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The Joel Climenhaga Papers (1912-2001) consist primarily of his literary works and correspondence to and from family and friends.
The Biographical Series consist of two boxes which include Climenhaga's baby book, family genealogy, obituary, and memorial service program, and 1987 Kansas State University retirement tributes.
The Correspondence Series is made up of fourteen boxes and arranged alphabetically. Climenhaga was a prolific and voluminous writer. He corresponded with Mina Cooper, Carlos Cortez, Charles Jones, George Moberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Kenneth Patchen to name a few. Within the Charles Jones correspondence there are letters by LBJ (Lyndon B. Johnson) and from people who opposed him agreeing with the NCAAP- these letters were signed by "a white Christian" or "a white, white, American." There are twenty-four folders of correspondence between Climenhaga and Fred Shaw. The two men planned to turn their correspondence into a book titled The Mephisto Addenda. Before this could manifest, Fred Shaw passed away. The Climenhaga's were good friends with Kenneth and Miriam Patchen and there is extensive correspondence between the two families. The sub-series "Correspondence to Poetry Magazines" is listed alphabetically by magazine title and consists of one box.
The sub-series "Correspondence Log" is arranged chronologically and is stored in eighteen boxes. It is similar to a journal as Climenhaga made personal entries on specific dates and if those dates corresponded with writing or receiving a letter, the letter was included. Names of those who Climenhaga corresponded includes Marlon Brando, Milton Bernard, John and Emma Climenhaga, Mina Cooper, Norman Fedder, Henry Miller, Kenneth Patchen, George Savage, Fred Shaw, Wesley Van Tassel, Myrna Wolfe, and Kenneth Woodroofe. These letters were pulled from the alphabetical listing by Climenhaga. It is not known why Climenhaga separated these letters.
Literary Works is comprised of twenty-two boxes that contain Climenhaga's plays and poems, as well as fiction stories and essays. During his lifetime Climenhaga had at least seven columns in various newspapers and newsletters. Three of his columns One Man's Frontier, One Man's Journey, and Dear Good People often had the same material while the introduction was sometimes different or a sentence or two rearranged. One Man's Journey was also broadcasted on the KKSC Radio station at Kansas State University during the 1980s. Climenhaga was a notorious recycler of paper. He often used recycled paper which can be confusing to researchers. If researchers pay close attention, however, they just might find that "recycled" paper useful after all, as it could be a part of another story, poem, etc., whether written by Climenhaga or one of his many friends or colleagues. Climenhaga wrote his first poem at age six. By 1989, he had written approximately 2,500 poems of which 1,200 had been published in various magazines and journals. Volumes of his published poems include: The Age of Pollution; Belief in Chaos; Hawk and Chameleon; The Month of the Shadow on My Heart; Ninety-Nine Messages from Separate Places; None of this Really Matters a Great Deal Now; One Hundred and One Songs are Promised for Tomorrow; Preliminary Walk into the Sweat of Dying; Report on the Progress of the Bearded One's Homework; Spontaneity is a Deceiving God; and The Thirteenth Winter.
Subject Series is contained in seventeen boxes and is organized alphabetically. It includes names such as Charles Jackson Jones, Jr. who was married to artist Molly Ramolla, Kenneth Patchen, and Larry Smith. It also includes programs from plays produced, written, and directed by Climenhaga. Other programs include plays produced at the Purple Masque Theatre, Kansas State University; by the Pine Cone Players, Grand Lake, CO; and at UCLA.
The Photograph and Slides Series consists of one box and includes photos of the 1976 Pine Cone Players, Grand Lake, Colorado, production of Mark Twain. Photos taken at the Purple Masque Theatre, Kansas State University include the 1981 production of Kenneth Patchen's Don't Look Now, the 1989 production of Dust-Storm Wedding, and Climenhaga's own play the Marriage Wheel. The Slides consist of Kenneth Patchen's art poetry.
Comprised of seven boxes, the Media Series includes cassette tapes, reel to reel tapes, VHS videotapes, and computer disks. The computer disks contain some of Climenhaga's manuscripts that were incorporated in the Literary Works Series. The cassette tapes include interviews with Ben Nyberg and Jonathan Holden, 1985 letters from Charles Jones, and Climenhaga's 1980s One Man's Journey recorded at KKSU radio, Kansas State University. The reel to reel tapes includes several different readings from Patchen's Don't Look Now. The VHS tapes include the "50th Anniversary of the 1939 Pottstown High School Graduates" of interviews with Earl "Yogi" Storm, Dr. Joel Esner, and Raymond Elliott conducted by Bill Achatz. Climenhaga was unable to attend this anniversary gathering where he and others were inducted into the Alumni Honor Roll. Climenhaga created a video to be played at the anniversary program and it is included in this series. The tape Miriam Is Not Amused, a film by Kim Roberts, 1996, is a profile of the life of Miriam Patchen with interesting information about her husband Kenneth Patchen. The most interesting tapes in this series, however, are the interviews with Joel Climenhaga. The one that stands out the most is the one created by the Manhattan, Kansas Art Councils, 1992, where John Biggs interviews Climenhaga.
There are some very interesting interviews with Joel Climenhaga, especially the one filmed by the Manhattan, Kansas Arts Council titled Joel: Creative Profile. Another VHS tape of interest is Miriam Is Not Amused, a film by Kim Roberts, 1996. This is a profile of the life of Miriam Patchen with interesting information about her husband, Kenneth Patchen.
Scrapbooks are contained in one box. The most notable is the Marriage Wheel by Joel Climenhaga with his notes written on the sides of each page. Another item of interest is the 1983-1988 Travel Journal. Climenhaga kept notes of his summer travels, how many miles he traveled, where he traveled to, and when and where he stopped to eat.
The Oversize Series is made up of one box that includes art, art poetry, poetry, and program posters. Notable sketches in this series are the drawing of Joel Climenhaga by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and the greeting to the Climenhagas from Carlos and Marianna Cortez in 1972. Kenneth Patchen's art poetry shows up in Lee Artz's "Passion for Peace," Peace Works, Mid-Peninsula Peace Center, Palo Alto, California and in Steven Ratiner's "The Picture Poems of Kenneth Patchen," California Living, 1983. There are four Kenneth Patchen poems included: "The Way Men Live Is a Life," 1944, "A Poem For Christmas," 1961, "What I'd Like To Know Is, 1967" and "A Mercy Filled and Defiant Xmas To All Still Worthy To Be Called Man," 1970. Program posters from the Kansas State University Purple Masque Theatre that are interesting include Mark Edward's Larger Than Life, 1978, Cindy Helfertstay's From Heaven to Hell, 1978, and Chloris Killian's 1981, The Dust-Storm Wedding. Other items of interest include Climenhaga's 1987 retirement certificate from Kansas State University and a letter from the then Provost, Owen J. Koeppe.
Stored in twenty boxes, the Printed Material includes Climenhaga's poetry magazines, published by him under his publishing company, Transient Press, and other research journals and books.

