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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.

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.”

The Craig Miner-Donald v.R.Drenner collection (1960, 1991-2008) is made up of two series: Correspondence and Ephemera. The majority of the correspondence is between Craig Miner and Donald Drenner and housed in boxes one and two. The Ephemera shares box two with correspondence and additional ephemera is contained in boxes three and four. Ephemera of interest may be Faustus prints and Darksome House prints.

The four boxes of Currin V. Shields papers are associated with his activities in the consumer movement from 1966-1984. They also reflect Marjorie Shields' involvement in consumer affairs, especially the Arizona Dairy Products Litigation that extended to 1986. Papers describing Shields' career as an educator and his political activities (he was the Democratic candidate for governor of Arizona in 1970) are not included in the collection.
The Shields papers are organized into four separate series thereby preserving, for the most part, the order in which they were maintained by Shields and received by the Consumer Movement Archives at KSU.
A few minor adjustments in the arrangement were made to facilitate labeling and access. For example, in the Arizona Consumers Council series, the financial documents and typed reports were separated into individual sub-series. In addition, groups of printed material were brought together in the fourth series. Currin Shields was a national figure in the consumer movement. He was president of the Arizona Consumers Council from 1969 to 1980 and the organizer of the Conference of Consumer Organizations in 1973. He directed the National Consumer Affairs Internship Program, National Consumer Symposium, and Consumer Affairs Seminar. His papers document his association with these organizations and the consumer issues both he and the groups addressed.
The first series, Arizona Consumers Council (1966-1984), is housed in two document boxes and comprises the largest series in the collection. It is divided into four subseries; correspondence, general files, financial documents, and reports. The items are in chronological order within each subseries. The correspondence and general files constitute all but three of the folders in this series. Dr. Shields maintained the ACC correspondence and general files in separate notebooks, although their contents are similar. The major difference between the two is the correspondence series contains Shields' individual letters and documents regarding the ACC and his activities, while the general files include correspondence, minutes, surveys, membership data, annual and board meeting documents, and miscellaneous material related to the affairs of the organization.
The general files can be described as the central office files for the ACC while Shields was president from 1969-1980. Both sub-series contain papers dealing with the major consumer issues the ACC was confronting including the following: consumer protection program for Arizona, consumer fraud, unit pricing regulations, energy and environment, public utility rates, milk and bread prices, food price-fixing, labeling, and dating of perishable foods, national meat boycotts, food sale tax, aging, group health plans, Arizona Consumers cooperative store, an anti-trust suit against bakeries, a price-fixing suit against Tuscon Cement Co., and bicycle safety.
The ACC correspondence contains letters between Shields and the following consumer leaders: Erma Angevine, Carol Tucker, Lee Richardson, Ester Peterson, and Edwin Palumbo; Arizona senators and representatives (Douglas S. Holsclaw, Helen Grace Carlson, David B. Stone, Manuel Pena, and Anna J. Cullinan); consumer groups in other states, state and local government officials, national organizations such as the Consumer Federation of American, and federal agencies including the U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Federal Energy Administration, and Federal Trade Commission. The remaining ACC subseries contain financial documents for 1977-1978 and seven typed reports on consumer issues, 1972-1976.
The second series of the Shields papers, Arizona Dairy Products Litigation, contains four files of legal documents and correspondence regarding a class action suit against four major dairies for violation of antitrust laws (1974-1976; 1986-1987). The class action was a partial result of the bread and milk price surveys conducted by the Arizona Consumers Council in the 1970s. Currin and Marjorie Shields were plaintiffs in the case. The litigation continued after Dr. Shields' death and the files indicate Mrs. Shields's involvement, including settlements in favor of the plaintiffs.
Material associated with the Conference of Consumer Organizations (COCO) is contained in series three. It is stored in 21 folders and covers the years 1973-1975. The series was kept in its original order of three related sub-series; correspondence, general, and steering committee. The entire series reflects the formation and early years of COCO and Shields' direct involvement with establishing the organization and service as chairman. Related organizations represented in the COCO series include the National Symposium on Consumer Movement, numerous state consumer organizations, Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, Arizona Consumers Council, and National Consumers Congress. Individual correspondents include Colston E. Warne, Roy Kiesling, Patricia Van Betten, Lynn B. Jordan, William Fasse, Eileen Hoats, Janet Ann Hutchinson, Robert McEwen, William Pate, Helen E. Nelson, Ellen Zawel, Arline Mathews, Louis Meyer, and Henry E.K. Lee. COCO documents consist of by-laws, minutes, reports, membership data, financial statements, and correspondence.
The fourth series of the Shields' papers contains printed material divided into four sub-series as follows: Conference of Consumer Organizations, National Consumer Affairs Internship Program, National Symposium on Consumer Movement/National Consumer Symposium, and Consumer Affairs Seminar. The COCO sub-series contains two folders of its monthly newsletter, Intercom, for the years 1974-78.
The National Consumer Affairs Internship Program was initiated by Shields in 1975. Originally a joint project between COCO and the American Council on Consumer Interests. It was chartered as a separate non-profit educational corporation in the State of Arizona in 1978. The six folders (1975-1983) contain brochures, articles of incorporation, internship descriptions, application procedures, membership lists, and newsletters.
Printed items describing the National Symposium on the Consumer Movement (1973-1975)/ National Consumer Symposium (1976-1979) make up the third sub-series. This annual conference was directed by Shields as part of the Community Services Center, Division of Continuing Education, University of Arizona. The material consists of descriptions of the symposium, programs, and lists of speakers and registrants. The Consumer Affairs Seminar (4th sub-series) was also conducted by the Community Services Center at the University of Arizona. Each of the five seminars from 1976 to 1980 is described in a folder of printed material.

