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The collection contains materials related to the Commission on the Status of Women (COSW) at Kansas State University from 1974 to 1989. The commission was appointed in 1972 by President James McCain and was charged with studying the status of women at K-State, searching out opportunities for women to achieve complete equality with men, creating an understanding of the needs of women within the academic community, and developing recommendations for change. This collection contains reports, correspondence, and committee notes primarily from the time the donor, Linda Morse, was an active member of the Commission. Also included are interview materials from a 2016 interview between a student and Morse, such as the student’s questions, handwritten notes, and a draft of the paper resulting from the interview.

Box 1- A83412024430- Is full of envelops that contain photographs of staff, buildings, computer rooms, conferences, and various other events that relate to the Computing and Network Services at Kansas State University. There is also a folder containing a couple of newspapers and details on some events held by the Computing and Network Services, Circa 1980’s- 2000’s.
Box 2- A83412042373- Contains files and binders with formal and semi-formal Information Technology (IT) reports, Computing and Telecommunications Activities and from other units under the Computing and Network Services. There are annual reports, “State of the University” newsletters, structure reports, IT planning, and other files pertaining to the Computing and Network Services at Kansas State University from 1970-2010.
Box 6- A83412043523- Contains files and binders pertaining to Computing and Network Services at Kansas State University, the Kansas Board of Regents Computer Advisory Committee, the administrative computing plan, computing and telecommunication activities, “IT master plans”, computing plans, and computing facilities. Circa 1970’s-2000’s
Box 3- A83412028719-Contains 4 binders with IT reports from the office of information systems and various units to do with computing. The binders have reports and proposals for new systems of computing. One of the binders is labeled “Proposal for Human Resource/Payroll System and Business Process Reengineering Services Volume I: Technical Proposal,” dated 1970’s-2010’s.
Box 4- A83412024333- Contains 5 binders, each filled with the “Computing Center Newsletter.” First binder dates range from 1978-1983. Second is from 1982-1887, and the third is from 1983-1987. Fourth binder has the newsletters from 1986-1987, and the fifth and final binder has the newsletters from 1991-1993.
Box 5- A83412033316- Contains yearly files of the Computing and Network Services (CNS) survival kits from the mid 1980’s to 1998. There are also 2 binders with the CNS tool kits, and some papers and files with info about computing services Kansas State University.

The Kansas State University Conference on Applied Statistics in Agriculture provided a forum for discussion of statistical issues motivated by agricultural problems. The conference brought together statisticians from academia, industry and government to discuss ideas and advancements in the application of statistics to solving agricultural research problems. The records pertain to the Kansas State University Conference on Applied Statistics in Agriculture. These records include conference proceedings, programs, correspondence, session presentations, call for papers, registration, and financial information. The conference began in 1989 and ran through 2018, it is unlikely the conference will resume.

At the height of its activity 1980 to 1983, the Consumer Education Resource Network (CERN) was an organization funded by the Office of Consumer’s Education, U.S. Department of Education, its purpose being to provide information and resources to consumer educators throughout the nation. Its services included the operation of a referral library, technical assistance, and training to all individuals involved in the education of consumers, on both private and public levels. This collection contains organizations whose information and publications were used by CERN such as the American Council on Consumer Interests (ACCI), the Southern Poverty Law Center, Standard Oil Company, Money Magazine, National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators (NACA), Public Affairs Pamphlets, Blue Cross & Blue Shield Consumer Exchange, Current Consumer, and United States Departments such as the Office of Labor Employment and Training Administration and Office of Consumer Affairs. There are also material from state-specific organizations, such as the Kansas Department of Economic Development, Georgia Office of Consumer Affairs, Michigan Consumer Education Center, and other akin institutions as well as paraphernalia from universities including Kansas State University, Oklahoma State University, University of Minnesota, Indiana University, and Cornell University to name a few. It also contains publications on subjects covered by these organizations and others including advertising, appliances, automobile buying and ownership, bankruptcy, credit, disabilities, drugs, employment, and employment services, energy conservation, food and nutrition, retirement and older Americans, and physicians to name a few. The collection also encompasses materials pertaining to CERN conference calls, as well as publications from international organizations such as the Australian Consumer’s Association, Victorian Commercial Teachers Association, Alberta Consumer and Corporate Affairs, Consumer’s Association of Canada, Bureau Europeen des Unions de Consommateurs, European Economic Community, Hong Kong Consumer Council, Guidance Society of India, Yayasan Lembaga Konsumen (Indonesia), National Consumer Council (UK), Centre for Consumer Education and Research in Scotland, and the International Organization of Consumers Unions. Legal-size materials fall into previous groups and are organized both by organizations including the White House Conference on Aging, the American Association of Retired Persons, Displaced Homemakers Network, Inc., the JC Penny Forum, and by topics such as appliances, sexism and women, insurance, and program development.