John M. Lilley (1939-) served as Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Kansas State University from 1976 to 1980. During that period, he compiled research for a book on American composer Gail Thompson Kubik. He also developed files pertaining to K-State's New Student Transition Program and Ad Hoc Committee on Enrollment and Orientation.
Most records pertain to Lilley's Kubik research and include audio materials and recording information, sheet music, and photocopies of articles and scrapbooks. Administrative records associated with Lilley's role as Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences document enrollment programming during the late 1970s.

The Julius T. Willard papers include records related to his tenure at Kansas State University, personal records, the Students' Army Training Corps, financial documents, statistics related to the university, literary works, and various reports and printed materials. The correspondence series, 1894–1926, includes letters from the chief of the United States Department of Agriculture, the Riley County Treasurer, Kansas Attorney General Aretas Allen Gotard, professors at other universities, and many others. Correspondence also includes letters from the Agricultural Experiment Stations throughout Kansas, the United States, and Cuba, as well as correspondence related to reports of the Agricultural Experiment Stations. Subjects in the correspondence series relate to Willard’s travels abroad, personal purchases, character references, normal schools, articles by Willard submitted to Farm Life, subscriptions to various publications, chemistry coursework, etc. Correspondence relates both to Willard’s work at Kansas State College (KSC) as well as personal matters.

The subject file series includes both K-State and personal files. The K-State subject files are extensive, including academic calendars, applications for employment, correspondence about the selection of the official K-State college color, and information about various campus departments. The subject files also include information about various campus organizations, as well as biographical information about various faculty members, including Nellie Kedzie Jones and Mary Van Zile. Personal subject files contain financial documents pertaining to the Tacoma Company and the Portland Cement Company, as well as various organizations with which Willard was a member.

Materials in the estate series include correspondence related to the Willard farm and estate, expenditures, and receipts. The literary works series contains history of KSC in newspapers and in letters, drafts of works, and autobiographical reminiscences. The history of KSC in newspapers includes copies of articles printed in newspapers connected to K-State. The history of KSC in letters contains letters and newspaper correspondence pertaining to acts by the Board of Regents from 1897 to 1899. Additionally, there is a chapter omitted from Willard’s 1940 book, History of Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science, titled “Discussion of the Controversy of the Seventies" [1870s]. The literary works series includes drafts of his 1940 book and Willard’s autobiographical reminiscences.

The military file series includes business files related to the Students' Army Training Corps and the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, as well as materials connected to training camp at Fort Sheridan. The bulk of the materials dates from 1918 and 1919. The financial documents series of Willard’s papers contains receipts, vouchers, and other materials related to K-State expenses including laboratory charges. The statistics series contains materials related to grade distribution, attendance, and enrollment. The report series includes reports for American Universities and Colleges, the Department of the Interior Bureau of Education, the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, as well as other reports such as the cost of attending K-State.