The Daniel M. Braum Papers document the professional career of Braum from 1940-1965. They also include information about his personal activities and family during that time as well as after his death in 1981 when the information was added to the collection by the family covering the years 1982-1998.

The bulk of the collection consists of information regarding his involvement with the advancement of farm work simplification, scientific management, and public administration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, General Services Administration, University of the Philippines, and Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. The papers contain both personal and business correspondence received from numerous people throughout Braum’s life. Braum is the author of A Thousand Questions on Supervision in the Philippines, and a typescript of the book is preserved in the collection.

The Braum Papers are divided into eight series: 1) Correspondence, 1935-1991; 2) Subjects, 1943-1998; 3) Literary Works; 4) Organizations and Conferences, 1948-1958; 5) Certificates, Awards, Diplomas 1924-1978; 6) Printed Material, 1938-1957; 7) Photographs; and 8) Over Size.

The first series, Correspondence (1935-1991), is divided into two subseries. The first includes both business and personal correspondence received from numerous people throughout Braum’s life. The letters are organized alphabetically and include correspondence from Roberta Braum and John H. and Mary Ann (Loughridge) Braum. The series contains numerous letters with Dr. Lillian Gilbreth that involves their work with farm work simplification, as well as personal matters after Daniel and Roberta Braum became close friends with Gilbreth. Gilbreth became known as the “mother of modern management” and, with her husband, Frank pioneered industrial management techniques that are still practiced. Correspondence with Dan Copell, E.C Young, Lowell Hardin, the farm work simplification project director and a number of other individuals also address Braum’s involvement with farm work simplification. White House correspondence includes a small number of invitations and personal notes sent to Braum by Presidents Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter. The second subseries contains general correspondence and is organized chronologically from 1935-1975. The majority of these letters are related to Braum’s professional career and his involvement with farm work simplification, public administration, and scientific management. The letters also address a number of committees and conferences Braum was involved with throughout his career including the Executive Committee, Agricultural Committee, and the Agricultural Management Conference at Purdue.

Subjects (1943-1998) is divided into 10 subseries: 1) The Braum Family contains newspaper clippings and articles concerning Bill Braum and other Braum family members; 2) Denison, Kansas History includes information about the history of the town; 3) Farm Work Simplification involves reports, literary works, and other information including course outlines and material, charts/graphs, and printed material outlining Braum’s involvement in the development of farm work simplification; 4) Lillian Gilbreth contains biographical information and printed material about Dr. Gilbreth and her work with time and motion study analysis; 5) Lectures consists of a class orientation lecture and a lecture series given in 1949; 6) Open Door Policy (1946) includes the policy and contract used when this program was established; 7) Philippines contains documents and other papers including Braum’s literary works from his time spent teaching in that country; 8) Semantics (1948-1949) includes course material and information on semantics taught at Purdue University; 9) Scientific Management and Christianity consists of 3 papers written by Braum on the subject and also his notes and Christian publications; and 10) Management involves literary works by Braum on management applied to the home, management development, and labor management, also includes Braum’s notes on the topic and charts/graphs.

The third series, Literary Works, contains two important works written by Braum. The first is entitled “A Peaceful Approach to Work.” A number of abstracts, critiques, and drafts are included. Also, a complete typescript of Braum’s book A Thousand Questions on Supervision in the Philippines is retained in this series.

