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Box 1, A83412045054- Contains KSU Institute for Environmental Research (IER) reports from 1957-1971. The folders are labeled: A- Thermal Comfort, Historical Incidents of Extreme Overcrowding, KSU Bulletin- Heat Losses from Horizontal Ducts Carrying High Velocity Air, KSU Bulletin- Heat Loss for Deep-Diving Oceanauts, Reports and Special Reports Lists, Air Cleaner Evaluation, Institute for Environmental Research KSU, Human Physiological Responses to Shelter Environmental- Report 1, Proceedings of the Symposium on Individual Cooling, A Cooling Hood in Hot-Humid Environments, Performance and Life Support in Altered Environments, Report on Chimpanzee’s Performance on a Problem Involving the Concept of Middleness, Operant Behavior and Psychology, The Effect of Restraint Stress and Fasting on Organ Size in Domestic Fowl, Performance by a Rhesus Monkey on Three Randomly Presented Skill Sequences, Temporal Characteristics of Body Temperature During High Thermal Stress, The Impact of Robert Yerkes on Chimpanzee Research, Seasonal Variation in Comfort Conditions for Collage-Age Persons in the Middle West, Room Air Distribution with on Air Distributing Ceiling, Physiological Effect of a Water Cooled Hood in a Heat Stress Environment, Practical Thermal Environmental Limits for Young Adult Males Working in Hot- Humid Environments, 69-01/ Reflections in Recent Experiments in Simulated Fallout Shelter, Urinary 17-Hydroxcorticosteroids in Humans Subjected to Prolonged Confinement, Circadian Rhythms in Non-Human Primates, General Instrumentation for the Operant Conditioning Experiment, A Radiometer for Environmental Applications, Unsteady-State Simulation of the Human Thermal System, Steady-State Simulation of the Human Thermal System, Human Thermal System, Room Air Distribution: D15-19, and Discomfort Glare as a Function of Viewing Technique and Source Size: Observer Adjustment and Fixed Presentation.
Box 2, A83412045321- Contains KSU Institute for Environmental Research (IER) reports from 1972-1974. The file folders are labeled: Psychrometric Tables for Human Factors Research, Response of Human Subjects to Reduced Levels of Water Consumption under Simulated Civil Defense Shelter Conditions, Observations of Ammonia Generation in Laboratory Animal Quarters, Simulation of a Study-State Integrated Human Thermal System, Effects of Temperature and Population Density on Aggression in Two Inbred Strains of Mice, Effects of Acute Hypoxia on the body Fluids of Domestic Fowl, Thermal Insulating Values for Typical Indoor Clothing Ensembles, A-Thermal Comfort- Part 2, Computer Simulation of Optimal Control of an Integrated Human Thermal System by Response Surface Technology, Transient Environmental Response of Laboratory Animal Storage Facilities to Cleaning Water Loads, Proceedings of the Governors Workshop on Energy Conservation in State Buildings, Supplementary Psychometric Tables for Human Factors Research (in International Metric Units), The Chimpanzee “A Total Bibliography,” Work Environments- Noise Abatement and Control, Reducing Fuel Consumption with Night Setback, Human Cooling B22-24, Thermal Insulation of Clothing C2-3, Room Air Distribution Systems- D20-22, Heat Dissipation from Animals in a Controlled Environment- E22-27, Man-Environment Relationship F7-12, Drive and Performance Modification Following Multiple (Dark-Dark) Shifts in the Photoperiod, and Project Themis Performance and Life Support in Altered Environments.