The final series includes a variety of printed materials including invitations, programs, a speech class syllabus, articles, and quotations. Also included are card files with lecture notes, names and positions of numerous faculty and students, and notes on various pieces of history related to K-State.

The Kansas Iota chapter of Phi Kappa Theta was founded in 1921 and continues to be a presence at the university. These records contain meeting minutes from 1921 to 1996, attendance records, operating statements, and general fraternity history and activity. This collection also contains petitions from other university chapters asking to be inducted into the national fraternity. Box 1 contains meeting minutes from 1921-199. Box 2 contains the general records for the organization.

These newsletters are from academic and other offices and units at Kansas State University. Topics typically will relate to department information, personnel updates, and similar subjects.

The Kenneth S. Davis Papers (1886; 1912-2000) documents Davis’s career as a prominent historian and writer. Davis’s Estate holds the copyright to his literary works. The majority of the collection is related to his writings.
The Writings/Journals Series (1919; 1935-1967) consist of one box and includes some of Davis’s early writing efforts when he was seven years old. Davis kept journals for the years 1935, 1937, 1941, 1953 through 1955, 1961, and 1966 through 1967. In 1958, Davis began keeping a journal with is his wife Florence (Flo) Olenhouse Davis and they continued writing in the same journal through 1959. This series also includes some of Flo’s writing efforts. While she was never published, Flo was a highly skilled and diverse writer who wrote about topics that interested her such as trains, souvenirs from Chicago, and relatives.

Contained in 12 boxes the Correspondence Series (1934-1999) includes letters between Davis and his agents and publishers and editors and other correspondence. The agent's letters are arranged chronologically in one box while the publishers/editors are arranged alphabetically and stored in three boxes. Other correspondence is arranged alphabetically, consists of eight boxes, and includes letters from historians David McCullough, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and William Shirer. Some other correspondence of interest includes letters from Kansas individuals such as Dave Kendall host of the PBS show Sunflower Journeys, Bill Koch, Karl Menninger of the Menninger Foundation, and Richard Seaton of The Manhattan Mercury newspaper. Davis received letters from K-State individuals such as Betty Bailey, Earle, and Kay Davis, George Kren, Don Mrozek, Homer Socolofsky, Ralph Titus, President Jon Wefald, and Dent Wilcoxon.

The Awards/Certificates Series (1935-2000) is housed in one box and includes the Friends of American Writers Award that Davis won in 1943 for his fiction novel In the Forests of the Night, the 1960 Thormod Monsen Award for The Hero, Charles A. Lindbergh, and the American Dream, and the 1973 Francis Parkman Prize for FDR: The Beckoning of Destiny, 1882-1928. In 1963 Davis received the Centennial Award for Distinguished Service at K-State, he received an Honorary Doctorate degree from Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1968, and in 1975 he became a member of Phi Beta Kappa at K-State. Between 1967 and 2000, Davis was often listed in the Marquis Who’s Who in America.

Housed in one box, the Organizations/Clubs Series (1952-1999) includes Davis’s membership in the Society of American Historians, Bohemians, Inc., Century Club, and Dickens Fellowship and some other documents related to the organizations. Of interest in the Society of American Historians is correspondence from Kenneth T. Jackson announcing in 1973 that Davis won the Francis Parkman Prize and had been elected to membership in the society. Davis presented programs to the Bohemians including “What’s Wrong With The Press,” “The Problem of a Biographer,” and “Puritan Kansas: New England Influence” and gave a speech about remembering Clarence Daigneau. Adlai E. Stevenson proposed Davis as a member of the Century Club in New York City and William Shirer also played an instrumental role in Davis’s election into the club. Davis and his wife, Flo, were active in the Dickens Society in Worcester, Massachusetts and this section includes newspaper clippings about the Society’s Christmas dinners.

The Fellowship and Grants Series (1953-1982) is contained in one box that includes documents on Guggenheim Fellowships, National Endowment for the Humanities grants, the Stern Family Fund, and the Woodrow Wilson Scholar. In 1961, Davis applied for a Guggenheim Fellowship, however, it was not granted, and in 1974, he received a $12,000 grant. In 1980, Davis applied for a National Endowment for the Humanities grant, but he did not the grant.

Contained in four boxes, the Speeches Series (1942-1998), includes Davis’s 1943 acceptance speech for the Friends of Americans Writer Award he received for his novel In The Forests Of The Night. Other speeches of interest in this series include Davis’s 1947 speech for the Topeka Chapter of the League of Women Voters titled “UNESCO-Its Nature and Function,” his 1971 speech for Assumption College titled, “Thinking About FDR: Some Problems Of A Biographer,” his 1975 speech at the Kansas State Historical Society Dinner titled, “Portrait of a Changing Kansas,” and his 1994 Lou Douglas Lecture at K-State titled, “Mass Communication and the American Democracy.” Davis and his wife, Flo, were actively involved in the Dickens Society and speeches of interest to this group include the 1962 “Of Dickens and ‘Bleak House’” and the 1968 “Edwin Drood Concluded, Again,” speeches.

