Box 1, A83412011885- Contains Class Roll Books dated from 1908-1954. The books are separated by professor and year. The books within are: F.C. Harris: Fall/Winter 1910-1911 and Spring 1910-1912. M.S. Brandt: Fall/ Winter 1908 and Spring 1909. Stanley Smith: Fall/Spring 1914-1915. Harold A. Barr: Fall/Spring 1921-1923. C.F. Baker: Spring 1918-1919. Linus B. Smith: Fall 1929-1930. C.L. Carjola: Fall/ Spring 1928-1929. There is also a final roll book not labeled by a professor, but dated for Spring 1954. Most of the books reference architecture classes.
Box 2, A83412059142- Contains Financial documents, treasurer information and records from the K.S.C. (Kansas State College/ now Kansas State University) Student Chapter of American Institute of Architecture (A.I.A). There are checkbooks, receipts, pay stubs, bank information, and other material related to the AIA and their financial process dated for the 1950’s.
Box 3, A83412059150- Contains six (6) file folders labeled “Pise de Terre.” The first one contains Correspondence to Paul Weigel, as well as some architectural sketches and newspaper clippings. The second and third contain architectural sketches on tracing paper. The fourth has booklets called: The Use of Earth as a Building Materials, Research in Farm Structures, Poultry Houses and Equipment for Kansas, Northwestern Apple Packing Houses, U.S. Department of Agriculture- Farmers Bulletin No. 1500- Rammed Earth Walls for Buildings, as well as a paper called “Pise de Terre Houses” and one over “Houses Built of Rammed Earth.” The fourth folder also has correspondence to Professor Paul Weigel. The fifth folder has booklets called: How to Build Your Own Home of Earth, Rammed Earth Walls for Buildings, Rat Proofing Buildings and Premises, Farm Dairy Houses, Principles of Dairy- Barn Ventilation, Home Storage of Vegetables, Potato Storage and Storage Houses. Additionally, there are papers over experiments on packed earth and soil content and use cases. The last binder has more papers on packed earth and soil content experiments, a blueprint and booklets labeled: Planning and Construction of Cottages, Experiment Station Progress, Building with Rammed Earth-Cement, Adobe Construction, a Qualitive Comparison of Rammed Earth and Sun-Dried Adobe Brick, and Adobe as a Construction Material in Texas.
Box 4, A83412052174- Contains 3 binders. The first one is a Meeting Minute book for the Student Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) dated 1958-1959 and 1968-1969. There are also two scrapbooks on the AIA dated from 1958-1965 and the second one is 1963-1969. The scrapbooks contain photos of members of the club, projects done by them, newspaper clippings, blueprints, and art by the group.
Box 5, A83412074126- Contains VCR Tapes labeled: Alden Krider FDR Library June 2004- Pt 1 and Pt 2, Kansas City: The Year 2000-1985, Indian Bend Wash Flood Control Project, Design Weekend in Topeka- February 1989, Koyaanisqatsi by Francis Ford Coppola, Design Weekend in Topeka- February 1989, Reyes -Reginaldo Lecture 2005, La Rotonda, Lessons from Earthquakes, Nelson Atkins Architects Review, Legacy for Living, Olmsted- Frederick Law and the Public Park in America, Swartz- Blakely Lecture- Charrette 2, Design Weekend in Topeka- February 1989, Frank Lloyd Wright, Duany- Andres Lecture- Suburban America, Home- the Langton Terrace Dwellings, Sunflower Journeys, Manufactured Housing, Sapporo Dome Hiroba, Kent Land’s “Creating a Community,” Golden Ocala Informal Walk Through 18 holes, Krider Visual Resource and Learning Center Dedication, Brick Masonry, Mystery of Picasso, and Main Street.