Box 3, A13411852992- Contains KSU Institute for Environmental Research (IER) reports in folders labeled: Temperature Fluctuations and the Human Being- A 52-79, Heat Stress Standards and Thermal Sensations on Humans- B25-37, Clothing and the Physiology of Human Comfort- C 4-9, The Environment and Laboratory Animals- E 28-29, Climate- F 13-14, Problems of Habitability of the Elderly in Public Housing, Variability of Human Physiological and Behavioral Responses on High Thermal Stress, The Effect of Cyclical Temperature Fluctuations on Thermal Comfort, The KSU Environmental Testing Instrument, Proceedings Annual Scientific Meeting Aerospace Medical Association, The Effects of Age Sex and Estimated VO2MAX on Tolerance to High Thermal Stress, The Preferred Comfort Temperatures, Showering Behavior- Implications for Water and Energy Conservation, Ceiling Fans as Extenders of the Summer Comfort Envelope, Ceiling Fan Performance- 3 Parts, and Effect of Garment Design and Fabric Thickness and Weight on Thermal Insulation Values of Clothing.
Box 4, A83412045096- Contains KSU Institute for Environmental Research (IER) reports from 1983-1989. The folders within are labeled: Man and the Indoor Environment Acceptability- A103-105, Garment Cooling- B40-42, Assessing Air Velocities from Industrial Ceiling Fans- D28-29, Bicycle Toe Clips and Wrist Twisting Strengths- F15-25, Mechanism of Exercise-Induced Hypoxemia in Horses, A Historical Note on Skinner and the Chimpanzees in Space, Role of Material Properties in Reducing Heat Stress Associated with Fire Fighters Uniforms, Thermal Properties of Fire Fighters Composite Fabrics, Thermal Insulation Value of Sleeping Bags, Thermal Properties of Selected Knit Fabrics, Thermal Characteristics of Experimental Insulating Materials, Thermal Resistance Values for Selected Fabrics, Thermal Insulation Values for Vacuum- Packed Sleeping Bags Measured on a Manikin, Determination of the Thermal Properties of the Composite Heated Suit Panels, Thermal Insulation Values for Selected Jackers Before and After Laundering, Evaluation of the Thermal Properties of Fabrics for use in Clothing Worn by People Applying Pesticides, Insulation Data Base for Military Clothing, Evaluation of the Comfort Properties of Selected Mattresses, Evaluation of the Thermal Insulation Characteristics of Selected Filling Materials, An Evaluation of Two Personal Cooling Garments, Verification of the Accuracy of an Enthalpy Controller, Transient Effects of Relative Humidity on the Thermal Comfort of People Dressed in Different Types of Clothing, Engineering Research 1987-1989 KSU, KSU College of Engineering Research Activities 1985-1986, Temperature Retention Qualities- a Comparison Between the Coleman and Igloo Ice Chests, 84-01, Opening Jars- an Anthropometric Study of the Wrist- Twisting Strength of Children and the Elderly, and The Effect of Garment Design and Fabric Thickness and Weight on Thermal Insulation Values of Clothing.
Box 5, A83412045410- Contains KSU Institute for Environmental Research (IER) reports in folders labeled: The Thermal Properties of Selected Turnout Gear Fabric Systems, Thermal Resistance Values for Selected Fabrics Measured with a Sweating Hot Plate, Thermal Insulation Values for Selected Fabrics, Simulation of Body Heat Loss during Transients, Comfort and the Japanese “Hot Carpet” a Case for Space Heating, The Comfort Effectiveness of Heated Carpets, Evaluation of the Comfort Properties of Selected Lingerie Fabrics, Thermal Insulation Values for Sleeping Bags, Thermal Properties of Fabric for Wild Lands Fire Fighter Clothing, Thermal Properties of Fabric Systems for Fire Fighter Turnout Clothing, Heat and Moisture Transfer in Textile Systems Subjected to Simulations Temperature and Humidity Gradients, Turnout Gear Fabric Systems- Insulative and Permeability Properties, The Insulation Value of Batting, Thermal Insulation of Vacuum-Packed Sleeping Bags, Thermal Properties of Surgical Gown Fabrics, Thermal Insulation of Quilted Samples, Thermal Comfort Properties of Textiles with Novel Heat-Retentive Coatings, The Effect of Laundering Stuffing and Heated Compression on the Thermal Insulation of Sleeping Bags, The Effectiveness of Cooling Vests Worn Under Impermeable Clothing, An Insulation Data Base for Military Clothing, A Comparison of the Heat Transfer Properties of Two Fabrics(NFPA), Insulation Properties of Battings, The Thermal Insulation Provided by Battings, Thermal Insulation Values of Selected Jackets, The Insulation Provided by Battings Before and After Wetting, Insulation Values of Sleeping Bags- A Comprehensive Study, The Resistance to Dry and Evaporative Heat Transfer Provided by Knitted Fabrics, The Insulated Value of Battings, Thermal Insulation Values for Selected Sleeping Bags Including Polar Guard HV, Heat and Moisture Transfer in Textile Systems Subjected to Simultaneous Temperature and Humidity Gradients, Barrier and Comfort Properties of Surgical Gowns: a Comparison of Disposable and Reusable Gowns, and The Thermal Properties of Selected Materials Measured with a Hot Plate.