Literary Works (1934-2000) is comprised of 51 boxes containing Davis’s works of published and unpublished articles, manuscripts, book reviews, essays, poems, and short stories. The series is chronological within each section, except for the published books, which are in alphabetical order. The most notable of the literary works is Davis’s Franklin D. Roosevelt manuscripts, which includes his research for the series of books, working drafts, and manuscript chapters. A sub-category of the FDR manuscripts is the 1997 FDR Symposium at K-State that includes the book from the symposium, correspondence, invitation, programs, and the speech Davis gave at the Symposium. Those who participated in the symposium with Davis were Nancy Kassebaum Baker, James MacGregor Burns, Doris Kearns Goodwin, William E. Leuchténburg, and Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Other subjects Davis wrote about that are of interest include Kansas history, Clarence Darrow, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Robert H. Goddard, James Lane, Charles A. Lindbergh, Adlai E. Stevenson, Eli Thayer and topics such as the birth control pill, fire departments, Kansas history, social security, stone walls, and UNESCO.

The Subjects Series (1942-1971) is housed in five (5) boxes and consist of information pertaining to Milton Stover Eisenhower (K-State President and his work with UNESCO, Alexander Meiklejohn who was a professor of Davis’s at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Adlai E. Stevenson, who lost by landslides in two races for president against Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952 and 1962. The files contain correspondence between Davis and each of the individuals, speeches that Davis wrote for Eisenhower and Stevenson, other correspondence, newspaper clippings, and programs.

Death and Memorial Series (1999) is stored in two boxes and consists of Davis’s death certificate, eulogies, funeral papers, memorial service, obituaries, and sympathy cards.

Davis Family Series (1907-1999) is comprised of nine (9) boxes. Two (2) boxes are made up of family documents, three (3) boxes contain French souvenir postcards that Charles Davis collected during World War I, and four (4) boxes contain family correspondence. Correspondence of interest is the letters between Charles and Lydia Davis while Charles was stationed in France during World War I.

The Photographs Series (circa 1912-1999) is stored in two (2) boxes and arranged alphabetically. The majority of photographs are of family members.

The Media Series (circa 1972-1999) is comprised of three (3) boxes. Included are 3 ½ inch disks and 5 ¼ inch disks, and the files that were able to be retrieved from these disks. Documents retrieved from the disk include correspondence and manuscripts that are not found anywhere else in the collection. Items of interest are correspondence between Davis and his last editor Robert Loomis of Random House and some drafts of Davis’ first FDR books.

There are three (3) Scrapbooks in the collection: In The Forests Of The Night, 1942, Soldier of Democracy, 1945, and A Prophet In His Own Country, 1957. Because of their fragile conditions, the scrapbooks were taken apart and photocopied. Each scrapbook includes book reviews and correspondence.

The Oversize Items (1927-1997) are stored in one box. The Oversize Items include Davis’s 1927 Junior High School Diploma, his 1930 High School Diploma, and his 1934 Kansas Agricultural College Diploma. It also includes the 1973 Francis Parkman Prize certificate, the 1994 Lou Douglas Lecture Poster (Davis was the speaker), 1996 Presidential prints of President Bill Clinton and Vice-President Al Gore, and two posters from the 1997 FDR symposium.

The Map Series (1919-1985) is stored with the Oversize Items and includes National Geographic Society magazine maps and a few maps from France dated 1919.

The Artifact and Art Series (1955-1997) is housed in (1) box and includes two caricatures of Davis, one by his first wife, Flo, and one by F. Mason, and a watercolor sketch. Other items include award plaques, badges, a guest book, and jewelry.

Printed Material is made up of four (4) boxes, one being a flat box for oversize documents, and consists of journals, leaflets, newspapers, pamphlets, and the Davis Family Bible dated 188 that is in the Swedish language.

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station publications; list of numbers assigned contributions & titles
Box 1, A83412143153 –Contains a slip inside that describes the contents as “KS Agricultural Experiment STA Editor Manuscript Contribution,” and is full of loose papers relating to records on Agricultural Engineering, as well as Biology, Foods and Nutrition, Botany, Bacteriology, Horticulture, Chemical Engineering, Plant Pathology, Zoology and other categories related to Agriculture. The papers are documenting Dates, Titles, Author and Content/Department numbers, and are records of various research projects, papers and experiments. Dates range from the 1920’s to the 2000’s.
Box 2, A83412143145 – Contains a slip inside that describes the contents as “KS Agricultural Experiment STA Editor Manuscript Contribution,” and is full of loose papers relating to records on Agricultural Engineering, as well as Biology, Botany, Bacteriology, Horticulture, Chemical Engineering, Plant Pathology, and Zoology. The papers are documenting Dates, Titles, Author and Content/Department numbers, and are records of various research projects, papers and experiments. Dates range from mid-1940’s to the 1980’s.