The Consumer Federation of America records document the association's development from 1967 to 2017 through testimonies, newsletters, reports, statements, correspondence, press releases, pamphlets, policy resolutions, and audiotapes. The collection contains minutes from the CFA board of directors meetings, CFA policy resolutions and CFA annual reports (1980–2016). Other reports, statements, and surveys provide coverage of issues investigated, policies advanced, and materials developed to educate the public and media. Areas addressed include consumer safety, financial advancement and protection, consumer knowledge, post-9/11 terrorism insurance and safety, and product safety in general and specifically product safety in children's products and automobiles.

Of special interest is correspondence documenting interactions with prominent political figures including Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and Bob Dole. Also noteworthy are pamphlets from the association’s annual Consumer Assembly (1980–2015) and pamphlets developed for the CFA project America Saves. A set of audiotapes (2000–2003) offers insight into CFA conferences that tackled issues including food safety, obesity, and bioterrorism. Reports document court cases and petitions. The collection contains the association's voting records (1971–2008).

CFAnews and Consumer Federation of America annual reports are available online. See Series 8 for online access to annual reports and series 9 for online access to CFAnews. Series 12 provides access to archives of CFA's website from 2007 to 2023.

Files, records, contracts and agreements associated with buildings, donors, companies, finances, etc (1910-1986).

Convocation files, containing: Committee Personnel files, Correspondences, Meeting records, Promotional material, and various other documentation. (1990-1993)

Box 1, A83412063298 – Contains Kansas State Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Station communications and news releases from 1998.
Box 2, A83412045745 – Contains 4 binders. The first one is labeled “Kathleen Ward- 1986-News Releases,” and it contains news reports from the Kansas State Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Station. The second one is labeled Ward- News Stories- 1985, and it contains more news releases from Kathleen Ward. The last two binders are labeled “Kathleen Ward- News Releases- 1987,” and has more Extension news reports.
Box 3, A83412045737 – Contains four binders labeled “Kathleen Ward- News Releases,” and they are dated from 1988-1991. The contents are news reports from the Kansas State Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Station
Box 4, A83412165545 – Contains Kansas State Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Station communications and news releases and “News and Features,” and the files are dated 1995-1996.
Box 5, A83412062713 – Contains 3 binders. The first contains notes on the Cooperative Extension service- Diagnosis, plant disease, “Questions and Answers Regarding Weed Control in Conservation Tillage Systems,” and some correspondence from the Fort Hays branch of the Agricultural Experiment Station. The second binder contains correspondence from the Department of Agricultural Economics, Memos from the Director of Agricultural Experiment Station, Forum members names and addresses, and reports from the Experiment Station. And the third binder contains reports on media visits to the Extension Station, and “Trip Reports” to various other locations. The dates for the reports in the box are from 1986-1994.
Box 6, A83412049325 – Has file folders that contain news releases on the Kansas State Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Station from 2001-2007. There are also newspaper clippings and a source guide book that is “A guide to news sources in K-State Research and Extension.”
Box 7, A83412045795 – Contains 6 binders. The first two are labeled “Kathleen Ward- News Releases- 1980,” and contains news releases, updates from the extension service, and event reports from Kansas State Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Station. The third one also contains new releases, but they are dated for 1978. The fourth one contains Extension News and Features- Youth News Service, and have copies of a segment called “Dear Kay SUe- Answers for teens,” and another segment called “Wild Talk- Kid Stuff,” and the segments are question and answer style articles, and the binder is dated for 1979. The fifth one contains more copies of Extension News and Features- Youth News Service news reports, and they are dated for 1981. The sixth and final binder contains “4-H Stories,” from the Extension News and Features, and the articles are from 1979.
Box 8, A83412071021 – Contains Kansas State Cooperative Extension Service official rosters that include the state, area, county of the personnel and it contains their office location and phone numbers. The reports are organized by month and year. The rosters date from 1969-1996.

