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This collection is composed of four series, which include photographs and records that document Chet Peters’s employment at Kansas State University (K-State), contributions to professional organizations, personal life, and athletic and recreational pursuits.
K-State Series: These materials document his employment as the Dean of Students and Vice President for Student Affairs at K-State and include correspondence, workshop transcripts and speeches, retirement papers, and photographs from 1957–1985. Materials relating to his involvement as an advisor to Blue Key and Student Government are also included. There are personal clippings from the K-State Collegian on various topics during his time at K-State, as well as information and photographs showing the construction of the Chester E. Peters Recreation Complex in 1980. These materials can be found in Box 1.
Professional Series: This series includes materials relating to Peters’s involvement with the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) between 1972 and 1975. These include notes and programs from annual business meetings, correspondence, regional awards/certificates, and speeches. Materials from his time on the NASPA Coordinating Committee and a speech that was given during his time as the NASPA President in 1972 are included, as well as various NASPA newsletters (The Forum) from the 1980s and 1990s. These materials can be found in Box 2.
Personal Series: The series includes various materials from Peters’s personal life including items from high school, college, and later endeavors such as his sculpting business and church activities. High school yearbooks and college diplomas are included, along with military information and other memorabilia such as patches, certificates, and digital images of plaques. Hundreds of photos of his wooden sculptures displayed in galleries, art shows, and in his home are included, along with sketches and inspirations for his sculptures. There are also a few materials from his work with religious organizations and church camps. Other miscellaneous materials include personal income records, correspondence, cards, awards, newspaper clippings, a box of notecards with inspirational quotes, and a K-State pennant. The dipolmas are in Box 1, photos in Box 5, quote notecards in Box 6, other materials in Boxes 2 and 3, and digital images available upon request.
Recreational Series: This series includes materials involving Peters’s recreational pursuits, specifically running at various races and events between 1975 and 1993. These include photographs, clippings, race maps, bibs, programs, certificates, digital images or medals and ribbons, and records from events with various organizations including the World Veterans Games/Championships, USA and World Masters Track Championships, and the Senior Olympics. These races took place in cities across the United States, as well as in other countries such as Canada, Germany, Finland, Italy, and Australia. This series also includes various materials from Peters’ involvement with the Kansas State Cornhusking Association and includes clippings, cornhusking contest details, and results from 1988 to 1994. These materials are found in Box 4, a few photographs are in Box 5, and digital images available upon request.

The College of Engineering records contains information from specific departments within the college along with information for specific programs and curriculums from Engineering as well. The collection contains ten series all pertaining to different aspects within the College of Engineering, the series are College of Engineering materials, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering, Concrete Canoe race, War Training Program, invoices for repairs and supplies, Accreditation Commission, and Historic Student Records. The series that pertain to departments within the College of Engineering and the educational aspects of the department as well. The series such as College of Engineering Materials and Invoices for repairs and supplies are generalized materials that pertain to the function and foundation of the College of Engineering.

The College of Health and Human Science Records cover the history of the college spanning from 1863-2011. The collection includes documents, pictures, and other materials from Hospitality Days, departmental restructuring, name changes, various conference presentations and information from research and extension services. In 1912, Home Economics become a division within in the college and eventually in 1985, changed its' name to Human Ecology and later in 2019 the college changed its' name to the College of Health and Human Sciences. There were programs that moved to the College of Arts & Sciences, but the College of Health and Human Sciences retained the Interior Design and Fashion Studies programs in 1965. Likewise, programs were added to the College of Health of Human Sciences, such as Communication Sciences and Disorders and Social Work in 1994. There are correspondence and planning materials from these mergers and changes, along with other program moves. The collection contains notes and programs from conferences such as Lake Placid and the White House Conference on Families. Included in the collection is also personal and business related correspondence from Deans and other faculty members.

This collection comprises material related to the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine between 1855-2014. This collection contains administrative records from this college, including handbooks and manuals, proposals and applications, various records, reports, publications, presentation materials, records related to international programs, material pertaining to campus and its buildings, and a film catalogue which describes some of the collection’s video material. It also contains recordings and transcripts of interviews, most of which featured alumni from the College of Veterinary Medicine for the history book “A Century of Excellence: Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine” by Howard H. Erickson and Ronnie G. Elmore. Drafts of this book are also present in this collection. Moreover, this collection contains yearbooks and scrapbooks, including auxiliaries and photo albums, from the college spanning nearly a century. There are also audio and video materials related to the College of Veterinary Medicine on cassette tapes, microcassette tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, and DVDs, and film reels which record college events, interviews, teaching aids, and virtual tours of the college. This collection includes class and faculty composites for the College of Veterinary Medicine spanning the majority of the 20th century, and even features a composite from the St. Joseph Veterinary College. These composites are either photographic negatives or oversize photographs.

Other photographs that can be found in this collection depict people, including faculty, staff, students, and other notable individuals. Photos of buildings, including diagrams and photos of buildings on the Kansas State campus and the Veterinary Medicine campus, as well. There are also photos of animals, which were either pets, farm animals, or lab animals, as well as the labs performed on these animals. Additionally, photographs of college events, miscellaneous photos, and oversize photos also contribute to this collection’s material.

Lastly, this collection features photographic negatives and photographic slides which depict people, like faculty, staff, students, exchange students, and Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association members. Also pictured are labs, lab equipment, and associated animals, which were often pets, farm animals, or wildlife/exotic animals. Locations within the Manhattan area (especially within the Kansas State University campus and the College of Veterinary Medicine Complex/Campus specifically) are also an important subject to this collection. Negatives of these locations feature buildings, layouts, maps, construction, maintenance, renovations, and damage to buildings. Formal, casual, recreational, donation-based, food-based, and sporting events related to the college can be found in this collection as well. Miscellaneous photo negatives and slides make up the remainder of the undeveloped photographic material in this collection.

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.

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).

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.