Box 1, A83412080630 – Contains file folders related to extension and annual reports. The folders are labeled with “Reports and Statistics 3,” and the folders have descriptions labels of: Statistical Report- 1965- State and County Extension Workers- Kansas Extension Service, Statistical Report- 4-H and Youth Development July 1968- June 1969, Enrollment Report- 4-H and Youth Development July 1969- June 1972, Annual Statistical Report 1967, Water in Kansas- Water Resources Board, Water Land & People Forums- KSU 1954-1956, Watershed Workshop 1958, Watershed Work Plans- Elk River, Watershed Work Plans- Lyons Creek, Watershed Work Plans- Salt Creek, Watershed Work Plans- Middle Walnut, What’s Ahead in Farming 1967, World Food Budget 1962-1966, General, Admin Workshop 1956 (Wisconsin,) County Extension Advisory Council 1953-1956, Evaluation in Extension, Extension Specialists Workshop 1947(North Carolina,) Extension Specialists Workshop 1947(Washington,) Extension Training Conference 1958, Farm and Home Planning 1948 (Illinois,) Image of the College of Agriculture by Herbert F. Lionberger- University of Missouri, Public Affairs Education, Public Relations Inventory 1951 & 1959, Public Relations Report 1952, Radio Survey KSAC-1959, Supervision in the Cooperative Extension Service, Supervising Conference 1957, and Survey of Utilization of Extension resources.
Box 2, A83412048248 – Contains file folders labeled: Extension Salary Equity, Extension Salary, Extension District Tax LID, 47D Computer Systems Office, Agent Reduction, 47J Energy Programs, 47G Home Economics Programs, Budget-General, Extension Youth & Families, Extension Home Economics, Extension Department- Personal & Recruitment, Extension 4-H Department, Budget- Federal, Extension Department- Community Development, Extension- KSU, Extension Area & County Offices, Extension Agriculture & Natural Resources, Extension Admin, 47k Area & County Extension Offices, and Budget Department in Agriculture.
Box 3, A83412079930 – Contains file folders that are related to Agricultural Engineering, Entomology, Forestry, Plant Pathology, Historical Records, Administrative, Board Chair Materials, Budget Analyses, Handbook- Laws and Legislation, Farm Production Efficiency, and Strategic Planning. The files are dated1988-1995, but there are some dated as far back as 1946. There is also a book titled “report of Administrative Workshop 1946.”
Box 4, A83412080795 – Contains file folders labeled County Budgets: Allen-Ellsworth 1965-1979, County Budgets: Finney- Meade 1965-1979, County Budgets: Miami- Wyandotte 1965-1979, County Receipts and Expenditures 1986-1996, Emergency Operations Handbook, Environmental Thrust Program/Handbook, Extension Delivery Review (Focus Groups & Public Forums 1995-1996), and Evaluation- National Extension Project 1978.
Box 5, A83412080745 – Contains files on the Evaluation of the National Extension Project. The files are labeled: Kansas Report 1978, Support Materials, Funding of Extension Programs, Historical Overview of Extension, Extension Service USDA Interaction 1914-1977, and 4-H. There are also folders over the Faculty Handbook,4-H Youth Enrollment Report, “Great Days of Opportunity,” Job Descriptions, KSU Accreditation Report, Land Use Planning Data, Letter of Credit, Library Contents, and there is a box containing a CD and Floppy Disks over Extension History. Dates on records in the box range from 1940-1981.
Box 6, A83412068484 – Contains file folders labeled “Programs of Work 1- County Program,” and we have the Extension Program records for: Allen County, Anderson County, Bourbon County, Chase County, Chautauqua County, Cherokee County, Clark County, Coffey County, Comanche County, Crawford County, Edwards County, Elk County, Finney County, Ford County, Franklin County, Grant County, Gray County, Greely County, Haskell County, Hodgeman County, Kearny County, Kiowa County, Labette County, Lane County, Linn County, Lyon County, Miami County, Montgomery County, Morris County, Morton County, Neosho County, Osage County, Pawnee County, and Scott County. The box also has folders on: Water Plan- Kansas, Uniform Filing, Strategic Plan- KSU and “Think it- Then do it.” The files are dated 1983 and 1987.
Box 7, A83412080818 – Contains file folders labeled: Agricultural Extension Council Members 1966-1973, Membership and Function of the Council and its Committees, Great Plains Agricultural Council 1992-1993, County Extension Councils 1974-1980, Seward County Extension Program, Wichita County Extension Program, and Wilson County Extension Program.
Box 8, A83412081660 – Contains records of the “Proceedings of the Great Plains Agricultural Council,” from 1956-1971. The files are sub-labeled “Associations and Agencies 1- Commercial and Private.”
Box 9, A83412081791 – Has records of the Great Plains Agricultural Council from 1972-1986. The box also contains files on “Plans of Work- Admin- 1950’s.”
Box 10, A83412081220 – Contains Plans of Work Reports from 1960- 1996, and EMIS Reports, organized by Area Hours: Hours of Emphasis, Area Hours: Area and components, and Area Contacts: Emphasis Area and component.