Box 1, A83412050677- Contains file folders labeled: EFNEP Material Developed by Specialists, Homemaking Helps- Spanish, Living with Change #1, Living with Change #2, Young Families- Living Resourcefully- Healthy Lifestyles, Newsletter- Sunflower Express, and EFNEP- Homemaking Helps. There is also a pamphlet called “Make Your Food Dollars Count- Cooperative Extension Service Kansas State University.”
Box 2, A83412052865- Contains photo slides for a slideshow, along with the scripts for two presentations and extra slides. The presentations are titled “Extension Home Economics- Yesterdays Foundation Todays Challenge,” and “the New Math for Kansas Extension Homemakers Council.” There are 2 bingers on food preservation as well as some pamphlets on pickling and one on the “Kansas Garden Guide.”
Box 3, A83412058497- Contains files labeled: Family Studies and Human Services- Couple Talk, Family Studies and Human Services- Family Change- Separation and divorce 2002, Family Studies and Human Services- HD/Creating a Comprehensive Response Team, HD/Once Upon a Mind, FACS Annual Conference/ Lesson Series for years 1995-2003, Food and Nutrition- FSCI-Meal Time Family Time, FSM-Overheads, Grants- Path, and then a home economics packet. There are also 2 folders over bullying, one is labeled Emily Mark, and the other one is “Bullying for Topeka,” and the folders contain anti-bullying tactics and regulations. Additionally, there is a packet titled “Why are we Whispering? Kansas Rural Mental Health,” and it was distributed by the KSU Cooperative Extension Service.
Box 4, A83412030130 – Contains File folders, and booklets labeled: Extension work- Kansas, “When to buy- When to Sew,” Young Families Newsletter, Annual Report 1973-1974- Extension Quality of Living Programs, Kansas Home Economics Agents, and Job Analyses 1964.Then there are copies of “the Homemaker- the National Extension Homemakers Council,” 1979-1983. There is also a folder with photo slides from counties in Kansas and a paper explaining the project, dated for 1974.
Box 5, A83412040494- Contains folders from the Cooperative Extension Service- Kansas State University- Manhattan and they are labeled: Making Accessories, Fabrics and Their Care, Food Patterns and Folklore of the Pennsylvania Dutch, Winter Warm up, Breakfast for a Brighter Day, Having your Protein and Lower Cost Too, Specialty Breads, Cheese-A Plus in Meal Planning, Mexican-American Heritage, Inside India, Facts and Myths- Fat and Cholesterol, Simple Household Repairs, The Good Egg, and Fat Soluble Vitamins. There are also loose papers that have most of the same information as well as pamphlets for various home help tutorials.

