The Loren W. Elliott papers consist of documents pertaining to the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, Alpha Kappa Psi Fraternity, and Phi Kappa Phi, during the time Elliott was a student at Kansas State Agricultural College in the late 1920s and 1930s. Included are Laboratory Outlines and Elliott's class notes for General Botany I, General Botany II, and Laboratory Experiments of Elementary Organic Chemistry. Elliott was also a member of the President's Club (1981-1982 and 1987). A vinyl record (33 1/2 rpm) titled "Purple Pride 1971-72" is included in the collection.
Loren Wesley Elliott was born on July 21, 1910, to Howard and Blanche Eley Elliott at Lewis, Edwards County, Kansas. Elliott graduated from Kansas State University in 1935. On April 9, 1939, Elliott married Irene Belle Funnell at Palmer, Washington County, Kansas. Elliott died on August 7, 1992, at Clay Center, Clay County, Kansas.