Box 11, A83412080850 - Contains Annual Reports for the Farm Management divisions of the Kansas State Cooperative Extension Projects. There are files labeled: Annual Reports-Farm Management, Annual Reports-Farm Management Assn. #1, Annual Reports-Farm Management Assn. #2, Annual Reports-Farm Management Assn. #3, and Annual Reports-Farm Management Assn. #4. The reports range from 1948-1960.
Box 12, A83412081694 – Contains Annual Reports for various divisions of the Kansas State Cooperative Extension Projects including Predator & Rodent Control Extension Projects, Poultry Husbandry Extension Projects, Balanced Farming Extension Projects, Farm Management Assn. #5, and Farm Management Assn. #6. The annual reports are dated from 1949-1960.
Box 13, A83412081602 – Contains Annual Reports for various divisions of the Kansas State Cooperative Extension Projects including the Veterinary Extension Project, Recreation Extension Projects, Radio and Television Extension Projects, Program Planning Extension Projects, and Extension Training annual reports. The reports date from 1930-1960.
Box 14, A83412080779 - Contains Annual Reports for various divisions of the Kansas State Cooperative Extension Projects including the Information Extension Projects and Marketing Extension Projects. The report date from 1948-1968.
Box 15, A83412080698 - Contains Annual Reports for various divisions of the Kansas State Cooperative Extension Projects including the Plant Pathology Extension Project, Home Economics Extension Projects, and Home Furnishings Extension Projects. The reports date from 1948-1976.
Box 16, A83412080711 – Contains Annual Reports for various divisions of the Kansas State Cooperative Extension Projects including the Home Management Extension Project, Home Study Extension Project, Horticulture Extension Project, and the Information Extension Project. The dates for the Annual reports date from 1940-1958.
Box 17, A83412068133 – Contains Annual Reports for various divisions of the Kansas State Cooperative Extension Projects including the Farm Forestry Extension Projects, Farm Labor Extension Projects, Flood Emergency Extension Projects, Foods & Nutrition Extension Projects, Great Plains Extension Projects, and Health Extension Projects. The annual reports date from 1943-1960.
Box 18, A83412069260 – Contains Annual Reports for various divisions of the Kansas State Cooperative Extension Projects including Home Demonstration Extension Project, Home Demonstration Agent Extension Project, and the Engineering Extension Project. The annual reports date from 1922-1985.
Box 19, A83412069147 – Contains Annual Reports for various divisions of the Kansas State Cooperative Extension Projects including the Engineering Extension Project, Entomology Extension Project, Extension Information Extension Project, and the Family Life Extension Project. The annual reports date from 1948-1960.
Box 20, A83412068858 – Contains Annual Reports for various divisions of the Kansas State Cooperative Extension Projects including the 4-H Extension Project, Consumer Information Extension Project, Continuing Education Extension Project, and the County Agent Work Extension Project. The annual reports date from 1943-1967.
Box 21, A83412081725 – Contains Annual Reports for various divisions of the Kansas State Cooperative Extension Projects including the County Agent Work Extension Project, Crops and Soils Extension Project, and the Dairy Husbandry Extension Project. The annual reports date from 1950-1968.
Box 22, A83412081262 - Contains Annual Reports for various divisions of the Kansas State Cooperative Extension Projects including administrative project reports, Annual and Title IX Reports, Agricultural Planning reports, and Agricultural Production Annual reports. The reports date from the 1943-1968.
Box 23, A83412066084 – Contains 25 VHS tapes from the “Cooperative Extension Service- Kansas State University,” and they were labeled: Program Evaluation in adult Education and Training 1995, Instructional Goals and Objectives, and Evaluating Teaching. There are also 24 Cassette tapes in the box, and then there is another box that is a 10 pack of cassette tapes.
Box 24, A83412069317 - Contains 35 VHS tapes from the “Cooperative Extension Service- Kansas State University,” and the tapes are labeled: Methods in Teaching Agriculture, Effective Undergraduate Student Advising, Enhancing Teaching Effectiveness Through Distance Education, Assessing Student Learning, ETEA Teaching- Learning Forum, Capstone Courses- Foundations and Applications, ETEA, Faculty Development Workshop- Working Effectively with Support Staff, Turing TA’s into Professors, Time Management, Teaching with Technology, Leadership Development in Teaching Advising, and Mentoring in Higher Education. Most of the tapes are dated for 1995.