Box 6, A83412032051- Contains KSU Institute for Environmental Research (IER) reports in folders labeled: Thermal Insulating Values of Sleeping Bag Systems, Thermal Analysis of M15 Battings, Thermal Insulation Values of Selected Sleeping Bags, Thermal Insulation for Sleeping Bags, and Thermal Comfort Properties of Selected Surgical Gowns.
Box 7, A83412045397- Contains KSU Institute for Environmental Research (IER) reports from 1995-2001. The folders within are labeled: Insulation Properties of Comforters, Insulation Properties of Fabrics Measured with a Sweating Hot Plate, Insulation Properties of Battings, Insulation Properties of Blankets, Insulation Properties of Modular Sleeping Bags, Insulation Properties of an Electric Blanket and Mattress Pad, The Effects of Laundering and Sterilization on the Barrier Properties of ROTECNO Surgical Gowns, The Effect of Moisture Accumulation on the Insulation Value of Sleeping Bags, Insulation Properties of Sleeping Bags with Different Filling Materials, Turbine Building Exhaust Fan Test, Thermal Insulation Values of Sleeping Bags- Before vs After Wetting, Thermal Insulation Values of Sleeping Bags Constructed of Different Filling Materials, Thermal Insulation Values of Jackets, Thermal Insulation Properties of a Tychem 10000 Level a Chemical Suit, Insulation Properties of Pads, Turbine Building Exhaust Fan Test, Thermal Insulation Values of Sleeping Bags Constructed of Different Filling Materials, The Effect of Filling Material Type and Simulated Use on the Insulation Provided by Layered and Single Construction Sleeping Bags, Thermal Insulation Value of a Polaguard 3D Sleeping Bag, The Evaporative Resistance Provided by Air Crew Clothing, NFDA Total Heat Loss Test on Fire Fighter Fabric Assemblies, Thermal Insulation Values of Vacuum- Packed Sleeping Bags, Thermal Insulation Values of a Sleeping Bag- With and Without a Pad, The Thermal Properties of Selected Fabrics, Insulation Values for a Disposal Sheet and Life Suit for Burn Victims, The Insulation Provided by an Adjustable zBag, The Water Vapor Transmission Rate of Fabrics, Thermal Insulation Values of Sleeping Bags Tested with a Pad, Thermal Insulation Values of Sleeping Bags with Legs, Literature and Industry Search of Latest Technology Pertaining to Thermal Comfort Manikins, Experimental Determination of the Thermal and Evaporative Properties of Selected Fabrics and Foams, Thermal Insulation Values for Clean Room Apparel, Design Instrumentation and Evaluation of a Sweating Buttocks for Determination of Moisture Dissipation in Fabric, Thermal Insulation Values for Pallet Covers, and The Thermal Properties of Fabrics Used in Ballistic Views.