The series Organizations and Conferences consists of seven subseries. The first is the American Society of Mechanical Engineers that includes information about the Farm Management Committee set up by Braum in 1948. The second, Bureau of Ships, contains papers on leadership and communication. The third sub-series is the International Committee of Scientific Management (CIOS) and contains a day book written by Braum while attending one of its conferences in Paris in 1957. The fourth is the International Management Conference. It contains papers written by Braum to be presented at the 8th and 9th Conferences. The fifth subseries contains the Purdue Farm Cardiac Project (1958). The sixth, The Society for the Advancement of Management, houses information and papers on the advancement of management. The final subseries includes miscellaneous papers and documents from unidentified organizations and/or conferences.

The Certificates, Awards, and Diplomas series contains eleven certificates, awards, and diplomas Braum received throughout his lifetime. The series includes certificates of merit from the USDA, ten and twenty-year service awards from the USDA, and a certificate of recognition from Ronald Reagan and the National Republican Party for Braum’s service to the Republican Party.

Printed Material, the sixth series, contains various items that are related to most of the other series or subseries. These include Farm Work Simplification, the Philippines, International Committee of Scientific Management, the International Management Conference, Scientific Management, and a copy of Braum’s book A Thousand Questions on Supervision in the Philippines.

The Photographs series contains several hundred images including those of the Braum family, Philippines, China, Hong Kong, USDA, International Management Conference, International Committee on Scientific Management, and miscellaneous. They provide excellent pictorial documentation of family members and the locations where Braum worked.

The final series, Over Size, contains photographs, certificates, awards, diplomas, posters, photo albums, and memorabilia from Braum’s life including an audiotape of Dr. Lillian Gilbreth and a photograph album that includes photographs from Braum’s service in World War I and other personal and family photographs.

Included with the papers were nineteen books from Daniel and Roberta Braum, many of which were signed and presented to them by the authors. They have been cataloged and added to the library of the University Archives.

David Dary donated his collection of personal papers to the Morse Department of Archives and Special Collections in 2011. The papers span the years 1856 to 2017 and are housed in 123 boxes. The collection spans a total of 16 series: Family, Education, Short Wave Radio, Broadcast Journalism Career, Higher Education Career, Correspondence, Dary Files, Business Records, Speeches, Publication Files, Certificates/Awards, Ephemera, Printed Material, Photographs, Audio/Visual, and Oversize. Processing was originally completed in 2014, resulting in 103 boxes. New material was received by the Morse Department of Archives and Special Collections in 2024 and was processed afterward. The extent now totals 123 boxes. The dates covered by the collection are approximately 1833-2017.

This collection features records from David Schafer who was a faculty member of the Department of Animal Sciences and Industry as well as the Faculty Senate at Kansas State University. Many of the materials from the Department of Animal Sciences and Industry contain records from seminars, short courses, and instructional materials about proper food safety, processing, and meat handling. Some of the seminars include Midwest Meat Processing, Angus Beef Round Up, and Kansas-Nebraska Processed Meats short course. Almost all of these contain agendas and outlines for papers presented. Other records included are articles, recipes, and course notes. Many of the seminars contain information about food safety and meat handling, as well as tests, pamphlets, and coursework containing information and notes. This information generally covers processing, packaging, and preparation of meat. Courses contain diagrams of cuts and articles. Food safety contains proper handling of meat, storage, and hand washing techniques. The Angus Beef Round Up does contain photographs of a cow being butchered that some people might find objectionable.
Other materials in this collection are publications that cover a range of topics focused on meat, such as economic, production, health issues, and ethics. Publications in the collection include newsletters, articles, magazines, newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, and several draft versions of articles. The publications contain items from the Animal Science and Industry Facts newsletter that was published by the cooperative extension service of Kansas State University; this newsletter contains news and information about livestock. Also included are articles about various kinds of food-borne illnesses, food preservation, and food poisoning. Magazines include Animal Science and Industry trade publications, catalogs, and publications about food products and equipment.
David Schafer served on the Faculty Senate, including one year as the Faculty Senate President. Materials from his leadership role are featured alongside his professional documentation in the Department of Animal Sciences and Industry. His Faculty Senate materials include records from the Council of Chief Academic Officers (COCAO), Board of Regents (BOR), and Faculty Senate committee records.
There are cooperative extension video tapes and film along with continuing education about food and animal safety. Finally, there is a recording of a Primetime Live broadcast that includes notes about how meat inspection is portrayed in the segment.