Box 25, A83412081212 - Contains 31 VHS tapes from the “Cooperative Extension Service- Kansas State University,” and the tapes are labeled: Enhancing Teaching Effectiveness Through Distance Education, Assessing Student Learning, Testing Your Tomorrow, Think of Your Future, Getting Ahead by Letting Go, Many Faces One People- Multi-cultural training, Journey to Personal Power, Turing TA’s into Professors, Enhancing Teaching Effectiveness in Agriculture- Advising Graduates for a Changing Workplace, The Power of Vision, Four Seasons of Grazing, Moving Forward- Keeping Pace with Change, Building Group Skills using Networks, FEEA- 1996, ETEA Teaching- Learning Forum, ETEA- Enhancing Communications and Listening Skills, and then there is a large VCR box labeled “The Power of Vision- Discovering the Future Series,” by Joel Arthur Barker. Most tapes dated for 1996.
Box 26, A83412068379 – Contains approximately 98 boxes of microfilm that are labeled “Extension Service Annual Reports,” and the boxes are labeled from 1910’s-1960’s.
Box 27, A83412080800 – Contains 113 boxes of microfilm that are labeled “Extension Service Annual Reports,” and the boxes are labeled from the 1920’s-1940’s.
Box 28, A83412074142 – Contains 56 boxes of microfilm records on annual reports for various branches of the extension services and operations. Boxes are dated from 1941-1967.
Box 29, A83412081555 – Contains 4 binders and 4 folders that contain copies of The Tuesday Letter- Agricultural Experiment Station & Cooperative Extension Service weekly reports. The dates of the reports range from 2008-2015.
Box 30, A13411851394 – Contains files over the Extension budget, and the “Extension Budget Issue,” for Kansas and the folders are dated for year 1996. There are also folders labeled “Flood of 1993,” and “Interim Legislative Study- 1990.”
Box 31, A83412165650- Contains copies of the Communicator Newspaper. It is labeled Kansas State University- Cooperative Extension Service, and the newspapers are dated 1993- 1998.
Box 32, A83412068549 – Contains 24 VHS tapes from the “Cooperative Extension Service- Kansas State University,” and the tapes are labeled: Evaluating Student Learning, Critical Thinking- Higher Order Learning, Education and Job Training- Perspectives from Employers and Graduates, Evaluating Teaching, Dealing with Diverse Learning Styles and Responding to the Adult Learner in the Classroom, Computer Technologies for Enhanced Learning, Building Effective Communication into Classroom Lectures, Enhancing Teaching Effectiveness in Agriculture- Advising Graduates for a Changing Workplace, Enhancing Student Learning through Academic Honesty, Creating a More Inclusive Classroom, Critical Thinking- Higher Order Learning, First Day of Class, Active Learning in the Classroom, and Cooperative Learning in the Classroom. The box also contains a slideshow reel labeled “Great Days of Opportunity- Commemorating Extension’s 75th Anniversary,” and it has a script and the reel with the slides.
Box 33, A83412068395 – Has 6 binders that contains copies of The Tuesday Letter- Agricultural Experiment Station & Cooperative Extension Service weekly reports. The dates of the reports range from 2001-2007.
Box 34, A83412068874 – Contains file folders labeled: Managing Extension Today, Office Layouts, Orientation 1985, Organization Plan and Duties- 1960, Penalty Mail, Area Position Announcements 1972-1985, County Position Announcements 1972-1985, EFNEP Position Announcements 1972-1985, State Position Announcements 1972-1985, Project Agreements 1931-1972, Project Agreements 1914-1953, and Program Development Area.
Box 35, A83412068989 - Contains file folders labeled “Reports and Statistics 3- Special Reports,” and the files are titled: Title IX Report 1971-1972- Committee for Rural Development, Agency Rural Development Report 1971-1972, Agricultural Adjustment, Canning Center and Garden Demonstration Progress Reports 1-4, Canning Center Final Report, ECOP Report- Community Resource Development, ECOP Report- Natural Resources, Educational Television Seminar- 1958, Eurich Report to Kansas Board of Regents, Extension Research Review of 1962-1963, Farm Resources Needed- 1957, Farmers Institute- Hackney, 4-H Member and Staff Attendance and Racial Makeup of Clubs 1970-1971, Ford Foundation Status Report, Government of Soil Conservation- Districts in Kansas, Image of the College of Agriculture, Increasing Understanding of Public Problems and Policies, Kansas State University Biennial Report, Mined Land Research- Demonstration, and Organizing Grower IPM Organizations-1980.
Box 36, A83412081961 – Contains files related to the Cooperative Extension Service and Reporting, Orientation, Professional Development, Revenue Generation Plan, Local Extension Delivery Task Force- 1999, KCEE plan, and the Safety Advisory Committee.
Box 37, A83412066220 – Contains folders labeled Unit Contacts by Area of Emphasis, and Unit Contacts by Area of Emphasis and Component. Then books containing the “Annual Report of Kansas Cooperative Extension Service,” and the reports are dated from 1979-1991. There is also a file containing the “Annual Report- Farm Management Project,” from1948-1952.