Box 8, A83412161541- Contains KSU Institute for Environmental Research (IER) reports in folders labeled: The Evaporative Resistance Provided by a Shell Fabric, Comparing the Insulating Properties of Transport Bags, Insulation Values for Prototype Fiberfill Batting, Evaluation of Super- Absorbent Fibers in Cooling Garments, Thermal Insulation Values for Clothing Ensembles, Thermal Insulation Values for Selected Batting Systems, The Evaporative Resistance Provided by Gore-Tex Shell Fabrics, The Evaporative Resistance Provided by Shell Fabrics, The Evaporative Resistance Provided by Shell Fabrics, Thermal Insulation Values for Selected Fabrics, A Comparison of the Comfort and Hand Characteristics of Lining Fabrics, Thermal Insulation Provided by an Electric Sleeping Bag, Thermal Insulation Values for Selected Ground Pads, Thermal Insulation Values for Sleeping Bags, Thermal Insulation Values for Sleeping Bags, Establishing Thermal Comfort Conditions for Desiccant Dehumidification, Experimental Determination of the Burst Protection of Various Glycerin/Water Solution, Thermal Insulation Values of Jacket Ensembles, Insulation Properties of Fabric Systems, and Thermal Insulation Values of Clothing Ensembles.

The Leonard E. Bloomquist Collection is composed of his personal writings, research, publications, correspondence, and administrative materials. In 1997 he completed the 'Exemplary Faculty study,' which contains transcriptions from interviews with 20 faculty members from the College of Arts and sciences. Some of the other projects in this collection pertain to Dr. Bloomquist's work with rural sociology and his time as the head of the department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work. Approximate years covered in this collection are from 1982-2004.

Records relating to the history of Cooperative Extension work in Sedgwick County Kansas and focusing particularly on the Prairie Gem unit of which Lou Herndon and her mother, Ruth Wilkins, were charter/lifetime members.

The Louis H. Douglas papers document the career of Douglas and the lecture series that was named after him at Kansas State University. Included are photographs of Douglas and speakers at the lecture series, as well as additional documentation regarding his time as a political science professor at Kansas State University from 1949–1977 and the Lou Douglas Lecture Series that began in 1980.

The collection includes annual reports, club and secretary reports, and operational documentation.

These materials are records documenting the development and history of McCain Auditorium, the campus cultural center for the live performing arts since 1970. The bulk of the collection consists of programs, broadsides, contracts, newspaper articles, administrative files, and photographs. Of note, are programs from the first performance in the auditorium and early performance broadsides.
The McCain Performance Series includes handbills, programs, and season brochures of performances between the years of 1970 and 2010.
The Internal Records includes advertisements of McCain performances, contracts with performers, correspondence between McCain and the performers, financial reports on the cost of events, grants that were written to help pay for various events, and press kits made available to newspapers, television, and radio stations to advertise events. There are also 105 3.5" floppy disks and 62 5.25" floppy disks with internal documents. The 3.5" floppy disks include material such as advertisements, brochures, database files, events, and Friends of McCain mailing list. The 5.25" floppy disks include material such as advertisements, brochures, budgets, calendar events, fonts, lighting information, mailing lists, newsletters, photographs, postcards, posters, press releases, programs, sponsors information, surveys, system disks, and workshop information. There are two boxes that are oversized that house advertisement mock-ups of performances and events.
Photographs and Slides include some of the artists participating in the McCain Performance Series and the Other McCain Performance and Events Series. Box 59 houses oversize photographs that include photographs of McCain Auditorium and the Philharmonic of China.
Other McCain Performances and Events include Kansas State University (KSU) organizations such as KSU Bands, KSU Chamber Music Series, Department of Music, Theater, and Dance, K-State Orchestra, K-State Players, K-State Singers, Men and Women's Glee Clubs, and Spring Dance.
The Friends of McCain includes advertising and promotion of Friends events, list of board of directors, monthly board minutes, yearly budgets, correspondence between the board of directors and members of Friends, financial reports of funds raised and spent on events, reports from the KSU Foundation Center of donors designating their donations to Friends of McCain, fundraising brochures and campaigns such as the Yearly Holiday Home Tours, membership lists of Friends of McCain, Friends of McCain newsletters, and season campaign brochures.