Box 1, A83412042569 – Contains 22 Annual Report of Cornbelt Experiment Field- Kansas State University books from 1955-1983. Additionally, there are papers that are preliminary reports from the Cornbelt Experiment Field, and a notebook that has lists of crops and the years they were planted.
Box 2, A83412161397- Contains file folders labeled: Extension Publications from the Cornbelt Experiment Station, Field Day Material 1972-1988, Purchase Requests 1962-1991, Charles F. Bredahl 1972-1985, Grain Sales 1997-1998, Cornbelt Field Committee 1954-1984, Field Days Correspondence Material 1974-1991, and Annual Progress Report.
Box 3, A83412043298 – Contains a binder of Field Day Programs from 1975-1990, A binder with the Doane Agricultural Digest reports from 1912-1953, and Temperature reports 1983-1991. There is also a page that says what is in the box, however there are a few discrepancies with the list and box’s contents.
Box 4, A83412043379 – Contains files labeled: Soybean Performance-1989, Valent-1989, G.S. Performance- 1990, Performance Tests- 1990, Corn Hybrid Trial- 1990, Soy Population Study-1990, Wheat Performance- 1990, Soybean Performance- 1990, DuPont- 1989, DOW Chem-1989, Jardine-G’s Soy- 1989, Don Devlin Soybean EPP- 1989, Corn Hybrid Performance- 1989, Performance Tests- 1989, Spring Grains- 1989, Herbicide Trials- 1989, American Cyanmid- 1989, Grain Sorghum Performance- 1989, Forage Sorghum Performance- 1989, Wheat Performance- 1989, Reduced Herbicide Rates- 1989, Corn-N Sources- 1986-1988, Sorghum N Sources- 1986-1988, Corn Hybrid Performance- 1968-1988, Doug Jardine Soybean 1986-1988, Soybean Performance- 1986-1988, Wheat and Winter Barley Performance- 1985-1988, Performance Testing- 1986-1988, BASF- 1986-1989, ELANCO- 1986-1988, Corn Hybrids-1986-1988, Soy Herbicide- 1986-1988, Corn Herbicide-1986-1988, Grain Sorghum Herbicides- 1988-1986, Narrow Row Soybeans, Wheat Fungus Study- 1986, Corn Top Ten-1986, Shell and Oat Varity- 1986.
Box 5, A83412043280 – Contains eleven folders with files. The first folder is labeled Date- Variety, the file within is Sorghum Variety + Date of Planting (1961-1966). Second: Variety Perf. - G.S. Perf Test. Third: Perf. Test- Soghrum Performance Test (1974-1977). Fourth: Top Ten- Top Ten Grain Sorghums (1968-1970 and 1984). Fifth: Weed Control- Grain Sorghum Herbicide Performance (1984), Weed Control/ Sorghum (1962-1968), and Oil + Water +Wettable Powders (1967). Sixth: Soybeans- Soybean Seed Quality (1984), Harvest efficiency- Semi dwarf (1977-1978), and Soybean Fertility (1965-1968). Seventh: Variety Perf- Oat Date of Planting (1983) and Oat Variety Tests- Spring Oat (1970’s-1980’s). Eighth: Kin Nursery- Kin Oat Nursery (1962-1975) and Wheat Kin and Varieties (1970-1980). Ninth: Variety Demo- Oat Variety (1961-1967). Tenth: G. Sorghum- Milo Top Ten (1970-1985), No-till Milo after SC, Sorghum Performance (1978-1985), Sorghum/CHINCH Bog (1980’s), Sorghum Weed Control (1970-1980), Super Thick Sorghum, Sorghum/ Nematode Control (1979), Foliar Fert, Yield Test- Greenburg Control in Sorghum (1970’s), Grain Sorghum Fertility/Starter Fertilizer (1960’s), Greenbugs Test (1975-1978), Sorghum Till Effect Herb (1980), Whitney’s Fertilizer/ Study on Sorghum (1975-1977), Sorghum Seed Protect (1977-1980), and Chem Fallow Fert- G.S. Eleventh: Fertility- N- Demo Grain (1984) and Ammonium Nitrate Rate Comparison (1984). Then at the back of the box there are magazines on farming, weather and weed control.