Box 38, A83412068866- Contains file folders labeled: Extension Salary Equity, CD Rural Development Forum, Extension Retirement Equity Proposal, Early Extension Retirement, Extension County Agents Allocations, Extension- Program Planning Statements, Extension- Reorganization, Extension Job Expectations, Extension Administrative Structure Proposal, Extension County University Agreement, Extension EPA, Pro Series Agreement Extension Software, Epsilon Sigma Phi, FMHA Training Project, Extension Administrative Meeting, Extension Advisory Council, CD Specialists, and then an additional section labeled Randy Higgins Materials. The Randy Higgins section has more files labeled: 4-H Leaders Info, Farm Bauru Membership, CO Grants, and Grant Costs.
Box 39, A83412068939 - Has 5 binders that contains copies of The Tuesday Letter- Agricultural Experiment Station & Cooperative Extension Service weekly reports, and 2 binders with copies of EXTra (the original name of The Tuesday Letter, and it dates up to 1996 before the name change.) The dates of the reports range from 1994-2001.
Box 40, A83412068963-Contains file folders labeled: Proceedings of the International Conference of the Extension Administrators, Rural Development Program Conference- Tennessee 1958, Rural Development Workshop- Jacksons Mill 1959, Soil by Marvin Meade, Strengthening American Agriculture Through Research and Education, Strengthening American Agriculture Through Resource Conservation, Training in Administrative Management, “You and the USDA,” Operations, Geary County Agent Issue, County Election Issues, Extension Secretary Issues, Graduate Degrees for Agents, Agent Evaluation, Staffing Plan, Retirement, Financial Package, Extension, Extension- Elections, Extension- Districts, 4 folders labeled 4-H, and 4-H Impact Study.
Box 41, A83412066204 – Contains file folders labeled: Associations and Agencies 4-1 Great Plains Agricultural Council- General, GPE-9 Extension Beef Cattle Committee, Water Quality Task Force, Forestry Committee, GPE-10Transportation of Agricultural Products, GPE-11 Ogallala Aquifer Committee, GPE-12 Range Managements, High Plains Ogallala Aquifer Study Task Force, Research Committee, Resource Economics Committee #1, GPE-2 Conservation Tillage, GPE-1 Agric Problems and Policies- Film and Leaflet Production, GPE-1 Agricultural Problems and Policy Alternatives, GPC-1 Evapotranspiration, Wildlife Resources Committee, Wildlife Biology and Habitat Management Advisory Committee, Water Resources Committee, Conservation Tillage GPAC Publication 77, Shelterbelts on the Great Plains, The Future of the Great Plains- 1936, Economic Problems in Great Plains Ranching, Reports of the Regional Agricultural Council- Southern Great Plains States, Reports on Conditions in the Great Plains (By Committee on Conditions) 1946-1956, Volume 1 Modifying the Soil and Water Environment for Approaching the Agricultural Potential of the great Plains, Stabilizing Agriculture of the Great Plains, GPAC Committee on Land Use Adjustment and Livestock Feed Balance, Health Resources in the Northern Great Plains, Land Classification Conference 1950, Meeting Weather Risks in Kansas Wheat Farming, Cattle Feeding Industry in Oklahoma, June 1959, Conference on State and Local Tax Systems 1957, Conference on Intermediate Credit for Agriculture 1954, Proposed Irrigation in the Plains States 1944, GPAC Educational Program Workshop 1958, Achievements and Activities-GPAC 1935-1953, Drought Inspection Tour-1957, and Miscellaneous Reports- Southern Great Plains.
Box 42, A83412082006 – Contains file folders labeled: Re-Districting, Organizing Districting, EPC- February, Hills, Extension Facilities, Economic Development, Original MCS Amendment Requirements, Colorado State-2002, 319 Projects-2004, Master Homemaker/Farmer, Kansas State Western Office, 4-H Programming Districts, Marketing, Master Info for 2012, and FNP Engineering Conference.
Box 43, A83412081717 – Contains file folders labeled “Associations and Agencies 1- Commercial and Private,” and the files are titled: Great Plains Agricultural Council 1945, Great Plains Agricultural Council 1951-1955, Great Plains Agricultural Council 1962, Great Plains Agricultural Council- Southern Great Plains, Great Plains Agricultural Council- Tenure- Credit- Land Values Committee, Great Plains Agricultural Council- Irrigation- Research- Farming Problems, Great Plains Agricultural Council- Land use Committee, Great Plains Agricultural Council- Soil Survey Division, Area Planning and Development in the Great Plains, Attaining Economic Development- How the Great Plains can Contribute to the US Economy, Role of Water Resources in the Economic Development of the Great Plains, Land use- Great Plains, and Erosion and Its Control on the Southern Great Plains.

Records contained in this accession include early agriculture experiment station press reports and bulletins.
- Folder 1: Agriculture Experiment Station: Press Reports 1898-1900
- Folder 2: Press Bulletins 159-178
- Folder 3: Press Bulletins 1-115
- Folder 4: Press Bulletins 1-34
- Folder 5: Press Bulletins 35-70
- Folder 6: Press Bulletins 71-124
- Folder 7: Press Reports 125-158

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.