageThis rich collection of photographs spans 125 years, two world wars, the Great Depression, the turbulent 60s, and everything in between. More than 400 images depict the growth and changes that took the University of Kansas from a small collection of buildings on a treeless hill to the major educational center it is today.

An updated edition of a classic, this revision includes 30 new photographs and a new chapter to bring the University of Kansas story up to date.

"This is the yearbook of all yearbooks for University of Kansas graduates and friends. Photographs of just about every event that ever took place on Mount Oread are spread throughout this handsome keepsake for Jayhawks."—Kansas City Star

"The vintage photos alone are worth the price of the book."—Wichita Eagle

"The quotations--drawn from newspapers, magazines, letters, and the like--lift the photos from the status of quaint reminiscences to a level of 'living history'"—Lawrence Journal-World

KATIE ARMITAGE is a consultant to community and state historical organizations.

DONNA BUTLER is managing editor at KU's Division of Continuing Education.

CAROL SHANKEL is co-founder of the Historic Mount Oread Fund.

BARBARA WATKINS is coordinator of curriculum and programs at KU's Division of Continuing Education.

They were assisted in compiling the original edition by VIRGINIA ADAMS, a former feature writer for the Louisville Times.