Box 6, A83412043311 – Contains books and a sheet detailing the contents of the box. The books within are: Composting- A study of the process and it’s principles, The New Food Chain- an organic link between farm and city, Organically Grown Foods- what they are and why you need them, Organic Farming: Methods and Markets- an introduction to ecological architecture, Getting the Bugs out of Gardening, Yearbook of Agriculture-1937, Water- The Yearbook of Agriculture-1955, Climate and Man- Yearbook of Agriculture-1941, Field Bindweed- Getting to the root of the problem, K-State Agricultural Experiment Station-Kansas Fertilizer Research with dates ranging from 1986-1997, and 5 copies of Organic Gardening and Farming magazine 1975-1976.
Box 7, A83412042161- Contains 3 binders, and 10 spiral bound notebooks. The first binder has field day bulletins from 1962-1974, second binder holds the “Physical Land Conditions Affecting Use, Conservations, and Management of Land Resources,” and the third one contains photo slides of farm machinery, buildings and barns, and crops. The spiral bound notebooks contain notes on the Cornbelt Experiment Field, and are dated from 1976- 1981 and 1983-1985 and the last one is dated 1987.
Box 9, A83412161389- Contains file folders labeled: Weather Station Data 1985-1986, Field Book Data 1988-1989, Cropping Plan 1970-1985, Bredahl Building Maintenance Record 1969-1989, Cornbelt Experiment Field Plot Plans 1982-1983.
Box 10, A83412042200 – Contains books with meeting minutes from the station conferences from the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station and are dated 1958-1964, 1972-1975, and 1977. There are also copies of the “Fall Cereal Conference Reports,” from 1961-1968- 1980, 1983- 1984, 1989, and 1990. Then there are several file folders labeled Field Day, Field Plans-1980, Weather Computer- 1984, Current Plot Maps- 1977, Chemical Weed Control: Corn- Milo- Soybeans- 1971, There are also spiral bound notebooks containing notes on the Cornbelt Experiment Field, and are dated from 1964-1975, and a book labeled: Mission Orientated Research: Planning for it- 1976.
Box 11, A83412042399 – Daily Touchtone Weather Reports 1982-1983, Fertilizer 1962-1966, Zinc, Publication info 1986, Hypocotyl Growth and Seedling Emergence of White Lupine Under Compacted Soil Conditions- 1982, Hybrid Wheat 1960-1972, Barley 1959-1968, Sorghum, Soybean Information, Soil Temperature 1959, Oats, Solar Radiation 1982-1984, Air Temperature Charts 1960-1994, Brush and Tree Spraying In Pastures, Liming Rate- Depth of Flowing Study 1967-1976, Alfalfa Cuttings- 1959, Rainfall Records 1960-1999, Touchtone Weather Data and State Summaries- 1980, Barley Variety (Winter) 1962, White Corn- 1979, Corn Insecticides and Nematicide Study 1975-1978, Insect Control 1964, Phosphorus Fertilizer, Time of Fertilizer Application on Corn 1967-1968, Fertility Starter Placement 1967-1968, Murphy’s Corn and Milo Fertility 1974-1976, Seedbeds for Corn-Plow-Chisel-Disk- No Till, Corn Date of Planting/ Fertility Level, Date of Planting Nitrogen Level, Corn Variety- Date of Planting 1963-1965, Corn Population- Variety- Fertility, Corn Row Spacing, Corn Maturity Groups and Population Studies, Corn Population 1960-1961, Top Ten Corn, Top Ten Corn Hybrids, Corn Performance, 1979 Powhattan “Top Ten” Corn Test, Velvetleaf Control, Corn Tillage, Corn Res- Essect On Herb, Corn- Weed Control, Oil- Water and Wettable Powders, and Regional Sweetclover Nursery/ Flame Cultivation.