Media: CDs, Audio Cassettes, and Reel-to-Reel Tapes are made up of one box. It contains two CDs, 24 audio cassettes, three reel-to-reel tapes. The two CDs are titled McCain Movie and are not dated. The audio cassettes titles include Women Light 21, Women Heavy 40, Men Light 10 and 5, Men Heavy 13, 16 and 22 Dolby, Men Heavy 28 and 40, McCain Auditorium with Tag, Frances Mayes Lecture, Posing Music, Cathy Hougland, and Women Light 25, David and Cathy Hougland "Cool the Exgines," Big River "Running to the River," and Reduced Shakespeare Company, "The Bible." The titles of the Reel-to-Reel tapes are New York City Opera National Company "Figaro" and La Boheme Radio Ads and Gypsy Radio Ad.
Newspaper articles about McCain Performance Series and Events are from the K-State Collegian and The Manhattan Mercury as they covered performances and events.
Oversize is made up of McCain Performance Series and Other McCain Performance and Events Broadsides and Blueprints of McCain Auditorium. The broadsides are extra large posters advertising the date and time of a particular performance. The broadsides include performances such as ballets, plays and musical plays, operas, and concerts. Some ballets performed were The Nutcracker by Ballet Oklahoma, Kyiv Ballet and the Tulsa Ballet, Swan Lake by the Russian National Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty by Houston Ballet, and Romeo & Juliet by Ballet West and The St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre. Plays and musical plays performed include Winnie the Pooh, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by the Montana Repertory Theatre, Sweeney Todd, Cats, Hairspray, Babes in Toyland, Fiddler on the Roof, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Diary of Anne Frank by the Montana Repertory Theatre, The Sound of Music, John Amos in Halley's Comet and Ted Neely in Jesus Christ Superstar. Some operas performed include La Boheme by the Texas Opera Theatre, Rigoletto and Madame Butterfly by the New York City Opera National Touring Company, The Barber of Seville by the Western Opera Theatre, Die Fledermaus by the Kansas State University Opera Theatre, The Merry Widow by the London City Opera and Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute) presented by Mozart Festival Opera. Concerts performed include Vienna Choir Boys, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, National Philharmonic of Russia, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, The Uptown String Quartet, Canadian Brass, Venice Baroque Orchestra, and the Kronos Quartet.
The Blueprints of McCain Auditorium are of when the auditorium was first being built. These blueprints are of the lighting systems throughout the auditorium.

McPherson collection includes a multitude of documents pertaining the McPherson extension office as well as the 4-H program. Documents range from executive files such as financial records, meeting minutes, membership lists, and construction plans to documents such as photographs, slides, and program guides.

Media brag files and records, containing promotional and informative magazines, newsletters, editorials, as well as formal documentation (1967-2009).

The National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) Records (1968-2015) consists primarily of administrative files, case files, research material, and inter-office memoranda in defense of individuals and small groups against unfair corporate practices and inefficient government oversight. Covering many aspects of twentieth-century consumer movement history, these records shed light on the role of a non-profit organization in advocating fairness on behalf of low-income individuals against corporate practices, the development of the protective consumer-oriented state and federal legislation, and their assistance in providing research, analysis, and experience to other non-profit entities working across the nation.
The Original Files Series, spanning ten boxes in the original collection and an additional one in the addition making eleven in total, gathers into an assortment of NCLC internal memoranda, staff reports, manuals, organizational policy statements, testimonies before state and federal congressional houses and consumer print matter bibliographies. The series also contains material from outside sources, including class action suits, banking, housing, lending and layaway plans of various institutions, debt collection credit rates, laws and individual practices, proposed federal trade regulations, and scams involving vocational schools, and various Universal Consumer Credit Code reports.
Likewise, some individual files contain published articles on subjects of on-going interest to the organization, including Gary Klein’s “Consumer Bankruptcy in the balance: The National Bankruptcy Review Commission’s Recommendations Tilt Toward Creditors” and William Willier’s “If Credit Reporting Agencies are Doing Their Jobs, Is There Really Any need for Collecting Agencies.” Where possible, the original organizational file structure of numerical case files has been retained as a contiguous unit.
The Standing and Advisory Committee Files Series is comprised of two boxes of material arranged in chronological order, which contain internal reports on regularly scheduled committee meetings (beginning in December 1998 and running into the twenty-first century) to address issues affecting the staff of NCLC, including budgetary allocations as well as office and personnel issues. The documents also cover issues relating to the Social and Unity Committees, changes to the internal database, and the role of a staff ombudsperson.
The General Files (Washington, D.C. Office) Series consists of one box, collecting in chronological order documentation on consumer affairs lobbying efforts at the organization’s Washington office, including correspondence, public statements, and newsletters. Some of the issues covered in the files include state oil overcharge allocation decisions involving Exxon, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, the Coalition on Human Needs, and the proposed re-regulation of interest rates.
The Advocacy and Conference Files (Massachusetts Office) Series spans seven boxes (five are from the original collection while two are from the addition) of material arranged in chronological order and by subject pertaining to material used in NCLC’s annual consumer affairs conferences, including reports on consumer fraud laws, advocacy highlight reports, market failures and predatory lenders, specialist training in consumer affairs as well as consumer manuals and several issues of the Legal Service Corporation Quarterly Report.
The Research Materials Series covers nine boxes of primary source and reference material amassed by NCLC as background for several on-going projects. Some items include different versions of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, correspondence with the Federal Trade Commission, VHS tapes of news segments on family loan programs and predatory mortgage lending, bank creditor surveys, savings and loan, and insurance packing cases, reports on changes to credit rates and regulations in the 1970s and 1980s, analyses of different Truth-in-Lending Act iterations, court files relating to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and comments on different drafts of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code. Where possible, the original organizational file structure of numerical case files has been retained as a contiguous unit. Those segments of the series which do not possess case numbers have been arranged chronologically by subject.
The NCLC Reports series, added for the purposes of the 2015 addition, consists of one box containing numerous reports officially published by the NCLC on a variety of topics (such as consumer credit, usury, bankruptcy, debt collection, foreclosure, and others of NCLC interest). The dates of these reports range from 1982 to 2013. These reports cover cases that fall in the realm of consumer law and provide teaching tips for consumer rights advocates.
The Media Series, added for the purposes of the 2015 addition, spans one box and covers the chronological span of 1983 to 2016. This series consists of press releases and articles from various media sources (such as journals, newspapers, magazines, and online sources) that make mention of the NCLC and its work, often commenting on cases undertaken by the organization or its publications. These clippings include sources such as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and local news sources. They cover a large variety of topics such as student debt, foreclosure, credit card debt, credit unions, and others.
The Printed Materials Series is in one box and contains materials that are published and bound, consisting of publications that span numerous topics and include law journals, Congressional hearings, and bound publications by the NCLC and staff.
The Digital Files Series, added to the collection in 2017, contains 10 digital folders of information pertaining to NCLC. The first two folders include HTML data files from the NCLC website from 2002 and 2016 including many records, and published material for consumers. The third folder contains PDF and Word documents of amicus briefings and the sixth folder contains information from the fair debt collection practices act. Several folders, 4, 5, 8, and 9, contain information in regards to NCLC conferences, press releases, reports, and brochures. Folder seven pertains to mortgage conferences held in 2012, 2014, and 2015 and folder ten includes documentation from webinars given by NCLC staff and personnel from 2009-2015.

The subject files cover numerous aspects of the university, mainly between 1960 and 2010. A few items exist from 1925 to 1960. The series of buildings include many helpful photographs, and many other files include photographs and negatives.