Box 12, A83412042381 – Has folders labeled: Alfalfa Diseases, Sudangrass in Kansas, Solar, Soil Test Blank Sheets, Herbicide plot Data Forms, Horizontal Red Lined Data, Weed Control Summary Sheets, White Paper Ruled Lengthwise, Paper- Horizontal Data Tables, Soil Fertility Investigation Papers, Variety Summary Sheets, Developmental Business, Standard Data Sheets, Graph Paper- Tracing, Vertical Data Paper, Misc. Forms, Study of Lateral Rooting in Lupines, and there are more with extra office supplies such as extra paper and sheet protectors. There are a couple of books called “A Personal Guide to Professional Business Graphics,” and “HP ColorPro Graphics Plotter- Operating Manual.” There are some large Manila Style Envelopes. The first envelope contains titles and dates of some of the Cornbelt Experiments, dated 1915-1960. Two large envelopes with papers on corn production and sales, as well as more papers on using the HP ColorPro. Last envelope is labeled: Mr. Robert F. Sloan- Cornbelt Experiment Field- Powhattan KS 66527, and contains papers on crop planting dates. There are also folders that contain Receipts and Quarterly Statements from 1976- 1991.
Box 13, A83412042179 – Contains three small books labeled “Brown- Chinch Bug- GS Test- Powhattan- 1979,”” Brown- Greenbug- GS Test- Powhattan- 1979,” and “Winter Wheat- Performance Tests- Powhattan- 1976,” and a book with the Cornbelt Experiment Field Annual Report for 1983. There are also file folders labeled: ALF Proposed+ Fert on G.S.-Study 1984, Prelim Report- 1979, Field Day Bulletin- 1978, Crop Equipment Plan- 1978, Prelim Report- 1977, Corn Weed Control, Sorghum Weed Control, Soybean Weed Control, Corn Top Ten, Greenbug Control, Conservation Tillage, Statistical Analysis- 1963-1975, Yield Data- 1977, Experiment Field Research Plans, Cornbelt Data 1962 Season, and Test Data- 1976.
Box 14, A83412042420- Contains file folders labeled Soil Test Results Pre-1980, Soil Tests and Rec, Soybean Weed Control, Soil Map and Land Use of Farm, Soybean Inoculation Studies, Tillage, Alfalfa Rotation- 1964, Wheat Rotation- 1959-1962, Wheat/ Alfalfa Rotation- 1958, Corn Rotation Study 1958-1964, Conservation Tillage, 1984- Red T, Wheat Varieties, Weed Control- Wheat, Wheat Variety Print Oats, Wheat Variety Test, Wheat Rate of Planting, Wheat Date of Planting 1958-1960, Dual N-P on Wheat, Wheat Fertility, Wheat Top Dress, Spring Wheat, Sunflowers, Weed Control- Soybeans, Herb-83, Velvet Leaf, Soybean Herb, Rydex Soy, Soybean Performance Test, No Fill Planting in Wheat Stubble and Soybean Fertility, Soybeans in Wheat, Soybean Date of Planting and Row Spacing, Tiba on Soybeans, Soybean Clipping- Growth Regulations- and Plant T-4, Regim 8, Sol- Ez, H- Plus, Plen-T-4, and Plen- T-4 on Corn and Beans.
Box 8, A83412043468- Has 6 books of meeting minutes from the “Station Conference- Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station,” for years 1965-1969 and 1971. There are also folders labeled: Soil Tests- 1985, Annual Lespedeza- Paul Buselinck, Paper- 2 Copy, Grass Varieties- Frank Barnett, Small Grains- 1985, Soybean Performance- 1985, Grain Sorghum Performance Test- 1985, Brown Co Data- 1984, BASF, Corn- N Balance, Conservation Tillage Study, 1985 Soybean, Corn- 1985, Rohm & HAAS- 1985-1986, Take All KCI- Info, Wheat Herbicide Study- 1985, Grain- Sorg- 1985, N Balance- F3, Data Sheets- Soil tests- 1983, Herbicide- 1983, N- Demo, Annual Report- Cornbelt- 1983, Reduced Tillage, Prelim Report- 1981, Fert Progress, Residual N, Sunflowers, and Soybeans- PT. There are also 2 small booklets, the first has phone numbers and business cards and the other contains “Wheat Performance Tests- 1984.”